[spectre] // psworld, a modification of the UNIX utility 'ps' //

[Julian Oliver]

Hi, 

I'd like to announce a new project.

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psworld is a modification of the utility, 'ps', found on all UNIX and UNIX-like
operating systems. 

ps is used by people and programs to quickly sort and print a table of processes
running on a computer. psworld maps these processes onto visual features in the
world, creating a perceptual dependence between a computer and the world around
it.

As the computer's visible surroundings change, the instability of the operating
system increases.

An example: The computer running psworld is in a park watching a bird in a tree.
If the process 'Firefox' is attached to the bird's head and the bird suddenly
flies away, the Firefox process will be terminated on the computer. Similarly, a
breakfast scene may include many processes attached to various edibles on the
table. As breakfast is eaten, dependent processes on the computer will be
terminated. 

A breakfast is an example of a highly unstable environment whereas a concrete
wall deep underground, cast in even light, is not. 

Here is a project page for psworld, including source code, images and video.

http://julianoliver.com/psworld

psworld will later become part of a suite of aberrant and impractical tools
known as The GNU Luserland Utilities.

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Thanks for reading,

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Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Berlin, Germany 
currently: Berlin, Germany 
about: http://julianoliver.com