Software (novel)

Software is a 1982 cyberpunk science fiction novel written by Rudy Rucker. It won the first Philip K. Dick Award in 1983. The novel is the first book in Rucker's Ware Tetralogy, and was followed by a sequel, Wetware, in 1988.

Plot summary

Software introduces Cobb Anderson as a retired computer scientist who was once tried for treason for figuring out how to give robots artificial intelligence and free will, creating the race of boppers. By 2020, they have created a complex society on the Moon, where the boppers developed because they depend on super-cooled superconducting circuits. In that year, Anderson is a pheezer a freaky geezer, Rucker's depiction of elderly Baby Boomers living in poverty in Florida and terrified because he lacks the money to buy a new artificial heart to replace his failing, secondhand one.

As the story begins, Anderson is approached by a robot duplicate of himself who invites him to the Moon to be given immortality. Meanwhile, the series' other main character, Sta-Hi Mooney the 1st born Stanley Hilary Mooney Jr. a 25-year-old cab driver and "brainsurfer", is kidnapped by a gang of serial killers known as the Little Kidders who almost eat his brain. When Anderson and Mooney travel to the Moon together at the boppers' expense, they find that these events are closely related: the "immortality" given to Anderson turns out to be having his mind transferred into software via the same brain-destroying technique used by the Little Kidders.

Software (band)

Software was a German electronic duo active between 1984 and 2000, comprising Peter Mergener (born 1951) and Michael Weisser (born 1948). Formerly the duo used the name Mergener&Weisser.

History

The group released their records under the IC (Innovative Communication) label, which also released a number of other electronic musicians, including Klaus Schulze and the Neue Deutsche Welle group Ideal.

From 1990 to 1992 Weisser produced, during a temporary break with Mergener, four albums under the Software name with a different group composition: Fragrance with Klaus Schulze and Georg Stettner (born 1970), and Modesty-Blaze I / II and Cave with Billy Byte (Stephan Töteberg).

After the dissolution of Software in 1999, the two musicians went their separate ways: Peter Mergener continues to compose and play electronic music, while Michael Weisser first founded the group G.E.N.E. (Grooving Electronic Natural Environments), and is currently, among other things, active as a media artist.

Software 2.0

Software 2.0 is a term derived from Web 2.0 used to describe a second generation of software development methodologies. Analogous to the term Web 2.0, Software 2.0 refer to hosted services which aim to facilitate users creativity to develop and share their own software applications online.

The term includes open source projects -where many developers collaborate in a software project and make the source code available to the end user- and generative programming and automatic programming - where software tools assist users to build customized software applications.

Following Web 2.0 design patterns, Software 2.0 services allow users to share their software applications on web-based communities such as GitHub.

Related concepts

  • Open source software development
  • Automatic programming
  • Code generation (compiler)
  • See also

  • User-generated content
  • GitHub
  • References

  • Report on free software 2.0
  • First

    First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).

    First or 1st may also refer to:

  • First (Grindelwald), minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland
  • First (Kandersteg), mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland
  • First (magazine), a Singaporean movie magazine
  • First grade, in primary education
  • For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), a world-wide youth robotics competition
  • First, a British undergraduate degree classification
  • FirstGroup, a large British transportation company operating buses, trains, coaches and trams
  • FIRST, Far Infrared and Sub-millimetre Telescope, a previous name for Herschel Space Observatory
  • First Racing, a former racing team
  • First (communications), principles of communications
  • FIRST (computer security), Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
  • Music

  • 1st, album by Streets
  • 1st, EP by The Rasmus, frequently identified as a single
  • First, album by Baroness
  • First, album by David Gates
  • First, album by O'Bryan
  • First, album by Raymond Lam
  • First (O'Bryan album)

    F1RST is the fifth studio album by R&B singer O'Bryan, his first release in more than 20 years. It was released on O'Bryan's independent label, Headstorm, on Valentine's Day 2007.

    Reception

    The ballad-driven set derived its name from what O’Bryan calls “the first step of a new musical journey," highlighted by the songs "Just Like Doin' It," "Can I Kiss Your Lips," "Man Overboard," "Gotta Let You Go" and "Gratitude." Longtime fans of the singer welcomed his return and responded to "F1RST" with enthusiastic reviews on music buyer-driven sites such as Amazon and iTunes.

    Track listing

    Personnel

  • O'Bryan  lead vocals, background vocals, synthesizer bass, drums, keyboards
  • Romy Geroso guitar
  • First (Cold War Kids song)

    "First" is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. The song was written by the band and produced by Lars Stalfors and Dann Gallucci. It was the second single off their fifth album Hold My Home (2014) and was released on February 17, 2015. The song received a positive reception from music critics.

    "First" peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, becoming the band's highest charting single. A music video was made for the single and was released on January 12, 2015.

    Critical reception

    "First" received positive reviews from music critics. Philip Cosores of Paste called it a "clap-along anthem" and said that together with "All This Could Be Yours" and "Hot Coals", is "the strongest run the band has put together in its career." Heather Phares of AllMusic remarked the song being a highlight of the album due to its "anthemic power."

    Music video

    The music video was uploaded on the band's VEVO page on January 12, 2015.

    Chart performance

    The song appeared on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart at number 40 and peaked at number 1, their first song to top that chart. It has stayed on the chart for twenty-eight weeks (as of the October 24, 2015 chart date), making it their longest charting single to date.

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