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	OpenP2P.com: The Interpretation of Dreams: An Explanation of the Electric Sheep Distributed Screen Saver
		Electric Sheep is a distributed screen saver that harnesses idle computers into a render farm with the purpose of animating and evolving artificial life forms.
		The high resolution sheep available from the web pages and in the video documentary were born on the sheep server; the parameters were then tweaked to increase quality and finally they were re-rendered and compressed off-line to avoid MPEG compression artifacts.
		But if clients act as servers and Electric Sheep becomes a true peer-to-peer network, the compression and bandwidth load could be distributed, much as the computational load already is. This project is currently underway, and I have selected Gnutella [5] as the P2P protocol because it has mature open source implementations.
	www.openp2p.com /pub/a/p2p/2003/12/22/sheep.html (2207 words)

	South African Boer Goats - Training Livestock to Electric Fences
		Electric fence for sheep can be maintained even in remote areas with the new solar powered chargers.
		Improper grounding is the number one reason for electric fence failure and the main reason for producer’s in the United States reluctance to use electric fencing.
		Sheep should be turned into an area that is controlled by electric fence and allowed to discover the fence in their own time.
	www.sa-boergoats.com /ASP/4H/Goat-Facts/Electric-Fences-for-Sheep.asp (1489 words)

	VIDA 4.0 - Electric Sheep
		Normally electric sheep is very reliable and runs for weeks without assistance, but with new versions come new bugs, and at these times the ability to tweak the server live and online is essential to keeping the flock healthy.
		The parameter space of sheep is continuous, and the server generates smooth transitions between sheep by interpolating in the genetic space (Note 4).
		A sheep animation is an arrow with the same key-frame at its head and its tail, because sheep are loops.
	www.fundacion.telefonica.com /at/vida/paginas/v4/edraves.html (1501 words)

	O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2004
		Electric Sheep is a distributed screensaver that harnesses idle computers into a render farm with the purpose of animating and evolving artificial lifeforms.
		Electric Sheep was inspired by the SETI@home project, but instead of searching for aliens in radio-telescope data, it brings brings artificial organisms to life.
		A user may vote for a sheep by pressing the up arrow key when that sheep is displayed on his or her screen.
	conferences.oreillynet.com /cs/et2004/view/e_sess/4605 (247 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The protagonist Rick Deckard owned a sheep, which died and was replaced by an electric replica to maintain the illusion of animal ownership.
		Adherents of Mercerism grip the handles of an electrically powered empathy box, while viewing a monitor which displays patterns that are meaningless until the handles are gripped.
		The Electric Sheep distributed computing project was inspired by the title of this novel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep (2619 words)

	The Interpretation of Dreams: An Explanation of the Electric Sheep Distributed Screen-Saver
		Electric Sheep is a distributed screen-saver that harnesses idle computers into a render farm with the purpose of animating and evolving artificial life-forms.
		Users may vote for a sheep by pressing the up arrow key when that sheep is displayed on their screen [Note 3].
		The high resolution sheep available from the web pages and in the video documentary were born on the sheep server, then the parameters were tweeked to increase quality, and finally they were re-rendered and compressed off-line to avoid MPEG compression artifacts.
	electricsheep.org /interpretation (1518 words)

	Encyclopedia: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
		It was adapted very loosely into the screenplay for the 1982 film Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford as Deckard.
		Rick Deckard himself owns an electric sheep, a replacement for a living one which had died some time ago.
		His peers are ignorant to the change, and it is a source of shame to Deckard.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Do-Androids-Dream-of-Electric-Sheep? (698 words)

	the electric sheep screen-saver
		Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world.
		The more popular sheep live longer and reproduce according to a genetic algorithm with mutation and cross-over.
		Dreams in High Definition is a brand new and super-enhanced version of Electric Sheep.
	electricsheep.org (186 words)

	See Spot and his electric sheep - megnut.com
		Spot Draves' presentation of his electric sheep was one of the best presentations I attended at last February's O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.
		Electric Sheep is a screen saver that uses a distributed computing model (a la SETI@home) to create and render new "sheep."
		Every fifteen minutes 24/7 a new sheep is born and distributed to all clients for display.
	www.megnut.com /2004/05/see-spot-and-his-electric-sheep (345 words)

	Electric Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		If the term Electric Sheep doesn't ring any bells for you, it's part of the name of the science fiction story that formed the basis for the movie Blade Runner.
		I took the name Electric Sheep for the multi-user text adventure I am writing (for more information on these types of games, see the MUD FAQ).
		The name Electric Sheep is appropriate because Dick's story dealt with androids trying to be human, while the game deals the humans operating androids on a hostile planet via remote control.
	home.columbus.rr.com /jshaffstall/electric.htm (286 words)

	Electric Sheep - The Morpheus Company Online Portfolio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		First off, this issue of Electric Sheep is dedicated to the Chief Unix Guru (and honorary sheep herder) of our webhosts at DataReturn, Tyson Hawkins.
		To subscribe, remove or update your email address, please use the form to the left, or visit the official Electric Sheep homepage.
		All content, code, logos and images presented in each issue of Electric Sheep are the copyrighted property of The Morpheus Company.
	www.dare2dream.com /esheep/es_2.htm (721 words)

	Electric Sheep Distributed Screen-Saver: Collective Computer Unconsious: Science Fiction in the News
		When the frames are ready, the server compresses them into an mpeg animation; client computers download the finished "electric sheep", presenting them on the screen in dreamy contemplation.
		Those who remain may purchase mechanical animals - like electric sheep - and care for them as if they were real.
		See the Explanation of the Electric Sheep Distributed Screen-Saver for details; see sample "electric sheep" on the sample page.
	www.technovelgy.com /ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=169 (343 words)

	Will Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Richard Wilkerson
		Suddenly, the android focuses its attention on the recurrence of sheep, and sends a signal to its database on sheep to provide input, through biofeedback and the lucid dream light technology, and the Android now explores all of the random knowledge it has about electric sheep, querying the dream, as it interacts with the database.....
		The second point of maintaining sleep would be achieved by the android watching electric sheep grazing on a bald Welsh mountainside.
		The electric sheep would lick the rain-lashed fl slate and slowly replenish their run-down batteries.
	www.improverse.com /ed-articles/richard_wilkerson_2003_jul_androids_dreaming.htm (6385 words)

	Boing Boing: Electric Sheep artificial life DVD launch March 31, San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Spot Draves is the author of the brilliant Electric Sheep screensaver -- this is a distributed rendering application that grabs its users' computers' idle cycles to create computationally expensive, vivid and beautiful animated fractals.
		Users vote for the animations they like best while the screensaver is running, and those fractals are then given precedence within the computational gene pool, spawning variations that are rendered out again, dancing for their human masters who have the power of life and death over them.
		The result is a breathtaking, psychedelic form of artificial life whose fitness factor is the ability to tickle the aesthetics of computer geeks.
	www.boingboing.net /2004/03/18/electric_sheep_artif.html (289 words)

	BladeRunner
		The protagonist Deckard owns a replica sheep, an electric sheep, kept on the rooftop of his apartment block.
		The first point is that Deckard does indeed have a replica sheep, an electric sheep, kept on the roof of the apartment building.
		He cannot afford a real animal, although he would dearly love to have one, and indeed one of the factors motivating Deckard throughout the book is the thought that if he "retires" [the euphemism for killing] sufficient androids, the bonuses he will earn will be sufficient to buy a live pet of some sort.
	members.aol.com /cnhill/sf/bladerunner.htm (4371 words)

	disinformation \| will androids dream of electric sheep? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In the future, some of these constructions will have very human-like brains, because their brains will be built, connection for connection, from the patterns of human patients at the end of their biological lifespan.
		My approach to AI and physics of consciousness is much more serious than the question regarding ‘Will androids ever dream of electric sheep?’ As previous chairman of PhysComp 92 and PhysComp 94, it is clear that information (i.e.
		Real sheep too, of course, but maybe electric sheep a bit more than humans do, given the familial relationship between electric man and electric sheep.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/article/id1109/pg2 (984 words)

	sheep - sheep seconds electric livestock miniclip breeds blacksheep adopt comix dissection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		sheep - sheep seconds electric livestock miniclip breeds flsheep adopt comix dissection
		This is a delightful, general information site on sheep designed by a youngster as a 4H project.
		Electric Sheep realizes the collective dream of sleeping computers from all over the internet.
	www.knolix.com /15376_sheep (355 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
		Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is Dick's most well known novel (and rightfully so in my opinion), due to the fact that the movie Blade Runner was based on this story.
		The story and drama of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are perfect for Hollywood but also make intense observations about the nature of life, religion, technology and the human condition.
		In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep life becomes such a valuable commodity, people use replicants to fill their need to be show compassion.
	www.philipkdickfans.com /androids.htm (1324 words)

	Electric Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The reason it's titled "Electric Sheep" is because when the first episode title shows up on the screen, there's a sentence below it that says "Do Marionette Dream of Electric Sheep?".
		A car was a four-wheeled creature of sorts, maybe a sheep was the same size.
		I won't let them pick on you!" She dashed in and began pounding on the nearest sheep, shoving multiple ones into each other and destroying all the sheep she'd counted.
	www.davidpascal.com /smj/sheep.html (772 words)

	Electric Sheep 2.6 Beta
		The Electric Sheep screensaver realizes the collective dream of sleeping computers from all over the internet.
		The shape of each image is specified by a long string of numbers - a genetic code of sorts.
		By using a genetic code of 84 numbers the server and users produce and render electronic sheep that keep on changing over time.
	www.pro-networks.org /forum/about51998.html (146 words)

	Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at Technovelgy.com
		He ascended to the covered pasture whereon his electric sheep "grazed." Whereon it, sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment, bamboozling the other tenants of the building.
		Of course, some of their animals undoubtedly consisted of electronic circuitry fakes, too (he had never nosed into the matter)Nothing could be more impolite.
		To say "Is your sheep genuine" would be a breach of etiquette.
	technovelgy.com /ct/content.asp?Bnum=125 (475 words)

	Konfabulator - Gallery - Electric Sheep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It will count the number of electric sheep in the night when you cannot sleep.
		This is simply brilliant and if you haven't any sheep to count, this is the solution for you.
		That pretty much sums it up: Upon first impression it seems that sheep jumping over a fence is a useless thing.
	www.widgetgallery.com /view.php?widget=27334 (221 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This moving story set in a futuristic San Francisco is built around questions raised by the potential problems of developing artificial intelligence.
		Where we would consider owning a pet to be a ordinary thing, in the world Dick creates, owning a pet is attached to social prestige since there are so few animals left.
		In the past he had owned real sheep, but they had become sick and had died.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/rgrydns/Writing/pkdick.htm (703 words)

	Electric Sheep 2.6.3 - MacUpdate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Electric Sheep is a screensaver that owes its name to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
		When the screen-saver is activated, the screen goes fl and an animated 'sheep' appears [note: sheep = beautiful, fractal based, mpeg2 compressed animations- this does not put hopping sheep all over your screen]..
		The port is free, even with Firewall shut off, no single sheep loads - after 5 mins, 3 MB DSL.
	www.macupdate.com /info.php/id/13096 (349 words)

	Amazon.ca: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Even critics with no idea of this dimension to Dick instinctively refer to him as an 'SF guru', which is an unconscious recognition of Dick's fascination with the spiritual, a theme that he weaves into all his major works.
		"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick is a science-fictionary novel which deals with the issue of genuine and artificial life.
		There are a few sloppy points (the mechanical capabilities of the androids are a bit vaguely defined, and once or twice characters talk to themselves for no reason other than to convey plot-points to the audience), but overall I was a very happy reader.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0345404475 (2178 words)

	Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
		Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep.
		Emigrees to Mars received androids so sophisticated it was impossible to tell them from true men or women.
		The character development in this novel is as good as any I've read in a PKD book and the story draws on many of Dick's common themes.
	www.philipkdick.com /works_novels_androids.html (316 words)

	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Summary & Essays - Philip K. Dick
		The importance of Philip Kindred Dick may never be fully assessed or accepted by mainstream analysts of English literature.
		The increasing difficulty of distinguishing androids from humans disturbs Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter called in to "retire" the fugitives.
		In examining these questions, the novel provides a brilliant pause for reflection on the meaning of human life and humanity's responsibility for the environment it is so determined to destroy.
	www.enotes.com /androids-dream (398 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep is a must-read for anyone that likes a book that makes you think as well as entertains.
		Rick Deckard, as a second-string police bounty hunter, isn’t on a great salary so he and his wife own an electric sheep, which was much more affordable than the real thing.
		While it’s enough to fool the neighbours, Rick is depressed by his lack of a real animal, and dreams of owning one.
	www.epinions.com /content_63205707396 (1227 words)

	Mystery Guide - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		As a result, the few surviving species are highly prized and extremely expensive -- owning a real live sheep, for example, is an immense status symbol.
		Owning a fake live sheep is a possibility also, because android technology has progressed to the point that both animals and humans can be convincingly simulated.
		The protagonist, Rick Deckard, is in fact an android bounty hunter, and must hunt down and kill the renegade androids that are trying to pass as human.
	www.mysteryguide.com /bkDickSheep.html (495 words)

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