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  • Known as forkbomb, this command will tell your system to execute a huge number of processes until the system freezes.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2008

  • Followed in Ade’s footsteps by winning the Transmediale software art award for a slightly odd forkbomb, which later appeared in an exhibition curated by Geoff Cox alongside work by great artists including Ade, Sol Lewitt, Yoko Ono and some monkeys.

    2000 to 2009 « Alex McLean 2009

  • Followed in Ade’s footsteps by winning the Transmediale software art award for a slightly odd forkbomb, which later appeared in an exhibition curated by Geoff Cox alongside work by great artists including Ade, Sol Lewitt, Yoko Ono and some monkeys.

    December « 2009 « Alex McLean 2009

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