The flaws are intentional and exist so that the GOP can steal this election. This is a slow-motion coup we are seeing, and we must resist it in any way possible.
I would start with an emulated 8-bit microprocessor or microcontroller, such as the Z-8 or the 68HC908. This way they can run the emulation on a platform they already have, and such devices, embedded within ASICs are the most likely target for a pure assembly effort anyway.
Just a couple of years ago I did a fairly large 68HC908 application for a housekeeping processor entirely in assembler.
Even when you write in C it helps a lot, especially in the embedded systems field, to know what sort of code the compiler is generating. For example, say I have a i++; operation that I expect to use to set a semaphore - is that one operation, such as a Z-80's inc , or is that a lda, inca, sta operation that might be interrupted? This can matter a lot! And I have seen compilers which were inconsistent as to what sort of code they would generate for such an operation. This is just one example, but there are many more, and they can make a BIG difference.
Also, if you cannot read assembler, how are you ever going to figure out what strange compiled code, which has been stripped of its debugging symbols, is doing?
Given that "Homeland Security" is not more nor less than George W. Bush's own political police force, exactly like Hitler's Gestapo, I hope they have their computers crash daily. May they rot in hell.
How do we know that the "stolen" code isn't the version in SCOs unix? Have they the chain of custody and verifable archive copies of this code from before Linux existed?
Also, how do we know that an SCO employee didn't insert the code into Linux under the provisions of the GPL?
For the bit we were shown, who put it into Linux? With the amount of scrutiny the kernel gets, we ought to know this.
Something is very fishy here.
However, even if Linux is destroyed by the SCO suit, I think we can be certain that FreeBSD, GnuHERD, Darwin, etc will be "drop-in" replacements for most applications!
I think we ought to do to SCO what the Republican Congressional Staffers did to the Miami-Dade board of elections; Gather in great numbers around their building, banging on the windows, and making them fear for their lives until they back down.
And if that doesn't work, we can break all the glass in their automobiles, and then start to disassemble their building.
Also, we need to have a list of their home addresses in case the bigwigs decide to be brave enough to work at home that day.
And no I'm not serious, yet, but we need to get together those home addresses anyway, just in case.
Seems to me that the current crop of "2600" folks are much less tech-savvy than we were in the 70s. There is a lack of original thought and a willingness to take actions that cost private individuals money through fraud and vandalism. What do you make of this trend, and do you see any indications that it will turn around?
11,000 trouble-free miles now. Great mileage. Roomy. Quiet. Clean. Comfortable. Decent sound system. Good cabin heat. And it fits a big fella like me; 6'3", #350.
Let George Bush start his little nuclear war, and it will be! Seriously folks, there is a faction in the Religious Right who believe that only a nuclear war will fulfill the Revelations prophesy, and bring Jesus back. And they WANT ONE. Scary stuff!
Just because a Sciffy writer has used an idea in a story does not make it prior art! None of those guys knew how to make that magic happen, that is the charm of Sciffy; it lets you try on the future for size without the mess of inventing it.
What is patentable is the means to DO the magic. A patent must disclose that means in a manner that those skilled in the art could reproduce the results.
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Well, I see it this way;
A laptop power supply uses about 40 watts.
A kilowatt-hour in Chicago costs avout 12 cents per kilowatt-hour.
So you can serve about 20 laptop users for 12 cents an hour.
Figure 40 seats in a busy cafe, and you get about 25 cents an hour.
Contrast this cost with the goodwill you get and the additional espresso consumed by people happily working on their laptops, and it is free!
Do it!
Geeze, you could have a cafe full of plugged in laptop users and still not have this cost you 25 cents an hour.
How much actual damage was there, and what is the current state of the project?
I use two 1 GB .Mac accounts to host a high-bandwidth site and would have paid the original price!
.Mac accounts.
I send out about 60 GB of data a day from my
Maybe a lesson here; Design your space probes to hard-land in the first place, and dispense with parachutes, helicopters, stunt pilots, etc...
The flaws are intentional and exist so that the GOP can steal this election. This is a slow-motion coup we are seeing, and we must resist it in any way possible.
I would start with an emulated 8-bit microprocessor or microcontroller, such as the Z-8 or the 68HC908. This way they can run the emulation on a platform they already have, and such devices, embedded within ASICs are the most likely target for a pure assembly effort anyway.
Just a couple of years ago I did a fairly large 68HC908 application for a housekeeping processor entirely in assembler.
Even when you write in C it helps a lot, especially in the embedded systems field, to know what sort of code the compiler is generating. For example, say I have a i++; operation that I expect to use to set a semaphore - is that one operation, such as a Z-80's inc , or is that a lda, inca, sta operation that might be interrupted? This can matter a lot! And I have seen compilers which were inconsistent as to what sort of code they would generate for such an operation. This is just one example, but there are many more, and they can make a BIG difference.
Also, if you cannot read assembler, how are you ever going to figure out what strange compiled code, which has been stripped of its debugging symbols, is doing?
I think you are quite likely to be correct in this. I wonder if the same conditions of solar heating occurred four months ago too?
SCO is deader than Bush's chance of re-election now!
I wonder how the routers upstream of them are doing?
-Ben
VERY slow page loads now. Remember that it is already Sunday on the other side of the International Date Line.
-Ben
Sister Anella would have taken ten point off for a screwup like this...
This has been a no-hassle car and on my regular commute I usually get between 42 and 55 mpg depending on the outside temperature. 18,500 miles now.
I think we can show Mr. McBride the error of his ways in a close-up in person manner...
Given that "Homeland Security" is not more nor less than George W. Bush's own political police force, exactly like Hitler's Gestapo, I hope they have their computers crash daily. May they rot in hell.
How do we know that the "stolen" code isn't the version in SCOs unix? Have they the chain of custody and verifable archive copies of this code from before Linux existed?
Also, how do we know that an SCO employee didn't insert the code into Linux under the provisions of the GPL?
For the bit we were shown, who put it into Linux? With the amount of scrutiny the kernel gets, we ought to know this.
Something is very fishy here.
However, even if Linux is destroyed by the SCO suit, I think we can be certain that FreeBSD, GnuHERD, Darwin, etc will be "drop-in" replacements for most applications!
I think we ought to do to SCO what the Republican Congressional Staffers did to the Miami-Dade board of elections; Gather in great numbers around their building, banging on the windows, and making them fear for their lives until they back down.
And if that doesn't work, we can break all the glass in their automobiles, and then start to disassemble their building.
Also, we need to have a list of their home addresses in case the bigwigs decide to be brave enough to work at home that day.
And no I'm not serious, yet, but we need to get together those home addresses anyway, just in case.
John,
Seems to me that the current crop of "2600" folks are much less tech-savvy than we were in the 70s. There is a lack of original thought and a willingness to take actions that cost private individuals money through fraud and vandalism. What do you make of this trend, and do you see any indications that it will turn around?
-Ben
A group of women take revenge on rapists. Very bloody. Lots of fun.
A Gun For Jennifer
11,000 trouble-free miles now. Great mileage. Roomy. Quiet. Clean. Comfortable. Decent sound system. Good cabin heat. And it fits a big fella like me; 6'3", #350.
How many bits are we talking about here? Any chance that you could create a signature in a reasonable time by exhausting the signature space?
George W. Bush looks like he is about to start dragging HIS knuckles any time now.
Let George Bush start his little nuclear war, and it will be! Seriously folks, there is a faction in the Religious Right who believe that only a nuclear war will fulfill the Revelations prophesy, and bring Jesus back. And they WANT ONE. Scary stuff!
Just because a Sciffy writer has used an idea in a story does not make it prior art! None of those guys knew how to make that magic happen, that is the charm of Sciffy; it lets you try on the future for size without the mess of inventing it.
What is patentable is the means to DO the magic. A patent must disclose that means in a manner that those skilled in the art could reproduce the results.