Re: fork bomb:the come back
Marcin Dalecki (dalecki@dacotec.net)
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:35:11 +0100
Stephen Frost wrote:
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Marcin Dalecki wrote:
>
> > Philip Blundell wrote:
> > >
> > > >> > (Guess what: only a minority of
> > > >> > computers is and allways will be on the internet!)
> > > >>
> > > >> Does anybody still believe that? I think it's pretty clear we're hea
> > > >ding in
> > > >> precisely the opposite direction.
> > > >
> > > >One word: embedded systems.
> > >
> > > Embedded systems are increasingly Internet-connected as well.
> >
> > Concrete Examples? (NO don't tell me about the refrigerator, which was just
> > a demo.)
>
> There was a Coke machine at a university somewhere that would tell you
> how many cans and whatnot were left at one point or another, I seem to recall.
> Yes, over the internet (Or that may have been arpanet, not sure. :) ).
Maybe or maybe not. Still I think the not connected will always be in
the overwhelming majority.
--Marcin
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