From: kevin lyda (kevin at domain suberic.net)
Date: Thu 20 Jul 2000 - 13:15:09 IST
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 12:43:36PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, kevin lyda wrote:
> > it downloads and installs more ram.
> sure about this? afaik you can't download RAM. I think instead linux will
> deploy nanobots to scavenge for raw materials and build some. (if you
> compiled the kernel with nanobot support, see drivers/misc/nanobot.c).
right, i forgot that. i haven't used it because hemos still hasn't
put in the patches for the CENT (compaq embeded nanobot technology).
> > if you don't have a network it gives up sheepishly.
> no. nanobots don't need network support.
yeah, sure if you use the old style nanobots. they were huge. new style
ones need to use NtNTP (nano-to-nano transmission protocol).
btw, paul what's up with the date header on your mail? are you using that
new time travel hack to mutt so that you can email stuff weeks late but
it will end up arriving on time? i've been using it since it went
alpha and i actually spent the last two months on holidays. however
be carefult because the new sendmail 89.4 actually will catch them at the
right time...
kevin
ps did you hear the emacs project finally shut down since the last
user switched to vim 18.3 last year...
-- kevin at domain suberic.net "there's nothing wrong with windows 2000 that fork()'ed on 37058400 linux can't fix." -- va linux t-shirt meatspace place: work
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