From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090706213316.9f19eb75.eekee57@fastmail.fm> References: <20090706185922.5d5f8ffa.eekee57@fastmail.fm> <8ea8ac62ad614c50271f5b328b4a9346@gmx.de> <20090706213316.9f19eb75.eekee57@fastmail.fm> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 18:28:00 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130907061528w4eb5a76cme28359e7e7e84a10@mail.gmail.com> From: "J.R. Mauro" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 146c59a2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis wr= ote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:57:19 +0200 > cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote: > >> yeah... connecting terminals to warp energy plasma conduits >> seems to be a bad idea. > > Yeah, it's also a deeply wierd thing to do unless the terminals require a= t least several megawatts. O.o Each... And apprently they forgot how to make fuses by the late 2200s, because the consoles all explode when overloaded. > I can't think of any reason for that. The displays may be print-quality (= 2000dpi) and the touch layer supposedly able to read fingerprints, but that= 's not far beyond current tech. Superluminal signalling signalling seems no= t to require much power as the tiny com badges feature delay-free communica= tion at least as far as lunar orbit. Yes I've done this before. :) > > How far off topic are we now? Can we get away with carrying on? :) > > -- > Ethan Grammatikidis > > Those who are slower at parsing information must > necessarily be faster at problem-solving. > >