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 13:36:35 -0700 Message-ID: <7d3530220907061336k6e440790i89b6e1953c6b9f2b@mail.gmail.com> From: John Floren To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1453d080-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:33 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... I can't think of any reason for that= . The displays may be print-quality (2000dpi) and the touch layer supposedl= y able to read fingerprints, but that's not far beyond current tech. Superl= uminal signalling signalling seems not to require much power as the tiny co= m badges feature delay-free communication at least as far as lunar orbit. Y= es I've done this before. :) > > How far off topic are we now? Can we get away with carrying on? :) > I'm willing to invoke Godwin to prevent carrying on. John --=20 "I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C, Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba