From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] 'wall' messages In-Reply-To: <0ab0110ee18fd781fea20472b6e7b5ed@sdgm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:54:21 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6351ddc0-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 boyd@sdgm.net wrote: > Pity you can't do something like: > > echo "WARNING: REBOOT AT 21:00" > /dev/display/* >> /lib/news > > or something similar. Shouldn't each users display be accessible into > bootes' namespace for just this sort of stuff. > > one word: namespace bootes should be able to alias into any users namespace on that box. That means he should be able to export resources as well. > 2nd work: permissions bootes should be able to alias into any users namespace on that box. That means he should be able to export resources as well. > plumb/seemail could be a solution though. Yep, let's add another layer of complexity. Another set of tools and syntax. Make it simple. It should also work for sound so that somebody could, play foo.mp3 > /dev/sound/* And everyone who has their soundcard exported would get it. You could do the same sort of thing with SMPT time codes, MIDI, USB, Firewire, I2C, etc. After all it is -just- a namespace. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com