Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:36:04 -0500 (EST) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: fork bomb:the come back |
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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. :) ).
Stephen
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