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SubjectRe: fork bomb:the come back
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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