Fun with daft questions

Well, with enough external memory it should be possible.

(Perhaps by software emulation of a processor for which it's already been done.)

How about linux on a universal turing machine?

Illiteracy is gaining ground everywhere. There is less and less need to do new things, enough old stuff to be consumed (except food, I guess, but this could only be expected at this population growth rate). Last few years I have seen countless "projects" being grant or otherwise financed to zero result (which has been 100% predictable upfront). Brainless (but connected) "managers" get cash and use the few buzzwords they know (which are "windows" and "linux"). They pass that on to the first youths they can find cheapest to simulate some work, and those youths add another one or two buzzwords they know (e.g. 8051) which is all they get paid for and all they ever do. And most of those who are really capable of doing something also get sheepishly involved in the mainstream and effectively stop doing anything useful as well...

Lately I find it less easy to laugh about it as it has become by far the dominant trend.

Dimiter

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That's eay-peasy! Just add an 80x86 coprocessor module with 256kB RAM and a hard drive. Connect coprocessor via serial port.

I work on satellite data modems that transmit short data bursts with a data rate less than 10 bytes per second. I have often received enquiries about sending voice, image and even video data using these devices.

Ian

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A customer once set up a backup link to his ADSL line through a satellite connection. He was very annoyed when my device, which usually answered in less than 20 ms via the ADSL line, experienced a 10x delay when using the very expensive backup link.

Do your own salespeople ever ask that?

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