8 Apr
1999
8 Apr
'99
3:20 a.m.
Bill Yakowenko <yakowenk(a)cs.unc.edu> wrote:
Prediction: between ten and twenty years from now,
somebody will
discover "standalone" computing; that a computer can be made to
function even when not attached to a network. It will be a
revolution, paving the way for systems that keep working once
they are set up, even with evil sysadmins reconfiguring everything
they can get their hands on three times a week.
Kind of like the classic Asimov short story about the guy that discovers
that it is possible to calculate without a calculator.