Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:10:06 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? Message-ID: <20110721141006.GB59455@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4e281643.myUOEctQW3oiM7%2BS%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107190736560.27391@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <CAGy-%2Bi_phtNbTh7SHhockqTuGrv%2Bd2ZLn0_6A9aKEySYO0MgTw@mail.gmail.com> <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <CAGy-%2Bi_aS4U_yUSLcesjyeCj2PBOL4A=UzXvYYKF1SqujN5vsg@mail.gmail.com> <D1A05C81F0C50B3453441AAB@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <4e281643.myUOEctQW3oiM7%2BS%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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--7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 05:06:27AM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote: > > > > The perfect computing device would fit in a pocket, have a screen the > > size of your wall, have a full (and full-sized) keyboard, and your > > choice of pointing devices. It would be able to play any game you > > wanted to play, hold every movie and song ever recorded along with > > your entire lifetime's collection of documents, and be able to access > > the Internet from anywhere. It would only need to be recharged as > > often as you sleep. (And would be able to recharge anywhere.) >=20 > It would also be fully encrypted and keyed to your fingerprint or > retinal scan, so that no thief would be able to extract anything from > it, =2E . . unless he took your thumb or eyeball. > > and the encrypted files would be backed up automatically whenever it > was recharged to guard against data loss in case of loss, theft, > damage, malfunction, etc. Ahhh, good call. Of course, I'd probably prefer near-realtime versioned backups via DVCS to an encrypted repository over the network. (Sorry about accidentally sending an email to you off-list first; I meant to send it to the list in the first place.) --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4oMz4ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVIGgCgwYvmbt5XrLCqTz/+sl8ociRb nSUAoMQQjz2s96kdZrk5+uXsTXbR8V8/ =L6WA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7ZAtKRhVyVSsbBD2--
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