On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:52:14PM +0530, Rony Bill wrote:
All the other ideas use computing as a core operation and linux being open source is best suited for those who may be keen on developing those ideas.
I do model railroads. I wnat to be able to control my trains and maybe add some signals.
Damn, that *is* on-topic. :-(
mechanical one but consider a scenerio where Linus Tarvolds visits India and gets trapped in a lift during a fire. If he uses the cranking lever to escape safely, then we all stand a good chance of downloading the next version of the linux kernel. If my ideas have caused anyone any trouble then my apologies for the same.
I should hope he has the sense to not enter a lift during a fire. They say (and there are signs on and in every elevator) that you should use the stairs and the the lift in case of fire.
If he's *in* the lift when the fire starts, I shold hope the lift has enough sense to stop at the nearest floor as soon as the fire alarm goes off.
Anything more and you might as well start padding the entire world with fire-proof foam.