Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread hiro
Does somebody know if Russ still reads this list? I would be very interested if he still has the annotations...

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread David du Colombier
> Would there be any way to get access to the sources for Nix Mark IV? Nix Mark IV is available here: http://lsub.org/ls/nix.html -- David du Colombier

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
Would there be any way to get access to the sources for Nix Mark IV? On 2018-12-29 06:42 PM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: Not that I know of. People moved on to other projects afaik. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 14:09 Mayuresh Kathe Yes, that's the one, thanks for that pointer Gorka, many thanks indeed.

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread David du Colombier
> i have wondered if it would be possible to apply the historic plan9 > kernel diffs and regenerate these ancient kernels. The diff files are ed scripts generated with "diff -e", so it should be possible to regenerate the original files with a bit of scripting. -- David du Colombier

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread Gorka Guardiola
Not that I know of. People moved on to other projects afaik. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 14:09 Mayuresh Kathe Yes, that's the one, thanks for that pointer Gorka, many thanks indeed. > Anyone still working on "Nix Mark IV"? > > On 2018-12-29 06:26 PM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: > > Is it nix you are asking

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
Yes, that's the one, thanks for that pointer Gorka, many thanks indeed. Anyone still working on "Nix Mark IV"? On 2018-12-29 06:26 PM, Gorka Guardiola wrote: Is it nix you are asking about?http://lsub.org/ls/nix.html [1] On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 13:44 Mayuresh Kathe I can't remember the name of

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread Gorka Guardiola
Is it nix you are asking about? http://lsub.org/ls/nix.html On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, 13:44 Mayuresh Kathe I can't remember the name of the person, but he used to work for a > European research lab and had made a 64-bit version of an operating > system derived from Plan 9. That operating system had

[9fans] Plan 9 64-bit?

2018-12-29 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
I can't remember the name of the person, but he used to work for a European research lab and had made a 64-bit version of an operating system derived from Plan 9. That operating system had some interesting features, one of which was the ability to isolate a process on a single core of a CPU.

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread Steve Simon
i have wondered if it would be possible to apply the historic plan9 kernel diffs and regenerate these ancient kernels. no real use but it would be interesting to see the code in its context. > On 29 Dec 2018, at 10:05 am, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > after checking the git mirror, it

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread hiro
after checking the git mirror, it turns out the change i'm interested in must have happened before it's beginning at 2002. On 12/28/18, Steve Simon wrote: > i have a copy if the diffs russ’s web pages used, though i dont think the > annotations are included. it lived on russ’s server i think,

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread hiro
> In all seriousness, it's not too difficult to integrate in. I used Russ' > letsencrypt package before this one. Both have been straight forward. > There are samples too. yeah, but with dp9ik around nowadays why not just use 9p access for the really inclined. somebody who doesn't even run plan9

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread hiro
hitler jokes work to relativize anything. but eekee's point was valid. On 12/28/18, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > It's all relative. For example, compared to the current President of the > United States, this API is extremely stable :) > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:58 AM Ethan Gardener >> On Fri,

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread Lucio De Re
On 12/29/18, Ethan Gardener wrote: > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, at 3:58 AM, Lucio De Re wrote: >> Personally, I think HTTPS is overrated, or has just made itself >> overrated. > > I've heard from multiple sources that this kind of single-ended > authorization isn't worth much, but I'm not so sure. My

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread Ethan Gardener
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018, at 3:58 AM, Lucio De Re wrote: > Personally, I think HTTPS is overrated, or has just made itself overrated. I've heard from multiple sources that this kind of single-ended authorization isn't worth much, but I'm not so sure. My current ISP re-encrypts all data from imgur

Re: [9fans] sources down

2018-12-29 Thread Ethan Gardener
Oh, when you put it that way, I can't disagree! :D On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, at 9:15 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > It's all relative. For example, compared to the current President of > the United States, this API is extremely stable :)> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 11:58 AM Ethan Gardener > > On Fri,