Re: Request for Funding our Electricity

[Sia Lang]

 The old hardware would still run while they're validating the emulators,
 and that process would probably take a really long time.


If the tests are as good as this project claims them to be, the process
should take exactly one test cycle. If that's the case, then the test
regime suck big time. Logic brother. Logic.

Re: Request for Funding our Electricity

[Sia Lang]

Virtual machines/emus and canadian cross builds should be able to reduce
the amount of iron, no?


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:

 Through the history of openbsd there have been architectures in which
 more bugs have been found and some in which fewer bugs have appeared.

 That is not true.

 Then maybe the number of bugs for an architecture can be matched to the
 power-on-time for the machines for that architecture.

 Maybe.  Probably need them on to prove or disprove the point.

 For example, if 1% of the total number of bugs in the history of openbsd
 have appeared on architecture x, then it's likely that it will continue to
 be so, then all the machines for that architecture should be powered on
 just 1% of the time.

 Another great advantage here is that all the pesky developers who love
 those machines will go away, and we'll only need to run on the best
 architectures (which of course, are big endian).

 Then perform that analysis on all architectures to make a more better use
 of energy. And that's it.

 It's so simple.  Why didn't I think of it.

Re: Request for Funding our Electricity

[Sia Lang]

Theo,

In situations like this, it might be a good idea to come down from your
high horse (it's a mostly irrelevant OS anyway) and start treating people
offering ideas - good or bad-  with some f*cking respect.

I fortunately read through the thread before NOT donating.

That small donation wouldn't have amounted to much, but I am positive you
being the leader of this project is the very reason no one wants to step up
with serious funding.

-Sia