[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

[Tim H.]

Back before I started dating my wife, she was working at Sam's Club(so
was I at the time), and got a lecture from management for hacking
because she alt-tabbed out of the membership management program and ran
solitaire. (windows 3.1 days)  Management didn't even know the machines
were running DOS/Win31, they thought they were running some custom
software because they autolaunched the program full screen.  It always
amazed me that a company which actually makes use of significant
technology (Satellite link to every store, with leased line fallback,
wireless handheld terminals for inventory, etc) depended so much on
security through obscurity.  And even though the company uses so much
technology, I had to browbeat the GM into writing off a computer for
store use, they didn't have one.  Boy I am glad I am out of retail.

Tim

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 01:30:07 +0000 (GMT)
Kris Kirby <kris at catonic.net> wrote:

> After they took `root' from me (hell, if they'd have asked I'd have
> said`take it -- i don't want it!') I explained like above. They shot
> that down, and opened investigation on me for `hacking'.
> 
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> Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
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