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Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing?

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On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 02:25:16 -0400, <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The solution to piracy however, is easy --- micro-processors need to be
> serialized. If every CPU had a serial number, then every computer would
> be unique.

BAD IDEA!

That's the solution for government tracking ("Big Brother") and stalkers.
In the always connected to the Internet era, either by a personal computer
or smart phone, that could result in almost all privacy being eliminated.

Does "serialized" mean to have a serial number applied to it?
That doesn't seem to be a standard usage or meaning.

> The reason why the processor-manufacturers don't serialize processors
> (it is easy from a technical stand-point), is because the buyers of
> computers aren't demanding it --- and the reason why the buyers aren't
> demanding it, is because most computer-programmers are providing them
> with free software --- the average computer user considers programmers
> to be altruists (and they consider "altruist" to be a synonym for
> "serf").

First, some x86 microprocessors already have a unique serial number
that can be retrieved via software.

Second, I'm sure Microsoft has pressured Intel and AMD to provide
a unique serial number for each processor.  Microsoft currently goes
to great lengths to construct a unique identifier for each computer
within their more recent operating systems.

Third, there is already an abundance of unique identifiers or serial  
numbers
available in modern computers and cell phones.

Each cell phone has three serial numbers (IMEI, ICC-ID, IMSI).  One is for
the cell phone proper, while two are for the SIM card.

Each digital camera, be it standalone and cell phone, stores EXIF metadata
in digital pictures.

Each x86 computer has a variety of identifiers such as ethernet MAC  
address,
CMOS machine identifier, BIOS serial number, CDROM/DVD serial numbers,  
unique
volume serial numbers for hard disks, partitions, floppies, USB drives,  
also
software serial numbers in most commercial software and the data files they
create, "invisible" yellow dots printed by printers to track the printer  
and
prevent counterfeiting of U.S. currency, as well as a variety of unique
identifiers for software and hardware: CLSID, GUID, UUID, OID, SID, etc.   
Of
course, most of them are not permanent and so can be changed, although  
that's
somewhat infrequent.


Rod Pemberton

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Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-01 00:10 +0100
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@posteo.de> - 2014-04-01 06:34 +0200
    Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 00:19 -0700
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-04-01 15:53 +0000
    Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 13:12 -0700
      Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-01 23:06 +0200
        Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 14:42 -0700
        Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 18:04 -0700
          Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@posteo.de> - 2014-04-02 09:41 +0200
            Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-02 12:27 +0200
              Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-02 10:35 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-02 20:49 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-02 16:44 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 05:12 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 04:14 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 08:26 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-03 23:04 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-04 02:36 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-04 03:38 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-04 15:19 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-04 18:03 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-05 09:12 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-05 15:37 +0100
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-04-07 23:25 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-08 06:13 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-03 12:39 +0100
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 08:33 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-04-03 10:47 +0000
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-04-01 16:36 -0700

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