I never said it'd be an easy port, although there was an x86 (and s/390) port back when time itself was new.

edit: s/390 is big endian.

Z/OS for ARM then? ;-)

I’ve been running VM/370 and MVS on my RPi cluster for a long time now.

AIX for ARM? ;-)

Not in the real world, but this is kind of how Asimov’s robots interpret their 3 laws - it’s about consequences much more than what the order is. Also, they weight consequences of inaction as well and might be driven to action when not acting could cause a violation.

Our AI is nowhere near the level of sophistication required to implement something like that, but it’s still an interesting idea.

Attacking a navy has proven easy and cheap. Right now they lack any significant military capability but that will not last forever.

I hated the small title tabs for dragging windows but apart from that it was a nice OS and incredibly responsive.

On Gnome I use the multiple workspaces extensively. When on my desk, I use an Apple trackpad for the gestures and it works perfectly.

> Countermeasures can take out some attacking missiles, but not all of them.

Exactly. On asymmetrical warfare, one side needs to get lucky all the time while the other only needs to get lucky once.

> Mass-produced drones today are a simple airframe, a lawnmower engine, and the smarts of a cell phone. Ukraine has people making them in basements. Presumably, so does Iran.

Their cheap and simple nature allows them to easily swarm targets and saturate their defenses. You can defend from a dozen incoming drones, but a hundred is significantly more difficult.

Also, consider the massive quadcopter shows in China as an example of how a well placed shipping container can swarm a target and make a devastating attack. Ukraine demonstrated one and disabled a significant part of the Russian bomber fleet.

> Worst outcome is the US attacks Cuba, Cuba allies with Iran, it turns out that Cuba has been stocking up on Iranian drones, and Cuba becomes a forward base for drone and missile attacks on the southern US.

Cuba would be foolish not to do that at the first opportunity, not to attack the US, but to neutralize any offensive from the US. Without a navy, a land invasion, or an effective blockade, is impossible.

Any country that can veto a UN resolution is, effectively, immune to international law.

I really miss Think Geek :-(