[talk] NYC*BUG Upcoming: OS: the underlying overhead of computation

[George Rosamond]

George Rosamond:
> March 1, 645 PM

That's Feb 1.  Bug bounty goes to Jan S :)

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> OS : The underlying overhead of computation
> 
> An operating system is a piece of code intended to help computer
> operators load punch cards -- hence "operating".  The timesharing system
> was created to allow interactive shared access to the handful of
> computers which existed at the time.  We will examine what is in the
> interactive punch card loader in 2017, what actually belongs in there,
> and why things are the way they are.  Like science, the talk is highly
> religious.  Unlike computer science, the talk is grounded in reality.
> Discussions, heretical opinions, and questions are encouraged.
> 
> Bio
> 
> Antti Kantee has been a NetBSD committer since the 1900's and has
> managed to do many sorts of damage.  He is probably best (or worst,
> depending on who you ask) known for his decade-long workhaul on rump
> kernels.  Antti very recently moved to the Princeton area, so in case he
> appears particularly absent during his talk, he got lost on the way to
> the venue.
> 
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