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And to all those who praised BASIC's ability to interact with the underpinnings of the operating system with PEEK's and POKES, I would like to point out the "/proc" filesysem on Linux:
echo "parameter" > /proc/thing/I/want/to/change
Lets you tinker with the underpinnings of just about any part of the operating system. And you don't even have to resort to a book to figure out what memory address to POKE to.
David, I love your Science Fiction, your writings on privacy, your understanding of how technology affects humanity in so many subtle and unsubtle ways, but....
I think you had some fairly large blinders on when you wrote this article. Or didn't put enough effort into coming up with arguments that would convince your likely target audience.
Mark
