On Thu, 10 Oct 2013, Sampsa Laine wrote: (Correct answer: open a file, write to a file, close the file, write a client to open the file periodically. Other answers: /dev/shm, writing to VGA memory directly, using serial lines, rsync to remote system) How does that get served over the internet? I never said it had to be. I mistyped...the original question i asked said "httpd". I also, rsync uses sockets, no? It doesn't have to. I like the idea of implementing your own SLIP + HTTPD over serial though.. I do too. That's why it's a correct answer. ;) It's intended to point out that a lot of modern CompSci students can't quite think outside the box...only by what the book, GitHub, Ruby conferences, and their elitist communities tell them. -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects