[ASalazarMX]

> it takes two hours to boot up to a bash prompt, and four more to load up Ubuntu and login. If you want a Megahertz rating, good luck; the effective clock speed is about 6.5 kilohertz. While the worst Linux PC ever won’t win any races, its simple construction puts it within the reach of even the klutziest of hardware builders; the entire device is just a microcontroller, RAM, SD card, a few resistors, and some wire.

I don't know why, but this little kludge greatly pleases my sense of aesthetics.

[IgorPartola]

I remember when I first learned of MySQL’s triggers I immediately thought that it might be fun to use them to implement a microcontroller or even a full computer emulator. A table with registers, a table for RAM, etc. If it was x86 or ARM or some such then I could compile Linux on it and then run MySQL inside of that!

[krylon]

That is an amazing idea. Then run SAP on top of that and turn it into an art installation.

[jhgb]

Should have run Oberon, though.