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Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by layer8 on Monday October 27, 2025 @02:05PM (#45724336)
People familiar with KVM switches have the reverse issue with the Linux kernel thing. ;)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45706866#45713054

Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by RicoElectrico on Monday October 27, 2025 @02:07PM (#45724365)
Likewise with DRM.
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by technothrasher on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:01PM (#45724960)
Being a nerdy kid in the 80’s, I can’t see the acronym MCP without thinking, “You’re in trouble program. Why don’t you make it easy on yourself. Who’s your user?”
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by btschaegg on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:14PM (#45725115)
Well that one at least has appreciable parallels :)

Letting an LLM loose on a real system without containing it in a sandbox sounds about as predictably disastrous as letting a glorified chess program run all ENCOM operations…

Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by CamperBob2 on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:55PM (#45725554)
And your mom who grew up in the 1960s might have yet another interpretation in mind ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/305272862225 ). MCP is definitely an overloaded acronym at this point.
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by technothrasher on Monday October 27, 2025 @04:35PM (#45725960)
Well, my mom was in her mid-twenties by the time that phrase came into usage, but point still well taken.
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by int_19h on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @12:18AM (#45729160)
They should have called it OCP, the Omni Control Protocol.
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by ambentzen on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @04:19AM (#45730300)
Over Current Protection
Re:JetKVM – Control any computer remotely by bigbuppo on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:00PM (#45724946)
Digital Radio Mondiale?