Since there are exactly zero [0] implementations of the JVM for Minix, your worries about Java applets running on ME while a machine is powered down can be put

Since there are exactly zero [0] implementations of the JVM for Minix, your worries about Java applets running on ME while a machine is powered down can be put to rest. And 'powered down' activities of ME are very limited, and only applicable to certain ACPI states - not a magical way of using the computer when the PSU is switched off. 0. EDIT: Well, maybe not, see http://jainja.thenesis.org/ http://jainja.thenesis.org/ for instance. But still, I don't believe the NSA tailored access teams are building Java applets for their persistent malware...