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Panicking In Morse Code

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dit-dit-dit-dot-dot-dot-dit-dit-dit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When an i386 running Linux panics, a function in the kernel called 'panic_blink' causes the system's LEDs to blink. Andrew Rodland recently posted a creative patch to turn that steady blink into a useful message in morse code!"

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  1. SOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    SOS, SOS, please install Windows... ;-)

  2. Why not make it stable, like WinXP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My WinXP box doesn't crash, maybe you Linux guys should work on making it not crash in the first place, instead of doing something "clever."

  3. You have gone too far ... by Lord+High+Troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    I am outraged. First you kernel hacking geeks expect me to decipher text messages like "Bad magic number in superblock" and "Kernel Panic",
    now you want me to take a step backwards in time about a century and learn Morse code so I can tell why my shitty Lunix distro is crashes AGAIN.
    When will you propeller-headed, toothpick arm having, panty waist punks realise I WANT TO USE MY COMPUTER and not get lost in the arcane annals of geek lore. Morse code, wow I can really use a skill like that. Then I could troll all those fat assed, smelly ham radio operators.

  4. MOD THIS UP YOU FUCKING GEEKS!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Man, is this guy so right. I'm going for a walk after I post this, because I have a life. When I come back I'll take time to laugh at you fags for "overclocking" you CD-Rs and making you LEDs
    blink Morse code.

  5. THIS ARTICLE WAS A TEST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    To see how many retards post replies on Saturday afternoons. Thank you for participating.

  6. Re:Lame site! by mkv · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hmm, maybe you could just try and live in this day instead of banging away on your good old vt-100? I mean, webpages _do_ look much nicer on a graphical display most of the time.

    --
    The secret to a successful /. career: Blame Microsoft
  7. Re:Penis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ballknocker