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Phoenix Sounds Death Knell for BIOS

Posted by michael on from the pay-attention dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The sky will fall next.... Betanews is carrying a story about Phoenix ditching the trusty old BIOS and moving to 'Trusted Computing'... ya right... Time to stock up on those old motherboards boys!" A follow-up/analysis on this story.

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  1. "Yea right" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    English professor:

    In English, for example, a double negative makes a positive. In other languages such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. There are, however, no languages in which a double positive makes a negative.

    Student in back of class: "Yea right"

  2. Core System Software by burtonator · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > If all goes according to plan, a new product the
    > company dubs Core System Software (CSS) will serve
    > as the foundation of PC architecture.

    Thank GOD we already have DeCSS!!!

  3. Hunh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    What in the FUCK is this article talking about?

  4. Re:Trust Me. by jafac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh, and by the way - HALO is finally available on the Mac - after a 3+ year delay (thanks again Microsoft, for buying Bungie!).

    --

    These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
  5. Re:The sky isn't falling. The sky HAS Fallen. by frogsarefriendly · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    jeez, for that sig you sure post a lot. --i hate posting on slashdot so much i never do.

  6. Huh? by vsprintf · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Phoenix is not alone in moving toward such changes. Chip giant Intel has pushed for a predecessor to BIOS it calls the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface).

    How does one push for a "predecessor" to something? Is that like back to the future? It makes me wonder about the rest of the article.

  7. Re:Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    While I agree that the taxation without representation was a factor, by 1776 George had removed most of the offending taxes.

    What mattered and was near and dear to GW's Heart was the return of the ohio lands to the Indians by G3- after GW had spent mucho dinero surveying them. THAT was being buttfscked.

    As far as modern arms/assault rifles - give me a WalMart special .308 with a 10x scope. Looks, tastes, smells, and feels like a hunting rifle, but It'll be very effective in getting my new government issued MP5 off of the dead swat guy when the time comes. An accurate hunting rifle is a hell of a lot cheaper and assures me that I'll be able to keep up with the technology just in case Winchester has to put DRM on their bullets. (It'll also come with a handy suppressor and 5 loaded 30rd magazines.:-)

    Anyhoo, back to the bunker.