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The Mother of all BIOS Guides

Posted by Hemos on from the eking-out-every-percent dept.

Joey Braff writes "Many of you have probably heard of the famous BOG - BIOS Optimization Guide. For those who have not, make sure you take a look at this mega-guide with more than 300 BIOS settings and they just added 10 more! If you doubt its authenticity, note that its author is a doctor and the guide is also available as a book."

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  1. Re:try putting up articles on time by CUclimber · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This reeks of self-promotion here. Since when does Slashdot try to pass advertisements off as stories?

  2. "... note that its author is a doctor ..." by Kymermosst · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah sure, because here at the university, I've never met someone with a Ph.D who was pretty much a complete dumbass in many respects.

    I've seen the kind of people who are issued doctorates, so the fact that the author is a doctor doesn't really lend to its credibility.

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    "Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
    1. Re:"... note that its author is a doctor ..." by Kymermosst · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I have performed tech support for math/computer science professors with doctoral degrees. I actually got the infamous "my machine won't turn on" issue that is resolved by plugging it in. Ph.D.'s don't necessarily reflect intelligence or for another matter, credibility.

      As my algorithms teacher routinely quoted Dijkstra: "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."

      I firmly believe that some CIS professors have never actually written a real program for a real compiler running on a real computer.

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      "Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
  3. Re:try putting up articles on time by woolio · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has been happening ever since I first started reading Slasdot 2-3 years ago...

    I believe the editors let an inflammatory article "slip" by one or twice a week go increase ad revenue:

    This "article" went up on SUNDAY night... Which means most ./'ers will be spending their WORKday tomorrow (and the rest of the week) posting rebuttals, reading others rants, etc... Since this is a fairly specialized topic (BIOS config), unless the editors allow the summary to be inflammatory, most people won't bother to click the "Read More..." link...

    This will probably be one of those articles that hits +500 messages real quick... Each message means multiple pages were loaded (login/preview, compose message, post response)... and thats only for those who bother to comment! Many many people will read the comments just to see what other are saying (since they will see so many were posted).

    I think it is just a quick way for CowboyNeal to get some extra $$$ real quick. They [the editors] could at least be honest about it....