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The Mother of all BIOS Guides
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."
Oh, of course. How silly of me to doubt a doctor would be the perfect person to outline all of our BIOS settings. For a minute there I was thinking a engineer would be a better choice.
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This reeks of self-promotion here. Since when does Slashdot try to pass advertisements off as stories?
If you doubt its authenticity, note that its author is a doctor and the guide is also available as a book."
Because anything written in a book by a doctor must be true...right?
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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.
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
I couldn't read it with all of the sponsored links. Seriously, that's distracting.
Quite a bit of assembly required, actually....
This has been happening ever since I first started reading Slasdot 2-3 years ago...
./'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...
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
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....
You must be new here. Slashvertisements are 95% of the (non-dupe) stories here.
The actual thing:a r1=18
http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=7&v
This is going to be immensely helpful in my line of work. I have to help people work with their BIOS all the time, and now there is a document that not explains those weird options, but has optimizations as well
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I am not trying to start a flame war... Before modding this or the parent, consider this... The "doctor" that wrote this so-called "book" is a medical student...(although nearly done) http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=7&va r1=2
Details on the MBBS program:
http://www.manipal.edu/kmc/institutions/twinningpr ogram-aua.htm
Also consider this: When does a PhD in CS/ECE write a book on BIOS settings? That wouldn't even qualify as a MS thesis topic unless someone's entire committee didn't understand it.
If the "Editors" didn't even give this half a though, then why are the EDITORS???
"Doctor" makes the author sound like he is a physician. If the author has a PhD, I'd say he is wasting it by engaging in the documentation of BIOS settings. It is not exactly what I would call research. Sure wish my PhD would automatically give me credibility. Usually it has the reverse effect. Too many college students have met stupid PhDs. :)
This is getting irritating to say the least. Would all you "mothers" please just go home? Did I wander up to you and ask "Are you my mother?"
Next you'll have machines called "The mother of all computers" released.
Bleh!!!
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
I've never met someone with a Ph.D who was pretty much a complete dumbass in many respects.
It would seem to fit in with the old saying:
Doctor Laura.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
Can anybody say *cough*shameless plug*cough cough*?
Good lord. It's almost as bad as a pr0n site with a "Click here for h0tt EEPROM action!" link.
I occasionally send PMs to one on the boards we frequent. I'd love to hear his opinion on how accurate this thing is. Before I do, will anyone who does BIOS as their day job step up?
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Proxomitron is different (better?) than greasemonkey since the browser receives the clean html, while greasemonkey waits for the html to load and then modify it.
Rule 2: Writing a spec is like writing code for a brain to execute.
At the beginning was the
Basic Input Output System and this specialized
site. Then so many readers asked for it that the
author published a book and you may want to buy it.
Also, so many readers asked for a simple overview
that now they get it, it is called BOG Light. To
look up technical details, you may want to access
their full database for a fee.
Yes, and somebody was so taken by their prowess
that he managed to place a story on Slashdot - so
you may want to go to the site and buy and subscribe.
Could it be this doctor?
While he may be a bios expert and a sweet man, don't you ever tell us where you found him. Ever.
Not even if it was Google.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
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Proxomitron is different (better?) than greasemonkey since the browser receives the clean html, while greasemonkey waits for the html to load and then modifies it.
Rule 2: Writing a spec is like writing code for a brain to execute.
This is a great guide but it led me to think, why, over all the years, the help in the BIOS itself lack all this information.
I know about the memory problem in the BIOS itself but how much memory is needed for a normal help?
The BIOS still looks like an engineer page rather than a setup page for a normal user.
You can't get there from here.
note that its author is a doctor
;)
lol.. so is my girlfriend but whilst she might know lots about her chosen field, I don't think she knows an awful lot about the ins and outs of RAM timings and AGP apertures
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
I too found the original posters argument from authority slightly silly. It only makes sense if said doctor is an authority in the field of BIOS research. However, being issued a doctorate usually means three things
1) generally bright
2) specifically good at whatever the theses was about
3) hard working
Given time and interest, I'm confident a large proportion of them would figure out BIOSs or whatever. I think your criticism of them as a group is unfounded. They don't claim to know everything, that's your claim on their behalf.
Why? Aside from other people's (very valid) complaints, he's breaking the 'Back' button as well. I hate it when people do that.
Someone slap this guy with a clue by four.
The last line reminds me of a wonderful under-known Python sketch from Mr. Pither's cycling tour, set in a doctor's surgery.
Doctor
Morning.
Pither
Oh, a very good morning to you too, Doctor
Doctor
Ah, I understand you had an accident? [...] where were you hurt?
Pither
Oh, fortunately, I escaped without injury.
Doctor
Well what is the trouble?
Pither
Please, could you tell me the way to Iddesleigh?
Doctor
I'm a doctor, you know.
Pither
Oh yes, absolutely. Normally I would have asked a policeman or a minister of the Church, but finding no one available, I thought it better to consult a man with some professional qualifications, rather than rely on the possibly confused testimony of a passer-by.
Doctor
Oh alright.
(he scribbles something on a piece of paper and hands it to Pither)
Take this to a chemist.
Pither
Thank you.
Cut to exterior of a chemist's shop. A chemist comes out holding the paper and points up the street. Pither thanks him and mounts his bike.
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