In my case, the flash died halfway through (under Windows), and left the firmware in a bad state of being partially-written. I guess it had a built-in recovery system, looking for the bootable floppy with auto-flash (non-interactive) features, and so it was purely by the grace of the BIOS Gods that I was able to get it working again.:)
Of course, back in the late 90s, there were a few times when all that got screwed up was the MBR, which in modern parlance would be (for the average user) the equivalent of bricking the machine. Boot disk, command line, fdisk/mbr... done.:)
Heh, I screwed up a BIOS flash one time... the machine wouldn't initialize the video at all after that. It took a few minutes of cold, hard panic to realize that "hrm, the floppy drive is lighting up". Did a bit of research on another machine, and found out that I could make a boot floppy to auto-flash the BIOS with proper firmware. There was an awful lot of swearing involved, however.
Note to readers: When flashing BIOS firmware, pay careful attention to the *ENTIRE* revision string of your motherboard. And, also, don't flash from within Windows (even if the utility says you can do it).
"when the tide turns" could be a simple matter of a complete negation of our entire technological society, and a reduction to practically stone-age levels of technology. Be careful what you wish for, because it just might fry every computer on the entire planet, and negate all of your valuable skills.:)
According to my own self-analysis, I fall into the "Good Programmer" category. Go me!
However, I still need to improve in a few areas; namely, my "variety". PHP, C++, Java, C#, BASH, VDS... there's room for a few more languages in there. And maybe a few technologies along the way.:)
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If you make it a tad more nebulous, you could even take down NASA on account of their Astronaut Diapers.
Yes.
That was a fun movie :)
... imagine it with current-generation Denzel and Crowe, and some better writers? :)
I wish they would do a sequel
Ah yes, the good old Faraday-Fabergé Cage configuration.
I think you'll find, upon re-reading it, that it is actually profoundly dumb.
But in this case, the chemical compounds do that to themselves ...
Gates don't donate 95% of his wealth, not even 10 percent. Important thing to consider.
You're half-right; he hasn't donated 10 percent. He's donated over 50%, through his own foundation.
"Seems like a small point but it isn't."
Have you SEEN some of the patents they've put through in the last 5 years? This most definitely IS a small point.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say,
*** REDACTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF NATIONAL SECURITY ***.
I think that about sums it up.
So buy a PS3. In fact, buy 3 PS3s.
(And yes, of course I'm kidding. But in all seriousness, I do still have a floppy drive in my tower.)
In my case, the flash died halfway through (under Windows), and left the firmware in a bad state of being partially-written. I guess it had a built-in recovery system, looking for the bootable floppy with auto-flash (non-interactive) features, and so it was purely by the grace of the BIOS Gods that I was able to get it working again. :)
/mbr ... done. :)
Of course, back in the late 90s, there were a few times when all that got screwed up was the MBR, which in modern parlance would be (for the average user) the equivalent of bricking the machine. Boot disk, command line, fdisk
Yeah. Buy a Mac.
Heh, I screwed up a BIOS flash one time ... the machine wouldn't initialize the video at all after that. It took a few minutes of cold, hard panic to realize that "hrm, the floppy drive is lighting up". Did a bit of research on another machine, and found out that I could make a boot floppy to auto-flash the BIOS with proper firmware. There was an awful lot of swearing involved, however.
Note to readers: When flashing BIOS firmware, pay careful attention to the *ENTIRE* revision string of your motherboard. And, also, don't flash from within Windows (even if the utility says you can do it).
DVD recorders are a lame waste of resources.
The tagline at the top should be changed to:
"From the Department of Dr. Moreau"
I see why your stint was short. You were a good journalist, rather than an idiotic sensationalist one ... there's just no market for that any more. :(
LCARS, not ICARS. The "L" stands for Library.
"It looks like you are having a heart attack. Would you like to:
1) Call a Whambulance
2) Keel over already"
Choplifter, Space Taxi, Spy Hunter, Spy vs. Spy, Raid on Bungeling Bay.
:)
... then the PC with Rise of the Triad ...
Can you guess what machine was my first gaming platform?
After that, it was the NES with SMB3
To borrow from PennyArcade: "It's not FOR you." *condescending glare*
Those aren't the poor. Those are idiots. The poor are the people who have to choose between food and heat, and there are plenty of them.
"What, did you skip the 60s or something, pops? If people like doing it, they'll totally give it away for free."
"when the tide turns" could be a simple matter of a complete negation of our entire technological society, and a reduction to practically stone-age levels of technology. Be careful what you wish for, because it just might fry every computer on the entire planet, and negate all of your valuable skills. :)
"VMware books"? What VMware books do you recommend? :)
According to my own self-analysis, I fall into the "Good Programmer" category. Go me!
... there's room for a few more languages in there. And maybe a few technologies along the way. :)
However, I still need to improve in a few areas; namely, my "variety". PHP, C++, Java, C#, BASH, VDS