Tuesday, December 30, 2003

A Look Back at Apple's 2003 [Slashdot] comment []5:23:10 PM

Writing an end to the bio of BIOS. Intel and Microsoft are set to start pitching "EFI" as an improved way of starting up a PC's hardware before its operating system begins loading--a task that's been handled by the BIOS for a quarter century. [CNET News.com - Front Door] And no mention of IEEE 1275 which, as Open Firmware, Apple has been using since 1995! comment []5:21:49 PM

"He was the train we did not catch.". John Clute reviews the finally-published first Heinlein novel. I'm not about to suggest that if Heinlein had been able to... [Electrolite] comment []3:08:57 PM

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