Wednesday, 21 March, 2007
My test computer is a Compaq Evo. It works ok for testing, but I am now using it with Ubuntu Linux to develop programs for Mono. It has a small problem that keeps it from being a good machine for that.
Compaq has always gone their own way. When they started, they developed their own BIOS to prevent IP problems with IBM. They have continued using their own BIOS on their desktop machines over the years, even though there are viable alternatives.
Something that Compaq has never done is to put a reset button on the front of their computers. This means that if you need to reset the machine, the only way to do it is to power the machine off by pressing and holding the power button down for 5 seconds. This is not good for the machine, but the only way to do it.
So I have a machine with a Compaq BIOS and no reset button. The machine keeps hanging up in the BIOS on power up, so it needs to be reset - with the power button.
I decided that this situation is unacceptable, so I am installing a reset button. I had to go out on the Net and look at the service manual for the model I have. I did manage to find the information, and I have determined that the motherboard has a reset, but (of course) it hasn’t been hooked up. I should have it hooked up by the end of the day.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- Perens blasts Microsoft/Novell “protection racket”
- Open source, open mind
- Reason Why Schools Should Adopt Linux
- Humor: Mac vs. PC: How Would Linux Fit?
- Terra Soft’s Yellow Dog Linux: Taking a Power Position
- GNOME Foundation Retains Software Freedom Law Center
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- U of Nebraska can’t track down downloading students
- Feds to rehear Webcaster fee dispute
- The Federation goes soft on file sharing
- RIAA Spurs Debate on Definition of Evil
- Suing fish in a barrel
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions
- Copy-protection flummoxes German punters
- DRM loses engineering database key customer
- Open source association challenges fines against DRM circumvention
- ISPs could be forced to police user behavior in Europe
- Keeping your online content under lock and key
Other News
- Postal Rates Set to Go Up on May 14
- IBM laywer: SCO’s smoking gun fires blanks
- US Navy refuses sonar details in whale lawsuit - Everything is a ’state secret’ to the Bushies.
- Bush May Invite Constitutional Showdown Over Attorney Firings
- The problems with Vista laid bare
- Booted from Starbucks
Security/Our Rights
Big Brother
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