From: trucken@exa.cs.umn.edu (David Truckenmiller) Subject: Re: Tractatus Linuxicus Newbius Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1993 14:47:08 GMT
In <1993Aug27.121532.19134@news.mentorg.com> stuartj@wv.mentorg.com (Stuart John) writes:
>I took some artistic license with editing...
Thanks! So did I.
>it's fundamental, so people in the industry know what you're talking about...
>ie. Intel 486DX instead of "that black plastic box made by Intel with a
> chip inside with a cache and a floating point unit, and is the
> successor to the one before which didn't have..."
What's a "chip"? What's a "cache"? I don't need a "floating point unit"
since I'll never be out over water, do I?
>gimme a break...
Yes, you have to get up to speed somehow.
>Shouldn't this be in comp.os.linux.psychology ? sorry,
Yes.
>right, how do you install LILO ? :-) :-)
Yeah, I can't figure that out either. Boy, if only there was a
clear manual without a lot of "boot tracks" in it... :-)
Anyway, this thread has now come full circle. So, let's declare it dead.
It was fun.
-Dave