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What input-validated your PC's operating system when you booted it?

• zdw 16y ago
  Last I checked, CPU's generally don't react well to executing random data as instructions.
  • asciilifeform 16y ago
    Mine is perfectly well-behaved in response to random/mistaken instructions. Executed under VmWare, where they belong. (during OS prototyping, etc.)
    • alnayyir 16y ago
      And I bet you just have all the answers don't you? I'll even bet that you think everyone else is stupid for not seeing the OBVIOUS solutions that you're presenting! Damn those corporate conspiracies to keep programmers down!
      • asciilifeform 16y ago
        I haven't many answers; only questions. And someone appears to think they are interesting, as I do not submit my articles to this site, and have tried to discourage others from doing so: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=91 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=91 And to explain the present status quo, we need no conspiracies. Only people who laugh off the very idea of re-thinking foundations. No one is asking you to throw out your PC. I only ask that you think.
        • zdw 16y ago
          Taking a better look at your site, I must apologize for my original statements - I was overly crude and insulting, which was not fair. (I'd edit it, but HN won't let me...) While I don't agree with exactly where you're coming from, you are pushing the envelope in ways that I'm frankly not used to, and making people think, which is quite noble. That said, I'm a firm believer in data being separate from code, so that the code can be innovated/iterated on in ways independent of data. Tying them too closely together allows less than ideal programming and laziness lead to data and code interdependence which becomes a nightmare to deal with. If you can solve the problem of dumb/myopic programmers being let loose with the tools you propose, I'd love to hear it.