Oh, that's even cooler than I imagined. Somehow I took it that your boot loader was messed up as a user, which doesn't often happen, and that you fixed it, which happens even more rarely.
That's way too studly for me. I don't have the patience to understand systems designed by other people, much less fix their buggy code :-)
The stuff you do is all greek to me. I consider C a "low-level" language. ;-) You hardware types scare me and I hold you in awe.
Fortunately the hardware is well-documented and I don't have to write much assembly. People who actually MAKE hardware... I hold them in awe. On the other hand, I also hold anyone who can make a decent software user interface in awe, too, no matter how high-level the language. In short -- competence in whatever area is GOOD. Um, except for advertising. ;-)
My understanding and feelings about low-level systems are perfectly encapsulated by the fact that I implied you were a "hardware" person. Even if you don't make it or even use assembly, at least you only have a couple of layers of abstraction between you and 0-5 volts. I'm more comfortable with about 12 levels of systems below me that I just expect to work.
I develop web applications with mod_perl / Oracle on Linux right now for CitySearch.com . Specifically, I'm in charge of the real estate site (http://realestate.citysearch.com/).
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That's way too studly for me. I don't have the patience to understand systems designed by other people, much less fix their buggy code :-)
The stuff you do is all greek to me. I consider C a "low-level" language. ;-) You hardware types scare me and I hold you in awe.
Fortunately the hardware is well-documented and I don't have to write much assembly. People who actually MAKE hardware... I hold them in awe. On the other hand, I also hold anyone who can make a decent software user interface in awe, too, no matter how high-level the language. In short -- competence in whatever area is GOOD. Um, except for advertising. ;-)
What do you do?
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I develop web applications with mod_perl / Oracle on Linux right now for CitySearch.com . Specifically, I'm in charge of the real estate site (http://realestate.citysearch.com/).
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