chkno's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=chkno2016-07-22T18:03:24ZPOSIXLY_CORRECT (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/POSIXLY_CORRECTchknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2016-07-22T18:03:24Z2016-07-22T18:03:24Z<p>The prudish name for <a href="/title/POSIX_ME_HARDER">POSIX_ME_HARDER</a>.</p>Open Boot PROM (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/Open+Boot+PROMchknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2001-12-26T01:41:57Z2001-12-26T01:41:57Z<p>A <a href="/title/command+interperter">command interperter</a> used by all <a href="/title/Sun+Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> boxen.
Implemented in firmware, its purpose is to allow finegrained control
of the boot procedure and provide some pre-boot hardware diagnostics.
Strictly, <a href="/title/OBP">OBP</a> is a <a href="/title/forth">forth</a> interpreter, but with several canned
scripts to do most anything one might need to do. OBP is characterized
by it's "ok " prompt.
<p>A couple of commands I remember:
<dl>
<dt><a href="/title/boot">boot</a> [device] [boot args]
<dd>Boot the machine. device is usually an alias created with
<a href="/title/nvalias">nvalias</a>. Boot args are passed to init, things like <a href="/title/boot+-s">-s</a>
for single user, <a href="/title/boot+-r">-r</a> for reprobe/reconfig, etc.
<dt><a href="/title/nvalias">nvalias</a> [device path] [alias]
<dd>Create device aliases. "disk" is easier to type than
"/pci/pci@00ff/dc-001c@0,1" etc. usually used with ^Y and the
<a href="/title/show-disks">show-disks</a>/<a href="/title/show-nets">show-nets</a> commands.
<dt><a href="/title/show-disks">show-disks</a>
<dd>Prints a list of all detected disks (actually disk controllers)
connected, labeled a, b, c, etc, and prompts you to enter one of<!-- close unclosed tag --></dl><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…RFC 748 (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/RFC+748chknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2001-12-07T22:33:19Z2001-12-07T22:33:19Z<pre>
<br><a href="/title/Network+Working+Group">Network Working Group</a> M. Crispin
<br><a href="/title/Request+for+Comments">Request for Comments</a> <a href="/title/748">748</a> SU-AI
<br>NIC 44125 1 April 1978
<p> <a href="/title/TELNET">TELNET</a> RANDOMLY-LOSE Option</p>
<p>1. Command name and code.</p>
<p> RANDOMLY-LOSE <a href="/title/256">256</a></p>
<p>2. Command meanings.</p>
<p> <a href="/title/IAC">IAC</a> WILL RANDOMLY-LOSE</p>
<p> The sender of this command REQUESTS permission to, or confirms
<br> that it will, randomly lose.</p>
<p> IAC WON'T RANDOMLY-LOSE</p>
<p> The sender of this command REFUSES to randomly lose.</p>
<p> IAC DO RANDOMLY-LOSE</p>
<p> The sender of this command REQUESTS that the receiver, or grants
<br> the receiver permission to, randomly lose.</p>
<p> IAC DON'T RANDOMLY-LOSE</p>
<p> The command sender DEMANDS that the receiver not randomly lose.</p>
<p>3. <a href="/title/Default">Default</a>.</p>
<p> WON'T RANDOMLY-LOSE</p>
<p> DON'T RANDOMLY-L<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></pre>…Winco Foods (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/Winco+Foodschknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2001-10-14T20:39:10Z2001-10-14T20:39:10Z<p><a href="/title/WinCo+Foods">WinCo Foods</a> is a grocery store chain with 48 stores in <a href="/title/Washington">Washington</a>, <a href="/title/Oregon">Oregon</a>, <a href="/title/Idaho">Idaho</a>, <a href="/title/California">California</a>, and <a href="/title/Nevada">Nevada</a>. The name WinCo (which stands for "Winning Company") was born in 1999 when <a href="/title/WareMart">WareMart</a> and <a href="/title/Cub+Foods">Cub Foods</a> were restructured to form WinCo.</p>
<p>All WinCo stores are open <a href="/title/24+hours+a+day">24 hours a day</a>. Most locations have an internal <a href="/title/Leonardi%2527s">Leonardi's</a> pizza joint with really good fresh-baked <a href="/title/pizza">pizza</a>. In addition to the standard bakery, deli, & whatnot, they have an excelent, high-quality <a href="/title/bulk+food">bulk food</a> department.</p>
<p>Here in <a href="/title/Vancouver%252C+WA">Vancouver, WA</a>, WinCo consistently has the best prices on just about everything, compared to the local <a href="/title/Albertson%2527s">Albertson's</a>, <a href="/title/Safeway">Safeway</a>, and <a href="/title/Fred+Meyer">Fred Meyer</a>.</p>anime as multichannel multimedia (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/anime+as+multichannel+multimediachknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2001-01-17T09:04:02Z2001-01-17T09:04:02Z<p>Foreground video, background video, foreground audio, background
audio, twisting <a href="/title/double-meanings">double-meanings</a> that take a few extra seconds to
<a href="/title/parse">parse</a> (& the good stuff won't slow down for you), and the occasional
"I missed that entire scene because I was still <a href="/title/laugh">laugh</a>ing so hard
from the previous one."</p>
<p>Add to all this (for those of us who don't (<a href="/title/yet">yet</a>) speak
<a href="/title/Japanese">Japanese</a>), <a href="/title/subtitles">subtitles</a>. Right now, I know enough japanese to
catch bits and pieces of spoken dialog. This then gives me 1-2
audio-dialog, 1 visual-dialog, and 1-2 video tracks to attempt to
follow. That's up to five raw channels. In addition, the audio
channels and the subtitle channel are presenting the same information
not only in different languages (with different connotations &
alternate meanings), but also through different senses.
You get to have fun decoding the audio signal & decrypting
the video signal completely independently and allow them to meet
in the middle, & play off each other...</p>
And that's not even…dx (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/chkno/writeups/dxchknohttp://m.everything2.com/user/chkno2001-01-15T17:29:45Z2001-01-15T17:29:45Z<p>One of four 16-bit general purpose cpu registers in the <a href="/title/x86">x86</a> arcitecture.</p>
<p>compare: <a href="/title/ax">ax</a>, <a href="/title/bx">bx</a>, <a href="/title/cx">cx</a>.</p>