Post by thread:Hardware/software joke [OT]

What's the difference between hardware and software? [read between the X's for the answer] XXASXTIMEXGOESXBYX,XHARDWAREXGETSXSMALLER,XFASTER,XANDXCHEAPER.XXXXXXX XXSOFTWAREXGETSXBIGGER,XSLOWER,XANDXMOREXEXPENSIVE.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Attachment converted: wonderland:WINMAIL.DAT 1 (????/----) (0002577F)

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:55:20 -0600, John Payson wrote: >What's the difference between hardware and software? > > > > > >[read between the X's for the answer] > >XXASXTIMEXGOESXBYX,XHARDWAREXGETSXSMALLER,XFASTER,XANDXCHEAPER.XXXXXXX >XXSOFTWAREXGETSXBIGGER,XSLOWER,XANDXMOREXEXPENSIVE.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > That's not a *joke* it is *TRUE*.........

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, John Payson wrote: > What's the difference between hardware and software? > I have a serious question that I have been kinda embarrassed to ask, but what the hell, here goes... What the heck is "firmware"???? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pinto Page: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~shidel Join the Ford Turbo Mailing List! http://www.FindMail.com/list/turbo/ Scott -71 Pinto, stock 2.3 turbo, 13.67@98, radials 8.1@85 1/8th mile on slicks -85 Merkur 13.764@98 on radials&3300lbs! Under $300 in mods! ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scott Shidel... wrote: > I have a serious question that I have been kinda embarrassed to ask, but > what the hell, here goes... > What the heck is "firmware"???? "Firmware" typically refers to software that has been burned into a read-only device, such as a ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, etc. I don't know whether programs on a CD-ROM count as "firmware" though... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike spam_OUTmwestfalTakeThisOuTodc.net http://web.csusb.edu/public/csci/mwestfal Linux religious dogma: "The Gates of Hell shall not prevail." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Dan Larson wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:55:20 -0600, John Payson wrote: > > >What's the difference between hardware and software? > > > > > > > > > > > >[read between the X's for the answer] > > > >XXASXTIMEXGOESXBYX,XHARDWAREXGETSXSMALLER,XFASTER,XANDXCHEAPER.XXXXXXX > >XXSOFTWAREXGETSXBIGGER,XSLOWER,XANDXMOREXEXPENSIVE.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > > > > > That's not a *joke* it is *TRUE*......... > > Exactly THAT's why I get stuck at DOS and do not change to Windoze.

> What's the difference between hardware and software? |I have a serious question that I have been kinda embarrassed to ask, but |what the hell, here goes... |What the heck is "firmware"???? Somewhat obscene joke answer follows [don't say I didn't warn you] XXXIT'SXWHATXMALEXSOFTWAREXTURNSXINTOXWHENXINXCLOSEXPROXIMITYXTOXXXXXX XXXFEMALEXSOFTWAREXINXPREPARATIONXFORXHARDWARE/SOFTWAREXINTERFACINGXXX

If i remember correctly then Firmware is programm that is needed for device to operate as planned. Whit out it. device is useless. In that point, My computers bios is firmware, since it's needed for computer to start working. J.M. Vehasmaa ---------- > From: Mike Westfall <.....mwestfalKILLspam@spam@VORLON.ODC.NET> > To: PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: Hardware/software joke [OT] > Date: 9. tammikuuta 1999 2:31 > > Scott Shidel... wrote: > > I have a serious question that I have been kinda embarrassed to ask, but > > what the hell, here goes... > > What the heck is "firmware"???? > > "Firmware" typically refers to software that has been burned into a read-only > device, such as a ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, etc. > > I don't know whether programs on a CD-ROM count as "firmware" though... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Mike > .....mwestfalKILLspam.....odc.net > http://web.csusb.edu/public/csci/mwestfal > Linux religious dogma: "The Gates of Hell shall not prevail." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---