From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 12 15:10:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B2EA37B400 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:10:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-299.wobline.de [212.68.71.20]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id g0CNARv24586 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:10:27 +0100 Received: from tisys.org (jodie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.2]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0CNBNX71286 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:11:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by tisys.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0CNAaS92318 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:10:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:10:00 +0100 From: Nils Holland To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: FIC on updating BIOS ;-) Message-ID: <20020113001000.A92296@tisys.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD jodie.ncptiddische.net 4.5-RC FreeBSD 4.5-RC X-Machine-Uptime: 12:04AM up 12:06, 2 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.05, 0.02 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Folks, I'd like to share this with you: I just went to the website of FIC (http://www.fic.com.tw) in order to see if an updated BIOS for my system is available. When doing so, I stumbled abounf FIC's "BIOS FAQ", which contains a section that somehow sounds as if FIC thinks their users are generally stupid. I somehow found this "warning" somewhat amusing, so here it is: "It is recommended to refrain from updating BIOS without a good reason. If you don't see your problem listed in the fix list, do not update your BIOS - better go to a shareware website (www.winfiles.com, www.shareware.com, tucows.com) and update your software or do something less dangerous." I had to laugh when I read this - it seems to say something like: "You're to stupid, if you want to mess around with your computer, download some software, but keep your fingers off the BIOS! ;-) Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message