Episode 4 of Everybody Hates Chris
( Everybody (At Microsoft) hates Chris )
Copyright C 2008 by Eric Matteson.
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( Scene 1. Chris is over at Gregs house. The TV is on. )
This is General Landery of the U.S. Air Force.
C++ is a critically important programming language
for national defense. C++ is the only high performance
high level language that can run fast enough to
deflect incoming meteors and enemy nuclear missles.
If Microsoft continues to refuse to reinstate c++
computer programming then ask your school to switch to
Linux. Linux fully supports c++ programming.
Also ask your teachers at community colleges to reinstate
the four C++ programming classes
CS939 intro to C++
CS940 C++
CS936 data structures with C++
CS961 graphics pixel programming with C++
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(End of TV show clip).
GREG
I had to drop CS 965.
CHRIS
how come ??
GREG
instead of using a textbook the course uses
a training CD that DOES NOT WORK AT ALL!!
the training CD was supposed to connect to the Internet
continuosly and download movies of navy officers giving
lectures on board submarines that have curved walls
and simulations of networks of computers
and multiple choice questions.
I had my computer dual boot Windows and Linux and used
Microsoft Windows for the training CD. Scince the
training CD DOES NOT WORK I have reFDISKed the hard drive
and installed Linux only.
Pretty please ask all of your teachers to use only
plain paper traditional textbooks for all classes.
Those training CDs do not work at all.
CHRIS
You are right about that. Several students that were in
computer science with me have dropped out of school
because of defective training CDs.
It is very unfair to require students to buy a training CD
because there is no textbook for a course in the bookstore.
Make sure that the teacher has ordered a genuine textbook
for the bookstore for each course before enrolling if
at all possible.
GREG
I still have JavaScript programming class. Are you still in
that class ?
CHRIS
Absolutley. Even though the class has slowed down amd was
still in chapter three just before Spring break.
(Scene 2 Gregs computer room)
GREG
I just put in the new Fedora Core 7 balloon Linux.
(computer boots up and Greg logs in and balloons
appear on screen.)
In applications then system tools then terminal to get
command prompt in Fedora core 7 gnome linux.
CHRIS
On edelev14.c text editor it seems like three files is a lot of
files. It might still be a good deal if there is hope of getting Linux
to reinstate the traditional vga.h graphics pixel interface.
GREG
There is also a edelev10.c single file text editor program
in one file that compiles onto linux xwindows directly
without using zackvga.h
edelev10.c for linux xwindows also has a line of numbers
added to the bottom. The first four do not work. They were
supposed to obtain screensaver information. The remaining
three numbers have timing information. A clock followed
by an idle timer that is reset by key usage or mouse movement
and then a previous idle time if greater than 20 seconds are the last
three numbers out of those 7 numbers added to the bottom. Those
timing numbers do not affect edelev10 ability to edit text.
They were intended to help spy on the screensaver timing.
Also if
Linux does reinstate vga.h then the other version of zackvga.h
will then enable edelev14.c to be compiled on traditional vga.h
CHRIS
At least edelev14.c text editor uses monochrome graphics pixels
for G640x480x2 screen. The vgview07.c picture viewer expects
a full four bits per pixel G640x480x16 and it will crash
if a one-bit per pixel vga.h of any kind is developed.
GREG
The new vgview09.c uncompressed bitmap picture viewer of
*.bmp files checks for monochrome screen in addition to
standard color vga screen. vgview09.c can display pictures
in monochrome one-bit-per-pixel mode without greyscaling
if it has to.
( scene 3 Greg puts stargate SG-1 on TV )
ORLIN
The ori friars have come up with a way to dual boot Linux
on school computers that use Windows on only part of the hard
disk drive. It is harder than regular Linux installation
but enables Windows boot.ini and Windows nt bootloader
to choose an operating system instead of starting with
linux grub bootloader at the beginning.
(Orlin points to the screen)
Partitioning: ( For 40 Gb hard disk drive )
/dev/hda1 Fat32 20 Gb ( old Windows partition )
/dev/hda5 ext3 100 Mb /boot
/dev/hda6 ext3 15 Gb /
/dev/hda7 swap 500 Mb
On bootloader options leave Linux the default boot for grub.
Then on bootloader options check advanced bootloader options
and change grub bootloader install location from beginning
of /dev/hda to /dev/hda5 or whereever /boot is located
instead of beginning of hard drive.
Then go through time zones and US keyboard as normal.
In Fedora Core Linux right after the root password is done
office and productivity is already checked.
YOU need to check software development in order
for Linux to work at all.
After the Linux CDs or DVd is finished installing boot
the rescue CD or the boot DVD in rescue mode.
The rescue boot will ask you to
chroot /mnt/sysimage
then on the command prompt type
chroot /mnt/sysimage
then type
df -h
you should get
/boot /dev/hda5 100mb 60Mb
/ /dev/hda6 15Gb 11Gb
The partition where /boot is located is where you need the
first 512 bytes from to create a ori comparison file for the
Windows nt bootloader.
then put a floppy disk in the floppy drive
mount /dev/fd0 /media
dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/media/fd5ar254.ori bs=512 count=1
Then you should get a confirmation message confirming
copying of 512 bytes.
then
umount /media
then check floppy light and remove floppy disk after done writing.
exit
exit
ctrl alt delete if needed
shutdown computer.
Remove rescue cd rom and boot Windows from hard drive
accessories command prompt.
Put floppy disk back in
copy a:\fd5ar254.ori c:
dir c:\
should include
fd5ar254.ori 512
on drive c:
Take floppy out
then my computer advanced settings startup and recovery
edit boot.ini file
add line to boot.ini file
c:\fd5ar254.ori="fd5ar254.ori ORI link to Fedora Core Linux"
Save file and exit
shut down computer turning off power.
Turn computer back on.
Boot from hard disk. Choose Linux as operating system from
boot.ini boot menu
Then answer questions at Linux setup at first Linux boot
from hard drive. Create an unpriveleged user.
You can use vi to make the grub bootloader dissappear
from the screen altogether!
su
password:
in priveleged superuser mode
vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
a
the a key puts vi into edit mode
reduce the timeout to 1
then remove the other title that uses
rootnoverify(hd0,4)
chainloader+ 1
and that junk that goes with it so Linux is the only
boot option left in grub.conf
use
ESC
the esc key quits edit mode in vi
then
:wq
to write file and quit vi.
then in system setting make sure that screen is
640 by 480
or
800 by 600
and is exactly 24 bits per pixel
as is required by most Linux software.
You can also lengthen the screensaver delay.
Reboot the system.
Starting Windows is done with the boot.ini file
and Windows nt bootloader to choose the operating system.
Linux Grub never has to appear on the screen because
operating systems are chosen from the c:\boot.ini
Windows nt boot menu instead of Linux grub on
a ori bootloader dual boot Windows and Linux computer.
If you choose Linux you choose it from c:\boot.ini
menu at beginning and it goes through grub after Linux
is chosen and skips displaying grub screen if
you fixed /boot/grub/grub.ini with vi linux text editor.
CARTER
It sure is nice to Windows users to be able to start Windows
from the Windows boot.ini boot menu without having to
fiddle with an unknown grub associated with a rarly used
Linux that is only used in computer programming classes.
ORLIN
Do not underestimate the importance of computer programming.
If you do not take a computer programming class you
WILL NOT GRADUATE!!!
Linux is very good at supporting programming.
The ORI friars expect Linux to be added to all of Earth's
computers now that it no longer creates a hardship
for Microsoft Windows users to include dual boot Linux
in addition to Microsoft Windows.
(Commercial break)
GREG
Please remind whoever is in charge at your community college
to reinstate the four c++ programming classes::::
CS939 intro to C++
CS940 C++
CS936 data structures with C++
CS961 graphics pixel programming with C++
CHRIS
The fall 2008 catalog is not finalized until the
school website lists it's classes.
C++ is needed for national defense and the
very survival of Microsoft.
GREG
How much progress has been made in getting at least ONE state
in the United States to convery all courts to use totaly
all volunteer juries??
Is it in a legislative committee of a state legislature yet??
CHRIS
We need at least one state where people volunteer for jury duty
and health insurance is also voluntary in order to reinstste funding
for Microsoft Windows in educational places with less than a 89%
supermajority vote if such funding is removed by budget cuts.
( Written by Eric Matteson )
link to vgview09.c (requires header files from previous episode)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.misc/msg/1bb26544e67e4393?dmode=source&hl=en&
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link to edelev10.c text editor program in single file
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.student.affairs.net/msg/012175d59e2832a4?dmode=source&hl=en&
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Link to previous episode of Everybody (At Microsoft) hates Chris
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv/msg/a3d88d7f8d9ab99b
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ericmatteson2003november@hotmail.com
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