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SubjectRe: HW access allowed ?

They require you to turn off the safety first (i.e. logon as root). Just
like linux already does. Case closed.

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, David Schwartz wrote:

>
> And how, pray tell, does a _real_ OS determine which trigger squeezes
> are accidental?
>
> DS
>
>
> >A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't
> >want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger.
> >
> >Andrej
> >
> >David Schwartz wrote:
> >>
> >> Linux allows the root user to pretty much do whatever he or she
> wishes.
> >> A _real_ O.S. lets you shoot yourself in the foot if you wish to.
> >>
> >> DS
> >>
> >> >So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ?
> >> >
> >> >And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-)
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >David Balazic , student
> >> >E-mail : 1stein@writeme.com | living in sLOVEnija
> >> >home page: http://surf.to/stein
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> >Andrej Presern, andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si
> >
> >
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