I don't know about the rest of the "northern" people, but here near Philly, it's not BIOS, it's "Yo, Frankie, hit f1 to get into that setup thingy".
Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com <mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The end of the BIOS is nigh... I always found it amusing when my northern counterparts pronounce it as by-ause. Freakin' Yankees.... J Shook From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gor...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The end of the BIOS is nigh... But how will we pronounce the new acronym?... we're all used to saying "Bye-ohs", what about UEFI??? - perhaps "You-fee" or how about "you-ay-fee" or even "you-ee-fee" These things matter!!! J Paul G. From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: 01 October 2010 12:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: The end of the BIOS is nigh... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069 Probably well overdue, in hindsight -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
