From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758100AbXFMM0R (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:26:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756468AbXFMM0H (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:26:07 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.239]:16939 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755149AbXFMM0G (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:26:06 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=e0WENRyFSwyAXiGI6aOe+nH21/7pYNqcLYg9TtxtPOi/xxk3xd6BHPPYYL7OXo1TqMpX1zmaKS8Fd+Ny+tb/4jRNKWUGylgsmLC6iUJQvYzo88gvaFJZ/30ihdk2IQCH0kMFsFAlu5aYiVKubANH/GVLgSA0yemzM6WpikCgsmU= Message-ID: <9b53a56d0706130526p6ca6807fx2424d29887a6523b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:26:05 -0400 From: "Chris Smith" To: "R.F. Burns" Subject: Re: PC speaker Cc: "Lee Revell" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <75b66ecd0706120744g7cdb3392l6537b5c68c2d6b21@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So, the idea was raised about seeing if there was a way to blow the PC > speaker by loading a kernel module. If so, a mass-deployment of a > kernel module overnight would take care of the PC speaker problem once > and for all. Sounds as though the problem has more to do with the students than the hardware. The Powers That Be are chasing symptoms, as opposed to the disease. The real questions center around how to point the creativity on display away from abusing speakers and towards something useful. -- Christopher Smith Pursuer of knowledge