In comp.os.linux.advocacy, waterskidoo
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on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:54:56 +0000 (UTC)
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> On 2007-08-08, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 08 August 2007 16:31 : \____
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>> Well, at least a blue screen can calm you down.
>>
>> Better than kernel panic, no?
>
> True! I do believe that green is the most relaxing color though
> which is why hospitals, schools etc tend to be painted with
> some shade of green. Especially older ones.
Maybe so; I'll admit it makes some sense from an
evolutionary standpoint (we're primarily a grasslands
creature). However, given the Linux limitations as they
stand today we'll probably have to be content with a
panic() message with basic white-on-black, unless someone
gets cute and fiddles with the foreground and background
colors during startup. :-)
Fortunately for everyone's sake, panic()s are extremely
rare. They could be handled better -- but it's far from
clear to me that the machine is in any state to do much
apart from trying to print a message into a specialized
memory region (which maps to the video screen if all
works well), if it feels the need to panic().
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