linux-kernel - Re: PC speaker

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:26:05 -0400
From:	"Chris Smith" <smitty1elkml@...il.com>
To:	"R.F. Burns" <burnsrf@...il.com>
Cc:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PC speaker

> 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
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