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Re:I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it: The need fo... by Merciernmon on Sunday October 09, 2022 @09:55PM (#33147061)
Literary tangent: The title seems to be an allusion to Shakespeare: "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." Except, the entire purpose of Antony's funeral oration is to praise Caesar. His intent was to defend Caesar's legacy and shift public opinion against Caesar's assassins.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bi1PvXCbr8

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Re:I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it: The need fo... by bcantrill on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:33PM (#33147213)
Yeah, yeah, we know -- it's actually Frankenstein's monster.
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Re:I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it: The need fo... by pas on Monday October 10, 2022 @04:38AM (#33149170)
Not everyone grew up in the thick of the Anglosphere :)
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Re:I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it: The need fo... by vermilingua on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:03PM (#33147097)
Also Damian Lewis' (spectacular) rendition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89MLuLSJgk
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Re:I have come to bury the BIOS, not to open it: The need fo... by secondcoming on Monday October 10, 2022 @04:45AM (#33149207)
Marlon Brando did it better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=101sKhH-lMQ

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