There is a reason for the startup chime. - joshlocker101

Sometimes people don't want the startup chime for various reason. For example, my laptop once kernel panicked on me in class. I didn't want to disturb the class so I wasn't able to use it anymore that day. Had I been able to mute the startup chime I would have been able to resume use of the laptop.

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Monday, January 09 2006 @ 07:12 PM PST

There is a reason for the startup chime. - Steve Davidson

Your point about the utility of the statup chime is noted. However, it is completely inappropriate for you to declare Psst! "useless" unless you use your computer the way everybody else does.

The last thing in the world I want is to draw attention to my computer use in a meeting, and I would gladly accept a computer operating imperfectly in exchange for the assured silence that Psst! provides.

I use a verbose boot (lists commands at they occur, don't watch the blue screen with the spinning turbine) and look at my logs, and if a problem existed, I'd know it without the "idiot light" level of information that a startup chime.

If you used your computer the way I use my PowerBook, you would find Psst! to be very useful indeed. I recommend you withdraw or retract your comment.

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Tuesday, January 10 2006 @ 05:30 AM PST