Silly meme

[rhialto]

from nyecamden

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

4. R0 is destroyed by the mechanism.
From VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures, Version 3.3 by Lawrence J Kenah & Simon F Bate.
Sorry, it was the nearest English-language book I saw. The phone-book would be too boring anyway.

As a bonus I'll present the sentence in some context:

8.3.4 Machine Check Recovery Blocks.
The VMS operating system provides a capability for a block of kernel mode code to protect itself from machine checks while the protected code is executing. ... There are several restrictions on the protected code.
1. It must be executing in kernel mode. ...
3. VMS elevates the IPL to 31 so a limited number of instructions should be included in the block.
4. R0 is destroyed by the mechanism.

Comments

[aardvarkoffnord.livejournal.com]

OpenVMS. The one true operating system.

'Nuff said.

[earwigmc.livejournal.com]

looking around, the nearest book'd probably be an old copy of the A-Z of london, and page 161 would be one of teh central london pages...