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What has the author Antonio Manzo written?
Antonio Manzo has written: 'Facete dicta Tulliana' -- subject(s): Correspondence, History, History and criticism, Humor, Latin Letter writing, Latin letters, Latin wit and humor 'L' adynaton poetico-retorico e le sue implicazioni dottrinali' -- subject(s): Ancient Rhetoric, Classical languages, Figures of speech, Greek language, History, Latin language, Poetics, Possibility, Rhetoric
What is bootstraps?
The term itself originates from the concept of "pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps". While this adynaton is clearly impossible, it is equally impossible for a computer to load any program unless it is programmed to do so, which means it must load a program. This seemingly impossible feat was achieved by hard-wiring a program whose sole responsibility was to load a simple program, the bootstrap, from an input unit into system memory and instruct the CPU to execute it. The bootstrap then loaded a series of simple programs and executed them. Most of these programs would perform simple self-tests upon the hardware but, eventually, the bootstrap would pass control to a control program that was responsible for loading the basic input/output system (BIOS), which would eventually load and pass control to the operating system loader which loaded and executed the operating system. This self-sustaining process became known as the boot process, thus leading to terms such as booting up, and boot up. Indeed, early computers would boot up by pressing a bootstrap button. Although the boot process has been refined somewhat over the years, the term has been in use since at least 1953 and is still applicable today because the fundamental problem still exists: in order to be able to load and execute any program you must first load and execute a program; the bootstrap program.
What does the phrase pigs fly too mean?
The phrase "when pigs fly" is a response equal to "it will never happen", or "I will never do it". The fact is that pigs (large and heavy creatures) are never likely to gain the power of flight, so it is equally unlikely that the activity will ever occur. Nearly synonymous is the phrase, "when Hell freezes over". Example (here used as sarcasm): "Do you think I could win the race?" "Sure...when pigs fly."
