The fact that ACPI was designed by a group of monkeys high on LSD, and is some of the worst designs in the industry obviously makes running it at _any_ point pretty damn ugly.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- ACPI is a poorly designed hardware standard resulting from chaotic decision-making.
- In plain terms
- ACPI design was messy and is ugly to work with.
- What can you take from it?
- Bad design decisions in standards cause long-term problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do standards evolve?
Another view
ACPI remains standard for power management despite its flaws.
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