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ArtistA beautiful purple-haired woman wearing a long purple velvet ankle-length dress with flouncy sleeves and purple suede high heels. On the floor around her are six large rings.
When plugging in my phone to recharge via the USB port, ::SHE+ILA:: mysteriously pauses mid-instruction. This is spooky, because ::SHE+ILA:: doesn't currently use USB or have a plug-and-play facility. However, the CPU does have system rings beyond the Kernel mode (ring 0), in particular the hidden USB BIOS uses ring -2 (SMI?) to handle USB events such as device arrival and removal. The ::SHE+ILA:: system only knows about ring 0 (kernel) and ring 3 (user) modes. It doesn't currently use ring 1 (executive) or 2 (supervisor), let alone the "hidden" negative rings -1 and -2 (there is also rumoured to be a ring -3). This isn't a problem, just a surprise : ring -2 is hidden from the kernel and uses its own block of RAM. Since ::SHE+ILA:: doesn't (currently) implement USB, it isn't affected except it goes into a momentary time-warp while the ring -2 USB code runs. There are also rumours that TCP/IP has a hidden backdoor within the CPU chip itself, so that Intel/AMD/whoever can install microcode patches behind your back :( Again it doesn't bother me, since none of my computers are connected to the Internet (only my smart TV, which runs Vewd, and my CAT phone which runs Kai). No MS-Windows or MAC (or even Linux) here, Jimmy :)
