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  1. Re:BSOD == The Lamest Joke of All by johnny_sas · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Takes on TiVo
    "BSOD == The Lamest Joke of All"

    Not so lame when you see an ATM (or a billboard) with one!

  2. BSOD on public machines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on ATMs Susceptible to Windows Viruses

    there used to be a good site out there that had bsod photos from atms etc. -- there's a few matches in google but not the page i remember -- anyone know the site?

  3. Re: Occam's Razor by rush22 · · Score: 1 · on Montreal Parking Meters Run Linux

    http://zem.squidly.org/bsod/ It seems all those things worked fine before Windows...

  4. Re:Public BSOD by DaveV1.0 · · Score: 4, Informative · on Windows ATMs by 2005

    Take your pick:

    http://zem.squidly.org/bsod/

    http://www.piemaster.co.uk/gallery/BSOD

  5. Re:Public BSOD by gregarican · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Windows ATMs by 2005

    Here's the link I was looking for. Classic stuff!

  6. Microsoft overcharges???!! by euxneks · · Score: 1 · on California Microsoft Settlement

    What? Microsoft overcharged for their products? You're kidding me!?! I thought that all the microsoft products were worth the 100 fucking dollars I spent on it!

  7. Re:Should Linus be afraid? by rifter · · Score: 1 · on SCO Might Sue Linus for Patent Infringement?

    Absolute baloney from a computer newbie using his first XP box. Windows 9x had many blue screens of death, and they were more commonly seen there than on NT. The quote in grandparent's sig is actually one that appeared in many blue screens of death.

  8. If things get rough... by Xformer · · Score: 1 · on For Microsoft, Market Dominance Isn't Enough

    ...remind the potential Microsoft client of their one major innovation. The Blue Screen of Death.

  9. Re:Movie Theaters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny · on Windows Media for Embedded Linux Systems

    Good ones here too!

    LOL

  10. Airport flight schedules by PyroX_Pro · · Score: 5, Funny · on Examples of Programming Gone Wrong?


    Here are some of the best examples of windows crashing on high visibility systems that are relied upon:

    in the street
    At the airport
    at the atm
    on CNN
    At disneyland
    On your phone
    In an airplane
    At the bus stop

  11. At least 10 years now in the US... by Hyped01 · · Score: 2 · on Tracking People Via Cell Phone
    There was a boat that went down near the Bermuda Triangle. The family members had gotten a call from one of the women on the boat, and asked the phone company to help them track it after the boat went missing to try to get some closure. It took years and a battle to the supreme court, but eventually the records were released showing within a few hundred feet, where the boat was when the signal from the phone was lost. The boat, unfortunately, was still not found, but facts are, that in 1991, they were tracking (and still keeping the logs) of every cell phone - even in the waters where coverage existed.

    I doubt it's any different today - other than resolution being better (being able to more accurately pinpoint a phone's location).

    Here are a few links to similar articles:

    Wired

    ePinions - cites 164 foot pinpointing US govt mandated

    Another recorded use of triangulation

    Interesting article about triangulation

    Unfortunately, this is old news that has been "hidden" right in plain view of the general public.

    -Rob

  12. Re:replaces embedded NT by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 0 · on Windows XP Embedded

    A quick google gave me this . Surely there must be more....

  13. BSODs by sheetsda · · Score: 1 · on 2001: A Space Laptop
    Anyone else reminded of the BSODs in airport terminals, ATMs, big outdoor screens, etc.?
    "NASA" =~ s/N/MS/;

    "// this is the most hacked, evil, bastardized thing I've ever seen. kjb"

  14. There Is A GPL Filter Tool by bignose · · Score: 1 · on How About an Intelligent Open Source Filter?

    I know of at least one GPL site-filter tool; GUILT, the GnU Internet Lust Terminator. It is being developed specifically in response to the Australian draconian filtering laws. Currently the filter software meeting the requirements of the law (it's all proprietary commercial stuff) is bad in three ways: 1) they are proprietary, not open-source; 2) they block far more than what is required by the law; 3) they don't let you see the list of URLs that are blocked anyway. GUILT attempts to solve this.

    It's still in development, and *needs* developers and testers; please help!



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  15. There Is A GPL Filter Tool by bignose · · Score: 1 · on How About an Intelligent Open Source Filter?

    I know of at least one GPL site-filter tool; GUILT, the GnU Internet Lust Terminator. It is being developed specifically in response to the Australian draconian filtering laws. Currently the filter software meeting the requirements of the law (it's all proprietary commercial stuff) is bad in three ways: 1) they are proprietary, not open-source; 2) they block far more than what is required by the law; 3) they don't let you see the list of URLs that are blocked anyway. GUILT attempts to solve this.

    It's still in development, and *needs* developers and testers; please help!



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