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Public BSOD Sightings?

Posted by Cliff on from the inescapable-blue-screen-of-death dept.

Sanksa Wott asks: "My travels over the weekend brought me to a very popular fast food restaurant, where, in the drive-through I was greeted with, what else... a blue screen! Since BSOD's can show up almost anywhere, I thought I would ask: 'What has your funniest/most interesting/noteworthy/etc. encounter with public displays of the BSOD been like?' Note: This isn't meant to be a troll, so lets be nice ;)"

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  1. My personal favorite by revmoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    My personal favorite BSOD is the one where Bill Gates was doing a keynote showing off the new features of Windows 98 and it crashed on a massive screen in front of hundreds of people.

    Priceless :-)

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  2. I saw one at McDonalds this weekend also by setzman · · Score: 4, Funny
    I went through the drive-through, and the total came out to around $10 + some change. Not wanting to break the $20 bill I had (a new one) into a five and ones, I found the correct change and feed the computer the $20 and the change. The computer did not comprehend this input, however, and a human had to intervene by helping the computer count the proper change. The human assistant, however, still got the change wrong, as I received a five, five ones, and a dime back. I still don't understand why neither the human or the computer could figure that one out.

    The computer model was human high-school female type, and the human assistant was a manager.

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  3. BSODs by CyberVenom · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lets see...

    I've seen a BSOD on the local access cable channel.

    I've seen a BSOD on the ATM at defcon (sorta. Wasn't really blue, but it was a major crash)

    The best, though by far was when I went to Target and they had 3 consoles set up side by side. X-Box on the left, PS2 in the center, and GameCube on the right. The PS2 and GameCube were working just fine, demoing Tony Hawk and StarFox I think. The X-Box on the other hand was sitting there at a Black-Screen-Of-Death that was the same as a BSOD only black. (wow! great upgrade, Microsoft! No more Blue Screen of Death!) That really says a lot about the comparative reliability of those three systems. I'm glad Target was kind enough to provide the public with this demonstration: comparison shopping it its best!

    1. Re:BSODs by galaxy300 · · Score: 3, Funny

      At least we don't have to go back and change the acronym.

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  4. Not a BSOD, but... by sailracer6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    At the top-10 American university I go to, there's a big plasma screen behind the main information desk that shows a slideshow of school events.

    Imagine my surprise when, one day, the screen informs me that I can get a

    U.N.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y D.I.P.L.O.M.A

    from home, courtesy of Windows Messenger!

  5. Re:TV Station by Feztaa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once saw the on screen scrolling Guide (now owned by TV Guide) crash and it was sitting at an AmigaDOS console prompt.

    One time, at 3 AM, I was surfing, and when I got to the TV Guide channel, what did I see? A MacOS 9 desktop, with some pebbles as the desktop wallpaper. I must have watched that sit there doing nothing for 2 hours before the mouse started to move and then I got to watch some guy launch the TVGuide program :)

  6. Re:Warner Village by Gleng · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hehe, you should've Goatse'd it and walked off.

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  7. Airport by penguinboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Caught this one in Heathrow on my way back from Paris last April.