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Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks

Posted by Zonk on from the probably-not-funny-for-seattle dept.

supersat writes "At the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, Seattle's fireworks show ground to a halt. The source of the problem is reported to be a corrupted file that wasn't checked until the last minute. After two reboots, the fireworks had to be detonated manually. And yes ... one blog commenter, claiming to have worked on prior shows, said that the shows run on Windows."

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  1. Re:Runs on Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here.

  2. It's obvious what happened by Sadsfae · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone wasn't there click "Allow" when the dialog popped up asking "Are you sure you want to proceed with the fireworks extravaganza?"

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    1. Re:It's obvious what happened by ThePromenader · · Score: 5, Funny

      I bet it was that &%^$&%^ talking paper clip that screwed things up. Or perhaps the "search dog" chose an untimely moment to go for a piss...

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    2. Re:It's obvious what happened by kie · · Score: 5, Funny

      it looks like you're trying to light a firework,
      do you want help with that?

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  3. Obviously... by WiglyWorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those fireworks were not vista Certified.

  4. Re:Real Story by jacquesm · · Score: 5, Funny

    fuck those assholes.

    Dear Taco,

    I realize retirement is good but could you please come out of hiding, fix the code that shows the url a link points to in case it redirects...

    And if not then please release the IPS of these clowns, I promise I won't leave any traces.

    Happy new year

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  5. At least they didn't use the Window's "time" stuff by Craptastic+Weasel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it could have been worse, imagine if they used the algorithm from the program that determines how long a file will take to to transfer...

    10... 9... 80.. 6430... 6... -3..

    happy new years :)