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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 Joe+Jay+Bee · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My thoughts precisely. But hey, childish bashing is A-OK if Microsoft is the target round here...

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  2. Microsoft Home Server? by CJSYVR · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Were they running MS Home Server? That has had some file corruption issues as of late. ;)