Just got this from a reader named Oswald in Katy, Texas. Apparently, Coke uses Windows in their vending machines. Oops! → Read More
Behold the Blue Screen of Death belt! Is the Blue Screen of Death still hysterically funny to everybody? Whatever the case, it looks like BSOD humor hasn’t completely faded out yet even though critical system errors seem to be less and less common nowadays. → Read More
Week dragging on? Can’t wait until Friday? This soothing gallery of BSODs in public and unexpected places should ease your suffering. The funny thing is that although these can be taken as signalizing a fundamental instability in Windows, I think of them more as a sign of the ubiquity of Microsoft products and computing in general. It’s a sign of the times, however you want to interpret it. Update: Commenter Roland found some more. Thanks, dude! → Read More
Hello, children. Sit down please. There are three of you who didn’t get permission slips signed so you will have quiet study in the cafeteria. We’ll split you up into boys and girls and the boys will go in with Father Trenor and we’ll stay here, ladies. OK. Thank you. You’re all in junior high now and old enough to be asking a number of questions. This is a time when we can all feel free to answer those questions about our bodies and the changes we’re going through. I have all of your questions here in this box and I’ll try to answer them all as thoroughly as I can. OK. Let’s start. “What is a BSOD?” Ah. Excellent question. When a man loves a PC very much and starts installing strange software onto it, it causes the PC to become unstable. Sometimes this is is fine and nothing happens. Most software installs have a 95 percent effectiveness rate — remember, the only 100 percent safe way to compute is through abstinence — but sometimes something happens. That’s when Windows does a minidump, which is a small, easy to read file describing the problem. If you read the story in the package we presented you with at the end of this post, you’ll get some very cool information on how to read and handle minidumps all by yourself and even solve some major problems quickly and easily. Now. The next question. “What is a dildo?” Beat those bluescreen blues: what a Windows bluescreen actually means [APCMag] → Read More
I’m not sure why anyone would want to get this tattoo, but someone did. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for geeky tattoos (I’m considering a 20-sided die somewhere), but this is a Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death, n00b). I don’t understand. Maybe it’s pro-Windows, maybe it’s anti-Windows, or maybe that abject confusion is the point? Either way, it’s hardcore for hard coders. Readers: If you’ve got geek tats, post photos in the comments to this post, I’m way curious. Best. Windows. Tattoo. Ever. [ModBlog] → Read More
Check out this image from Cupertino’s newest OS, Leopard. Looks like it popped up when the user tried to connect to a Windows share. Can you spot the funny? We can only imagine the stifled giggles that were brought on by this screen shot. Windows share as seen by Mac OS X Leopard [via Digg] → Read More
Poor Spidey. All he wanted to do is use his computer in this Megabloks set. But unfortunately, when he went to open Word 98, he got the infamous blue screen of death. Perhaps if Spiderman had chosen a more reliable OS for his supercomputers, such as Linux or OS X, he’d be able to get his computer working so he can go kick Venom’s ass. But alas, he’s stuck trying to pull off a regedit and is installing Norton AntiVirus. PICTURE: Spider Man uses Windows 98! [Digg] → Read More
