5/24/2005: PSP billboard fails with Windows error

Undertoad · 05-24-2005, 11:41 AM

Making the rounds are images of the blatant Windows error on a Sony PSP billboard on Houston Street in Manhattan.

In fact it seems it was that way for a while.

Long enough for many different people to get a shot of the error, from many different angles, and to share them on the web.

Of course this sort of thing happens in the UK too.

And it's not just a Windows problem.

beavis · 05-24-2005, 12:58 PM

it's good to know that while not yet self-aware technology does have a sense of humor

Saknussem · 05-24-2005, 02:56 PM

OH MY GOD!!!

RUN!!!

TERMINATORS!!!

oh wait...this PROGRAM will be terminated.

never mind.

capnhowdy · 05-24-2005, 10:10 PM

I'll go four the for bottles of bubbly............

zippyt · 05-24-2005, 10:48 PM

Ugh , that ain't the only place it happens ,

plthijinx · 05-24-2005, 11:24 PM

oh crap! is that what i have to look forward to in a year?!?!? thanks zip, now i'm reconsidering my career change!

damn, that would freak me out, be flyin' along and oh shit.

Sun_Sparkz · 05-25-2005, 01:24 AM

REALLY didnt need to see that at the moment zip.. :~o

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2005, 03:27 AM

Relax...it's a trainer. That never happens in real planes.

I think she's going for it...sell her the ticket quickly.

CharlieG · 05-25-2005, 07:56 AM

I was going to point out that the new signs at Penn station are running Linux, and I see them down about 2x/week - Me thinks they have some problems in their system (the signs at platform level are 486dx4s BTW

SteveDallas · 05-25-2005, 10:37 AM

I have to admit, I kind of freak out back about 10 years ago when I came up to the ATM where I worked and it was hung on the BIOS setup screen for a 386 computer. I never found out what OS it was.

CharlieG · 05-25-2005, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I have to admit, I kind of freak out back about 10 years ago when I came up to the ATM where I worked and it was hung on the BIOS setup screen for a 386 computer. I never found out what OS it was.

Most were (and as far as I can tell when I see them re-boot) are running some version of OS/2. Believe it or not, one of the guys I know from another mailing list wrote the code that ran something like 70-80 percent of all ATMs at one time (don't know if that is still true) - he retired on the royalties

BigV · 05-25-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

Ugh , that ain't the only place it happens ,

Um, that sh*t ain't funny. Ok, is funny, but scary.

capnhowdy · 05-25-2005, 06:14 PM

If that did happen on a "real plane", I wonder if they would scramble to
a, Fix the computer, or
b, Fly the damn plane
Hmmmm.....

mrputter · 05-25-2005, 09:04 PM

Heh, gives new meaning to the term, "plane crash"...

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2005, 09:50 PM

Pilot,
copilot,
navigator/radioman,
rebooter.

05-24-2005, 11:41 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/24/2005: PSP billboard fails with Windows error Making the rounds are images of the blatant Windows error on a Sony PSP billboard on Houston Street in Manhattan. In fact it seems it was that way for a while. Long enough for many different people to get a shot of the error, from many different angles, and to share them on the web. Of course this sort of thing happens in the UK too. And it's not just a Windows problem.

05-24-2005, 10:10 PM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'll go four the for bottles of bubbly............ __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-24-2005, 10:48 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Ugh , that ain't the only place it happens , Attached Images __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

05-24-2005, 11:24 PM	#6
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	oh crap! is that what i have to look forward to in a year?!?!? thanks zip, now i'm reconsidering my career change! damn, that would freak me out, be flyin' along and oh shit. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-25-2005, 01:24 AM	#7
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	REALLY didnt need to see that at the moment zip.. :~o __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

05-24-2005, 12:58 PM	#2
beavis butthead died Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mtv reruns Posts: 88	it's good to know that while not yet self-aware technology does have a sense of humor

05-24-2005, 02:56 PM	#3
Saknussem Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 93	OH MY GOD!!! RUN!!! TERMINATORS!!! oh wait...this PROGRAM will be terminated. never mind.

05-25-2005, 03:27 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Relax...it's a trainer. That never happens in real planes. I think she's going for it...sell her the ticket quickly. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2005, 07:56 AM	#9
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	I was going to point out that the new signs at Penn station are running Linux, and I see them down about 2x/week - Me thinks they have some problems in their system (the signs at platform level are 486dx4s BTW

05-25-2005, 10:37 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I have to admit, I kind of freak out back about 10 years ago when I came up to the ATM where I worked and it was hung on the BIOS setup screen for a 386 computer. I never found out what OS it was.

05-25-2005, 06:14 PM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	If that did happen on a "real plane", I wonder if they would scramble to a, Fix the computer, or b, Fly the damn plane Hmmmm..... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-25-2005, 09:04 PM	#14
mrputter Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 71	Heh, gives new meaning to the term, "plane crash"...

05-25-2005, 09:50 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pilot, copilot, navigator/radioman, rebooter. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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