Windows crashed during Gate's demo LOL
Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:25 am
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_gates
>>During a demonstration of digital photography with a soon-to-be-released Nikon camera, a Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control.
Later in the 90-minute presentation, a product manager demonstrated the ostensible user-friendliness of a video game expected to hit retail stores in April, Forza Motor Sport. But instead of configuring a custom-designed race car, the computer monitor displayed the dreaded "blue screen of death" and warned, "out of system memory."
The errors — which came during what's usually an ode to Microsoft's dominance of the software industry and its increasing control of consumer electronics — prompted the celebrity host, NBC comedian Conan O'Brien, to quip, "Who's in charge of Microsoft, anyway?"
Gates, who was sitting next to O'Brien on a set staged to look like NBC's Late Night set, smiled dryly and continued with his discussion.
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Every year, at least once, a Microsoft Demo goes this way, and it never fails to make me laugh.
>>During a demonstration of digital photography with a soon-to-be-released Nikon camera, a Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control.
Later in the 90-minute presentation, a product manager demonstrated the ostensible user-friendliness of a video game expected to hit retail stores in April, Forza Motor Sport. But instead of configuring a custom-designed race car, the computer monitor displayed the dreaded "blue screen of death" and warned, "out of system memory."
The errors — which came during what's usually an ode to Microsoft's dominance of the software industry and its increasing control of consumer electronics — prompted the celebrity host, NBC comedian Conan O'Brien, to quip, "Who's in charge of Microsoft, anyway?"
Gates, who was sitting next to O'Brien on a set staged to look like NBC's Late Night set, smiled dryly and continued with his discussion.
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Every year, at least once, a Microsoft Demo goes this way, and it never fails to make me laugh.
Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:25 am
Yeah, I don't know how that happens though. Nothing I ever do crashes windows. I however am one of the few people who can make linux crash on a day to day basis. 
Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:59 am
Buy mac, you won't go bac!
Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:59 pm
Originally posted by SavageParrot
Buy mac, you won't go bac!
I'm going to buy one when they release the $500 mac (should be soon, maybe summer).
I still live with the dream that Jobs will release an Intel based Mac with a special limited set of hardware (that way they control the hardware ) and finally stick it to Gates. It would be the biggest knife in the back, and I believe it would work. On this special Apple branded PC you could run either Windows or OS X. If you think about it, Macs are really about the software. It's not much of a stretch, the BSD Kernel is made for multiple platforms including Intel.
It would definately be the biggest shock to hit the computer world since..since I don't know when.
Till then I think i will try out the $500 Mac rumored to come out soon.
Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:18 pm
Gates is used to demos turning awry. Remember he got a BSoD while presenting Win98.
Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:53 pm
...technical glitches that prompted jokes and guffaws...
Computers should not crash!
Why do so many people just not care? Or accept it as the cost of using them. It's so frustrating.
Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:21 am
Originally posted by Chacal
Gates is used to demos turning awry. Remember he got a BSoD while presenting Win98.
He got the BSoD during XP too!
Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:34 am
*Summons Meteo to crash into your PC*Originally posted by TChicken
Computers should not crash!
Why do so many people just not care? Or accept it as the cost of using them. It's so frustrating.
Oh, at work, they just installed a new version of slackware
I'm using XFCe I tihnk the name is instead of KDE. It's pretty fast. I have the screen saver set to BSoD