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

Undertoad · 05-24-2005, 10:41 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, 11:58 AM

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

Saknussem · 05-24-2005, 01:56 PM

OH MY GOD!!!

RUN!!!

TERMINATORS!!!

oh wait...this PROGRAM will be terminated.

never mind.

capnhowdy · 05-24-2005, 09:10 PM

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

zippyt · 05-24-2005, 09:48 PM

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

BigV · 05-25-2005, 12:36 PM

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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.

LCanal · 05-26-2005, 04:29 AM

That's obviously an old cockpit. The new Airbus A380 only has one pilot and a dog.
A dog you ask? Yes a dog.
What is the dogs job? To bite the pilot if he touches the controls.
And the Pilot's job? To feed the dog.

It's an old pilot's joke oops that an old joke about pilot's

plthijinx · 05-24-2005, 10:24 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, 12:24 AM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 05-25-2005, 02:27 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, 06:56 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, 09:37 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, 10:04 AM

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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

capnhowdy · 05-25-2005, 05:14 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, 08:04 PM

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

05-24-2005, 10:41 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, 09:10 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, 09:48 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

05-26-2005, 04:29 AM	#7
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	That's obviously an old cockpit. The new Airbus A380 only has one pilot and a dog. A dog you ask? Yes a dog. What is the dogs job? To bite the pilot if he touches the controls. And the Pilot's job? To feed the dog. It's an old pilot's joke oops that an old joke about pilot's __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

05-24-2005, 10:24 PM	#8
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.

05-24-2005, 11:58 AM	#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, 01:56 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, 12:24 AM	#9
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

05-25-2005, 02:27 AM	#10
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, 06:56 AM	#11
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, 09:37 AM	#12
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, 05:14 PM	#14
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, 08:04 PM	#15
mrputter Superior Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 71	Heh, gives new meaning to the term, "plane crash"...

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