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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grey Wolf on February 22, 2006, 09:54:31 pm

Title: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Grey Wolf on February 22, 2006, 09:54:31 pm: http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/4630

This speaks for itself.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Grug on February 22, 2006, 10:31:15 pm: :lol:
Great marketing scheme that is. :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Descenter on February 22, 2006, 10:39:09 pm: Just one more reason why Microsoft sucks at times...:lol:
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Grey Wolf on February 22, 2006, 10:49:13 pm: Seems they blocked direct links, so you'll have to copy and paste the link.
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Post by: Taristin on February 22, 2006, 10:59:52 pm: Still works for me.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Turnsky on February 22, 2006, 11:21:44 pm: it woulda been funnier if it was a straight-up BSOD. :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Scuddie on February 23, 2006, 01:41:56 am: But then we would laugh at the hardware and not the software :D.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 23, 2006, 01:44:29 am: Imagine how dumb the tech guy would feel if he accidentally typed his password into the username spot.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Kosh on February 23, 2006, 02:00:28 am: :lol:
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Post by: Nix on February 23, 2006, 02:11:29 am: This is great, I saw this all the time in Vegas or Reno though. Big casinos with pretty large screens, though probably nowhere near the size of this one would always have either blue-screen errors, or the windows 98 crash box, if the system did'nt completely die. It was quite amusing to see that some of these casinos are still using Windows 98 or even 95 as thier "sign server".
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Turnsky on February 23, 2006, 04:15:56 am: now, what'd be cool if a HLP page popped up on the screen
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Mefustae on February 23, 2006, 05:10:05 am: Quote from: Turnsky on February 23, 2006, 04:15:56 am
now, what'd be cool if a HLP page popped up on the screen
Or go one better; someone started playing Freespace Open on them. :D
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Grug on February 23, 2006, 10:06:28 am: Quote from: WMCoolmon on February 23, 2006, 01:44:29 am
Imagine how dumb the tech guy would feel if he accidentally typed his password into the username spot.
:lol: Lmao!
I've done that once or twice before. :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Bobboau on February 23, 2006, 10:12:48 am: with it being displayed on a 2 story billboard?
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: BlackDove on February 23, 2006, 10:23:30 am: Right that reminds me...

I took this two days ago... ATM machine... pretty common I guess, still funny though, and no surprise at the billboard one I guess.

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Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Bobboau on February 23, 2006, 10:25:53 am: :ha: a null pointer in an ATM
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Flipside on February 23, 2006, 10:45:51 am: Yup, we get errors like that all the time in the UK, mostly on ATMs and Train Ticket Machines ;) Admittedly, they aren't quite so..... big.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: vyper on February 23, 2006, 11:29:13 am: The one that worried me was the ATM running Norton. :nervous:
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Post by: aldo_14 on February 23, 2006, 11:32:34 am: Quote from: Flipside on February 23, 2006, 10:45:51 am
Yup, we get errors like that all the time in the UK, mostly on ATMs and Train Ticket Machines ;) Admittedly, they aren't quite so..... big.

(http://www.sectorgame.com/aldo/aw/error-message.png)
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: General Freak on February 23, 2006, 11:54:20 am: Wow, those comment posters really do like to argue...
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: kasperl on February 23, 2006, 12:40:51 pm: My school's main monitor for roster changes is carrying an error message twice a week now. Really bloody annoying, but not half as big as this one, though.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Descenter on February 23, 2006, 12:43:38 pm: Notice that it say "we will treat this report as anonymous and confidential."

:lol:

Part of New York knows about by now.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Taristin on February 23, 2006, 01:40:07 pm: Quote from: Grey Wolf on February 22, 2006, 10:49:13 pm
It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people. - Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

This damned signature made 6 of the 10 google ads advertise Terry Pratchett books.
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: karajorma on February 23, 2006, 01:46:20 pm: I remember my universities chem department used to have a nice TV display showing the latest messages. One day it simply had a black screen with a guru meditiation number on it. :)

About 5 people will probably get what that means :)
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Flipside on February 23, 2006, 01:48:20 pm: Quote from: Raa on February 23, 2006, 01:40:07 pm
Quote from: Grey Wolf on February 22, 2006, 10:49:13 pm
It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people. - Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

This damned signature made 6 of the 10 google ads advertise Terry Pratchett books.

Not just his :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Mongoose on February 26, 2006, 02:53:41 pm: Quote from: Mefustae on February 23, 2006, 05:10:05 am
Quote from: Turnsky on February 23, 2006, 04:15:56 am
now, what'd be cool if a HLP page popped up on the screen
Or go one better; someone started playing Freespace Open on them. :D
*fangasms*
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: vyper on February 26, 2006, 04:09:51 pm: "Honey, we should buy a Sathanas..."
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 26, 2006, 04:22:09 pm: Quote from: karajorma on February 23, 2006, 01:46:20 pm
I remember my universities chem department used to have a nice TV display showing the latest messages. One day it simply had a black screen with a guru meditiation number on it. :)

About 5 people will probably get what that means :)

:nervous:
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Ghostavo on February 26, 2006, 04:32:48 pm: Quote from: WMCoolmon on February 26, 2006, 04:22:09 pm
Quote from: karajorma on February 23, 2006, 01:46:20 pm
I remember my universities chem department used to have a nice TV display showing the latest messages. One day it simply had a black screen with a guru meditiation number on it. :)

About 5 people will probably get what that means :)

:nervous:

:nervous:

Spoiler:
I cheated and googled :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: karajorma on February 27, 2006, 02:27:47 pm: Spoiler:
Maybe I should have said about 5 people will know and a whole bunch will just stick the term in Google :D
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Unknown Target on February 27, 2006, 02:31:08 pm: Speaking of windows errors in funny places, this is my own experience, while on a cross-Atlantic flight to Italy. I was on an Airbus, with those little video screens in the seats in front of you, and this showed up (it's blurry cause it was dark):

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/UnknownTarget/DSCN2110.jpg)
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: starfox on February 27, 2006, 02:32:35 pm: Hopefully the plane itself was not run by Windows....
:lol:
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: Shade on February 27, 2006, 02:34:49 pm: Well, at least it was the video and not something like, I dunno, the control or navigation system that crashed. I really hope those systems aren't running windows.

[Edit] Seems I type slower than starfox :p
Title: Re: DirectX error in Times Square
Post by: ZmaN on February 27, 2006, 08:59:35 pm: Oh my frikin gosh... that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!