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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+115http://databsod.ytmnd.com/
original link with music ;) - Brereton55, on 10/12/2007, -7/+67am i the only one who never gets the BSOD ?
- roeboedog, on 10/12/2007, -8/+50I am pretty sure that is Lore not Data, like the page says.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41"You must be using a Mac. Instead of a BSOD, you get a friendly "Please reboot your computer" image."
The old Macs just had a picture of a bomb on the screen. How that got past marketing, I'll never know. - Ayedin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39It's actually from TNG Season 5, Episode 15: "Power Play".
Data, Troy and O'Brian are taken over by alien "ghosts" who want to take over the ship.
This clip is part of the scene where they first try to take the ship, but Riker transfers bridge control to engineering, preventing Data from accessing the computer. - BenSerwa, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38Regardless, the BSoD could get that kind of anger from even Data.
- colinkeigher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Because beta software should never crash.
- Grub, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36i think ive gotten it 3 times ever in 11 years
- lava, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29I don't get it anymore. It used to happen a lot with Windows 98, sometimes with win2k.
- mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Not as bad as...
SNAKES ON A STARSHIP! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24The BSOD has been pretty much nonexistant since Windows 2K/XP (6 years ago), despite what some people seem to think. The only time you'll really see it is with IRQ (hardware) conflicts.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+28Actually, as it seemed like about 50% of TNG plots were centered around the Enterprise's computer screwing up (the other 50% were based on "an unknown anomoly in a previously unexplored region of space"), I think it's perfectly plausible that they were running the 24th century version of Windows.
- Pacotheparrot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Great now GIFs make the front page of Digg. OH THE HUMANITY!!!
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20a true trekkie. thank you iam not alone.
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17http://zippo.homeip.net/misc/hugemanatee.jpg
- korteenea, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17"And don't even get me started on the nusiance known as "Clippy"... *shudder*."
Actually, Data is the 24th-century version of Clippy. He just kinda came with the ship, and just won't stop stating the obvious.
"I see you are trying to make diplomatic contact. Would you like me to open a channel and assist you?" - spartan018, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17XP does have a BSOD, but its incredibly hard to come by.
- ROFISH, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Actually there's a setting for "Automatic Restart on System Failure" that's enabled by default. Goto System Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery "Settings" -> System Failure and uncheck "Automatically Restart" to see Blue Screens.
- MasterGrief, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12It's a newer version of the song "Living in the Sunlight", which, as far as I can tell, has been around for something like fifty to seventy years.
- FullBleed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Too expand on MasterGrief's comment, the song is "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Tiny Tim. And yeah, it's completely infectuous, especially looped.
"Data is NOT having a wonderful time" is actually the YTMND that got me hooked on YTMND in the first place. - nTensify, on 10/12/2007, -12/+22Are you kidding me? The Enterprise ran on Isolinear chips, Microsoft's so bad about accepting new technologies that the Enterprise would still be built with PCI cards and BIOS if it were the OS onboard. And don't even get me started on the nusiance known as "Clippy"... *shudder*.
- Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I honestly got one once, ever.
- BlindIrishman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Every BSOD I've gotten in XP was a result of failing hardware as windows is booting. I've never had it crash while actually using the OS. Windows 95/98/2000 on the other hand....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Pardon me?
- ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It's not really a matter of it still happening a lot today; it's more or less just an infamous image from geek history. It's still nice to have some fun with it even years later.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16Stop using my name, it's not that special anyways.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I got one BSOD. When my laptop hard drive was physically damaged.
But that's it. - ROFISH, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15You must be using a Mac. Instead of a BSOD, you get a friendly "Please reboot your computer" image.
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9DATA SMASH!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I've gotten a few. but Only after doing some Overclocking that my Hardware didn't like.
- snuffulupagus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9What is the music on that page? It got stuck in my head :(
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+20Here's another thing that Linux zealots bring up: I've never had a virus. Ever. Ad-ware garbage? Sure, a few times, and I cleaned it out. But a virus? Not once.
And then these same people complain when we Windows users mention how hard it is to install software in a Unix environment. "B-b-b-but it's not an issue anymore with modern-day Linux!"
Blind fanaticism. It's fantastic! - Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Yeah, it wouldn't run at all, then.
- Satertek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7And it is, in fact, Data, not Lore, roeboedog.
- Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Haven't had one in a LONG time, some good hardware along with software does the trick, however hard for the mac fan boys to let go of the idea;
- deut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Impressive how they keep data's reflection on the screen during the BSOD. Nice clip.
- SlashNot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Why is it I have only had that happen maybe twice in the 10 years I have used windows?
- Simon80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5It's not so much installing the software in a Unix environment, many distros have that covered better than windows. The problems stem from there being so many different distributions, and most of them not having a common ABI or packaging system.
As far as I'm concerned, it's easier to install a debian package than it is to install something on Windows. It's either one command run as root, or for the newbs, Ubuntu 6.06 lets you double click on them to install, with the same steps no matter what you're installing (open, hit install, type password, wait, done). - Zanneth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4IRQL, not IRQ.
Trust me, I've seen plenty. - Linkage155, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4BSODs only happen due to a unrecoverable error in the computer (both software & hardware, most of the times hardware)
So if you have some good quality hardware that "works together" meaning, there are just some that will not work with others.. it's just the way it works, and you don't download all the crap you see online (meaning, spyware etc.) you should never see one, If you get a stable machine, put windows on it and leave it on, that machine will run for years and not one BSOD appears, not because it's idling, but because the core Windows OS will not crash; - Simon80, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9such as any CPU arch other than x86..
- saska, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3BSOD jokes are the equivalent of "bomb icon" jokes.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Stolen from YTMND user fwywarrior! *****!
- Boor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Only time i can manage to get BSOD now are on the schools computers, but then again sometimes kids get the bright idea to "rap" with the CD-rom disk trays (i know atleast some people will know what im talkin about).... so its really no surprise.
- tonygarcia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://gifdump.com/tag/Star%20Trek/ - check out this site.. it has tons of Star Trek Gifs
- Ratty, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Yup
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4the end of all o/s' ?
no... i for one am not willing to upgrade my comp just to run a new o/s
i mean, XP has served me fine for years on end with very little problems
getting used to vista's new quirks and features will most likely end up annoying me and i'll waste my time looking for ways to make it behave like XP - rbanffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@sleepyness
The only reason x86 is more popular than the others is because of Windows. There were versions of Windows for MIPS, PowerPC on non-Macs, Alpha and, later, Itanic. NT even was first targeted at RISC CPUs, not x86s (first for i860, then MIPS). The first three more or less died when Microsoft decided to terminate support for the chips. Itanic was doomed because Windows for it was so late it never really gained volume. I keep hearing both HP-UX and Linux excel on it, but, unfortunately, you need Windows support to gain mass-volume.
So, unfortunately, Microsoft determined the demise of the non-x86 desktop. - striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"You don't see the BSOD any more - the computer just reboots. So then the MS fanboys can call out "Hey, you hit the reset button! That didn't do it itself""
You can turn that off under system props>advanced>startup and recovery. Or in sp2 on the boot options screen temporarily. - mennis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3or a poorly designed kernel.
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