doomlaser.com— The perfect prank. A kernel panic is basically the most shocking crash that you can get on a Mac. It’s Apple’s equivalent to the famed Blue Screen of Death.
Apr 10, 2007View in Crawl 4
> BTW, kernel panic ≠ BSOD; the BSOD trashes your computer.BSOD is indeed the Windows version of a kernel panic. Trashing the computer? BSOD makes you restart yes, but so does a kernel panic in any POSIX derivative, including Mac. They are mostly caused by faulty hardware (significantly RAM and power supply) or poorly written drivers. Any 'NT' version of Windows from 2000 onwards (2000, any breed of XP, 2003, Vista) isolates each process quite well, so unless the process is a poorly written driver, you will find it very hard to get a BSOD with hardware that is not flaky. The 9x series (95, 98, ME) did not have this isolation so it was possible for an application to cause these issues.> ive never seen the mac death screen before... looks like its alot easier on the eyes.. and the nerves..I have, it looks a lot nicer than BSOD or the console based kernel panic on most Linux breeds, but it is definately not any easier on the nerves. You are still pissed that you need to restart and cross your fingers you remembered to save.
Install it on your colleagues computers, and unplug their keyboards and mice so they really get scared! Offer to fix them for a huge profit, plug in the peripherals, and get rich off their anxiety!
coldfusion1970Apr 10, 2007
What a fantastic idea.Now if i can only sneak it onto my colleagues Macs at work ;-)
ipointeApr 12, 2007
OMG! I was just thinking of this idea last week. I love digg.Not that anyone here cares about that.
grumpyrainApr 12, 2007
> BTW, kernel panic ≠ BSOD; the BSOD trashes your computer.BSOD is indeed the Windows version of a kernel panic. Trashing the computer? BSOD makes you restart yes, but so does a kernel panic in any POSIX derivative, including Mac. They are mostly caused by faulty hardware (significantly RAM and power supply) or poorly written drivers. Any 'NT' version of Windows from 2000 onwards (2000, any breed of XP, 2003, Vista) isolates each process quite well, so unless the process is a poorly written driver, you will find it very hard to get a BSOD with hardware that is not flaky. The 9x series (95, 98, ME) did not have this isolation so it was possible for an application to cause these issues.> ive never seen the mac death screen before... looks like its alot easier on the eyes.. and the nerves..I have, it looks a lot nicer than BSOD or the console based kernel panic on most Linux breeds, but it is definately not any easier on the nerves. You are still pissed that you need to restart and cross your fingers you remembered to save.
phlogiston99Apr 12, 2007
Duck and cover! That's the only thing that'll save you!
damacgamerApr 12, 2007
every time i see that gray bar go down my screen, i die a little inside.
endlessrainApr 12, 2007
Is when a mac locks down, it's called Mac OS Bomb? Though it does have a bastardized UNIX too.....
dogwalApr 12, 2007
Install it on your colleagues computers, and unplug their keyboards and mice so they really get scared! Offer to fix them for a huge profit, plug in the peripherals, and get rich off their anxiety!
shaman760Apr 12, 2007
Haha!! I ran a game on my brother tonight with that one!! He restarted 5 times until I finally let him in on it!! ROTFLMAO!!
abuendiaApr 12, 2007
The original poster is a nOOb ??? Kernel Panic occurs long time ago on UX machines.