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Bill Gates' computer freezes during keynote presentation
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daveway00 said:
Yep, things never change at MS:
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9804/20/gates.comdex/gates.30.240.mov
Mechcozmo said:I made this recently.
What it really means, that gold 'ole BSOD:
You know what would be great. If someone could create a little program that you could install on someone's Mac that out of nowhere display the blue screen of death, then display something like "oops wrong computer, you can keep working", or "haha just kidding, go on" or something funny like that. This would be a great gag for your switcher friends!!!
OutThere761 said:And hopefully he won't get a kernel panic in the process
*Bill Gates sneaks off the stage with the real g5 that steve had brought*
Did someone say Colonel Panik?
I've no intention of going to Macworld next week.
Bob Knob said:
Have you ever noticed how the guy doing all the talking doesn't look at Gates once? Not even when Gates cracks his joke. Creepy. Looks like he was expecting to be fired.
I hate to point this out to you, but a similar thing happened to Steve Jobs during HIS keynote... some app locked up (iPhoto, I think), and he switched to another machine and said "This is why we have backup machines." I wouldn't be surprised if someone offstage was able to drive those machines as well, so they could restart the balky machine while he continued with the backup.
Besides, there's a well-known law that states that the probability of a demonstration failing in some way is proportional to the SQUARE of the number of people watching it.
Besides, there's a well-known law that states that the probability of a demonstration failing in some way is proportional to the SQUARE of the number of people watching it.
yeah i was thinking the same thing about the recent keynote. it was pretty slick how he got out of it though. just flipped a switch and was right back into it. i read once about those little switch things, they make it so your monitor and keyboard and mouse can be switched between two different machines.
ifjake said:
Yup! See Steve has a plan if something goes wrong in the unlikley event that it does however Bill does not.
Apple!Freak said:Yup! See Steve has a plan if something goes wrong in the unlikley event that it does however Bill does not.
Yea I like how Steve says, "Thats why we have back up systems here".
Hey Apple Freak, um why am I in your sig?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw your reply to that post I made
Similar, but not the same. Steve's machine was going slow, and kept asking him questions they ask on new installs. Something may have slowed to a crawl, or even frozen, but the machine didn't crash. And as pointed out, he had a backup. Worth a chuckle, and it is beta software, so we tend to let it slide a little.clayjohanson said:
When it happened to Bill, it was funny. Because stuff like that happens all the time to us poor shmoes forced to use Windows. For all we know, it was just the batteries dying in his little remote, but it was still funny. Especially since he didn't really prepare for it and it happened several times. Plus, the xBox thing. Seeing a BSOD on a video game console was priceless. That... we don't let slide.
theres a screen saver that does this.... VERY Realistic.... does disk activity and everything.... makes it look like it restarts and the whole nine yards.starcrossed said:You know what would be great. If someone could create a little program that you could install on someone's Mac that out of nowhere display the blue screen of death, then display something like "oops wrong computer, you can keep working", or "haha just kidding, go on" or something funny like that. This would be a great gag for your switcher friends!!!
the only way to leave the screensaver is to press a certain key of buttons..... great prank to a roomate or something.
clayjohanson said:
Steve handled it with aplomb. Still, we are talking about iPhoto on a pre-alpha build of Tiger. I wonder if the Media Center PC Bill was demo'ing was final or not, but the problem with that presentation was a malfunctioning remote, not the actual MC itself.
Exactly so. Stuff happens, especially when you're demo'ing something in front of a lot of people. You can test and test and test beforehand, but when the chips are down, you can't always predict what will happen.3Memos said:
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ifjake said:
I think these should come standard when you order a new Mac. Not just the switch, the extra computer!
PCs should come with at least 2 extra computers. After all you have to allow time for the original machine to boot up before you can go back to it, and the risk that the second computer will also have the BSOD right away is just too great.
solvs said:Actually, it was the camera. Batteries died or something. iPhoto was working fine when they got him a new camera, but he threw the old one off stage. People say it was at someone, but he might have just wanted it gone.
Oh, and
yep, i remember the flying camera. that was a special moment.
He was frustrated, but moved past it pretty quick (after tossing the camera off stage). The audience didn't seem to react too much. If I recall correctly. I'm sure there is a video somewhere. Google it.tech4all said: