Interesting error from Olympic opening ceremony

[gonyr]

I just stumbled across this. There's some debate about whether it's real or not. Either way, it struck me as funny.

http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-scr...nest-during-opening-ceremonies-torch-lighting

 

[skunk]

I love the third comment: "Was it a legit copy of Windows?"

 

[Jaffa Cake]

That's the messed up US anthem explained then – the Chinese organisers were just getting their own back after software supplied by an American company spoiled their opening ceremony.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

Hahaha, CLASSIC!

 

[GSMiller]

Wonder how the IT guys were punished?

 

[Cobol to Java]

Lol

Well that's really something. Software or hardware glitches can happen anytime. They were probably running some hardware-heavy or software processing-heavy application to cause that. And I remembered seeing some pictures where projected images of people were shown around the bird's nest. This projector was probably part of that. Too bad it had to show the ugly face of the BSOD

 

[killr_b]

Like creating all those fireworks digitally and in real time?

 

[LeahM]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/indepth/olympics/s/afp/080812/world/oly2008_china_ceremony_song_fake

Not really an error but still odd. And kind of deceitful.

Oh well, life goes on

 

[IJ Reilly]

Oh well, life goes on

Even if life doesn't go on, the show always does.

 

[Schtumple]

Someone was probably fired, in the literal sense, for this...

 

[Gray-Wolf]

A little girl lipsinks the song, add digital fireworks. About right for China. Must be perfect! And interesting that the text is in english

 

[JML42691]

Maybe it is time for the IOC and the Olympics to switch to Macs. But I would have to say that it was an IT guy who spit his drink out over the computer at the sight of LiNing being raised up, haha.

 

[dotcomlarry]

A little girl lipsinks the song, add digital fireworks. About right for China. Must be perfect! And interesting that the text is in english

The official languages for the Olympics are French, English, and the hosting country's predominate language, if different than French and English.

 

[JML42691]

Found it out, it was the only real excusable way for Microsoft to get around the IOC's policy of no advertising on Olympic venues. Microsoft gave them a crapload of computers knowing that this would happen to at least one of the ones powering a screen.

 

[Mr. lax]

Wonder how the IT guys were punished?

Themselves and their families disappeared and are now "on vacation"

 

[iJohnHenry]

Nah, just a "re-education camp".

 

[dilailamams]

show was the greatest anyways..

 

[daustin]

When Apple strikes Windows....

I snapped this pic during a tour of the recently opened Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Sorry it's so blurry, but there were a ton of people and I just happened to see the error on the screen and snapped a really quick photo. I didn't get to read it until I got home and it's about an update that's available for Safari, iTunes and Quicktime. I thought it was pretty funny!

 

[OrangeCrush]

Lol

Yippee--love China; love BSOD!!