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Windows 8 Blue Screen of Death Has a Sad Face

Conner Flynn — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:00:06 +0000

We’ve all been there. You are playing a game or doing some important work and suddenly Windows crashes and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) shows up. Normally that gives you a sad face, but with Windows 8, Microsoft feels your pain and shows you a sad face of their own.

There’s the sad face, which doesn’t really make you feel any better, and also a simpler message compared to the old Blue Screen of Death, telling you what you already know. That it is time to reboot.

I don’t know about you, but thankfully I haven’t encountered the Blue Screen of Death for a long time. If I encountered it right this minute, it seems like that sad face would just tick me off even more. What do you have to be sad about? You get to reboot and forget it. I’ve just lost some important work and it has cost me time. I say forget the sad face and apologize for not being more stable.

[Chip Hazard via Geek via Geeky-Gadgets]

Windows 8 Fixes Blue Screen of Death

Range — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:02:39 +0000

I’ve been fortunate enough with my current desktop PC never to have seen the Blue Screen of Death, but it was a common occurrence in Windows Vista, Windows XP and many versions before it. While it hasn’t completely eliminated error messages, it looks like Microsoft has decided to change the colors of the infamous BSoD from blue to black in the upcoming Windows 8.

This new BSoD was discovered thanks to an early build of Windows 8, and photographed by My Digital Life forum user Canouna.

Windows 7 has been available for about 18 months and in this time it’s been purchased 350 million times. That’s quite an amazing number. On my main rig, I went from XP to Windows 7 and I have to say that I like Windows 7. Like many programmers, I grew up despising Microsoft, but honestly the latest iteration is pretty sturdy, at least for what I do. Hopefully, Windows 8 won’t break any of that.

In all honesty, as long as I don’t ever see this message, I’m fine with whatever color they choose for it.

[via Winrumors]

Bsod Belt and Pong Belts Are Perfect for Those Dressy Geek Occasions

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:17:03 +0000

I will admit to an irrational fear of writing BSOD, saying BSOD, or thinking BSOD. I think Windows sits waiting like HAL for us to utter the word and then offers up the dreaded blue screen out of spite. How many times have we all been cut off in the middle of typing a word only to be greeted with the BSOD? So far, so good, my computer is still worki

Ok, I’m back. If you don’t share my irrational fear of the dreaded blue screen of death, you might find this belt interesting. The buckle has the BSOD error printed on it and the belt is some sort of woven material. You can also get the belt with Pong on the buckle.

It’s hard to believe that Pong was so popular once. If either of the belts tickles your fancy, you can order them up for $15 (USD) each. The buckle apparently uses a friction type buckle. Just beware; I heard one kid was cut in half while wearing this sort of belt when he kept pulling the belt trying to get it to release only to make it tighter each time.

[via BoingBoing]

Geeky Tattoos: Mostly Bad Ideas

Lambert Varias — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:34:50 +0000

PC World recently featured 12 geeky tattoos (the article calls them “tech tattoos”, but there are video game related ones as well) , but I think most of them can simply be called “dumb ideas.” Let’s have a look at some of the featured mistakes tattoos:

I’m not too disgusted with that USB tattoo, because well, it’s simply lame. I think if it was just a tiny mark I can let it slide, but the ginormity of the thing just kills it. Now this wall outlet tattoo is pure genius. Now the guy won’t have to worry about powering any gadget he may have tattooed on him. All he needs is a tattoo power cord and he’s good to go.

I saved the best – meaning the worst – for last: some guy tattooed the text that’s displayed on Microsoft’s infamous Blue Screen of Death. What do you think his point is? That his arm crashed and needs to be reset?

Maybe now he wishes he could reset the night. Or maybe he’s already gone ahead and had his arm tattooed blue to complete the picture. Check out the rest of the worst at PC World. To restore your faith in geeky tattoos, let me also point you to some video game-related tattoos that were posted on Kotaku. I especially like Mike Fahey’s Final Fantasy Wizard tattoo.

[via Everything USB]

Microsoft Brings Back the Blue Screen of Death

Technabob — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:38:40 +0000

Not that your screen really needs saving these days, but some cruel jokers over at Microsoft TechNet have released the Blue Screen of Death Screen Saver for those of you with a sadistic streak.

The screen saver accurately emulates the dreaded OS hard crash that Windows is (in)famous for. It even displays accurate configuration information from your system to fool all but the most astute eye, and displays differently depending on the OS version you have installed. Perfect for that annoying coworker, or for a sentimental memory of a kinder, gentler time, you can download it for free here.

[via Lifehacker]