Even the Olympics aren’t safe from Windows crashes
Posted by Scott McNulty | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:43 PM PT
The opening ceremony of the XXIX Olympics in Beijing was a spectacular display any way you slice it. Perhaps it is best summed by by some numbers:
- $300 million: the estimated cost of the ceremonies
- $30 million: the amount that the company of Li Ning, the chinese gymnast who light the Olympic cauldron, gained in value thanks to his high-profile flame work
- 34.2 million: the number of American tv watchers who tuned into the ceremony
- 29: the number of ‘fake’ firework displays shown on television during the opening ceremonies
- 15,000: performers participated in the ceremonies
- 1: the number of Blue Screens of Death featured during the ceremonies
OK, so that last one wasn’t planned, but it sure did happen. It isn’t shocking to find out that all that techno-wizardy on display at the opening ceremonies was powered by Windows (running on
Lenovo machines, no doubt) but I’m sure no one planned for a gigantic Blue Screen of Death to be projected (it was only on television for a split-second, luckily an eagle eyed attendee snapped a
number of pictures).
Good thing sys admining isn’t an Olympic sport.
[via Gizmodo]
Just like how the coffee maker is only as good as the coffee you put into it, the computer is only as good as the system that's running it.
You can buy a $3000 coffee maker, but if you're putting into it Folger's, then all you're drinking is Folger's.
You can buy a $3000 computer, but if you're running Windows...
You'd think people would have this figured out by now.
Must be feeling a little blue.