China pays 40 billion dollars for a BSOD
2008 August 12
Apparently someone’s watching the Olympics, since it sure as shit isn’t me.
The Blue Screen of Death decided to incorporate itself as part of Chinese myth and legend during the finale of the four-hour opening event, which used 14,000 performers to depict the 5,000 years of the nation’s history. The best part? Bill Gates has been attending the Olympics with his wife.
Actually, I lied. The best part, at least to me, is that Chinese officials chose to use Windows XP instead of Vista for the Olympics. It amuses me endlessly that Microsoft is making a huge push for Vista being better then XP, and yet even the OEMs are doing everything they can to keep offering XP.
Sources: Gizmodo, Sydney Morning Herald
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But the opening ceremonies, especially that bit with the wire-dancers and the singing… absolutely, breath-takingly beautiful. I haven’t been watching the olympics after that, but I’m glad I got to see that part.
Not to mention the army of drummers. Usually the opening ceremonies bore me to death, but damn, China really pulled it out. Otherwise, yeah, I’m not really paying attention.