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CTRL+ALT+DEL: software malfunction at the opening
ceremony
Turns out that Bill Gates was not the only famous
Microsoft identity to be spotted at the Olympic
opening ceremony.
Numerous bloggers also observed the cameo played by
the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) - the
Windows error screen that flashes up on your
computer, signifying that it's time to reboot.
The
screen was projected onto the roof of the National
Stadium during the grand finale to the four-hour
spectacular as veteran Chinese gymnast Li Ning,
suspended 70 metres above the stadium floor,
"jogged" towards the Olympic torch.
The
BSoD message begins with the following sentence: "A
problem has been detected and Windows has been shut
down to prevent damage to your computer."
Usually, the only way to remove the BSoD is to
restart your computer pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Delete
buttons at the same time.
Images of the malfunction have popped up on Chinese
forum sites showing the clearly visible error
message projection.
The
ceremony, which featured 14,000 performers depicting
5000 years of Chinese history, also involved the use
of advanced technology to control the sound, lights
and projectors.
At
various times during the event, images of whales,
clouds, and the faces of young children were
superimposed on the roof the stadium - also known as
the Bird's Nest.
And
as Li Ning completed a lap of the stadium roof's
rim, images of the torch relay were flashed up.
The
spectacular opening ceremony also included 35,000
fireworks launched from 1800 sites around the city,
to form patterns in the air.
Yesterday it was revealed that organisers digitally
inserted computer-enhanced images of some of the
firework displays broadcast during the opening
ceremony.
The
BSoD is a bit of an in-joke among geeks and is often
used to poke fun at Microsoft's bug-prone Windows
operating system.
Gates, who stepped down from his last official
full-time position at Microsoft at the end of June,
remains as the software company's part-time,
non-executive chairman.
He
has been spotted at several Olympic events,
accompanied by his wife and is here is a private
capacity. Microsoft is designated as an official
supplier to the 2008 Olympic Games.
Its
Windows XP operating system was chosen to run on all
PCs used by the organisers as well as being the
operating system installed on PCs supplied by Lenovo
Group, the computer maker that is one of the major
sponsors of the 2008 Olympics.
Microsoft's newer operating system, Vista, was not
chosen.
Lenovo chairman, Yang Yuanqing, was quoted as saying
that because of the complexity of the IT functions
at the Games, it was decided to not use the the more
recent operating system. "If it's not stable, it
could have some problems," he said.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald |
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