A Whopper of a bork for seekers of pre-flight nosh
(2021/08/17)
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Bork!Bork!Bork! A reminder today that the beloved Blue Screen of Death is sadly not forever as the irritating emoticon of Windows 10 puts in an appearance.
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has been a good friend over the years, alarming users by its appearance but occasionally dropping a hint with regard to what upset Windows so and what a user might do about it.
No more, however. Today's example of the breed – spotted by Register reader Stephen Kurtianyk at Manchester Airport before boarding a flight to London – is a clear example of the dumbing down of the bewildering white text of old. No more frightening text. Just a sad face emoticon.
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Kurtianyk was travelling with British Airways and fancied a Whopper (rather than the distressing pastries flung at passengers sitting in the front of the aircraft). Sadly, Burger King was closed and its screen borked. He later made the journey once again, and discovered the BSOD gone, only to be replaced by a BIOS setup screen. And still no Whoppers.
[2]Elevating bork to a new level (if the touchscreen worked)
[3]Come fly with me. But first we need to find a boot device
[4]Never Knowingly Underborked: Double trouble at Southampton's John Lewis
[5]Steam-powered computers: Retro cool or old and busted?
Thankfully, Microsoft has yet to inflict emojis upon the final wheezing of Windows before the operating system throws in the towel. It has, however, made the blue somehow more soothing, and the text almost apologetic for hosing a few hours' work down the drain because something upset the OS and it responded with the stability of a favourite Uncle at a wedding.
"Your PC ran into a problem," the apologetic text says, "and needs to restart." But not before a substantial dump (of the memory) has been completed. The small print gives more of a clue, but the days of equal billing between error message and technical nuggets are now gone.
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It's almost as if Microsoft expects users to see this screen a tad more than the designers of its predecessor did. After all, the frequency of a modern OS soiling itself should be few and far between. Windows – perhaps more so.
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But at least there is that sad face now. Just like that of the user staring down the barrel of a lost afternoon's work. ®
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[2] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/12/bork/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/11/bork/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/10/bork/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/27/bork/
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The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has been a good friend over the years, alarming users by its appearance but occasionally dropping a hint with regard to what upset Windows so and what a user might do about it.
No more, however. Today's example of the breed – spotted by Register reader Stephen Kurtianyk at Manchester Airport before boarding a flight to London – is a clear example of the dumbing down of the bewildering white text of old. No more frightening text. Just a sad face emoticon.
[1]
Click to enlarge
Kurtianyk was travelling with British Airways and fancied a Whopper (rather than the distressing pastries flung at passengers sitting in the front of the aircraft). Sadly, Burger King was closed and its screen borked. He later made the journey once again, and discovered the BSOD gone, only to be replaced by a BIOS setup screen. And still no Whoppers.
[2]Elevating bork to a new level (if the touchscreen worked)
[3]Come fly with me. But first we need to find a boot device
[4]Never Knowingly Underborked: Double trouble at Southampton's John Lewis
[5]Steam-powered computers: Retro cool or old and busted?
Thankfully, Microsoft has yet to inflict emojis upon the final wheezing of Windows before the operating system throws in the towel. It has, however, made the blue somehow more soothing, and the text almost apologetic for hosing a few hours' work down the drain because something upset the OS and it responded with the stability of a favourite Uncle at a wedding.
"Your PC ran into a problem," the apologetic text says, "and needs to restart." But not before a substantial dump (of the memory) has been completed. The small print gives more of a clue, but the days of equal billing between error message and technical nuggets are now gone.
[6]
It's almost as if Microsoft expects users to see this screen a tad more than the designers of its predecessor did. After all, the frequency of a modern OS soiling itself should be few and far between. Windows – perhaps more so.
[7]
But at least there is that sad face now. Just like that of the user staring down the barrel of a lost afternoon's work. ®
Get our [8]Tech Resources
[1] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/08/13/bork_5.jpg
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/12/bork/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/11/bork/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/10/bork/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/27/bork/
[6] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/bootnotes&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YRuI23wwlKkJBIhczPZxcAAAAFY&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[8] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Anonymous Coward
Having had the misfortune to try to use a Burger King kiosk the other day, a BSOD is a preferable user journey...
Not a sad face
Dan 55
But a furrowed brow...
Good to see they put the effort in to make the new BSOD work with singage screens which can be orientated in different ways.
Re: Not a sad face
Anonymous Coward
Expecting the Windows kernel to know which way is up is probably asking too much.
Re: Not a sad face
RuffianXion
Looks more like devilish horns to me....
Well, a story with a different angle on things...
"But at least there is that sad face now."
From that orientation it's more like a frown or a maniacal stare...