Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks

Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks 202

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @09:33AM from the probably-not-funny-for-seattle dept.

supersat writes "At the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, Seattle's fireworks show ground to a halt. The source of the problem is reported to be a corrupted file that wasn't checked until the last minute. After two reboots, the fireworks had to be detonated manually. And yes ... one blog commenter, claiming to have worked on prior shows, said that the shows run on Windows."

Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks

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Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @09:43AM (#21873808)

You must be new here.

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:2, Funny)

by heinousjay ( 683506 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @09:44AM (#21873812) Journal

Perhaps an analogy:

If you're a straight guy looking to masturbate, what's the difference between two chicks getting it on, and two dudes?

Doesn't run on Windows® (Score:4, Funny)

by lililalancia ( 752496 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @09:53AM (#21873856)

Shouldn't that be "the show doesn't 'run' on Windows" ?

It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

by Sadsfae ( 242195 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @09:59AM (#21873878) Homepage

Someone wasn't there click "Allow" when the dialog popped up asking "Are you sure you want to proceed with the fireworks extravaganza?"

Obviously... (Score:5, Funny)

by WiglyWorm ( 1139035 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:03AM (#21873890) Homepage

Those fireworks were not vista Certified.

Re:Real Story (Score:5, Funny)

by jacquesm ( 154384 ) writes: <j AT ww DOT com> on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:04AM (#21873894) Homepage

fuck those assholes.

Dear Taco,

I realize retirement is good but could you please come out of hiding, fix the code that shows the url a link points to in case it redirects...

And if not then please release the IPS of these clowns, I promise I won't leave any traces.

Happy new year

Last MS caused disaster... (Score:3, Funny)

by Hymer ( 856453 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:08AM (#21873906)

Is this 2007th's last Microsoft caused disaster...
...or 2008th first ?
The best part is that it happened in Microsofts backyard.
--
Just trying to get my first "Funny" tag in 2008 ;-)

Re:It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

by ThePromenader ( 878501 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:11AM (#21873924) Homepage Journal

I bet it was that &%^$&%^ talking paper clip that screwed things up. Or perhaps the "search dog" chose an untimely moment to go for a piss...

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

by digitalhermit ( 113459 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:16AM (#21873960) Homepage

nah. just good natured bashing..

Like when your co-worker drops his coffee on his lap.. you don't hate the co-worker, but you have lots of fun at his expense. "Coffee's hot, I bet."

Re:It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

by kie ( 30381 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @10:41AM (#21874054) Homepage Journal

it looks like you're trying to light a firework,
do you want help with that?

The Blue Screen of... OOOhhh! AHhhhh!! (Score:5, Funny)

by jpellino ( 202698 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @12:01PM (#21874516)

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

New Years Resolution (Score:3, Funny)

by Plutonite ( 999141 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @12:18PM (#21874658)

Ballmer can help you launch chairs, not fireworks. Use FOSS for a happy new year.

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @01:11PM (#21874976)

"you invocation of the girl/girl paradigm is confusing."

You must be gay.

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

by AgentPaper ( 968688 ) * writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @01:26PM (#21875088)

I am not for discriminating against homos, pans, assexuals or whatever...
Pardon me, but your Freudian slip is showing...

At least they didn't use the Window's "time" stuff (Score:5, Funny)

by Craptastic Weasel ( 770572 ) writes: on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @01:53PM (#21875264)

Yeah, it could have been worse, imagine if they used the algorithm from the program that determines how long a file will take to to transfer...

10... 9... 80.. 6430... 6... -3..

happy new years :)

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Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:2, Funny)

Doesn't run on Windows® (Score:4, Funny)

It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

Obviously... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Real Story (Score:5, Funny)

Last MS caused disaster... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:It's obvious what happened (Score:5, Funny)

The Blue Screen of... OOOhhh! AHhhhh!! (Score:5, Funny)

New Years Resolution (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Runs on Windows? (Score:5, Funny)

At least they didn't use the Window's "time" stuff (Score:5, Funny)

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