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My iMac gets hot enough to melt tungsten let alone to burn down my apartment.

"Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a three-alarm fire Tuesday night at the Apple Inc. headquarters in Cupertino, but preliminary information suggests it was accidental"

....so was Uncie Stevie spouting fire over MobileFail again?  Or did his iField(TM) Generator malfunction at another stockholder meeting?

"I'd look for an Apple TV sitting on a pile of paper."

or a Macbook with a Sony battery....

I think a MS fanboy set the fire. After all, it's just as plausible as a Mac fanboy Photoshopping the BSOD at the Olympics:)

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Someones ego caught on fire (again). I have a house near there, happens all the time.

Or Steve Jobs decided to flame the teams responsible for MobileMe and the iPhone's 3G radio stack and got a bit too literal.

@Doc - It could have been...or maybe even one of those environmental terrorists...a lot of them have been pi$$ed at Apple for a while...

Oh, and I think that you know this...but I am not saying that the BSOD was photoshop'd at the Olympics...but that it appears to be a photoshop job done after the fact...obviously a lot of people have been thinking the same thing, read the comments here or at 100s of other sites... - digg.com/.../Blue_Screen_of_Death_Shows_Its_Ugly_Head_at_Olympic_Opening

--tayme

You guys are too funny. But I think that you can do a little better. Where's the weedman? He'll have my gut bustin' in two sentences or less.  Paul oughta use some of out quotes for a new book with a little [OK a lot] more fun.

Thanks,

Doc

"I'd look for an Apple TV sitting on a pile of paper"

Actually, the MobilrMe department was probably taking an 'herb' break, if ya know what I mean!

"I think a MS fanboy set the fire. After all, it's just as plausible as a Mac fanboy Photoshopping the BSOD at the Olympics:)"

Don't discount the possibility.  After all, the opening ceremonies were digitally "enhanced" - at least TWICE!

Waethorn... In music and television, most of what you, as a viewer/consumer actually see these days is, sadly, faked to some extent.

I hate to break it to you lads, but there are several other photos at different angles from different sources and countries. It's real. It was probably a Macmini running a pirated copy of Windows anyway.

"I hate to break it to you lads, but there are several other photos at different angles from different sources and countries. It's real."

There's more than one Mac fanatic in more than one country.

www.sloshspot.com/.../Blue-Screen-of-Death-Shows-Its-Ugly-Head-at-Olympic-Opening-Ceremony-41

@Doc: By the way, did you check this message on the site:

"EDIT: Apparently, this is completely Photoshopped, and our skills at recognizing fake pictures are about as good as our skills staying sober. Sorry for the false information! But I have put some other cool blue screens at the bottom for fun."

Here's their original post:

"Technical difficulties? Good thing not too many people saw it. It was only right there next to the FLYING MAN at the OPENING CEREMONIES for the 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES. PC's blue screen of death soared to heights previously thought impossible in Beijing a few days ago.  Failure on such a grand scale is truly awe-inspiring. Whether photoshopped or not, the Sloshspot team, who just happen to be Mac lovers, got a good laugh out of this."

By the way, does anyone know if a BSOD on Chinese computers has messages in English or in Chinese? Just curious.

Apparently English (anyone want to confirm)

Source: http://p2pnet.net/story/12279

Let me guess: The BSOD in the Bird's Nest was Chinese?

And here's another source: news.xinhuanet.com/.../content_6125876.htm

Looks like English

Steve Ballmer doesn't really exist. He was actually Photoshopped by me to make Microsoft look ridiculous.

Mum

Great job. I saw your Photoshop image get out of his Range Rover, go into a Starbucks, buy a venti iced tea, get back in the car and drive off today.

How'd you do that? Is that something in Photoshop CS4?

(Watching the fire at Culpertino. Captain Janeway taps up her Starfleet Communicator.)

Janeway to Voyager, so much for Chronowerx. Nice shooting Mr. Tuvak, one to beam up. Energize.

(The faint hum of a starfleet transporter beams the captain away. Meanwhile at Redmond, Steve Ballmer is watching with a drink in his hands.)

Ballmer: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don't need no water, let the (Expletive deleted) burn!

(Ballmer laughs.)

I guess we know who the primary suspect is now.

(Just kidding yall. Enjoy my little pulp fiction.)

@subzerohitman721: Dude, was that a reference to that episode of Voyager where they go back in time and get that guy who found alien technology and "started" the digital revolution?

If so, awesome. If so, still awesome.

1) The Olympics BSD is actualli WINDOWS XP (save win xp, remember?)

2) "But seriously, I'm glad no one was hurt. And especially glad I'm not a suspect."

LOL!

:-)

"Let me guess: The BSOD in the Bird's Nest was Chinese?"

In English. :-)

"Steve Ballmer doesn't really exist. He was actually Photoshopped by me to make Microsoft look ridiculous."

I think Steve Jobs is a hologram.

Also, all BSODs are photoshopped by Mac fanatics to make Microsoft look bad. I'm sure the one I received on my computer was actually done by John Papola. It was a coded warning message, "Don't come to NYC." Don't believe me? John has a Mac. Macs can do anything.

Paul's trip to Ireland was scam.... check his flight records. I'm willing to bet they were really to the San Fancisco area... hmmmm

It looks like this is a distortion field. Any security report that claims Apple is bad, is from an industry trusted company, but if it claims Windows is bad, then the company is wrong or not to be trusted. Apple news here gets applauded when bad and rationalized no matter how trivial, but bad MS news gets used, followed by red herrings, and the source is not to be trusted. I can go on but you see the point. The BSOD thing is no big deal and has numerous sources if you just Google, but i get called a fanboy when I am actually the only non-biased person at this site, or one of the very few. however, Sloshdot gives an unverified opinion, but do show some great PS shots of how it could be true.

Oops, one more thing. I am posting using IE 7 and Vista Ultimate. So much for a Mac fanatic. Also, pardon the typos. Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a secretary!

One more thing. I just had another Vista update and my VPN works again!!!!!! Back in business baby! Thank you Redmond. Keep the good stuff coming. Mike, this proves you right. We need to keep our autoupdates on. thanks.

Doc

"How'd you do that? Is that something in Photoshop CS4?"

I used a plugin which has been around since CS1 but nobody else besides me noticed it because Photoshop's got so bloated. Sorry, but right now I can't remember which one it was.

Like I stated in two posts long ago, Steve Ballmer gave a great interview [to CNET I think] and was a complete professional gentleman who only complemented the competition when they tried to flamebait him, then quickley discussed MS product or vision/idea that was competing. Also, when some douchebag threw [and missed] eggs at him  [in Germany I think], the man was escorted out and Steve laughed it off and said somthing like  'Well at least it was a 'civil' complaint." He was as courteous and professional as anyone could have been. Very respectful. I was impressed with the integrity that he demonstrated. This was a couple months ago or so.

One of my first thoughts upon hearing this news was, "Thurrott's going to make a joke about an overheated AppleTV or Macbook".

Thanks for not letting me down. Predictable as ever.

@losta

One of my first thoughts upon seeing your name in comments was "Oh great....another snarky remark by the peanut gallery."

Thanks for not letting us down. Predictable as ever.

DRWAM

That's actually the SteveB I've generally dealt with. The guy's a pro (who does go into cheerleader mode when needed - and amazingly well).

He is a lot like BillG in the sense that he doesn't like people throwing bull at him in a meeting but keep it honest even when it's bad news and they're both great to work with.

@DWRAM,

"Apple news here gets applauded when bad and rationalized no matter how trivial, but bad MS news gets used, followed by red herrings, and the source is not to be trusted. I can go on but you see the point. "

Sorry, but Gizmodo has never been the most trustworthy source. This is not aimed at MS or Apple, just at Gizmodo. They confirmed the article based on one poster, who apparently saw something blue in his DVR recording and decided that it did indeed match the BSOD colors.

"The BSOD thing is no big deal and has numerous sources if you just Google, but i get called a fanboy ..."

Who called you a fanboy? At least I didn't ... unless you're the one who photoshopped the image. that is.

Don't take this personally. None of this was aimed at you. At least from my side, it was aimed at the Gizmodos and the Engadgets, who like to post sensational stories without ever verifying them.

"I saw your Photoshop image get out of his Range Rover, go into a Starbucks, buy a venti iced tea, get back in the car and drive off today.

How'd you do that? Is that something in Photoshop CS4?"

Mike:

He used this:  grail.cs.washington.edu/.../videoEnhancement.htm

You haven't heard of it because it didn't come from Microsoft, so you're excused. ;-)

Waethorn  said:

@losta

One of my first thoughts upon seeing your name in comments was "Oh great....another snarky remark by the peanut gallery."

Thanks for not letting us down. Predictable as ever.

The irony that is statement defies logic.

Lotsa,

That's really funny.

You probably should have actually read the citations on that video enhancement paper that I'm excused for not knowing about because "it didn't come from Microsoft". Three of the people who developed it were from Microsoft Research.

You can read about the latest Microsoft Research work shown at SIGGRAPH in the Microsoft press release at research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx

"You haven't heard of it because it didn't come from Microsoft"

Yes it did.  It's called Photosynth for video.

No prob Sharkster.  People make too much out of the BSOD. If they just read the causes, they would see that they are usually a hardware problem or a third party driver/app, not Windows. Yep, they appear somewhere around the world daily, since there are around a billion computers, but blaming Windows just doesn't make sense because of the main causes above. It kinda shows that a person blaming the OS for the BSOD just doesn't know what they are talking about, IMO. So, BSOD seen in public a few times each year when computers are in the media so much to me = BFD.

"The irony that is statement defies logic."

So does your use of the word "irony", as does your grammar.

@benjwah

Yes, I was directly refering to the Voyager Episodes "Future's End" and "Future's End Part II." Its one of my favorite Voyager episodes. The Hyper Pro PC in the episode bares strong resemblance to an Apple Mac, I couldn't resist. The title character of Henry Starling reminds me a lot of Steve Jobs with a hint of Bill Gates.

As for the fire, a very low yield photon torpedo would have rendered similar results.

Since there's always conspiracy theories about all things, I might as well indulge some creative licence here.

Peace.

SUb, even a 'low yield' photon torpedo would probably destroy the entire building, or block. I still think that it would have to have been a ship's phaser beam fire. IMO

Sub and DRWAM,

Considering the location, I'd say it's more classic than that. Probably something involving whales and nuclear wessels at Alameda.

You see Sub-commander Zerohitman, Admiral Mike Rosoft agrees. Now permission to perform a pelvic exam on Seven-of-Nine, sir?

Dr. WAMBO Alpha

Klingon Surgeon General

[When in doubt, cut it out. Heal with steel.]

"Yes it did.  It's called Photosynth for video."

Wae...what are you smoking?

Waethorn  said:

"The irony that is statement defies logic."

So does your use of the word "irony", as does your grammar.

Doubtful. Fast typing will do that. Lameness, from you=priceless.

Fire at Apple?

What fire at Apple?

realdanlyons.com/.../apple-spokesbot-there-was-no-fire

:-)