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frist - or if oracle was running this site I would be -1th
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Maybe the big O was also responsible somehow for the example phone number in the first screen capture: "-1234567890"?
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A bee-sod like that is what, Windows XP? Windows 2000?. It certainly isn't anything in the 7/8/8.1/10/11 sequence. (The bee-sods in my Windows 11 aren't even blue...)
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I'm assuming the Oracle one is so that they can change you for the performance upgrade to get to 0...
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The centre ice logo is the Winnipeg Jets, which means the arena in question opened in 2004. So XP checks out.
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In my Windows 11 they are still blue... but with a sad smiley face, a QR code and a progress counter to collect info
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Yeah, I have the sadsmiley etc., but the background has always been green. Weird.
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Beta builds get different color.
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Oracle disk access looks like an ECG, just recovered from a flatline.
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If your BSoD is green, you’re on an insider build.
A little googling suggests there’s a SysInternals tool that can be used to change the colour to whatever you like.
I’m sure I remember a hack from the Windows XP days that allowed you to replace the BSoD background with any image you liked; I think I set up an LCARS screen showing a self-destruct countdown. However, that didn’t come up when I googled just now, so I might be remembering incorrectly.
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A negative Disk Write count... is an operation where the disk sends back bytes. So basically a disk read.
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Yeah, that would explain it. I am, indeed, on an insider build.
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Don't forget that after Sprint gobbled up Nextel, T-Mobile gobbled up Sprint. And AT&T consumed Alltel. So there should only be 3 elements in that list. Yay capitalism!
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Does anyone else think that Oracle is displaying an ECG on some of those displays?
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They're just measuring the changes they're making to your monthly invoice.
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The Verizon thing is an interesting example of the diff btw tech and biz one can well imagine the following convo at Verizon Tech Guy: we need to fix this menu it looks stupid Biz Guy: is it affecting sales ? Tech Guy: no, not as far as I know Biz Guy: then it ISN'T A PROBLEM
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Don't forget the red screen for the boot manager :-)
It is always funny to me, that the BSoD became so famous. Panics and Guru Medidations were a thing long before that and arguably even more common, but I guess back than usually more technical interested people used computers.
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@MaxiTB the Bluescreen managed to appear at a big presentation of windows, too. thats why its more known.
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Yeah chilling is kinda a good thing, especially when you have nothing to do. Well important i mean
Addendum 2023-02-21 09:54: Yeah chilling is kinda a good thing, especially when you have nothing to do. Well important i mean. When i have nothing to do i prefer to relax and maybe play some casinos https://online-casino-canada.guru/privacy-policy/ you know. I think that this is an interesting way to relax my nerves and prepare myself for next working month you know
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No. The BSOD is famous because, back in the days of Windows 3.x and Windows 95, it happened frequently. Almost everybody had one a couple of times a month.