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I didn't know people still got the famous Microsoft Blue Screen of Death! Thought it went out with Windows XP.
That's because I use Linux. Apple users are similarly laughing.
(Unless you have been living under a stone, you will have heard a bug-ridden and rather aptly named "Crowdstrike" antivirus software update has today caused numerous Microsoft users worldwide to have a complete system meltdown.
People stranded at airports. Pharmacies unable to dispense pills... it's endless.)
Some coffee shops are advising that cash still works. Happily, I still carry some. You just never know what will happen next. 🤣
That's because I use Linux. Apple users are similarly laughing.
(Unless you have been living under a stone, you will have heard a bug-ridden and rather aptly named "Crowdstrike" antivirus software update has today caused numerous Microsoft users worldwide to have a complete system meltdown.
People stranded at airports. Pharmacies unable to dispense pills... it's endless.)
Some coffee shops are advising that cash still works. Happily, I still carry some. You just never know what will happen next. 🤣
Yes indeed.
A duff software update without an "undo" button.
Supermarkets are fun when there IT crashes.
I can remember my lights out deal on memory cards at a Tesco store.
Just as the checkout operator was beeping the reduced to clear items all the lights went out and came back on again a couple of seconds later.
We all had 20 minutes of distressed manager therapy. They actually had starting handles for the check out lanes. You could not make it up.
A duff software update without an "undo" button.
Supermarkets are fun when there IT crashes.
I can remember my lights out deal on memory cards at a Tesco store.
Just as the checkout operator was beeping the reduced to clear items all the lights went out and came back on again a couple of seconds later.
We all had 20 minutes of distressed manager therapy. They actually had starting handles for the check out lanes. You could not make it up.
The wonderful world of programming. It never ceases to amaze.
Here's one I found at work one day.
Here's one I found at work one day.
I received an empty envelope one time and spent way too long going in circles with their bot telling me that the item wasn't returnable when I said it arrived empty.
But.. Sooo cute.. 'Surely' such cuteness can't be a con...
Sadly, depending on where you live in the world, the repercussions of such a simple search can be quite.... different.
Sadly, depending on where you live in the world, the repercussions of such a simple search can be quite.... different.
