I’m sure they would not entrust such a thing to a Windows OS in reality lol
‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video
Submitted 4 months ago by kinther@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 4 months ago
My friend, have you ever configured an LED signboard before? If not, what you will learn will shock you…
…a lot of these boards are controlled by proprietary chinese software that only functions on Windows XP… even today.
As to why they don’t have a more modern OS connected to a signboard that obviously supports at least VGA and probably HDMI… I don’t know.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
There’s one LED advertisement board in my area that I see pretty often. Nowdays I’d say it shows something it’s not supposed to more often than an advertisement.
Previously I’ve seen BSOD on it a cople of times, but recently a lot. Also “Finish setting up this device” and part of the desktop showing Windows 11 wallpaper.
My guess is someone upgraded it from Windows 10 to 11, and now it works even less.randompasta@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Because they don’t want to change the drivers or have to revalidate the entire system. And if they’re not connected to the Internet then it really doesn’t matter.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This was a prerecorded video, if you did not catch that.
CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Video scalers my dude. Proprietary yes, but Chinese is questionable. Crestron, Extron, QSC, all major video products based out of the US, tho I believe only Crestron manufacturers in the US.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world 4 months ago
A lot of ATM cash machines run Windows 7. Yes, still.
lemmeout@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Obviously a stunt.
kinther@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean they indicate as such if you read the article…
ripcord@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You mean, the stunt that they describe in detail in the article?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Obviously.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 4 months ago
So obvious in fact that nobody was under any other impression, making this comment essentially a “the sky is blue” kind of thing.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Lol, I just went to a Mariners game vs the White Sox (won in extra innings). I love that stadium, and the King Dome before it (rip). I almost never watch baseball on TV, but it’s a lot of fun to go in person, especially with the big screen gimmicks.
xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 months ago
[deleted]just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It was a premade video…
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 4 months ago
Use Linux already
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Linux has a BSOD kernel panic screen now too sooooooooo
badbytes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Funny when companies use M$ for production systems. So unreliable for anything other than secretarial duties and gaming.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So unreliable except for what 98% of the world uses it for?
badbytes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nah brah, 100% of the important stuff runs Linux. Do your research.
NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
That BSOD isn’t from an XP machine.
lightnegative@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The first thing I noticed. I was confused, thinking maybe they had an old XP machine lying around to plug in after the main one failed, but then I read further and it was just a stunt
sugartits@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If it were real the machine would have rebooted for a forced update and taken 45 minutes to complete before it was usable again.