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February 1st, 2008

Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport

Posted by Michael Krigsman @ 2:13 am

Categories: Availability and reliability, IT issues

Tags: Security, Blog, Blue Screen Of Death, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Michael Krigsman

I spent the last ten days in London and Frankfurt in a morning-to-night whirlwind of business meetings. While the trip was great, it left me literally no time to blog, which was a drag. Nonetheless, walking through Frankfurt security, I looked up and saw beautiful blog material — a public Windows blue screen of death. It was almost an omen, signaling return to the land of blogging.

After taking the photo, your intrepid blogger was accosted by security who unsmilingly explained, in extremely definite and clear terms, that “Cameras are not allowed.”

Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport

Michael KrigsmanMichael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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  • Most Recent of 41 Talkback(s)
No it's not a security screen
The picture is of a logo monitor at Frankfurt Airport.

These monitors display an airline logo above a check-in, lost and found or transfer counter. There is no security implication here.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: ian_rw Posted on: 08/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
This is newsworthy?  ye | 02/01/08
You're right. Windows Blue Screens so much...  bjbrock | 02/01/08
Wrong!  ye | 02/01/08
The definition of 'newsworthy' is..  msalzberg | 02/01/08
I see 4-5/year.  Bruizer | 02/03/08
Public crashes are newsworthy  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/08
Opinions vary!  ShadeTree | 02/01/08
I find public BSODs interesting  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/08
It does make you wonder  otaddy | 02/01/08
No it's not a security screen  ian_rw | 08/05/09
Wow- have a sense of humor  mikedahn@... | 02/01/08
Thanks!  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/08
This is a blog, not the New York Times.  Valis Keogh | 02/04/08
We see this all the time  AbbydonKrafts | 02/01/08
Relatively speaking we DON'T see it all the time.  ye | 02/01/08
You don't get out much do you?  devlin_X | 02/03/08
RE: Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport  rlee@... | 02/01/08
There are times for depth  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/08
BSD  NotesPro | 02/01/08
You are so right!  ja4509 | 02/01/08
RE: Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport  Chiatzu | 02/01/08
Had I been travelling  mhenriday | 02/01/08
Your comment made me laugh  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/08
I agree, bigger issue is that taking pics is a security risk  otaddy | 02/01/08
Oh wow, a blue screen of death. Fire up the presses  daMan25 | 02/01/08
My Mac crashes far more than my XP box ever did  gigabot71 | 02/01/08
Missing...  ov-1mohawk | 02/01/08
RE: Windows BSOD  bfilipiak@... | 02/01/08
Who says it is the O/S?  Marty R. Milette | 02/01/08
True, it could be a hardware issue  otaddy | 02/01/08
RE: Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport  phoenix.psaltery@... | 02/01/08
RE: Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport  perryroyce@... | 02/01/08
Is this Freedom?  GreggN | 02/02/08
You are correct, too bad most Americans dont care  otaddy | 02/02/08
Off topic....  thungurknifur | 02/06/08
Uh, dude....  James T. Kirk | 02/11/08
I get a chuckle  zachschi@... | 02/02/08
It's a case of you know it happens quite a lot  tracy anne | 02/02/08
Priceless!  devlin_X | 02/03/08
That one's good  mkrigsman@...ZDNet Moderator | 02/04/08
Buy a new Ford, see a blue screen  Ole Man | 02/03/08

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