On the subject of Macs and error messages, my hubby works in tech support. On days when the calls are slow, he likes to read forum posts from other techs who got funny or interesting phone calls.
This is one he found:
At 3:37 a.m. on a Sunday, I had just looked at the clock to determine my annoyance level, when I received a frantic phone call from a new user of a Macintosh Plus. She had gotten her entire family out of the house and was calling from her neighbor’s. She had just received her first system error and interpreted the picture of the bomb on the screen as a warning that the computer was going to blow up.
There are even more at Rinkworks.com which is where he gets most of them.
Turns out this week was (almost) based on a true story. I was having drive difficulty (I thought) shortly after I did and filed these three days’ worth, so I ordered a new drive and moved to my laptop to keep working. Now after three days of fiddling around, it turns out it was the drive controller on the motherboard, not the drive itself, that was going. Joy.
Orgelspieler: It’s modeled after a clipart image I used ages ago because it kind of looked like I did back then. I drew this self-portrait in the same basic pose with the same accessories and the same color scheme.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member about 15 years ago
Wow I haven’t seen one of those for a looooong time!
Colt9033 about 15 years ago
It went from Windows 7 to a MAC?
Motivemagus about 15 years ago
Nooooo! Not the Dead Mac!! I seem to recall seeing this once, waaaay back in the day…
LibrarianInTraining about 15 years ago
On the subject of Macs and error messages, my hubby works in tech support. On days when the calls are slow, he likes to read forum posts from other techs who got funny or interesting phone calls.
This is one he found:
At 3:37 a.m. on a Sunday, I had just looked at the clock to determine my annoyance level, when I received a frantic phone call from a new user of a Macintosh Plus. She had gotten her entire family out of the house and was calling from her neighbor’s. She had just received her first system error and interpreted the picture of the bomb on the screen as a warning that the computer was going to blow up.
There are even more at Rinkworks.com which is where he gets most of them.
kfaatz925 about 15 years ago
Oh, dear. The frowny face of doom.
Wildcard24365 about 15 years ago
Wait a minute… a problem so serious, it changed a PC to a Mac?
Digital Frog about 15 years ago
Maybe it’s not a computer at all - Her Majesty is known to be fond of the royal wii….
BrotherFlounder about 15 years ago
Oh wow, from a BSOD to a Sad Mac. What’s next, kernel panic?
Pab Sungenis creator about 15 years ago
Turns out this week was (almost) based on a true story. I was having drive difficulty (I thought) shortly after I did and filed these three days’ worth, so I ordered a new drive and moved to my laptop to keep working. Now after three days of fiddling around, it turns out it was the drive controller on the motherboard, not the drive itself, that was going. Joy.
Technojunkie about 15 years ago
Or a Guru Meditation Error?
yyyguy about 15 years ago
at least you’ve been able to keep going and prevent the rest of us from going into withdrawal symptoms.
ChiehHsia about 15 years ago
Ummm… gotta ask, Pab, with all the computers and computerese involved in this most worthy effort, why does your icon carry a pencil?
The Old Wolf about 15 years ago
“Error code = -1”
3hourtour Premium Member about 15 years ago
..wait for Windows 12…
Pab Sungenis creator about 15 years ago
Orgelspieler: It’s modeled after a clipart image I used ages ago because it kind of looked like I did back then. I drew this self-portrait in the same basic pose with the same accessories and the same color scheme.