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    This was amusing enough I had to share:



    Crashed Computer Traps Thai Politician
    Updated 14 May 2003

    Thailand's Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha had to be rescued today from inside his expensive BMW limousine after the onboard computer crashed, leaving the vehicle immobilized.

    Once the computer failed, neither the door locks, power windows nor air conditioning systems would function, leaving the Minister and his driver trapped inside the rapidly heating vehicle.

    Despite the pair's best efforts, it took a full ten minutes before they were able to summon the attention of a nearby guard who freed the two men by smashing one of the vehicle's windows with a sledgehammer.

    A report published in the Bangkok Post indicates that the vehicle was Mr Jaovisidha's own BMW 520 which was being used while his state-supplied Mercedes, was being repaired.

    BMW's more up-market 7-series range uses a computer system called i-drive which has Microsoft's WindowsCE at its core.

    Did Mr Jaovisidha narrowly miss being killed by the blue windscreen of death?
    Wraith
    WindowError:010 Reserved for future mistakes

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    Wow, that's dangerous. Remind me not to ride in a BMW again.
    (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
    (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
    (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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    • #3
      It is all MS´fault.
      Blah

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      • #4
        I went into a public washroom the other day and the motion sensors on the taps wheren't working. Of course, they didn't have any regular handles, either, so I couldn't wash my hands. Progress is wonderful!
        Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

        Do It Ourselves

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        • #5
          MS controlled cars, well, what do you expect? Not only trapped in upgrades!
          "I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
          "You can be wrong AND jewish" - Wiglaf :love:

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          • #6
            "A full ten minutes", oh my God!

            Couldn't they just have used the horn BTW.

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            • #7
              No because everything is digitalized...

              Besides, who is that dumb to drive a windows controlled machine...

              Sorta reminds me of a space odyssey, HAL,.. windows,.. HAL,.. windows.... HAL,.. windows...... Hmmmmm
              "An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
              "Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - Seneca

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              • #8
                he dumbass obviously didnt reboot his car in like 3 weeks. come on now.
                "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
                - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by UberKruX
                  he dumbass obviously didnt reboot his car in like 3 weeks. come on now.
                  I have never noticed a "reboot" button in any BMW cars
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Urban Ranger


                    I have never noticed a "reboot" button in any BMW cars
                    you have to click "start" first, as confusing as that is.
                    "I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
                    - Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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