from the beat-this dept.
Via El Reg, Richard Chirgwin asks if anyone has seen a dramatic failure of Microsoft's OS. One assumes that he is referring to very public instances.
In Topper style, he starts off with a real beauty[1] that was spotted in Thailand.
In the comments, cornz 1 mentions seeing every screen at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) BSoD'd; Shadow Systems says he had to go to the other side of town when his branch bank's ATM BSoD'd; Robert Helpmann wasn't thrilled when the hotel elevator that was to take him up 20something storeys was showing a BSoD; James 51 also notes that Blue Screens are not a thing of the past, as his wife's Windows 10 update BSoD'd.
[1] If you have Facebook blocked, I have saved you the trip to Blake Sibbit's Facebook page.
Hat tips to TechWorm (though I wish you wouldn't put parts of your content behind scripts) and to Archive.is (which will run scripts for you on their machines).
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday August 23 2016, @06:45PM
You wouldn't have to worry about whether you had clone FTDI chips if you would stop using Arduino and just use a 555 which is the proper way to blink an LED.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 2, Informative) by anubi on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:39AM
Since the FTDI fiasco, I had to find alternatives to FTDI chips:
CH340G ( Dream City - Chinese )
CP2102 ( Silicon Labs )
PL2303 ( Prolific Technologies )
These have different packages and pinouts, and require their driver, but are functional drop-in replacements. I designed my stuff to use the CH340G.
So far, I have had no more problems.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:47PM
“It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer — then goes off and boasts about the purchase.", Prov 20:14, NIV
Of course, a better solution would be a single, open source driver, for poor Windows users, that works with all FTDI chips and clones.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.