Re: [tlug] Microsoft embarassment during the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

["Ian Barwick" <barwick@example.com>]

2008/8/15 Keith Bawden <keith@example.com>:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 23:53, Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com> wrote:
>> This made me chuckle...
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/olympics_blue_screen_death/
>>
>
> Made me chuckle too. I had a mental image of Bill Gates pulling his
> cap down lower over his eyes and all but sliding off the edge of his
> seat in an attempt to hide. He was sitting in a normal seat amongst
> the "normal" people in attendance. I'm sure the reality was totally
> different  - he was probably in a glass box somewhere without a hat.

Not too far from POTUS by the look of things; no headgear visible:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/aug/12/bushlol?picture=336501036

Regards

Ian Barwick