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Subject: Blue Windscreen of Death
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:45:24 -0700
From: Bill Stewart <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
A different kind of car crash
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From: "Robert J. Berger" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:31:11 -0700
Subject: MS Windows Crash Traps Thai Politician in Car
Crashed Computer Traps Thai Politician
Updated 14 May 2003
http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2003/n051301.shtml
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 (http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/13May2003_biz12.html)
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
(http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2002/Mar02/03-04BMWpr.asp).
Did Mr Jaovisidha narrowly miss being killed by the blue windscreen of
death?
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Robert J. Berger - Internet Bandwidth Development, LLC.
Voice: 408-882-4755 eFax: +1-408-490-2868
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