Great! The Glitches Are In Charge Now:

Great! The Glitches Are In Charge Now:

Previously we mentioned that the bus tunnel in Seattle that connects Newcastle to the King Street Station was shut down for over a week due to a “computer glitch.” Well, it’s happened again. The fireworks on top of the Space Needle were boofed up due to the “computer glitch.” Reporters don’t have a clue why some things don’t work so they blame the computer glitch.

A professional pyrotechnician group put a ton of fireworks on top of the Space Needle and connected them to a PC. It was planned to be a coordinated show with fire and music beginning at midnight Pacific Standard Time. This same team has been doing this for 14 years. They used the same control software as the last few years but with a new computer running the Winders Vista operating system. What could possibly go wrong?

Vista: “It looks like you’re trying to set off fireworks. Would you like help with that?”

Pyrotechnician: Clicks; NO.

Vista: “Are you sure you want to light that fuse?”

Pyrotechnician: Clicks; OK.

Vista: “Click ‘OK’ again to download ActiveX Control.”

Pyro: “The music has started – get on with it!”

Vista: “Please wait……………”

Pyro: “Crap, I’ll light it myself.”

Vista: “I wouldn’t do that; please wait………….”

Pyro: “We have a schedule and we ran this sequence over and over to get the timing just right!” Clicks; OK Dammit (an undocumented button).

Vista: “Just for that we’re downloading a critical update and will automatically reboot your system.”

Pyro: “Fine! But you better be quick because the next rocket is aimed at Redmond.” And goes out on the roof to light the fuses.

The music finished way before the fireworks.

In other news: Shortly after the fireworks ended a personal computer loudly glitched into the parking lot near the Space Needle early on New Years Night. Nobody was injured but the PC was a total loss. Looks like Apple is about to sell another Mac.

Al