Coming soon to a Ford vehicle near you--The BSOD!

mbigna · Dec 31, 2006

Ok, I know the one-liners are going to be too easy to let go on this one.

Give it your best shot!

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061230/BUSINESS01/612300331

ps2cho · Dec 31, 2006

More distractions to increase traffic accidents. Awesome.

AngelfireUk83 · Dec 31, 2006

Can you imagine you've set it up to locate a certain address it guides you through turn left blah blah blah. Then suddenly that noise pop up when XP has come across an error or when you can't do a certain thing in a program. Then the BSOD pops and the whole car fails and stops.

maelstromracing · Dec 31, 2006

AngelfireUk83 said:
Can you imagine you've set it up to locate a certain address it guides you through turn left blah blah blah. Then suddenly that noise pop up when XP has come across an error or when you can't do a certain thing in a program. Then the BSOD pops and the whole car fails and stops.

My thoughts entirely. Bing. BSD. Your automobile it shutting down due to an unexpected error: Gas pedal pressure >0. Please re-install the engine and restart.

deadlysyn · Dec 31, 2006

Windows has detected a hardware change in your vehicle. You must call to reactivate within 3 days. WTF all I did was change the stereo??!!??!!

Edward78 · Jan 1, 2007

maelstromracing said:
My thoughts entirely. Bing. BSD. Your automobile it shutting down due to an unexpected error: Gas pedal pressure >0. Please re-install the engine and restart.

LoL, Imagine the people sueing MS for "Death by Error". MS better have something better then wondows on the cars.

AngelfireUk83 · Jan 1, 2007

deadlysyn said:
Windows has detected a hardware change in your vehicle. You must call to reactivate within 3 days. WTF all I did was change the stereo??!!??!!

Or the CD...

This had me laughing thinking about it it starts out with Vista Mobile or something then they create an official Ford Special op system and this is there promotion.

"Your car is only a 2 star for saftey & performance have you thought about upgrading to Windows Ford-Sta"

sad I know but that's what it will be doing if this all takes flight.

baltoos · Jan 1, 2007

You're coming down a mountain & need to downshift to keep your speed under control..."Windows has detected a problem in the Transmission Control Program and needs to close..."
Trans shifts to neutral & the only way to get it working again is to stop, shut off the engine, wait 2 min. then restart the engine with your foot on the brake, steering at full left & flash the hi-beam headlights repeatedly :shrug:

-Dave

Randyman... · Jan 1, 2007

I seriously doubt this would replace the dedicated EFI CPU, and things like the Airbag deployment system. This would be an isolated "Add-On" type system, and the root operations of the car would still be handled by dedicated non-Windows units (just like a modern EFI CPU)....

Someone mentions Windows, and everyone has to immediately assume the worst

Glass half empty for you guys, huh?

AngelfireUk83 · Jan 2, 2007

I was actually having a little bit of fun no humor in your life then huh

leaddraft · Jan 2, 2007

ROTFLMAO!

leaddraft · Jan 2, 2007

I just can't express

deadlysyn said:
Windows has detected a hardware change in your vehicle. You must call to reactivate within 3 days. WTF all I did was change the stereo??!!??!!

PYROMANIAC · Jan 2, 2007

Randyman... said:
Someone mentions Windows, and everyone has to immediately assume the worst Glass half empty for you guys, huh?

and i'd never fill it above that level :santa2:

but baltoos with that van hool in his ava said it right. you'd be like that guy next to me in an automatic rig, he puts it on manual shift and it still shifts for him

meanwhile i'm cruisin down the 3 sisters in 4th gear in my nice manual rig

Wolverine690 · Jan 3, 2007

So now people will not only have to worry about car jackers but now we have worry about Car Hackers too...

deadlysyn · Jan 3, 2007

I am also wondering what the driver support would be like? And I don't think I could imagine the amount of car security flaws when it is first released.

Hipcrostino · Jan 3, 2007

AngelfireUk83 said:
Can you imagine you've set it up to locate a certain address it guides you through turn left blah blah blah. Then suddenly that noise pop up when XP has come across an error or when you can't do a certain thing in a program. Then the BSOD pops and the whole car fails and stops.

Windows will have NOTHING to do with running the car. Car computers are very very different to the normal PC, running in the order of 20Mhz. The in car computers that run windows are for entertainment and comfort only.

that said i have been waiting for this to finally happen. Finally i can program some engine monitoring (not running) programs to hook into the ECU. its gonna be sik.

Captain Newbie · Jan 3, 2007

Randyman... said:
I seriously doubt this would replace the dedicated EFI CPU, and things like the Airbag deployment system. This would be an isolated "Add-On" type system, and the root operations of the car would still be handled by dedicated non-Windows units (just like a modern EFI CPU)....

I don't know what the certification requirements are for cars...but I would imagine there's nothing stopping them from combining to single computers.

Someone mentions Windows, and everyone has to immediately assume the worst Glass half empty for you guys, huh?

Two points:
1) It saves time.
2) A professional (like myself) is pleasantly surprised when things work and expects failure. That way, he is mentally prepared to take appropriate actions.

Pyrotechnic · Jan 3, 2007

Looks like we'll have more incidents like this: http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_180133016.html

Hardin · Jan 3, 2007

What's that I'm playing Counterstrike in my Ford oops I think I ran over something.

shadowfire1 · Jan 6, 2007

maelstromracing said:
My thoughts entirely. Bing. BSD. Your automobile it shutting down due to an unexpected error: Gas pedal pressure >0. Please re-install the engine and restart.

no you just need to close all your windows and re open them, car should work again for a while

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