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Cash Machines In Windows Seize Up!
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: davidnix71 ---I've seen a bank atm reboot on a Saturday following a power outage, but they were using OS 2. If the cameras wren't on me I could have held down some keys and gotten into the bios. It was Phoenix 6.02, same as my eMachine. It would have been fun to see if the bios has test features like money dispensing.
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That's why you should always carry around a can of shaving cream or other opaque substance that can be sprayed :D
P.S. The only real reason to watch X-Files is for Gillian Anderson :thumbup:
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: Calum ---well, that's four days and counting it's been out of order like this (possibly longer, i didn't look there before saturday afternoon). now it's opened up some windows and thrown up an error message since yesterday but that's about it.
More Images:
http://www.polytheism.org.uk/pix/easter-road-cash-machine-3.jpg
http://www.polytheism.org.uk/pix/easter-road-cash-machine-4.jpg
people think i am really weird when i photograph this cash machine. i think i am going to stop unless it does something really bizarre.
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I would definitely inform them that they have a broken ATM outside with an active screen displaying what appears to be a list of account-transaction numbers. Either kill the screen, or - preferably - have a tech rebuild it for Linux or possibly HP/UX. When did banks start getting the idea that it'd be SMART to route sensitive financial transactions through Windows, anyway?
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---
Windows NT ran on other platforms up until Windows 2000 where it became x86 only.
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...So what does that mean? The kernel works? The kernel's no good without everything else, has everything else been ported to other platforms? What platforms?
EDIT: whoops... WINDOWS NT is the whole of the OS. Nevermind.
WMD:
There was NT 4.0 for PowerPC. It ran pretty well on some pre-G3 Power Macs. Not sure about other computers. Oh, and there was NT4 for Alpha, too.
worker201:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---That's why you should always carry around a can of shaving cream or other opaque substance that can be sprayed :D
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A piece of transparent tape works just as well, and fits easily into the pocket. Even a small piece will do - the camera will focus on the tape across its lens, making anything else an incoherent blur.
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H --- P.S. The only real reason to watch X-Files is for Gillian Anderson :thumbup:
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Not the only reason, but definitely high up on the list.
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