Share your pain with Microsoft

THRiLL KiLL · 27-February-06, 03:28 PM

Copy/paste this into IE:

mms://a1.v148539.c14853.g.vm.akamaistream.net/5/1/14853/v003/1a1a1a72db3eb01f920167db4fb41745a9188ffd69d8399dcb 2c97f865c62f5dc02f9ccbfc30689dd0ff6cdf44bc2c5bc83b a01888b7fc356ea7e0/9999a_xw.asf

dont worry... it opens up media player and then plays a funny movie....

Dex · 27-February-06, 05:04 PM

Dead link.

THRiLL KiLL · 27-February-06, 05:16 PM

fixed............

wow... this is annoying...

how i got it to work... copy line one into a notepad (word wrap off) then copy line 2 and paste it at the end of line 0ne... then copy and paste that into ie.

Nerdz · 27-February-06, 05:26 PM

Nope, it does open WMP10 but it says it cant find the link or w/e..

vf1000ride · 27-February-06, 05:49 PM

I got this link to work on my machine.
mms://a1.v148539.c14853.g.vm.akamais...0/9999a_xw.asf

THRiLL KiLL · 27-February-06, 08:50 PM

thanks for the link...

richmond · 27-February-06, 09:05 PM

haha, until the end i couldn't figure out weather this was real or not. These people did a really good job on this.

Sleepy_Sentry · 27-February-06, 09:55 PM

Ha ha..... If Microsoft actually did this they would never finish Vista. They would be spending their whole day jumping out of their chairs and flying into their monitors! And at night, they would be having nightmares about going to work the next day!

I think some of the video was from Microsoft. Other parts clearly were not. Check out this picture. It looks oddly like a Mac OS X box in the red circle! Though Microsoft does use their rivals products to see what's worth stealing, the Mac box here looks out of place.

Nerdz · 27-February-06, 09:56 PM

Thats a xerox copy machine..

Look at this X and that X.

GiGaHuRtZ · 27-February-06, 10:00 PM

I actually think it looks like an X windows logo (Xfree86/Xorg) but maybe I'm just *nix impaired

GiGaHuRtZ

0v3rki11 · 28-February-06, 12:03 AM

myself and group of coworkers actually came up with a very similar idea for tech support call centers who staff only the most unqualified people to do trouble shooting.

the theory was, when they screw up (as they often did 90% of the time) the physical repercussions would soon instill a real want for learning how to correctly troubleshoot simple problems.

kind of like the rat in the electrified maze that eventually learns what turns not to take in the maze. too bad they never went for it, i think it would have made huge improvments in the tech suport industry.

27-February-06, 03:28 PM		#1 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	Share your pain with Microsoft Copy/paste this into IE: mms://a1.v148539.c14853.g.vm.akamaistream.net/5/1/14853/v003/1a1a1a72db3eb01f920167db4fb41745a9188ffd69d8399dcb 2c97f865c62f5dc02f9ccbfc30689dd0ff6cdf44bc2c5bc83b a01888b7fc356ea7e0/9999a_xw.asf dont worry... it opens up media player and then plays a funny movie.... Last edited by THRiLL KiLL; 27-February-06 at 05:15 PM..

27-February-06, 05:16 PM		#3 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	fixed............ wow... this is annoying... how i got it to work... copy line one into a notepad (word wrap off) then copy line 2 and paste it at the end of line 0ne... then copy and paste that into ie. Last edited by THRiLL KiLL; 27-February-06 at 05:22 PM..

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27-February-06, 05:04 PM		#2 (permalink)
Dex Retr-hoe Reviewer	Dead link.

27-February-06, 05:26 PM		#4 (permalink)
Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot	Nope, it does open WMP10 but it says it cant find the link or w/e..

27-February-06, 05:49 PM		#5 (permalink)
vf1000ride Apex Elite Expert Tech	I got this link to work on my machine. mms://a1.v148539.c14853.g.vm.akamais...0/9999a_xw.asf

27-February-06, 08:50 PM		#6 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	thanks for the link...

27-February-06, 09:05 PM		#7 (permalink)
richmond Apex Master Tech	haha, until the end i couldn't figure out weather this was real or not. These people did a really good job on this.

27-February-06, 09:55 PM		#8 (permalink)
Sleepy_Sentry Apex Tech Maniac	Ha ha..... If Microsoft actually did this they would never finish Vista. They would be spending their whole day jumping out of their chairs and flying into their monitors! And at night, they would be having nightmares about going to work the next day! I think some of the video was from Microsoft. Other parts clearly were not. Check out this picture. It looks oddly like a Mac OS X box in the red circle! Though Microsoft does use their rivals products to see what's worth stealing, the Mac box here looks out of place.

27-February-06, 09:56 PM		#9 (permalink)
Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot	Thats a xerox copy machine.. Look at this X and that X.

27-February-06, 10:00 PM		#10 (permalink)
GiGaHuRtZ Apex Techie II	I actually think it looks like an X windows logo (Xfree86/Xorg) but maybe I'm just *nix impaired GiGaHuRtZ

28-February-06, 12:03 AM		#11 (permalink)
0v3rki11 Cubic - Hoe	myself and group of coworkers actually came up with a very similar idea for tech support call centers who staff only the most unqualified people to do trouble shooting. the theory was, when they screw up (as they often did 90% of the time) the physical repercussions would soon instill a real want for learning how to correctly troubleshoot simple problems. kind of like the rat in the electrified maze that eventually learns what turns not to take in the maze. too bad they never went for it, i think it would have made huge improvments in the tech suport industry.