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[MIMIC]

It came back to haunt Billy.

Bill Gates' keynote presentation Wednesday night at the Consumer Electronics Show didn't quite go according to plan: glitches, including a dreaded "Blue Screen of Death," interrupted the show several times.

Microsoft's chairman, who shared the stage with late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien, kept his cool when Microsoft Media Center crashed during the presentation, and an Xbox displayed the blue screen of death.

As the Xbox went down for the count, the Microsoft executive running that part of the presentation, Garrett Young, said, "This is a little bit of demo karma, sorry, I'm out of system memory apparently. Yeah, so just imagine, if you will, that I was customizing my car and doing some really cool stuff."

O'Brien played to the crowd during the crashes with lines like "right now nine people are being fired," and "Who's in charge of Microsoft? Oh."

TechWeb

 

[xsarien]

It came back to haunt Billy.


TechWeb

Way to get a smart comedian to stand by, Microsoft. Conan's way too quick, and sometimes plays from the Dave Letterman book of Biting the Hand That Feeds You.

 

[Laurent]

I haven't found actual pictures of that incident thought... EDIT: Oh wait...[/EDIT]

 

[Gek54]

I loved how it zoomed in on the blue screen. :lol

 

[tedtropy]

Conan: 'Sorry Bill, but that's your LAST blue screen of death!"

 

[SlickWilly223]

O shit I gotta see this episode

 

[human5892]

O shit I gotta see this episode

It wasn't an episode of Conan -- he was the host of the Microsoft portion of the CES show.

There's a big play-by-play thread of the presentation over in the Gaming forum, if you're interested.

 

[Wario64]

O shit I gotta see this episode

It's not a Conan episode, it's the CES keynote that Bill Gates gave last night in Las Vegas. You can watch it here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=1797708

 

[human5892]

It's not a Conan episode, it's the CES keynote that Bill Gates gave last night in Las Vegas. You can watch it here: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=1797708

DAMN IT, WARIO! YOU'VE ONE-UPPED ME AGAIN!

 

[SlickWilly223]

Thanks bro(s)

 

[Manabanana]

"Who's in charge of Microsoft!? Oh."

:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Jim Bowie]

I think it's cool that Bill Gates can have a sense of humor about his baby crashing in front of thousands of people. He knows that Windows is pretty messed up, so he might as well make the best of it.

 

[GG-Duo]

murphy's law, really.

 

[border]

What is the timestamp for the other glitches (not the Forza demo)?

 

[darscot]

Why does tht link give me nothing but a please stand by?

 

[TheQueen'sOwn]

Why does tht link give me nothing but a please stand by?

Same.

 

[Tarazet]

Hmm. Has anyone actually seen a BSOD on their Xbox?

 

[Kon Tiki]

Yes.

First time I seen one was at my cousin's. The geek in me could not help but laugh. My cousin was not amused.