NOTE FROM KIM:

It’s been 20 years since the introduction of Windows 1.0,
and Microsoft’s infamous Blue Screen of Death
is still haunting us.
Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if they gave it a less
scary-sounding, more user-friendly name.

The Top 8 New Names for
the Blue Screen of Death

8> Little Screen Blue

7> A friendly reminder that somebody messed up, and it wasn

you

6> Blue Screen of Paid Upgrade Encouragement

5> Alternate Windows Splash Screen

4> A message from the Pro-Restart Advocacy Group

3> Fatal Exception Meltdown Alert (FEMA)

2> The One-Stop Start-Over Spot!

and the Number 1 New Name for the Blue Screen of Death…

1> BSOD (Ballmer Seemingly Overlooked Debugging)

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Credits:

Selected from 40 submissions from 14 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Larry Mills, Oneonta, NY — 1
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 2
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 3
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 4
Neal Bouffard, Ottawa, ON — 5
Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 6
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 7
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator Topic