Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers (2022)

Very funny, reminds me of how Jennifer Lopez created Google Image Search when she wore a very deep cut green dress in 2000. So many people searched for "Jennifer Lopez Green Dress" that the search team realized they needed to include images in the search results. https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/google-european-c... https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/jennifer-lopez-walks-in-versa...

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Post by GaryBluto » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

Why didn't they mute the volume to see if it was the video or audio stream causing problems?

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Post by CamouflagedKiwi » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 5:58 PM UTC

ninalanyon wrote: post #6

> certain models Why the weasel words? Does Raymond Chen not know which models? Or is it actually apocryphal.

He might not since it comes via a friend. Or he's forgotten since.

Also seems not unreasonable for an employee like him not to specifically name and shame hardware partners. Maybe it'd all be fine, but I wouldn't blame him at all for not wanting to risk it.

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Post by mc32 » Sat, Dec 27, 2025, 6:06 PM UTC

nntwozz wrote: post #3

Another reason to step away from spinning rust. Thank dog for SSDs

Platters are not made of iron (or even steel) and neither is the surface, so I’m not sure why rust comes into the picture.