Reg reader's XXXbox oddity: The BBC4 topless thumbnail trauma whodunnit

The mystery began when a Reg reader wrote in to say their Xbox Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) was displaying an image of a suggestively posed semi-nude person alongside BBC4 while the channel was off air. "For a few days now I've noticed the Xbox built-in TV guide has been showing a picture of a posing naked woman as a …

[Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse]

More importantly...

Did aforementioned semi-nude person get any image rights or royalties?

[Stumpy]

Pics, or it didn't happen...

[Sam Therapy]

Came here to post that. :D

[KittenHuffer]

I'm sure she'd be happy that you came second!

[quxinot]

This article is worthless without pics!

[Anonymous Coward]

"... was caused by a third-party supplier"

...was a leaving present from a contractor we had to let go because of IR35"

FIFY

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "... was caused by a third-party supplier"

Haha, careful, you've triggered Jake!

[Dr. G. Freeman]

"displaying an image of a suggestively posed semi-nude person alongside BBC4"

Please be Hannah Fry, or Lucy Worsely. I know standards have dropped on there (the usual "Dumbing down" arguments), but a man can dream.

[Anonymous Coward]

Hannah Fry?

Maggie Aderin Pocock for me

[Anonymous Coward]

Maggie Aderin Pocock

I'm fine with that as long as she doesn't try to explain anything 'sciency'.

[IGotOut]

Unless Lucy gets to dress up in a posh historical frock after the photo shoot, she'll say no.

[Robert Carnegie]

Apparently you've forgotten about "Mary Beard's Shock of the Nude". And, yes, she posed.

Now, remember you are a gentleman.

[Kubla Cant]

We take this extremely seriously

Whatever the cockup, you can rely on a company trotting out this tired piece of boilerplate. (Can you trot out boilerplate?)

I'd give credit to one that says "We don't take this very seriously - We actually think it's a bit of a laugh. We'll try to fix it when we have some spare time."

[LenG]

Well,

If they left it alone it might have become a selling point ..

[Mr Dogshit]

We take this extremely seriously

[Howard Sway]

What a rotten swizz!

I tuned in expecting something exciting to warm the old winter cockles, and all I got was some bloke riding round on a steam engine and another painting crappy pictures of trees.

[Kane]

Re: What a rotten swizz!

"...and another painting crappy pictures of trees."

I hope you're not maligning the favoured dulcet tones of the great Bob Ross?

[Phil O'Sophical]

Do Microsoft never learn?

Another case of someone taking un-vetted info from a third-party supplier, and just displaying it. Might be funny in this case, but what if that image contained something to exploit a vulnerability in the Xbox?

[Antron Argaiv]

Re: Do Microsoft never learn?

"...a vulnerability in the Xbox?"

A vulnerability? In a Microsoft product? That's unpossible!

[Dabooka]

How is this NSFW?

Is it that bad that you can't even report on these stories now without flagging it up as dodgy for work?

What a time to be alive...

[Robert Carnegie]

"Sweaty masses"

Depending on which browser you're using, words like "naked", "nude", and "xxx" may trigger your corporate extension.

[heyrick]

Re: "Sweaty masses"

Scunthorpe.

[yoganmahew]

Re: "Sweaty masses"

Middlesex, Sussex, and Essex.

Naked mole rat.

Nude make-up.

[Robert Carnegie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging

[RuffianXion]

Re: "Sweaty masses"

Sadly, it's been many years since mere words alone could trigger my extension.

[William Towle]

Re: "Sweaty masses"

> Depending on which browser you're using, words like "naked", "nude", and "xxx" may trigger your corporate extension.

We had this at $PREVIOUS_EMPLOYER after one unthinking romantic wanted to send three kisses (kiss-times-ten if you're inclined to translate it that way) to his fiancee [or possibly vice versa] *chuckle*

// Paris: sees quote, thinks "is that what we're calling them now?" -->

[Andrew Barr]

1990's Channel 4

Maybe there was a date issue, as surely this was how Channel4 was in the 90s - Eurotrash as my example!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: 1990's Channel 4

Eurotrash was just factual reporting about....

.....Eurotrash.

[Anonymous Coward]

Does NSFW now mean "Not Safe For Wanking" because there sure ain't anything worth wanking over in this article!!!!