Showing the Windows 10 desktop was the yeast they could do

You might say this bork was bread to fail, but at least it involves a version of Windows that most people actually like. Snapped by Reg reader Chris Paxton in Ontario, Canada, today's example of signage gone wrong was spotted in a bakery. Where customers might expect a display extolling the virtues of the baked goods on offer …

[FIA]

Oh I'm really sorry, but the pedant in me can't let this pass...

<pedant>

three Windows 10 desktops suggest all is not well behind the scenes.

One Windows 10 desktop, 3 monitors.

</pedant>

Sorry.

[ITMA]

Well spotted sir!

Have one of these....

[BrownishMonstr]

I was in a branch of Halifax (bank) the other day and their four screens was showing the desktop. One single desktop, split in quarters over four screens.

"Snap it and share it?", I thought to myself, "Nahh. One, I do not want to make a fool of myself. Two, the bank would be right to question me about it. Three, asking for permission was more effort than it was worth. Four, El Reg sadly no longer holds that special in my heart".

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Someone didn't want toast

And it couldn't cope and had a breakdown

[Bebu sa Ware]

Re: Someone didn't want toast

who couldn't cope^† and had a breakdown but fortunately had a 14 Ib lump hammer.

_{† "How doodly do" and Windows generally has that effect.}

[ITMA]

Re: Someone didn't want toast

The PC spotted that there was no Warburtons on show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwBUnabkHxA

[Bebu sa Ware]

baguette stuffed down their trousers

Do they permit francophone baguettes in Ontario ?

I had the impression - admitted mostly drawn from "Letterkenny" - that Ontario wasn't deficient in red neckery with some antipathy towards Canada's centrally imposed francophone accommodation.

Somehow I cannot visualise Wayne or Shoresy with a sub. loaf shoved down their trousers.

[TangoDelta72]

Re: baguette stuffed down their trousers

Stuffing their trousers with extras are what Reiley and Jonesy do. Now, who wants to crush some sandos?

[Gene Cash]

Baked-in failure

That is all

[b0llchit]

Windows 11 toaster

If they had used Windows 11, then it would constantly ask any and all customer if they would like some toast. Not even the sales people would be safe from the toaster queries.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Re: Windows 11 toaster

And I definitely don't want any buns, baps, baguettes or bagels.

[The Oncoming Scorn]

Re: Windows 11 toaster

So you're a waffle man!

[ComputerSays_noAbsolutelyNo]

Re: Windows 11 toaster

... and it will ask the toast question, regardless of them actually selling toast.

Coz Microsoft knows best

[FIA]

There's a pun in the article title... I'd expect the comment section to have risen to the occasion by now.

Usually when there's an easy target for puns I'd be loafing my ass off reading this bit, but,apart from one rye comment, there's nothing. :(

[DoctorNine]

I attribute it to the fact that the flour of Reg punnery has yet to rise.

[blu3b3rry]

Maybe everyone's just feeling a bit crusty about it.

[KarMann]

It goes against the grain to stoop to these things that could barley be called puns.

[RockBurner]

It just wasn't a grower.

[ComputerSays_noAbsolutelyNo]

Bun intented

[that one in the corner]

I keep myself aloaf from such temptations.

[DoctorNine]

The psychology of rapid misreads

I'm truly sorry. I misread 'excrement' where you wrote 'excitement'. This is evidence of something. I am now pondering whether that something is within me, or a more universal condition.

[M.V. Lipvig]

Re: The psychology of rapid misreads

You're reading a story about M$, so.of course you were expecting to read about excrement as there's nothing exciting about M$.

[ComputerSays_noAbsolutelyNo]

Re: The psychology of rapid misreads

I call this a Freudian slip of the eye, when you "read" what you expect rather than reading what is actually written.

[PB90210]

I hate those places that have displays showing a menu that switch to a different page before you have had a chance to get through half of the page... that might explain the recent demise of Leon!

That extends to Network Rail's 3-line displays that insist on wasting 2 lines to display a cancelled train that will no longer be stopping at Abergavenny, Belfast, Coventry, Dover Central, Eton & Windsor Riverside, Finsbury Park... while the 3rd line switches between the real next train and a message about the delights of next weekend's rail replacement bus service

[EnviableOne]

Why O Why

Do people still use Windows for Digital signage?

Even in its LTS, POS, or Embedded guise, it's too complex and resource-hungry an OS.

Pick up a Penguin or maybe a Penguin Pi

[IGotOut]

Re: Why O Why

I guess you missed the Linux Bork the other week then?

As a side note, as I've never tried, how good is Linux at multi, hi Res displays? It's a genuine question as I used a Windows (Server) that ran 3x Nvidia Quadros.

[cyberdemon]

Re: Why O Why

DisplayPort daisy-chaining is supported and works well. You don't need a Quadro card, although you might if you wanted very high resolution and refresh rate screens i suppose. I've seen an array of nine 1080p monitors work from a three-output card. In theory you can chain four monitors at 1080p/60Hz, for 12 screens off 3 outputs

[M.V. Lipvig]

Re: Why O Why

And what's the borkcount? Linux is at what, 1? 2? Meanwhile, M$ borkage counts at 2000? 3000?

[werdsmith]

Re: Why O Why

Even a Raspberry Pi has two HDMI out and one DSI.

[Taliesinawen]

Modern excited technology :o

> Today's bork is a reminder that modern technology, for all its excitement, can sometimes wilt in comparison to the past.

Windows doesn't belong on such a system. An embedded real-time operating system would do the job and not bork out. Such as VxWorks from “Wind River”.

[IGotOut]

Re: Modern excited technology :o

Can it run say 12 1080p screens, with video and real time overlay? Does it support the cards that can do that?

[cyberdemon]

Re: Modern excited technology :o

VxWorks, probably yes with a lot of effort but I wouldn't take the contract.

But Linux, definitely. And if done right it is far more embeddable than Windows, and almost as deterministic as VxWorks or Zephyr, as long as you get rid of things like systemd

I went on a 3 day training course with Wind River once and hated their software so much that I persuaded my boss to go with Linux instead. The application was an EtherCAT robot control system that required a low-jitter 4kHz control loop

[spireite]

There techies have feelings..

I guess when they saw the failure, they felt a bit sourdough..... so they went to Warburton with the system.

Thankfully, there was a verry Hovisous solution, and when they fixed it they felt very Sunblest.

It's good they take Mothers Pride in their work.

*do I get a medal for use of archaic UK brands?