All roads lead to Bork in Kansas as Windows puts on a show for motorists

The Reg skips lightly across the Atlantic to bring you premium Bork, fresh from the US of A in The Register's mercifully occasional series of computers behaving badly. Today's example of the breed was spotted by Register reader Josh while rolling along a highway near the Kansas city of Wichita. Normally exciting motorists …

[Waseem Alkurdi]

This is simply gorgeous.

See title.

[macjules]

Wichita Lineman

So "end of lineman for the county" error?

(Mine's the one with rhinestones in the pocket)

[ArrZarr]

Still, it's nice to see that problem being shared with drivers.

For a good five seconds, I was wondering how you were certain this was a driver issue.

[Charlie van Becelaere]

Hmm

"Still, it's nice to see that problem being shared with drivers."

Aren't many Windows problems due to shared drivers?

[Andy Denton]

"Seen something borking in the wire?" Surely that should be "Seen something borking in the wild?"?

[chivo243]

No Wayward son, or Dust in the Wind bad pun?

Whud ya have to pick on Glen Campbell for? I mean, c'mon, Kansas!!

[John Brown (no body)]

Re: No Wayward son, or Dust in the Wind bad pun?

Isn't Kansas more famous for cassette tape digital storage standards?

[Roger Kynaston]

road in Kansas

Inquiring minds want to know if the road was paved with yellow bricks.

This home working thing is getting a bit much. I'll get me coat but can't go anywhere though.

[EVP]

Re: road in Kansas

Nah, yellow bricks are nothing. We’ve got yellow snow.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: road in Kansas

Our bricks are currently yellow... from pine pollen.

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: road in Kansas

A central premise of the film is that yellow brick roads are not found in Kansas.

[GrahamRJ]

Should do some Bob Dylan instead

"How many roads must a man Bork down...

... The answer my friend, is blowing in the Windows"

[Fullmetal5]

Hey, I know this one!

I actually do!

I live in Wichita and just so happen to have seen that sign and yes, it was broken when I saw it too.

Here ya go.

This was taken back on April 6th 2019, they should really sort out there software on this thing.

[Sanguma]

Re: Hey, I know this one!

How can you endure the excitement!!! This would send Garfield into overdrive!

[Michael Wojcik]

Re: Hey, I know this one!

Hell, no. That's one of the more pleasant billboards I've seen.

(When I'm driving through Kansas - which I do pretty frequently - one of the best moments is when I get the hell off I-70. Partly, of course, that's just because now I'm off I-70; but partly it's because billboards seem to be rare on the non-Interstate highways. US-40 is really quite pleasant with no giant advertisements to annoy you once you're through Oakley.)

[Paul Hovnanian]

Is this ...

... the new Linux advertising campaign?

[Angry clown]

@Paul Hovnanian - Re: Is this ...

Nah, looks more like a testimony of the resiliency unconditional Windows fans are capable of.

[ecofeco]

Little known historical fact

The Spanish Flu actually originated in Kansas.

[DrBed]

404

We are Bork! Resistance ... encountered a problem communicating with redmondmatrix.

[EVP]

Re: 404

”You will be assimil... Working on updates. Do not turn off your collective.”

[Anonymous Coward]

Point of sale

Not a windows bug but irritating - a local pub with a cash register with a two line display where the programmer seems to have been unaware of the CRLF concept. As a result it comes up with messages like "LERK LOGGED OFF" and "Z SUMO LOGGED OFF".

I've never met Lerk or Sumo but they both sound a bit worrying. (The place is shut now anyway.)