I was going to check the weather on a local TV station website, and noticed that there was what appeared to be a windows command prompt box in one of the weather radar thumbnails... I clicked on it and sure enough, a defragment program was running...

 They already caught it and took it down, but I did grab the radar image while it was up.

 I'm sure this was all part of some cunning plan by Executive Software International to achieve some sweet product placement.

 A couple of years ago, I got a similar issue on another site. (The Brussel's public transport site it you want to know.)

I asked for an itinerary, and it showed me the map. Unfortunately, the map was covered by a dialog box. ("The system is low on resources" IIRC.)

That's one of the reasons why you should never use Windows on a server.

 Yes, because "X server has quit due to an unexpected error" is soo much better

dtech:

 Yes, because "X server has quit due to an unexpected error" is soo much better

 

Wolftaur:

Or "Insert FONTS into DF0:", which I used to see on our cable network's "Preview channel" on a regular basis. :)

I agree with whatever Quietust just posted above.

Wolftaur:

dtech:

 Yes, because "X server has quit due to an unexpected error" is soo much better

 

Or "Insert FONTS into DF0:", which I used to see on our cable network's "Preview channel" on a regular basis. :)

dtech:

Yes, because "X server has quit due to an unexpected error" is soo much better

 Even though it is a joke, and i do relax, I'm wondering: what's an X server doing on a server machine?

And - why would that message appear on a website graphic? Oh - i see! They take a screenshot, print it,... wooden table, etc, etc..... scan... FTP upload.. profit! And that's exactly how weather websites create radar images.