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(March 2006)

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Westy2
Noelfirl posted:
ohwhatanight posted:
Guy Coma has just appeared on the ITV lunchtime news where they played the whole interview first and then Alastair Stewart thought it was necessary to pull his leg and claim that he was better at ad-libbing than the BBC News 24 presenter!

Ouch!


I know! If only ITN would hire him, he'd be a great asset to the current ITV News Channel... as some sort of pre.a.-==se;;'##

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http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png


Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes
JO
Jonathan
Noelfirl posted:
ohwhatanight posted:
Guy Coma has just appeared on the ITV lunchtime news where they played the whole interview first and then Alastair Stewart thought it was necessary to pull his leg and claim that he was better at ad-libbing than the BBC News 24 presenter!

Ouch!


I know! If only ITN would hire him, he'd be a great asset to the current ITV News Channel... as some sort of pre.a.-==se;;'##

>>>:
/Error
/Text
./Error in line <<1>>
....???
>>>Faulty wiring: Sentence does not compute.

Does not compute

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http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png

Wow you spent all that time uploading THAT?
NE
Noelfirl
Jonathan posted:
Wow you spent all that time uploading THAT?


Google Image. Blue screen of death. Second Row. First Box. ~10 seconds max.

Westy2 posted:
Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes


What's up with you chirpy? You do realise that if the wind changes, your eyes will get stuck like that.
NI
Nini
Westy2 posted:
I know! If only ITN would hire him, he'd be a great asset to the current ITV News Channel... as some sort of pre.a.-==se;;'##

>>>:
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....???
>>>Faulty wiring: Sentence does not compute.

Does not compute

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http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/crash/m/bsod.png

Ah, bloody Windows 95...
TE
Telefis
A clip here I imagine most people here haven't seen from RTÉ News of Sharon Ní Bheoláin coughing her head off.
It would've been fantsatic if she was on her own Very Happy

Scroll to 28.35:

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/2082758.smil


And this one, during a disatrous Six One when Pres were having major problems - a bulletin littered with errors. Here the weathercaster practicing for his upcoming bulletin is cut up by Pres by accident. Get's the shock of his life!

Scroll to 41.55:

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/2076536.smil
JO
Jonathan
Noelfirl posted:
Jonathan posted:
Wow you spent all that time uploading THAT?


Google Image. Blue screen of death. Second Row. First Box. ~10 seconds max.

Westy2 posted:
Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes


What's up with you chirpy? You do realise that if the wind changes, your eyes will get stuck like that.

Sorry lol. Yeh, blue screen of death, I remember that.
KK
Killie Kingdom
p_c_u_k posted:
Classic mess-ups - when Scotland Today first introduced a new digital studio which was far more automated, everything went wrong. Absolutely no reports worked, and the presenters had to give up five minutes in. Instead we had, if I remember rightly, 25 minutes of Scottish landscape pictures.


I remember that, their new system didn't exactly go right until sometime into the following week, if I remember. Confused It was sure scary like, and I remember being worried sick about John and Shereen. Rolling Eyes I did however, now and again changeover to former ST Newscaster Kirsty Young over at 5 News who was luckily on-air at the time. Phew! Wink
ST
Stuart
Jonathan posted:
Sorry lol. Yeh, blue screen of death, I remember that.


I thought the phrase "blue screen of death" belonged to the one that comes up headed

"dump of physical memory"

I see the phrase is widely spread (and feared Rolling Eyes ) though!!!!
AN
Andrew Founding member
Well Guy "Good Morning..." Goma has had another 15 minutes of fame tonight

Firstly the situation got covered on Have I got News for You, and then later the man himself appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

It's going to be on one of those 2006 TV Moments programmes on Channel 4 at Christmas isn't it, with Justin Lee Collins remembering how funny it all was!
LO
Londoner
Another early N24 one, courtesy of Krishnan Guru Murthy in the Independent:
Krishnan Guru Murthy posted:
* THAT SORRY TALE reminds me of a similar moment I had soon after the launch of News 24. A man was pushed on to the set next to me by a hassled floor-manager. The director shouted: "Go to the guest, go to the guest," but I had no idea who he was or why he was there. The running order on the computer was bare. I had no choice but to turn to him, reach out a hand and say: "Hello, I'm Krishnan. Who are you and what are you here to talk about?"
WT
Watching the telly
Did anyone see Have I Got News for You's feature on the Guy Goma incident? Priceless!
SP
Sput
Thought I'd dredge up the thread to deliver this gem

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