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CharlesS
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Dec 31, 2008, 06:22 PM
 
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/1...oftware-glitch

Apparently, every single 30 GB Zune in the world has locked up today, evidently because the software doesn't know how to handle it being the 366th day of the year.

I'm not really sure what to say.

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Dec 31, 2008, 06:44 PM
 
weird only the one model effected.
Stupid as hell that after y2k they still let something like this happen.
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Dec 31, 2008, 07:12 PM
 
I know what to say: Glad I bought an iPod!
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Dec 31, 2008, 07:34 PM
 
OMG!!! it's a zune epidemic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

opps, guess you can shoot me now....
     
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Dec 31, 2008, 07:50 PM
 
Zunepocalypse

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Dec 31, 2008, 08:21 PM
 
The Day the Zune Stood Still


Oops, wrong movie.
Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
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June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
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Dec 31, 2008, 08:21 PM
 
What will be really scary is if they suddenly start working again. Zune zombies. Where is the brain, so I know where to aim?

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Dec 31, 2008, 08:24 PM
 
Dead, so Zune?

It can never to too Zune, to get another Zune.
Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
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June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
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Dec 31, 2008, 08:32 PM
 
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What will be really scary is if they suddenly start working again. Zune zombies. Where is the brain, so I know where to aim?
When there's no more room in hell, the Zunes will walk the earth.
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Dec 31, 2008, 08:41 PM
 
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What will be really scary is if they suddenly start working again. Zune zombies. Where is the brain, so I know where to aim?
Your best bet is near the rear most port.
     
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Dec 31, 2008, 08:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit View Post
When there's no more room in hell, the Zunes will walk the earth.
Dawn of the Zunes, Day of the Zunes..... Zune 4 Dead?
     
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Dec 31, 2008, 09:14 PM
 
Incredible. The days truly are numbered till the end of MS (literally.)
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Dec 31, 2008, 10:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
What will be really scary is if they suddenly start working again. Zune zombies. Where is the brain, so I know where to aim?
Looks like that is what will happen.

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Dec 31, 2008, 10:39 PM
 
when zunes attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     
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OT: apple.com is dead as well.
     
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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
What will be really scary is if they suddenly start working again. Zune zombies. Where is the brain, so I know where to aim?
Apparently, that's *exactly* what will happen as of 12:01 tomorrow morning.
     
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Jan 1, 2009, 02:01 AM
 
Originally Posted by CharlesS View Post
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/1...oftware-glitch

Apparently, every single 30 GB Zune in the world has locked up today, evidently because the software doesn't know how to handle it being the 366th day of the year.

I'm not really sure what to say.
Heh, that's awesome. What a way to cap off 2008 MS.

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak View Post
Apparently, that's *exactly* what will happen as of 12:01 tomorrow morning.
Happy New Year! Good luck in 2009 Zune, cuz you're gonna need it.
     
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Jan 1, 2009, 12:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by CharlesS View Post
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/1...oftware-glitch

Apparently, every single 30 GB Zune in the world has locked up today...
All 73 of them??

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Originally Posted by Kenneth View Post
OT: apple.com is dead as well.
The problem with "OT" is that "off" and "on" both start with 'o', so the phrase itself is superfluous.
     
   
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