The giant blue screen of death comes for us all - CNET

Ask not for whom the giant blue screen of death tolls, it tolls for thee.

This all-too-nightmare-inducing photo was taken in Pattaya, Thailand, at the CentralFestival Pattaya Beach shopping mall, and shared on Facebook by Blake Sibbitt. Apparently, a problem has been detected, and the mall will be shut down. Or, you know, at least the outdoor signage.

But forget reality, it's more fun to picture this five-story version of the infamous Windows system-crash screen as something out of a future "Terminator" movie, when Skynet has taken us over and is about to take the planet down for good. Or maybe out of a "Black Mirror" episode, where a skyscraper's crash is preceded by a skyscraper system crash.

Or maybe just out of one of my nightmares from that time I was almost done with a work project and all of a sudden, poof, it's gone. HA-HA. I swear Bill Gates was laughing at me with the voice of Nelson from "The Simpsons." Thanks a lot, blue screen of death. May all your illegal operations be shut down.

(Via Geek.com)