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flickr.com — The Application Crash reporter quit unexpectedly.

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  • yonas, on 06/24/2008, -69/+15Wow. WTF.
  • jks15, on 06/24/2008, -57/+17That, is amazing. I bumped it because this has actually happened to me before. *shakes head*
    • norbiu, on 06/24/2008, -7/+8k
    • Shadow503, on 06/24/2008, -1/+29You bumped it?
    • mattlohkamp, on 06/24/2008, -10/+3you don't bump things on digg, k thx bai.
      • computerusr, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1Fail.
      • damnmonkey, on 06/25/2008, -1/+8you also don't use 'beaten to death' cuties such as k thx bai....
    • Handonam, on 06/24/2008, -1/+11bumping this thread to show you he doesn't know how the digg comment system works.
    • pinchies, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1happened to me for a while after 10.5.3
  • berrray, on 06/24/2008, -39/+296*head asplodes*
    • ChappyChaps11, on 06/24/2008, -32/+9Mac JUST works baby! JUST WORKS..I'm just sayin'.
      • Phylodome, on 06/25/2008, -7/+1Because I haven't seen hundreds of these for Windows....if this is even real.
        • lamiaconfitor, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Ive never seen this for windows...
        • ChappyChaps11, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Exactly, Ive never seen this for windows.
      • mikev, on 06/25/2008, -2/+3"Mac OS X and other applications are not affected."
      • ChappyChaps11, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1But it's still a component of your beloved Mac OS
    • ChronicColonic, on 06/24/2008, -5/+45The Crash Report quit unexpectedly....what, doesn't anyone give a two-week notice anymore?
    • sholt, on 06/24/2008, -7/+136When FireFox crashes, the signal is trapped, and it launches mozilla's "Crash Reporter" application (contained within Contents/MacOS inside the application's bundle). When that "Crash Reporter" app crashed, OS X's system crash reporter kicked in.

      That's what this pic is of: OS X's provided crash reporter, reporting a crash in Mozilla's "Crash Reporter" application. Simple!


      ....but don't let me spoil the fun.
      • EmperorAwesome, on 06/24/2008, -4/+74Ladies and gents, I give you Sir Buzz Killington.
      • Gathilas, on 06/24/2008, -7/+8What happens if OSX's system crash reporter crashes? Who would report that it crashed!?!? We need a OSX crash reporter of the system crash reporter.

        nvm, no part of OSX would crash. amirite?
        • thecheatah, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3noone
        • heavyal, on 06/24/2008, -5/+17Completely off topic, but I am really sick of people using the word 'a' coupled with 'OS' or 'OSX'. When the word following the 'a' begins with a vowel, whether the vowel is part of an abbreviation such as 'OS' or the acronym spelled out such as 'Operating System' the 'a' become an 'an'! Therefore instead of saying "We need a OSX creash reporter" you would say "We need an OSX crash reporter" .. the addition of one little letter, is that so hard?
        • Gathilas, on 06/25/2008, -5/+4Oh I'm so sorry Mister. I hope I can be an perfect person like you.
        • S7aind, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Good, now you have something to aim for
        • Gathilas, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1Shouldn't be too hard. All I have to do is criticize anyone I see.

          By the way, you should have a period at the end of that line. It should look like, "Good, now you have something to aim for [period]."
      • dlite922, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1see what happens when you try to be like Windows...meet the fast demands?

        Mac was the quick, little fast guy gaining popularity.

        Now see what happens when you *crash* under pressure.

    • MrJagil, on 06/24/2008, -2/+7What would happen if he pressed Relaunch?
      • sholt, on 06/24/2008, -0/+26Either Moz's Crash Reporter.app would run without arguments, and not be able to submit a report, or the universe would implode.

        Even odds, either way.
      • chilekillr, on 06/25/2008, -2/+11/0
    • braditude101, on 06/24/2008, -11/+5No one got the homestar reference?
      Check it.

      http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbzone.html
    • Ashcan, on 06/24/2008, -5/+3Winblows does the same thing...Dr. Watson takes a dump:

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/21200235@N06/22262367 ... ...
    • oxthemoron, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4It just works.
    • sigmaman2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+10"It's like RA-AA-AAAAAAAAAAIN....on your wedding day!"
      • dlite922, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1* cHocoLaTe RAAAiiiN ......

        God that's stuck in my head now.

        F*

        /moves mouth away from keyboard to breath.
    • aMammoth, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Everyone's head explodes too easily here on digg...
      • Spudster, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1What you said was mindblowing...
      • dlite922, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1Okay....who swapped the grey matter with DyNOmIIITe!!


        /sorry, i'm just way too corny right now.
        • discolemon, on 06/25/2008, -0/+0Don't stop... It's making me chuckle
    • MasterLevi, on 06/25/2008, -2/+2I use a mac and I am glad that something finally happened with OS X to even up the tables between Windows and Mac. The drama is finally even. HAHAHA!!!! So much win.
  • pisceslad07, on 06/24/2008, -29/+15It's just a glitch in the Matrix, we will be fine...I think

    *bows head*
  • Tunguska, on 06/24/2008, -37/+24Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    Who will guard the guards?
    • inigomntoya, on 06/24/2008, -5/+3You mean the Prince? You know, it seemed a bit daft if I were to guard him when he's a guard.
  • staffell, on 06/24/2008, -59/+649this is not that amazing
    • LimeParrot, on 06/24/2008, -30/+12 words. Veronica Balmont... *sigh*
    • earlysound, on 06/24/2008, -26/+76I don't think it's supposed to be amazing. Just... chuckle worthy? A tiny roflcopter, perhaps?
    • skeletorcares, on 06/24/2008, -24/+27yeah, macs crash all the time (despite the marketing). Just nice to see the word getting out.
      • Refrag, on 06/24/2008, -3/+31It is Firefox's Crash Reporter that crashed. Not Mac OS X's.
        • skeletorcares, on 06/24/2008, -19/+6And that's .... not in OSX? Cuz my firefox for pc #1. has never crashed. and #2 never gave me mac error messages. I think it might have something to do with OSX.

          1+1 can only equal 'its not macs fault', to a fanboy.
        • BossKey, on 06/24/2008, -6/+16@skeletorcares: There is a huge, huge difference between an application failing and the entire system failing. It is not true that programs don't crash on Macs, those are a result of developer fail. If Firefox crashes in OS X, that is usually a Firefox bug to fix.

          However, the operating system itself is very stable. My OS X machines routinely experience multi-week uptimes before I voluntarily reboot them. Unlike my friends who feel they have to reboot their Windows machines daily. (I know Windows is actually better than that; my Windows machine at least can handle multi-day uptimes.)
        • jgtg32a, on 06/24/2008, -0/+12@BossKey

          Do I just have a freak install of windows or something?

          I don't shutdown my machine ever, currently its been on for 2 months, and that's because I moved (I did hibernate it though).

          But I know I've easily gone 10 months w/o issue.
        • BossKey, on 06/24/2008, -6/+3@jgtg32a

          No, like I said, I know Windows is better than a lot of Mac fanboys say. I have had long uptimes with XP myself. That said, I think it's easier for a Windows installation to get flaky than an OS X installation. Some people's machines are just really messed up. If you're like me and you know how not to let crap onto your system, I'm sure you can achieve long uptimes on Windows.

          Both Windows and Mac fanboys hang onto old myths about how crashy the other guy's systems are, but that hasn't been true for Mac or Windows for at least 5 years unless there is a lot of crap on the machine.

          That's why my earlier posts say "...my (Windows) friends who feel they have to reboot daily..." They are not computer savvy and their systems are often not optimized.

          You can see this difference in OS perception in coffee shops. Mac people tend to get coffee, sit down, open the lid, and work right away. Windows people tend to start the machine, walk away, return with coffee, come back, log in, sip coffee, and then start working. I see this over and over...a lot of Windows users feel they need to shut down all the way, even if they don't have to.
        • skeletorcares, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2@bosskey. You are saying the mac users don't really know whats going on and are along for the ride. We're in agreement there. And we are in agreement that of the millions, if not billions of windows users, that there are dumb ones. Coffee shops have never really been known for the intellectualism, but more the perception of it. That being said, and me working on both types of machines for work. Vista+XP(latest versions) v OSX.4 (yes i know there is a .5, but i heard its even worse).... OSX crashes way more than both systems combined, let it be a hard restart for no reason on OSX or just a Photoshop crash, over and over, with a little dreamweaver mixed in. I don't get that on Vista or XP. i use both now as a choice instead of the unreliable OSX, which i spent hours and hours redoing work because it was crashing so much. I tried IT. Ok, no help. I tried calling apple care, reinstall os. ok, no help. reinstall programs. Ok, no help. Try new ram, ok, no help. Ship it back to company. Ok no help/apple says it works AOK! With no way to fix it or no way to know what it is because the support community knows nothing, just a whole bunch of people just along for the ride. Even the people that called themselves 'experts' at macs couldn't help me. 'Bind this to that to this to that with terminal and use this linux code to get the freaking delete key to... well delete.' ridiculous. But i just want it to stop crashing! 'well if you use sudo.... bla bla bla'. Will that fix the crashing?. 'Well no. but it will be 1.0065% faster'

          macrumors.com is the only thing that is relied upon and that's just more hype to supplement all the other hype that apple puts out.

          ok i'm spent.
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/24/2008, -4/+19Since people hold Vista and Windows to that standard, it's only fair to hold Mac OS to that standard.
        • thecheatah, on 06/24/2008, -3/+4umm, the OS didnt crash. I think were far enough technology wise for any OS to NEVER crash. Driver issues are a different issue.
        • Joe11Blue, on 06/25/2008, -5/+1Gret thing about a Mac is that it doesn't take the whole system down.
    • tunafizzle, on 06/24/2008, -8/+2oh yeah?
      well you're not amazing, how bout that.
    • lolinyerface, on 06/24/2008, -6/+8Bring in the next funny article. This one insults the eyes of our Lord, staffell.
    • mattlohkamp, on 06/24/2008, -1/+18It is, however, ironic.
    • myass666mlong, on 06/24/2008, -7/+5they dont make fun of mac douchebags users
      • Joe11Blue, on 06/25/2008, -3/+0Who's the douchebag, the one trying petty insult's, or the one that is not caring what you say...
      • ariadri, on 06/25/2008, -4/+2hey my firefox crashed constantly in mac until I found out it was microsofts' silverlight plugin that was making it crash, I deleted the plug-in
        no more crashes
    • 1800collect, on 06/24/2008, -8/+3This was a triumph.
      I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
    • chillypacman, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1indeed, the os is not windows.
    • maroon1872, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3i have had finder quit unexpectedly.
  • WESTEE, on 06/24/2008, -29/+16the system is become self aware
  • thetacticus, on 06/24/2008, -19/+5How does it handle the crash of a crash handler?
  • Beshitehboss, on 06/24/2008, -84/+1051Fake. Macs don't crash.

    /sarcasm.
    • mentallyinhell, on 06/24/2008, -17/+282Thanks for the sarcasm note, almost buried you there.
      • Beshitehboss, on 06/24/2008, -3/+34I am a chick, sarcasm notes are always required for us on digg.
        • thrikulam, on 06/24/2008, -0/+33you forgot the /sarcasm
        • AnOMNOMymous, on 06/24/2008, -8/+48***** you, dumb, bleeding bitch.

          Can we hang out sometime? I'm lonely :( I look at porn too much...
        • bsonline, on 06/24/2008, -12/+1Thrik - no, she didn't.
          /sarcasm

          I get buried all of the time. If you can't figure out that I'm being sarcastic, then you must be as dumb as you think I am.
        • HMMcKamikaze, on 06/25/2008, -0/+10What happens if you're sarcastic about being sarcastic and you choose not to include to /sarcasm?


    • Alegoo92, on 06/24/2008, -17/+4Mine has for the same reason his did: Firefox 3!

      Can someone tell me why the application refuses to work?: it hasn't successfully started since I opened it!
      • CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3Try clearing all your add-ons and themes that are laying around for FF2.. I had a similar problem on my XP laptop where FF3 would not start up. It seemed to have a conflict with a FF2 plugin, and after cleaning hem out with FF3 safe mode start up I was able to launch in full mode. Granted, I had to refind all my add-ons, but that isnt that big of a deal.
        • chanop, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1same here, I didn't have to uninstall all my add-ons, just the ones that weren't supported on FF3, works great now
    • InfiniteNothing, on 06/24/2008, -32/+14RTFA the computer didn't crash. It says so right on the image (OS X and other applications were not affected)
      • bullhead2007, on 06/24/2008, -3/+29Woosh!
      • PullingTeeth, on 06/24/2008, -7/+23RTFA only applies when there is an article in question
      • cakerun, on 06/24/2008, -0/+26I think you mean LATFP

        Look at the ***** picture.
        • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -0/+6thought that was laugh at the ***** picture before you de-acronomized it
          lol close enough
        • Eiknujrac, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Simply amazing.
      • ihate2regist, on 06/24/2008, -0/+24macs don't crash, they "quit unexpectedly"
    • FatO, on 06/24/2008, -29/+7Apple bitch alert!!

      Yes, I understand sarcasm...
      I was just being funny...
      ***** this---- BURY ME, Apple Biatches!!!
    • BobOki, on 06/24/2008, -9/+64Also, crash reporter is a part of the firefox program.
      • jo21, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2the one there is not the firefox one but the mac one.
    • seomike, on 06/24/2008, -23/+19Crashintosh
    • tunafizzle, on 06/24/2008, -3/+145"Mac OS X and other applications are not affected."

      psh, mac's don't know how to crash right.
    • longbow486, on 06/24/2008, -15/+67Most
      Applications
      Crash
      If
      Not
      The
      Operating
      System
      Halts
      • cjflashman, on 06/24/2008, -3/+24I wonder: Of all the people that burried your comment, what percentage probably noticed the vertical Macintosh? Probably did a
        First
        Glance
        And
        Mistook
        You
        For
        A
        Lousy
        Typist.
        • PullingTeeth, on 06/24/2008, -1/+63fgamyfalt?
        • NoMercy, on 06/24/2008, -1/+33I'm glad i wasn't the only one that couldn't figure out his acronym
        • evanscott07, on 06/24/2008, -11/+4its technically IPFGAMYFALT
        • FatLoser, on 06/24/2008, -3/+15@evanscott07: Not if you have your resolution set at something higher than christ-small.
      • Definition, on 06/24/2008, -2/+10It spells Macintosh.

        kwl.
      • maledin, on 06/25/2008, -1/+11I completely misinterpreted that. Rather than seeing the acronym, I saw the right third of the Apple logo. Just put a line around the right side of the words and you'll see it.

        Nice double meaning.
    • elambing, on 06/24/2008, -14/+5mine doesnt, maybe because i dont load it with porn then blame it on apple
      • bdfariello, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Buried for being ashamed of your stash of porn.
    • skyshock1, on 06/24/2008, -8/+3Not until you load Leopard on there at least.
    • withears, on 06/25/2008, -9/+12***** IT! WE'LL REPORT IT LIVE!

      ***** THING SUCKS!
    • dhughes, on 06/25/2008, -3/+2> Fake. Macs don't crash.

      They burn.
    • se1zure, on 06/25/2008, -2/+3You obviously did not look at the screenshot. The firefox crash reporter (written by mozilla) crashed due to poor programming. Not the mac itself.

      Not say macs don't crash, but your /sargument makes no sense.
    • griffeycom, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4FACT: BEARS EAT BEETS
    • AzureRise, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Why is there a sarcasm tag there?
  • Sillywombat, on 06/24/2008, -31/+9It is not irony, its just coincidental!
    • bjs3171, on 06/24/2008, -1/+17and ironic.
    • UsablePuddle, on 06/24/2008, -2/+8Show me a situation that is ironic and not coincidental, I dare you!
      • Harabeck, on 06/24/2008, -1/+7A lung doctor dies of lung cancer caused by smoking. Ironic yes, we would expect a lung doctor to know better. But not coincidental because only one event occurs.
        • UsablePuddle, on 06/24/2008, -6/+3Close but no cigar, it is a coincidence that he is both the doctor and the patient, as it were.
        • Harabeck, on 06/24/2008, -1/+7No, he is a patient whos profession is being a doctor. He is not his own doctor. The fact that he is a doctor has nothing to do with his illness, but causes the irony.
        • Tonicks, on 06/24/2008, -3/+5/Headplosion
        • PosedMagnet, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2Whoa whoa whoa, who said anything about a patient?

          The dude simply stated a doctor smoked and died of lung cancer. Don't add ***** to it that wasn't there, or imply things that weren't stated.
        • RiverBelow, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2jelly beans
    • mikesbaker, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4now i am usually the first to call not irony but this would be. the outcome of the events is contrary to what you would expect to happen.
    • SLockhart, on 06/24/2008, -0/+6No, for once this is actually an example of irony.
  • MarianaPeyton, on 06/24/2008, -24/+6I believe that the Crash Reporter did not in fact crash otherwise it would not be showing on the screen. Only if this CR was about another CR crashing. Now I'm confused.
    • eclipse007, on 06/24/2008, -3/+12They are different instances:
      Crash reporter A did crash,
      but then the system created crash reporter B
      which is another instance of the same application reporting the original crash.
      • Bandit1000, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3 "Crash reporter" is not part of Mac OSX. It's part of Firefox package. So this is what happened:
        1) Firefox crashed. This crash is caught (trapped) and that triggers Mozilla's Crash Reporter.
        2) Mozilla's "crash reporter" kicked in and crashed;
        3) Mac OS reported the later crash.

        What you see in the picture is number 3.
    • InfiniteNothing, on 06/24/2008, -3/+4I believe it's an issue with the FireFox crash reporter application crashing with the OS X crash reporter reporting. Could be wrong though.
    • skeletorcares, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2welcome to the experience that is macintosh.
  • Cyberbladewolf, on 06/24/2008, -21/+9I thought it was going to be some lame Windows error box that had been circled around since 1994, low and behold I am surprised that it is a Mac error box. It's not that interesting, so I won't Digg it, but I won't bury it either.
    • asskicker32, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2drwatson32.exe has caused an invalid page fault in module drwatson32.exe... That the one?
    • Pittance, on 06/24/2008, -1/+12Can I get some more updates of your minute-by-minute digg experience?
    • theloofa, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1we're supposed to digg this one up to continue the pattern
  • PoopOnPaul, on 06/24/2008, -21/+5Then what's reporting the crash?
  • d3lta, on 06/24/2008, -27/+13But its only funny if its windows
  • diggB, on 06/24/2008, -16/+5Would that be a recursive crash if it crashed because it was reporting it was crashing?
    • timj11dude, on 06/24/2008, -3/+0No it wouldn't be unless you desperatly wanted to report to Apple by clicking the "Report to Apple" button which would then open the Crash Reporter.

      Help?
  • MillionsLivio, on 06/24/2008, -24/+13For once it's not Windows...
    • rblancarte, on 06/24/2008, -2/+1And like always, it's just not funny
    • MillionsLivio, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2Not sure why I'm being dugg down, I'm a Windows user, usually these lame submissions are Windows related though.
  • asskicker32, on 06/24/2008, -38/+16Here are some Windows errors for you...

    http://www.goodexperience.com/broken/images/micros ...

    http://runningwithfoxes.com/wp-content/uploads/200 ...

    http://www.goodexperience.com/broken/images/epsons ...

    and of course, my favorite one
    http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7837/failederro ...
  • lukemc, on 06/24/2008, -19/+470what happens if you press "report"? most likely you'll get rick rolled
  • mooseontheloose, on 06/24/2008, -30/+588This isn't irony. Irony means to be composed partly or entirely of iron.
    • jemka, on 06/24/2008, -21/+4That isn't irony either. It is bad form to use a word as one of its own definiens.
      • mattlohkamp, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4you failed in a big way just now.
        • jemka, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2WOW. Everyone else FTW. I wish I had an excuse.
    • jocnnor, on 06/24/2008, -3/+177I thought irony was the opposite of wrinkly....
      • tedrock, on 06/24/2008, -3/+13you win
      • RubberBand, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5You saw that on Woot, didn't you?
      • RoflcopterFUEL, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1I was gonna buy that shirt! But I went ahead and got the "The cake is a liar!" one.


        Woot is draining my bank account T_T
    • chesscat, on 06/24/2008, -7/+1Irony, like the inside of your head?
    • eNyoron, on 06/24/2008, -8/+2Computers *are* partly composed of iron.
    • vikblazin, on 06/24/2008, -5/+15i love you.
    • twertyto, on 06/24/2008, -2/+17Isn't it like rain?
    • m0zzie, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3i saw a movie about this recently..
    • shaun1018, on 06/24/2008, -3/+3Irony is a gun that shoots a healing salve.
    • AdmiralAcbar, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1No, thats Ferrousy or Ferricy.
  • neferiousrich, on 06/24/2008, -22/+7Apple: 1 Infinate Loop, Cupertino, CA
    • Alegoo92, on 06/24/2008, -6/+1Infinite, and what does that have to do wit hit?
    • pitlord, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Spell check, you can have this.
  • Tonicks, on 06/24/2008, -30/+75This is how the world ends ...
    • fracai, on 06/24/2008, -1/+27... not with a bang, but with a crash report.
      • celkin, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3Take the number of crashes in a given month and divide it by zero.
        • MadOtaku, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Ok, it's a constant, I'll call it C:
          C/0
          can't be evaluated without limits, so I'll use them:
          Lim t -> 0 C/t
          The degree (in t) of the denominator is greater than the degree of the numerator, so by the limit laws we have:
          ∞

          Divided by zero is not funny. It's not impossible. It's an overused meme that needs to die.
    • Tonicks, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2Props to my main man T.S. ... yo.
  • vashth3stampede, on 06/24/2008, -15/+4owned
  • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -101/+472And 90% of most mac fan boy's argument base has just dissapeared.
    • serif69, on 06/24/2008, -33/+51Because Mac fan boys base their arguments on Mozilla software.
      • mllawso, on 06/24/2008, -33/+41I don't think the OS's crash reporter was coded by mozilla.
        • friday81, on 06/24/2008, -9/+36this is firefox 3 crash reporter (Firefox/Contents/MacOS/Crash Reporter) if it was OSX crash reporter, then wouldn't be a program to report it, if it is showing it means it hasn't crashed (the MacOSX crash reporter)
        • serif69, on 06/24/2008, -2/+62Crash Reporter, aka crashreporter.app, is a Mozilla app that bundles with Firefox. The screenshot is of the OS crash reporter, not of crashreporter.app.
          Go to Firefox in the Finder, right-click and View Package Contents, and go to Contents > MacOS. Crash Reporter is there.
        • jparkinson, on 06/24/2008, -0/+16Hey some people who actually know what they're talking about... neat
      • Ginkster, on 06/24/2008, -11/+3Shutup fanboy.
    • PabloMac, on 06/24/2008, -26/+85At least our spellchecker hasn't dissapeared.
      • serif69, on 06/24/2008, -34/+60Apparently yours has.
        • PabloMac, on 06/24/2008, -7/+41Read the post I was replying to and rethink that.
        • Shadow503, on 06/24/2008, -8/+5I see what you did there.
        • doshindude, on 06/25/2008, -1/+4reread your post then rethink THAT!
        • kingfoot, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1READ NOTHING AND DONT THINK! (youll rule the world!)
        • Nappuccino, on 06/25/2008, -1/+0The proof is in the president.
      • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -11/+2Oh you must be referring to the one that's hosted on Diggs servers which are most likely Linux and maybe Windows servers but definitely not Mac servers.
        • drunkmonkey01, on 06/24/2008, -0/+13firefox has its own spellchecker. and, ironically, the word firefox is underlined red when i type it
        • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -2/+1Digg has it's own to "Check Spelling" link.
        • moomza, on 06/24/2008, -3/+2wow tripledjr, you sound like a hardcore PC Fanboy
        • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -3/+1haha just like getting the apple crews panty's in a bunch I'm more of a linux fanboy
        • Dubbsacc, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3@drunkmonkey01 Not if you capitalize it correctly, Firefox.
    • rolf, on 06/24/2008, -27/+24Call us when Macs get malware/spyware by the pound. Then we'll talk.
      • tripledjr, on 06/24/2008, -10/+2I'd have to wait for it to have a size able user base first.
        Which I don't think it would handle well, see MS at least has the upper hand in having been dealing with it for the last while. Where Mac's are just getting enough of a user base now to prove that they are just as vulnerable as PC's when used by the masses.

        Linux is the way to go.
        • jgtg32a, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Under that argument you should go with BSD
      • ubrikkean, on 06/24/2008, -7/+34It's funny because nothing has ever infected my PC. Now I'm going to go defragment my hard drive and play CoD4... care to join me? Oh, wait. You can't.
        • rolf, on 06/24/2008, -16/+7Jeez, the people that foam at the mouth are the anti-Mac fanbois more than the Mac fanbois. Let me draw out my response this time:

          Point 1: You are a sample size of one. You probably know how to use a computer so you'll be less likely infected. However, it's undeniable that the bot swarms out there are comprised of compromised Windows computers. Not Mac. Not Linux.

          Point 2: I'm sick of hearing that every single practical or theoretical vulnerability in Mac automatically puts it on par with Windows security. Nothing is perfect (and that include Mac) but there are degrees between extremes. One case of an OS X app crashing does not turn OS X into crap. Most of the theoretical vulnerabilities require physical access to the machine. If someone has physical access to your machine, you have other things to worry about.

          Point 3: I have my parents run OS X so that I don't have to babysit their computers when I visit for the holidays. It's good at that and yet runs the programs they need (Quickbooks). They hardly care about running CoD. They know almost nothing about how computers work - OS X is perfect for them.

          Point 4: I personally run Ubuntu on my desktop and am looking forward to getting a eeePC 1000 when it comes out. Both linux.

          Point 5: On neither OS do I need to waste time defragging my harddrive.

          Point 6: Windows Vista is better than XP from a security standpoint. XP Home did not have the same user security controls of XP Pro. Now it's standard in the lowest common denominator of Vista Home. I am glad they are improving. I don't hate Windows, but it did give me a lot of headaches over the years since I work with it enough.
        • nksoccer13, on 06/24/2008, -2/+10@rolf stop being a fanboy. I have used macs all of my life and they are great, easy to us and everything just works. That being said ubrikkean made a valid point windows completely dominates on the gaming front. A point that you failed to address.

          I do not understand how you think defragging your hard drive is a deal breaker for windows. It is not difficult to do and you dont have to do it for windows to operate correctly.

        • noelsusman, on 06/24/2008, -1/+11@rofl you still can't play CoD4...
        • AnOMNOMymous, on 06/24/2008, -4/+5He did address it... He said his parents don't play COD4. Neither do I, I read books! **gamers head explodes**
        • LeonidasStokely, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3I agree with the sentiment. If I so much as say I prefer OS X to Xp or Vista because of, say, its look and overall design I will be labelled as a fanboy and buried to hell. Why?
        • trispear, on 06/24/2008, -4/+1@nksoccer

          How is rolf being a fanboi? He made a logical argument for one. And he's not the one who bought up defragging either.
        • noonions, on 06/24/2008, -5/+3fine, nothings infected your PC. but you had to pay a lot of money for anti virus software, and mac users don't. also, i'd love to join you, are you familiar with boot camp?
        • nksoccer13, on 06/25/2008, -2/+3@ noonions there are plenty of free anti virus solutions for windows I would recommend the popular and efficient avg free. http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus ...
        • khsheehan, on 06/25/2008, -2/+0@ noonions If you are going to play games why not get a pc? And if you don't then you should not waste ridiculous amounts of money on a mac just to write notes.
        • keviniskool, on 06/25/2008, -2/+3CoD4 is being ported to the Mac right now.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_duty_4
        • jasonh1234, on 06/25/2008, -3/+3Sure I can. What's you're gamertag?

          Oh you mean on the computer? Give me a sec to get my Mac into Windows and I'll be right in.
          I'm surprised it's only DX9 I'd love to see this in DX10 on my Mac.

          I'll probably be on the server before you though since I don't need to defrag. I don't miss doing that at all.
        • jasonh1234, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2Hey does anyone know if I can use all 32GB of my RAM for COD4 in XP on my Mac? Or am I still limited to XP's 4GB? Well at least I still have my SLI Nvidia 8800s. Although I'm thinking of adding another 2 video cards.
      • Infidelcastr0, on 06/24/2008, -6/+5Call us when macs are popular enough to start getting tons of malware, it's not that they are immune, it's that no one cares. If your PC has malware you have no one to blame but yourself.
        • AnOMNOMymous, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2That's true. All the dumb hicks in middle america that don't know what spyware is and only use their late 90s computers to watch gun videos on youtube buy PCs.

          They're the ones ruining it for you.
      • redhitman, on 06/24/2008, -4/+9It's going to be a fun day when computer hackers actually start giving a damn about Macs. Why would someone make a virus that's only going to affect a small percentage of computer users?
        So yeah, enjoy that while it lasts, because while Macs get more and more popular, Apple isn't doing ***** to protect it's users from the viruses that WILL eventually arrive.
      • crackintosh, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1So... games are the best thing about Windows? Wow, I guess I should sell my Xbox 360 and Mac, and call Dell!
    • bzkt, on 06/24/2008, -15/+1Yes, this is a very sad day. PC vs Mac, 1 - {insert astronomical value here}
      • Shadow503, on 06/24/2008, -4/+91? I guess it makes sense if you don't count gaming, hardware, productivity, compatibility, performance, and customization.
    • colincornaby, on 06/24/2008, -18/+11Yeah. Crash Reporter crashed on someone's computer. Boy, that sure showed us Mac users. One application crash and we're all screwed. /sarcasm
    • pitlord, on 06/24/2008, -12/+5Right, because one program crashing on a Mac makes Windows suck less.
      >.>
    • mycl, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1They will still argue without an argument base!
      Funny how there are so many antimac comments get burried here, too.
      And what's with so many people repeating that it's a firefox error? Most windows crashes are caused by software not written by m$ either, yet they still get counted in the mac vs pc radar.
    • sarixe, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1but it hasn't dissappled
    • computerusr, on 06/25/2008, -1/+490% of most Mac Boys? That's.... That's over 19%!
    • MasterLevi, on 06/25/2008, -1/+4I use a mac and I find this to awesome thank you very much. And P.S, I am no fanboy. I avidly use both OS's.
    • CraigReed, on 06/25/2008, -2/+1Hey I never claimed that Crash reporter would never crash.
    • Astheria, on 06/25/2008, -1/+6Except this is only Mozilla's fault, Mozilla's crash reporter crashed, not the Mac OS crash reporter.

      I love people who don't know what they're talking about, you're my new friend.
    • bbear, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Fail.
  • decker12, on 06/24/2008, -27/+3Not ironic, not original, possible even doctored. Would have been worth half a chuckle back in 1998. Buried.
    • MasterLevi, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Buried is right. Just look at your comment brother. So sorry. Now go cry about it to mom. She always listens doesn't she?
  • trying2hide, on 06/24/2008, -40/+25now if it were a Linux system...
    Oh never mind that won't happen
    • nickert0n, on 06/24/2008, -0/+22Its happens in KDE
    • eldridgea, on 06/24/2008, -3/+5You could fix it, but you would have to SSH in and restart X from the command line.
      • Darkx1337, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3lies.
      • Technohamster, on 06/24/2008, -2/+4Ctrl+Alt+backspace.
      • catfoodgood, on 06/24/2008, -3/+0Actually, if you're running Linux... You could probably fix it... Period.
    • mssk8r04, on 06/24/2008, -3/+0ummm..

      OSX is BSD...Bsd is unix-like.

      Now if it were a Slackware system

      ;^)
  • Ex3poo, on 06/24/2008, -23/+4Never happened on myyyy mac O:)
  • jdames1980, on 06/24/2008, -14/+4The crash reporter crashes for me all the time when Firefox crashes. Firefox 2 crashed on me often, but 3 has been very stable. I blame it on our crappy proxy server here at work.
  • rblancarte, on 06/24/2008, -19/+7Please, this isn't irony, this is just a coincidence. It is Crash Reporter. Now if it was Crash Solver ....
    • AdamFromMyspace, on 06/24/2008, -4/+3If it were.. :D
      /grammar nazi
    • mfhayes, on 06/24/2008, -3/+1I thought that at first too...

      But I guess since this is a situation that is opposite of what is expected out of the program, it could still be considered irony.

      Kinda.
  • bpapa, on 06/24/2008, -33/+1Who is using Firefox on a Mac in the first place?
    • vtnerd, on 06/24/2008, -2/+23Smart people?
      • bpapa, on 06/24/2008, -3/+1Smart people who are running "Crash Reporter?" Sounds like a good way to spend your time.
        • jdames1980, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5Crash Reporter launches automatically on the event of a crash. It is not something that people just run for the hell of it.
        • bpapa, on 06/24/2008, -5/+2Right, and it's Mozilla's Crash Reporter that runs WHEN FIREFOX CRASHES. Color me crazy, but I don't think this Crash Reporter has much chance of running when you're using Safari to browse the web.
    • CrackyJSquirrel, on 06/24/2008, -1/+8Someone who isn't totally lost..
      • bpapa, on 06/24/2008, -4/+1Clearly. Those lost people are missing out on a crashing browser. Who will help them find their way?
    • Kanidia, on 06/24/2008, -2/+4What's wrong with using Firefox? People have their browser preferences. Plus, Adblock is almost mandatory.
      • bpapa, on 06/24/2008, -6/+2Give me a break. On Safari 3, occasionally I'll have a pop-under that I'll have to close at some point (I never even really notice it since Safari is always running), but it's rare. Unless you're one of those asshats that can't bear to see a single internet advertisement, regardless of how intrusive it is, what's the point of AdBlock?
        • juicebag, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Using Adblock makes pages load quite a bit faster.
        • kingfoot, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1a lot faster if you use it on your ipod or iphone.
  • zippe, on 06/24/2008, -15/+4giggle
  • TokenBlack, on 06/24/2008, -18/+46Veronica Belmont, eh? Nice.
    • homercles337, on 06/24/2008, -13/+4Yea, i looked through some of her pics and she is a definite hottie! I never knew who she was until now though...
    • khsheehan, on 06/25/2008, -5/+3yeah she is like so totally super duper awesome like yeah!?!?! also like what is the internet????????????
    • ErikHarrison, on 06/25/2008, -4/+1meh, she's ok.
  • TheGhostMan, on 06/24/2008, -18/+5Was that supposed to be funny?
  • gskill, on 06/24/2008, -27/+36Meh.
  • roastedbagel, on 06/24/2008, -11/+264I like how the title to this has been used 18 times before.

    http://digg.com/software/Oh_the_irony_19
    • AnOMNOMymous, on 06/24/2008, -12/+1That's not irony. That's just a bit silly. You didn't say it was irony. I was just saying it's not irony.
    • bemidia, on 06/24/2008, -2/+10We love irony here on Digg. It gets us out of bed in the morning.
    • dlite922, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Yep, I almost didn't click it.

      Catchy titles like this are like virgins.

      Use them so often and their prostitutes as face value after 18 F* times.

  • ryleyleckie, on 06/24/2008, -13/+3yeah, never seen this before... ??
  • timj11dude, on 06/24/2008, -15/+4Lol, that guy should have clicked report to report to Apple that their crash reporter has reported that it has crashed.
    • SgtBlue, on 06/24/2008, -3/+10"Crash Reporter" is the Firefox crash reporter, dumbass, not an Apple thing. Nice job failing though.
  • Gatesophile, on 06/24/2008, -16/+6Happened to me on Windows once with the Help and Support center. Thanks for the help, Microsoft!
  • woods620, on 06/24/2008, -23/+11http://i26.tinypic.com/23h96wg.jpg
  • giddytonk, on 06/24/2008, -24/+15"Mac OSX and other applications were not affected."

    What's the big deal.
    • RustyJ, on 06/24/2008, -3/+3Windows users just wanted something to point and laugh at. I bet they NEVER see any problems with error reporting.

      ...
  • enderklein, on 06/24/2008, -16/+7This happened to me when I tried to stack 1.6 GB of uncompressed TIFFs into one file in Photoshop.
    • nolesfan247, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3You just happen to be a member of an elite group of retards.
    • skeletorcares, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Yeah, when i do that with my PC, they just open
    • enderklein, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1funny though, only the crash reporter crashed, photoshop eventually recovered and did what I wanted it to do. Helps if you have a quad-core Mac.
  • eszymczyk, on 06/24/2008, -15/+8take THAT PC bashers!
    • nebkiwi, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5Mac OS X runs on generic PC's... and to be honest, the thing that makes Macs good in the fanboys opinion is the OS, so if they bash a PC, its just pointless. I think I'll shut up now.
      • drunkmonkey01, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1it doesnt run on all pc's. i tried installing it on mine and the leopard installer wouldnt recognize my seagate hard drive. lame
  • ajchavar, on 06/24/2008, -11/+2the ironing is delicious
  • ChrisAlbon, on 06/24/2008, -19/+9With its dying breath, the crash reporter reported its down demise.
  • MattInChicago, on 06/24/2008, -28/+16Love how the Windows fanboys try to make this a Mac issue where it's a Firefox and Firefox Crash Reporter issue, NOT an Apple or Mac OS X issue. Which by the way was left unaffected by the crash of Firefox. But hey why confuse facts right?
    • UsablePuddle, on 06/24/2008, -6/+4I'm sorry man, I dugg you up. But I suppose a burying is the price you are going to have to pay for being correct.
      • poploserdigg, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2"But I suppose a burying is the price you are going to have to pay for being an Apple Obsessed Diggnorami"

        fixed.
        • UsablePuddle, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2Diggnorami, I see what you did there, nice!
    • theberlindoctor, on 06/24/2008, -6/+5why do i always hear this from mac heads? When ***** crashes its always the apps fault.. riiiiight..
      • CheeseNRice, on 06/24/2008, -4/+2Because it was? Why try to be such a hater cause your computing life sucks. Damn cry baby. Eat *****.
    • acatzr800, on 06/24/2008, -4/+9Regardless of the fact that we've already established that while FF crashed, that is the OS crash reporter. At least if you're going to blindly defend your operating system, learn a bit about it.
    • ryan83189, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2Mac fanboys make fun of vistas incompatibility with certain drivers, not Microsoft's fault.
  • TimeIsTissue, on 06/24/2008, -16/+9what a half-ass job by the bury brigade
    • windandstorm, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2don't tempt them, they hear your thoughts and they know we're you live
  • bearythebear, on 06/24/2008, -11/+2And how am i supposed to report that?
  • fuzzybeard, on 06/24/2008, -16/+4Goddamnit, who divided by zero again?!!
  • friday81, on 06/24/2008, -42/+83Firefox 3's crash reporter crashed (Firefox/Contents/MacOS/Crash Reporter), by the way, not OSX crash reporter...still funny nevertheless
  • mistahroth, on 06/24/2008, -14/+6My browser crashed right after I looked at that image, and I had to fill out the crash report..... that was 100x more ironic lol
  • theberlindoctor, on 06/24/2008, -35/+153I get crashes 4-5 times a day. Adobe Bridge crashes constantly, Itunes crashes rather often and photoshop crashes at the most inopportune times.

    Yay apple.
    • poonaka, on 06/24/2008, -3/+26at least you don't get the beach ball...
      • theberlindoctor, on 06/24/2008, -2/+13Ha, I get PLENTY of random ass freezes. No shortage of those either.
      • rjam710, on 06/24/2008, -0/+9Ahh... the gay pinwheel of death.
        • farfromperfectx, on 06/25/2008, -2/+5Why are things always "the ___ of death"? Does any death ever actuall occur? Why do you have to bring death into it?
    • quirk3k, on 06/24/2008, -10/+14Gee, It sounds like you need to re-platform your mac and/or check your RAM.

      My wife uses Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Quark Xpress (in Classic) to layout news letters, fliers and announcements. She listens to audio books and podcasts in iTunes while working. She has very few crashes.
      • tomjunlee, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4If you work in the Office, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
    • cerealjynx, on 06/24/2008, -12/+9Are you on a PPC Mac or something? I use all those programs on a daily basis and haven't seen a single crash. Firefox 3 is an entirely different story, along with Transmission.
      • theberlindoctor, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3nope, its a macpro dual core intel xenon, 8gigs of ram ddr2

        My coworker has the same machine next to me and we have pretty much the same issues.

        I'm very familiar with hardware issues (from overclocking PCs) and I havent found any hardware issues with this machine.
      • otayyo, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2I used to think Transmission was crashing, but when left alone, it would start responding again. I think it was making room for new transfers, because especially big torrents would take forever. After I started leaving it alone when I got the beach ball, it seemed to always work out. Just thought I would mention that, because I didn't get it right away.
        • theberlindoctor, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2Yea, sometimes it comes back from freezing, sometimes not.. sometimes after as much as a half hour.. (when i've got a photoshop file i've havnent saved and its worth it to wait)

          its ridiculous. I get really frustrated and want to bring in my PC, but then i go home and have some other retarded ass problem with Vista. Damned if you do..
      • phaedrusnz, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1I used to have issues with responsiveness from Transmission, but that pretty much went away after I stopped mdworker monitoring my incoming torrents folder. Every time a part of a torrent is downloaded mdworker will process it for searching with spotlight, unless the folder is specifically excluded. The mdworker process used to regularly sit there using nearly 100% of one of my cores before I figured that out... dropped my CPU temperature by about 10-15 degrees as well. Transmission has caused me no poblems since...
    • deadbeat75, on 06/24/2008, -3/+27IT JUST WORKS!
      • pigducksheep, on 06/24/2008, -4/+11THE PLUGS ARE MAGNETIC! IF YOU TRIP ON A CORD, IT JUST POPS OUT!
      • celkin, on 06/24/2008, -6/+1STACKS FTW!!!
    • colincornaby, on 06/24/2008, -10/+8According to my logs, the last iTunes crash on my 4 month old Mac Pro was... Oh. Never apparently.
    • Aurabolt, on 06/24/2008, -9/+10Good thing you paid extra for that Mac or else you wouldn't get those crashes!
    • mssk8r04, on 06/24/2008, -10/+7Definitely defrag/format your RAM.

      Mine acted buggy after a power failure [PPC 1.42ghz mini.]
      just back everything up, reformat [not quick format] and all should be well for a couple years.

      Macs are great, not invincible.
      • texanut, on 06/24/2008, -0/+7You might want to try pulling out your hard drive chips and plugging them back in too.
        • beastlykings, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5Don't forget to blow on them first!
      • jediorange, on 06/24/2008, -0/+14de...fragment? RAM?
      • psylence, on 06/24/2008, -0/+25I totally defragged my RAM last time I had issues. I also formatted my internets, that easily gave me 10-20 fps on bit torrent.
    • crazzy88ss, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5Wow, you have a ***** system or something... I get like 1-2 a week, and that's it.
      • batTUrd, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Wow, you have a ***** system or something... I get like 1-2 a year, and that's it.
      • dlite922, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2I have XP,

        My last crash was December 12th 2006 (I'm dead serious) due to Little sister downloading "games"

        I've had one reinstall since that time. (no formatting mind you)

        OS's work great if you leave them be. The problem usually lies between the keyboard and the chair.

        I'll print a screen shot of my logs if you like.
    • diggimator, on 06/24/2008, -0/+6Adobe Flash causes Safari to crash often on my Intel Core Duo Mac, unlike on my PPC Mac. Never had iTunes crash on me before, so to me it sounds like Adobe is largely involved.
    • hilo4321, on 06/25/2008, -7/+6i cant believe anyone uses itunes on any computer
      • rednaxela825, on 06/25/2008, -5/+1I think your confusing iTunes with the iTunes Store. iTunes does a decent job managing my iPod, but I would never buy music from the iTunes Store.
    • kecher, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1It looks like you have some bad RAM inside your machine man. Check it out..

      You might also try to give it some stress test or two

      http://www.coolbook.se/CPUTest.html
      http://xbench.com/
      • AppleGeorge, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1xbench sucks. Use Geekbench.
      • ogre2112, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Or a bad hard drive, or an overheating CPU, or a flaky motherboard. I just love how everyone blames the RAM 99% of the time.
        • kecher, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1You are right of course, that's why I suggested CPUTest stress tool. Only in my experience RAM is to blame in about 90 % of such situations. Bad HDD manifests it self differently, overheating CPU on the Mac usually shuts down the entire machine immediately. I have the problem of CPU fan not working currently on my MacBook so I know :) Motherboard is the next likely suspect.. I suggest stressing components separately to root out the actual problem.
        • BonersMilloy, on 06/25/2008, -0/+0Guess what, then macs are build like ***** then, cuz they are all premade dumbass.
    • BonersMilloy, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7I used a mac in school for graphic design, and flash, illustrator, photoshop, and basically everything would crash often. I lost many hours of work due to unstable OS
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