Blue Screen of Death: disrupting transparent windows, composite media, and the aesthetics of continuity.
This article proposes that the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD), experienced on personal computers when Microsoft Windows crashes materializes technology as monitor, operating system and graphical user interface. The navy blue colour used to signal Windows’ initial interface as well as its most famous er...
| Publicado en: | Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 833 - 844 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2017
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