Who knew technology had musical taste. Old laptop hard drives will allegedly crash when exposed to Janet Jackson music | Ars Technica
It sounds like something out of an urban legend: Some Windows XP-era laptops using 5400 RPM spinning hard drives can allegedly be forced to crash when exposed to Janet Jackson's 1989 hit "Rhythm Nation."
But Microsoft Software Engineer Raymond Chen stands by the story in a blog post published earlier this week, and the vulnerability has been issued an official CVE ID by The Mitre Corporation, lending it more credibility.
This just struck me as funny. There is not a lot of specific info offered. But click thru if you want more of Ars Technica in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot mode.
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