{"id":12116,"date":"2022-08-19T14:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1390584"},"modified":"2022-08-19T14:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:58:54","slug":"why-janet-jackson-made-laptops-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=12116","title":{"rendered":"Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span>Gen Xers and boomers will remember the musical powerhouse that was Janet Jackson in the late 1980s. But now her music has been found to have a new power \u2014 it can crash laptops.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This week Microsoft chief software engineer Raymond Chen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20220816-00\/?p=106994?utm_source=tldrnewsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>shared<\/span><\/a><span> the story of what happens when older Windows XP laptops play the music video for Jackson\u2019s \u201cRhythm Nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAwaNWGLM0c?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/OAwaNWGLM0c\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; width=&#8221;560&#8243; height=&#8221;315&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221;>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>Specifically, Chen recalls a colleague\u2019s tale from Windows XP product support. An unnamed major computer manufacturer discovered that playing the video would crash certain models of laptops.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper plugged channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/plugged.webp\"><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/plugged.webp'\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\" readability=\"7\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\">Greetings, tech nerd!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Are you into gadgets? And apps? And other cool tech stuff? Then this weekly newsletter is for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Even weirder, playing the music video on one laptop resulted in a crash of another laptop nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>So why did the song cause computers to crash?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>The song contained a resonant frequency that affected the laptop\u2019s hard drive. Chen recounted:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt turns out that the song contained one of the natural resonant frequencies for the model of 5400 rpm laptop hard drives that they and other manufacturers used.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In other words, playing the song produced specific sound waves that vibrated at the same frequency as those from the hard drive. This caused the laptop to crash. This is known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desolutions.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-is-a-vibration-resonance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>vibration resonance<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fortunately, the manufacturer solved the problem by adding a custom filter in the audio pipeline that detected and removed the offending frequencies during audio playback.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Not an isolated incident<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span>Even more interesting, there are other cases of vibration resonance causing local effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another Microsoft dev revealed that playing the game <\/span><i><span>101 Monochrome Mazes<\/span><\/i><span> would \u201creliably crash their machine\u201d because the speaker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerhope.com\/jargon\/t\/trace.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>trace<\/span><\/a><span> and reset trace were too close to each other.<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.413680781759\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was once working on a new desktop computer and I found that playing the game 101 Monochrome Mazes would reliably crash the machine.<\/p>\n<p>The hardware boffins investigated and discovered the trace to the speaker on the motherboard was too close to the reset trace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Osterman (@osterman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osterman\/status\/1558676353196494850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><\/span><span>The phenomenon not only affects computers. In 1940 the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge<\/span><\/a><span> collapsed in response to wind gusts, creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/vibration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vibrational<\/a> resonance that matched the bridge\u2019s natural frequency. It caused the bridge to swing, twist, and eventually collapse.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soldiers marching in unison across a bridge can also create vibrational resonance.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2011, the TechnoMart shopping mall in Seoul was evacuated in response to 10 minutes of swaying. Mall officials originally suspected a localized earthquake.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lziRFZ8g67M?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lziRFZ8g67M\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; width=&#8221;560&#8243; height=&#8221;315&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221;>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>However, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/news\/article\/article.aspx?aid=2939056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>the culprit<\/span><\/a><span> was actually a group of middle-aged people doing a&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lziRFZ8g67M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>Tae Bo<\/span><\/a><span> workout to the song \u201cThe Power\u201d by Snap.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nm6DO_7px1I?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nm6DO_7px1I\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; width=&#8221;560&#8243; height=&#8221;315&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221;>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>The scenario was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/breaking-news\/gym-workout-caused-tremor-in-seoul-\/news-story\/5c59ecda108c91c411f3259569a2e77d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>successfully replicated<\/span><\/a><span> using 17 middle-aged participants who exercised to the song for five minutes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Enthusiastic dancing in unison at gigs can also cause <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/05\/03\/suggs-reveals-a-madness-concert-caused-two-earthquakes-in-1992-14513884\/?ico=related-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span>vibrational resonance<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It all brings another meaning to the term <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/researchers-discover-quantum-vibrations-at-room-temperature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">good vibrations<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/janet-jackson-rhythm-nation-causes-laptops-to-crash-vibration-resonance\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen Xers and boomers will remember the musical powerhouse that was Janet Jackson in the late 1980s. 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