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The tag 'scary' on WindowsForum.com captures user reactions to startling or unsettling experiences with technology. One thread describes a frightening incident where an HP Elitebook running Windows 8 displayed colorful static and white noise after an Ethernet cable was tugged, causing a forced shutdown. Another post humorously explores the initial intimidation of navigating Windows 8 without a Start Menu, calling the experience 'scary' yet ultimately manageable. A third thread raises concerns about the development of humanoid robots, asking whether they should be outlawed. These discussions reflect moments of surprise, fear, or unease related to hardware glitches, software transitions, and emerging technologies.
  1. Colin Kohrs

    Windows 8 Terrifying Static Thing

    I have an HP Elitebook and I am running Windows 8. I was watching a video on YouTube using chrome. I got up but was standing on my Ethernet cable so when I pulled up the computer there was a tug that pulled the plug down a bit. My screen immediately went to colorful static, in horizontal lines...
  2. Drew

    Windows 8 Exploring Windows 8: Navigating Without a Start Menu and Loving It!

    This is scary ( & tongue in cheek )… I've been discovering how to navigate & find things in W8 and learning I can make my way around in Windows 8 quite nicely & do this much better in the Beta than, in the DP and OMG, imagine... in spite of being w/out a Start Menu... who'd a thunk it, eh? LOL.
    • Drew
    • Thread
    • beta discovery humor learning navigation scary start menu user experience windows 8
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. Celestra

    Windows Vista Does This Frighten You ? (Race To A Humanoid Robot)

    Does anybody want to see a humanoid robot ? Does it scare you ? Should it be outlawed ? Wired 12.07: The Humanoid Race :eek:
    • Celestra
    • Thread
    • ethics future humanoid robot innovation race robotics scary technology wired connection
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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