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In the beginning was the Bork: 'Heart of the Earth' exhibit reveals Raspberry Pi in existential crisis

go.theregister.com·Richard Speed·about 1 month ago
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Bork!Bork!Bork! From the beginning of time, there has always been Bork. Lurking within the heart of this ancient rock is not a precious crystal or a rare fossil. No, it's a Raspberry Pi desktop and dialog. Register reader "Chewi" was taking in Edinburgh's rather excellent Dynamic Earth (a science center and planetarium aiming to educate and inform visitors about the history of the planet) and peered through a viewport into the heart of a fake rock, only to find Bork peering back. Viewport into rock showing a Raspberry Pi message - click to enlarge It's unclear what he was supposed to see, but it certainly wasn't a Raspberry Pi OS desktop with a pop-up bleating about removable medium. The "Removable medium is inserted" message usually appears when something like a USB drive or SD card is inserted into the computer, and the operating system tries to automatically mount it. So perhaps someone has attempted an update, or maybe there has been some nefarious activity behind the scenes.…

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