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A friend of mine is named Jim. I was working with him one day and received a "He's dead, Jim" error from Google Chrome. He became very confused. "Why is it cal
by EvanAnderson 6y ago
A friend of mine is named Jim. I was working with him one day and received a "He's dead, Jim" error from Google Chrome. He became very confused.
"Why is it calling you Jim? How are you signed-in to Chrome?"
"I'm not. I don't use that stuff."
"Why is it calling you Jim then?"
"It calls everybody Jim. That's a quote from Star Trek."
He assumed the error message was personalized based on how you were signed-in to Chrome.
Turns out that, though he's a big Star Wars and Dr. Who fan, he managed to completely avoid Star Trek TOS. I found the phrase to be used ubiquitously too but, apparently, not so much that he ever noticed it.