Playing a Janet Jackson song would crash some old laptops - Rock Paper Shotgun

Even just hearing Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation could crash certain old laptops because the song's natural resonant frequencies were the same as a hard drive.

I have a new favourite bug: Janet Jackson's 1989 certified choon Rhythm Nation had an uncanny ability to crash certain old laptops. This was nothing to do with the file itself; even being near anothe… [+1887 chars]

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