As Gizmodo reader Christian was walking his dog the other day in Vienna, he stumbled upon what could be considered the original inspiration for Mac OS X ‘s ” spinning beach ball of death .” The included pic, supplied by Christian, says it all. We’ve been calling the spinning rainbow cursor the wrong name all these years

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Ancestor to Mac OS X’s Spinning Rainbow Beach Ball Cursor Found at Vienna Bakery [Apple Buns]