Not a problem Sheila... (good suggestion I'll do it as well :) Best,
Mike -----Original Message----- From: liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu [mailto:liberationtech-boun...@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Sheila Parks Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 4:17 AM To: liberationtech Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Airline Shutdown Because of Loss of Internet Service? MICHAEL GURSTEIN AND YOSSEM Importance: High I would like to post this on my FB wall Would that be all right? Seems to me to be very important, with all the horrible talk going on in favor of internet voting I await your response Thank you, Sheila At 03:45 AM 6/6/2013, you wrote: >This is probably not a Liberation issue directly but I'm not sure where >else to address it... > >Sunday I was flying (Porter Airlines--small short hop Canadian carrier) >from NYC to Ottawa, ON with a plane change in Toronto. When we arrived >in Toronto we were informed that "because the Internet was down" planes >were not able to land or depart. The company's service was completely >shut down for roughly 4 hours until the "Internet service" was restored >(presumably by their ISP). > >I understand that other airlines have had similar experiences recently. > >My question... how exactly is Internet service so intertwined with >flight operations that service can function only if the Internet is operational? >(And I guess the Liberation angle... if this is now pervasive for all >airlines what is the hackable element of all this and where are the >points of vulnerability etc.etc.? > >M > > > >-- >Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings >at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Sheila Parks, Ed.D. Founder Center for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots Watertown, MA 02472 617 744 6020 DEMOCRACY IN OUR HANDS www.handcountedpaperballots.org she...@handcountedpaperballots.org -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
