Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.

2004-09-29 Thread R. A. Hettinga 
At 8:28 AM +0200 9/29/04, Eugen Leitl wrote:
The mind boggles. Even more interesting: how many heads have rolled due to
this?

None, of course. Microsoft is the new IBM. As in, Nobody ever got fired
for buying Microsoft...

Cheers,
RAH

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How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.

2004-09-28 Thread Sunder 
Q: How do you cause an 800-plane pile-up at a major airport?
A: Replace working Unix systems with Microsoft Windows 2000!

Details: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2275


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Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.

2004-09-28 Thread Steve Furlong 
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 14:37, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
 The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to 
 prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times.
 That would be 49.71026961805556 days, or (curiously 
 enough) 4294967295 (0x) milliseconds.  Known problem with Win95 
 ('cept they call Win95 a server).

How the heck do they keep a Win95 machine up for 49 days? I think 1 day
is a more realistic MTBF.

Re: How to fuck with airports - a 1 step guide for (Redmond) terrorists.

2004-09-28 Thread Roy M. Silvernail 
Sunder wrote:
Q: How do you cause an 800-plane pile-up at a major airport?
A: Replace working Unix systems with Microsoft Windows 2000!
Details: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2275
 

Got to love the spin...
The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to 
prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times.
That would be 49.71026961805556 days, or (curiously 
enough) 4294967295 (0x) milliseconds.  Known problem with Win95 
('cept they call Win95 a server).

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