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 -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL

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 --Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--- + ^ + :Our enemies are

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)

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