Oh, and this quote is nice: "Obviously, the airlines have become way too dependent on computers," said Terry Trippler, an airline industry expert in Minneapolis. "Imagine a computer glitch and all the Wal-Mart stores across the country shut down, (founder) Sam (Walton) would come out of his grave." http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/12/28/airlines.computer.troubles.ap/index.html
Uh huh. Somebody needs to hit Terry with the clue stick. BTW, for years the joke about Delta is that it stands for "Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport". -Kevin On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:54:20 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turns out that the computer problem that grounded of the Delta/Comaire > fleet and the stranded thousands was because of a 16bit limit. > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041230-4490.html > > -Kevin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141248 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
