Alaska Airlines lost their flight planning computer (notice the singular) due to a transformer problem.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13228817 This would normally just be yet one more example of poor planning, were it not for the fact that ALASKA KEPT ME STRANDED IN O'HARE ALL DAY, AND O'HARE IS NOT THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE STRANDED!!! (One of the last major airports in North America with no free wifi, and no tables to sit at, either.) (And those bloody posters about how great Chicago is, and how glad they are to have you here, don't help, either.) (Travel tip: in order to make friends in airports during minor disasters, always carry an extension cord with multiple outlets.) During disasters like this, when they are not going to have any planes taking off, and have little information themselves, it might help to have more than a couple of people at the desk. Just saying ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Book (n): a utensil used to pass time while waiting for TV repair. victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
