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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 15:26:19 -0500
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On 8/2/2024 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 08:46:39 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-08-01 07:58:16 +0000, BCFD 36 said:
>>> On 7/23/24 00:56, Charles Packer wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:25 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>>>> https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>>>>
>>>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>>>
>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>> Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>>>> My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.
>>>
>>> We were on a river cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. We were
>>> about 2 hours late leaving from one port because of the problem. It
>>> makes no sense why this should be so.
>>
>> Various possibilities. For example, the Crowdstrike glitch could have
>> affected the boat's navigation computers, the company's ticket buying
>> and checking system, etc.
> 
> Just wait till we all have chips in our heads that can be disabled (by
> disabling a server they must connect to) by something like this. Won't
> /that/ be fun!

You first !  I will be the last and they will have to catch me first.

The awesome "The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047" by Lionel Shriver has 
the entire population in the USA getting a money transaction chip at the 
base of their skull connected to Starlink in 2040 and cash money is 
outlawed.
  
https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X/

Lynn