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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:13:14 -0700
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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:
>>>>=20
>>>> xkcd: CrowdStrike
>>>> https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
>>>>=20
>>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>>=20
>>>> Explained at:
>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>>=20
>>>> Lynn
>>>=20
>>> Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
>>> My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.
>>=20
>> We were on a river cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. We were=20
>> about 2 hours late leaving from one port because of the problem. It=20
>> makes no sense why this should be so.
>
>Various possibilities. For example, the Crowdstrike glitch could have=20
>affected the boat's navigation computers, the company's ticket buying=20
>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!
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"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"