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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:32:45 -0700
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 00:58:16 -0700, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:

>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/
>>>
>>> Make the best of bad times.
>>>
>>> Explained at:
>>>      https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>=20
>> 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=20
>about 2 hours late leaving from one port because of the problem. It=20
>makes no sense why this should be so.

I'm sure an explanation exists. Probably something mundane, like "we
needed our navigation system to be up and it was down".

"To err is human, to /really/ screw things up requires a computer."
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"