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Subject: Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike
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On 2024-07-24 03:27:34 +0000, Mad Hamish said:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:56:32 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer
> <mailbox@cpacker.org> 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?
> 
> A client provided  computer went on a reboot loop and meant I couldn't
> do a scheduled software release
> When I went to the supermarket 1/2 the checkouts were out of service
> (I presume crowdstrike)
<snip>

Sounds like just a normal day here in New Zealand ... the idiots 
running the supermarkets only ever seem to have half the checkouts 
(usually less!) working. Same with bank branches with their tellers.  
:-(