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On 2024-08-02 17:13:14 +0000, Paul S Person said:

> 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!

If the moron Elon Musk had his way, that would be done tomorrow. The 
guy is a lunatic who should be locked in a padded cell for the safety 
of others ... and the padded cell next door should be occupied by 
Donald Trump.  :-\