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Comair Done In by 16-Bit Counter

Posted by michael on from the whoopsie dept.

Gogo Dodo writes "According to the Cincinnati Post, the Comair system crash was caused by an overflowed 16-bit counter. Perhaps Comair should have paid for the software upgrade to MaestroCrew." You heard it here first...

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  1. Forget Y2k... by Cytlid · · Score: 4, Funny

    This was Y32k!

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    FLR
  2. Well... by Tuxedo+Jack · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems that 16 bits and 640K wasn't enough for them after all.

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    Striking fear in the authors of godawful fanfiction, I am here, appearing in darkness, Tuxedo Jack!
  3. So after Y2K is this ... by adzoox · · Score: 4, Funny

    what Initech handles?

    Yeahhhhhh! Mmmmmmkay!

    Did you get that memo?

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  4. Let's try to remember by CodeWanker · · Score: 5, Funny

    That when you are talking about an airline, a COMPUTER crash is by far the least traumatic kind you can have.

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  5. Don't mod me up. Mod up the Zucker brothers. by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny
    Can't help but remember the scene in one of the "Airplane" movies where a kid sneaks into the hi-tech air traffic control room. He sees one of the airline's shuttle-like planes on a screen, and grabs the nearest joystick and begins to (he thinks) play a videogame.

    When the shuttle on the screen blows up, and is accompanied by a very loud explosion sound outside the building, the kid looks sheepish and sneaks away.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  6. Re:From Another article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >... 32K crew changes in a month? that's like 1,000 a day? that's crazy!

    You arent by any chance the original developer of this software?

  7. It's times like this... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's times like this when you begin to realize that the Vic-20 (duct-taped to the bulletin board and surrounded by haywires) might not be the best choice anymore as mission-critical hub of your operations.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  8. ComAir Now Hiring IT People by JavaDev04 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey everybody! Comair is hiring Unix System Administrators and IT Software Engineers! http://www.comair.com/hr/other/

  9. Re:actually... by nuclearspike · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard it from the ComAir desk at the airport when I was trying to get home. :(