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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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?

  4. 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/

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

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