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Crashing an In-Flight Entertainment System

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @04:27PM from the stress-testing dept.

rabblerouzer writes "Hugh Thompson, who was interviewed by Slashdot on the dangers of e-voting, now has a cool blog entry on how he was able to bring down the gaming/movie console on an airplane. He calls it one of the most interesting examples of a software 'abuse case' he has ever seen." Fortunately the IFE system is totally disjoint from the avionics.

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Re:Go look up "fortune" or something by Dun+Malg · 2007-02-20 17:24 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Umm, I'm as big a fan of linguistic pedantry as anyone, but according to the OED:
fortunately, adv., In a fortunate manner; by or with good fortune, happily, luckily, successfully.
It certainly was good fortune for the passengers that it was separate. Sorry, I have to disagree. "Fortune" strongly implies luck, even according to the OED. Luck or fortune have nothing to do with it. But even that is largely secondary to my primary point. There is no reasonable scenario which would ever put the IFE system in a position to affect the avionics, so mentioning the "fortune" of them being separate is utterly ridiculous.

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Re:Hm. by cheezedawg · 2007-02-20 19:21 · Score: 1, Flamebait

A sad commentary on the state of freedom in this country.

It is absurd to treat the parent's post as anything other than the anonymous and hyperbolic ramblings that they are. The post is not a commentary on anything (well, a meaningful commentary at least).

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