Most rational passengers think “on time departure” means at the posted departure time.
This is diametrically opposed to ATC. ATC defines “on time departures” randomly according to location.
For example, at Newark, ATC tower considers “on time departures” to be within 25 minutes of scheduled. Newark-servicing airlines and Federal Express rebelled. ATC was unfazed. (Continental played their game and scheduled departures for 25 minutes before scheduled. Suddenly, Continental was the number one airline with the most on-time departures.)
Blaming airlines for reacting to ATC is disingenuous.
Deathbed: "Promise me. Promise: You'll delete my browser history—" Friend: "Yes. Browser history. Got it." Deathbed: "And obliterate my index finger's prints." Friend: "Yeah-yeah. Finger's prints. I promise." Deathbed: "And destroy my burner phones." Friend: "I prom—'phones'?" Deathbed: "And disable my Coprophagy Friend Finder account." Friend: "Say WHA—?" Deathbed: "And delete my Amazon 'special intimates' wishlist." Friend: "Just a darned minute—" Deathbed: "You can have my Love Client Number Nine Platinum Card." Friend: "Yeah. Uh-No..."
When you depress a key, any key, the contacts do not perfectly connect; they bounce. Electrical engineers fight key bounce error — basically by trial and error — with debounce by adjusting the computer to read the key input then wait. If there are other bounces within a few milliseconds, they are ignored. Then the computer starts looking for keyboard inputs, again.
When keys go bad— one way that keys go bad is the contacts don't contact-and-release as quickly as expected, and, the computer reads a second key input.
That's why, on some keyboards, the "space bar" goes bad, or the 'E' or the "T" or "A" or "O" or "N"...
"Bouncing is the tendency of any two metal contacts in an electronic device to generate multiple signals as the contacts close or open; debouncing is any kind of hardware device or software that ensures that only a single signal will be acted upon for a single opening or closing of a contact."
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Most rational passengers think “on time departure” means at the posted departure time.
This is diametrically opposed to ATC. ATC defines “on time departures” randomly according to location.
For example, at Newark, ATC tower considers “on time departures” to be within 25 minutes of scheduled. Newark-servicing airlines and Federal Express rebelled. ATC was unfazed. (Continental played their game and scheduled departures for 25 minutes before scheduled. Suddenly, Continental was the number one airline with the most on-time departures.)
Blaming airlines for reacting to ATC is disingenuous.
—employs a rarely seen strategy of “code reuse”.
“Don’t fly on payday.” — Wally
Deathbed: "Promise me. Promise: You'll delete my browser history—"
Friend: "Yes. Browser history. Got it."
Deathbed: "And obliterate my index finger's prints."
Friend: "Yeah-yeah. Finger's prints. I promise."
Deathbed: "And destroy my burner phones."
Friend: "I prom—'phones'?"
Deathbed: "And disable my Coprophagy Friend Finder account."
Friend: "Say WHA—?"
Deathbed: "And delete my Amazon 'special intimates' wishlist."
Friend: "Just a darned minute—"
Deathbed: "You can have my Love Client Number Nine Platinum Card."
Friend: "Yeah. Uh-No..."
"Key bounce error".
When you depress a key, any key, the contacts do not perfectly connect; they bounce. Electrical engineers fight key bounce error — basically by trial and error — with debounce by adjusting the computer to read the key input then wait. If there are other bounces within a few milliseconds, they are ignored. Then the computer starts looking for keyboard inputs, again.
When keys go bad— one way that keys go bad is the contacts don't contact-and-release as quickly as expected, and, the computer reads a second key input.
That's why, on some keyboards, the "space bar" goes bad, or the 'E' or the "T" or "A" or "O" or "N"...
"Bouncing is the tendency of any two metal contacts in an electronic device to generate multiple signals as the contacts close or open; debouncing is any kind of hardware device or software that ensures that only a single signal will be acted upon for a single opening or closing of a contact."
This actively began with the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
http://transition.fcc.gov/Repo...
Where's the rest of the billions of tax dollars?
Ditto "At least they warn you"
Suddenly, "Invalid Password"!
Work with tech support for hours.
Reset to original long password. Fail.
Reset to short password. Success.
Reset to original long password. Fail.
Tech supports elevates problem to Ivory Tower.
Ivory Tower: "What's your password?"
16 character password.
"Well, there's your problem. We just limited passwords to 12 characters."
"Did you tell anyone?"
"No. Why should we?"
Must. Control. Fist. Of. Death.
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Wait a minute! What happened to auto-truncate? We used auto-truncate XX years ago!
Apple's bite of Data General Corp's development park?