Re: xkcd: CrowdStrike

On Fri, 2 Aug 2024 15:26:19 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/2/2024 12:13 PM, Paul S Person wrote:

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:

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xkcd: CrowdStrike
https://www.xkcd.com/2961/
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Make the best of bad times.
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Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2961:_CrowdStrike
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Lynn

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Was anybody here affected by the CrowdStrike Thing?
My nephew's wife flew to Europe that day without incident.

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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.

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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!

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You first !  I will be the last and they will have to catch me first.

I don't really expect to see that day, being 77 and all.

Well, unless it's part of Project 2025 and a certain D Trump gets
elected.

The awesome "The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047" by Lionel Shriver has
the entire population in the USA getting a money transaction chip at the
base of their skull connected to Starlink in 2040 and cash money is
outlawed.
 
https://www.amazon.com/Mandibles-Family-2029-2047-Lionel-Shriver/dp/006232828X/

I haven't read that, but that doesn't mean I didn't encounter the
concept of embedded chips somewhere -- oh, wait: /The President's
Analyst/ had it.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"