it isn't' a real tweet, of course, but apparently they were actually spared because they run on Win 3.1
Shit that happens with Airlines, thread
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There was a single Windows 95 PC at US Bank that ran the machine that cut open the mail and made an image of the checks folks mailed in for bill payments. It wasn't allowed on the network, it was stand alone.
Everyone's backend is Cobol, so there is always that.
I believe this. US Bank is the gov contractor for CCs and it's the absolute worst interface I've ever seen. I don't know why or how it takes so long for transactions to post...when on my own personal card I see it pretty much instantly. I would never in a million years recommend US Bank based on their CC stuff.
from personal experience The Federal Reserve still does all its transactional processing on IBM Mainframes. We added an interface to eliminate the original tape drives (I worked for Grau Data at the time) in 2000
Why are most of the banking transactions processed on legacy Mainframe systems?
Answer (1 of 3): There are many reasons to it, let me try to explain to my best knowledge. 1. When Banking sector adapted computer technology, the only available processing system and programming is Mainframe. So, almost all the core banking systems were developed using Mainframe. 2. Mainframe i...
It's not so much an issue with the technology (it is still working), the issue is the lack of support. US Bank had internal incentives to learn Cobol trying to get the next generation of folks at least up to speed. It hasn't been taught in schools in over 30 years. And if you have ever done anything with a mainframe, it isn't a cool graphical interface.Why are most of the banking transactions processed on legacy Mainframe systems?
Answer (1 of 3): There are many reasons to it, let me try to explain to my best knowledge. 1. When Banking sector adapted computer technology, the only available processing system and programming is Mainframe. So, almost all the core banking systems were developed using Mainframe. 2. Mainframe i...www.quora.com
Thanks for making me feel ancient.
I used to code COBOL and a little RPG3 on the big 'puters and xbase (mostly Clipper compiler) on the PC's after they became a bit more ubiquitous. Gave up coding for playing with routers and firewalls. After a dozen years retired, I would be of absolutely no use anymore. And I am perfectly ok with it; I hated chasing damn periods anyway.
To be honest, if you can read and possibly write it, you can make HUGE dollars consulting. It is truly a dying artform.Thanks for making me feel ancient.
I used to code COBOL and a little RPG3 on the big 'puters and xbase (mostly Clipper compiler) on the PC's after they became a bit more ubiquitous. Gave up coding for playing with routers and firewalls. After a dozen years retired, I would be of absolutely no use anymore. And I am perfectly ok with it; I hated chasing damn periods anyway.
Like being a steam engine repair guru. (But those are simple)
So Southwest last Christmas and now Delta... who will be next for the week-long airliner shitshow? Bets?
United is a 24/7 shitshow all the time anyway, so we might not even notice if they got cybercooties.
how I imagine air traffic control looks
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southwest slouching it's way to the present
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still a hard pass
Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition
Southwest Airlines plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines.
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still a hard pass
Sounds like this was a fun one.
local12.com
United flight diverts after 'biohazard' leaves crew vomiting, passengers asking for masks
"I talked to the crew and it sounds like it's quite bad back there."
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huhSounds like this was a fun one.
United flight diverts after 'biohazard' leaves crew vomiting, passengers asking for masks
"I talked to the crew and it sounds like it's quite bad back there."
really strong smelling vomit? diarrhea everywhere? both?!
End of an era.
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I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen years ago.
United Airlines Axes Hemisphere Inflight Magazine, The End Of "Three Perfect Days" - View from the Wing
Delta's outsourced Sky magazine laid off all its staff at the start of the pandemic. American, which outsourced American Way starting with US Airways management's takeover in 2015, followed suit a year later despite The Onion once suggesting that the airline stop flying passengers to focus on...
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I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen years ago.
10 (or maybe 20) years ago Hemispheres was actually kind of neat. I can’t remember the last time I opened a copy…
I always assumed those magazines were there just to employ the children of executives who thought a journalism degree would be fun.
Yes, but the Zirconium encrusted tweezers are still available.
Probably true, but at least the content was more interesting and it was written by entities that were at least arguably human.
ETA: god, i forgot about those in flight shopping mags! I haven’t seen those at all in a long long time. Hemispheres usually had (a lot of ) ads, but it wasn’t quite that level of waste…
COVID killed skymall.
hail....wonder what the plane looked like
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A golf ballhail....wonder what the plane looked like
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This is why you are supposed to stay 20 miles away from thunderstorms....in an airplane.
exploding tires....
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UPDATE: 2 workers killed during tire explosion at Atlanta airport identified
Details on what led up to the explosion have not been released.
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Supposed to be a cage they place around it for that purposeexploding tires....
UPDATE: 2 workers killed during tire explosion at Atlanta airport identified
Details on what led up to the explosion have not been released.
Someone didn't deflate the tire before pulling the axle nut.
Isn't that several hundred PSI?
I had a little bike tire blow off a rim at 20psi and I was frantically making sure all my fingers were still there.
Depends on the wheel of course, but yes. Certainly at or near 200 psi, and on a mainline aircraft, probably 3 or 4 feet across. Dudes probably got squashed like bugs.
clean up with shovel and wheel barrow?Someone didn't deflate the tire before pulling the axle nut.
Once again, budget airlines proving that they are not worth the risk to your wallet and have no ethics.
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Jetstar denied family travel compensation because receipts were in Japanese
The Australian family was stranded in Japan for a week after a cancelled Jetstar flight and says it cost them thousands of dollars.
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