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What Happened When Delta Went Down Yesterday?

posted by takyon on Tuesday August 09 2016, @03:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the you're-grounded dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Cringley speculates like hell:

Delta Airlines last night suffered a major power outage at its data center in Atlanta that led to a systemwide shutdown of its computer network, stranding airliners and canceling flights all over the world. You already know that. What you may not know, however, is the likely role in the crisis of IT outsourcing and offshoring.

Do any Soylentils have inside/better information?

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by pkrasimirov on Tuesday August 09 2016, @04:09PM

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 09 2016, @04:09PM (#385815)

    *battery failure*
    Boss: "Why the f*** didn't you prevent that?! You had it coming for a long time!"
    Peon: "But... but... budget?"
    Boss: "Is it any cheaper to have this outage?! You're fired!"

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @04:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @04:20PM (#385821)

    Another unemployed peon who can't afford food will be living off Soylent and Tang.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:47PM (#385904)

      Another unemployed peon who can't afford food will be living off Soylent and Tang.

      If he can afford that Soylent crap then he can afford real food.

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday August 09 2016, @09:02PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday August 09 2016, @09:02PM (#385958) Journal

    Well, that's why you document the first situation. Because then the second situation becomes:

    *battery failure*
    Boss: "Why the f*** didn't you prevent that?! You had it coming for a long time!"
    Peon: "Well, as this document proves, I already warned about the problem and suggested an appropriate action, which you denied for budget reasons."
    Boss: "Err … well … so the blame has to go to that dumb guy that didn't give our department a large enough budget."

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.