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    FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays

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    7 Gadgets That Will Make Your Life Easier At Airports

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    You guys are a little slow on the uptake. The AP is reporting the glitch is fixed and the delays will ripple through the system.
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    11/19/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: The reports of delays are also rippling through the system.
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    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    Glitch huh? Yeaaaaaaah. PEBSAC.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Keep those mormons away from the computers!
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    11/19/09

    @mattycakes: Actually, they have one of the largest databases on Earth, dedicated to Family History. Very well-maintained.
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    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: between screen and chair? I'm used to PEBKAC (keyboard and chair).
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    11/19/09

    @blash: Whatever, I don't have to work IT.
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    Image of The n00b The n00b
    11/19/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Whatever RTFM
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    11/19/09

    In reply to FAA Computer Glitch Causing Widespread Flight Delays
    Don't worry, it'll fix itself in 24.5 days.
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    11/19/09

    @Digo: Only to fuck up in another 24.5 days.
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    Image of Matt Penn Matt Penn
    11/10/09

    In reply to Google Serves Up Free Wi-Fi at 47 Airports for the Holidays
    SERIOUSLY!!! DFW International is not on the list, but it's in the top 3 for busiest in the world.... go figure... #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    11/10/09

    @Matt Penn: neither are any of the NY Airports #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    11/10/09

    @Matt Penn: I was just looking for DFW. That's crazy, I thought DFW would be an easy choice. #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    11/10/09

    @SysRq: Flip that around--it's busy, lot of business travelers, lot of them will pay since they'll expense it--and you understand why DFW, JFK, LGA, IAD, etc etc are not on this list. This is a great promo but irrelevant for true "road warriors" :-) #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/10/09

    In reply to Google Serves Up Free Wi-Fi at 47 Airports for the Holidays
    Nice... I'll be at both the Seattle and Des Moines airports in the next few weeks. Too bad no Minneapolis tho... #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    Image of cormack cormack
    11/10/09

    In reply to Google Serves Up Free Wi-Fi at 47 Airports for the Holidays
    :'( none of the airports i will be at dc or jfk. sucks, i get charged so much for roaming data in the states #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    11/10/09

    @cormack: We call that the "Not being a yankee tax." #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    11/10/09

    @cormack: On the plus side, you're not a yankee. #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    Image of Brian Berger Brian Berger
    11/10/09

    In reply to Google Serves Up Free Wi-Fi at 47 Airports for the Holidays
    I wonder how many of these airports already have Free WiFi. Las Vegas had great coverage a few years ago in the Southwest gate area. Interesting that Neither San Francisco or Oakland are on this list.... #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    11/10/09

    @Brian Berger: Why is that so interesting? Closest airport to Google HQ is San Jose, which is on the list... #googlefreewifiairportlist
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    09/25/09

    In reply to 7 Gadgets That Will Make Your Life Easier At Airports
    where is the iTunes booth that you can plug your phone into and download music/movies on the go?
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    09/25/09

    In reply to 7 Gadgets That Will Make Your Life Easier At Airports
    If you're a parent with a small child and toting a car seat, there's a wheeled accessory called a GoGoBaby that attaches to the back of the car seat and turns it into a luggage cart for your baby. It's awesome...you can have your kid in the seat and either push it in front of you like a very low-riding stroller or pull it like a suitcase. Both of my sons have ridden like this and they loved it, and it usually leaves a trail of smiles as you pass by. It's not cheap but it's money very well spent.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to 7 Gadgets That Will Make Your Life Easier At Airports
    I actually used the Best Buy kiosk at the airport. I tend to lose my headphones and it was a really easy process.
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    Image of DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!) DaveExile (SimANT for iPhone NOW!)
    09/25/09

    @dimsum4u: was the service better, or worse, than your standard clueless Best Buy employee
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    09/25/09

    @DaveExile (Starless since 2006!): At least there was someone there to ring up his purchase.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to 7 Gadgets That Will Make Your Life Easier At Airports
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    Image of stevewoz stevewoz
    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    After gathering 6 bags after JFK security (myself and kids) I thought the next one was my friend's bag. 20 minutes later, at a gate not far away, I discovered that I had missed my own computer bag. There were almost no passengers at this security stop on that day. The security people just shrugged their shoulders. A simple camera would have caught the thief, who in my mind was probably a TSA official or their friend because of their lack of concern.



    4 years in prison is a stern penalty but it's not fair, because so many other TSA employees get away with the same thing.



    The system is flawed. They force us to reorganize ), so they should take the responsibility to insure that we leave with what we brought. Reasonable humans will frequently get separated from valuable items under these conditions.



    I almost never fly these days if the journey is 12 hours or less by car. I love my cars. I hate airports (usually).



    Private air transportation is great but I rarely do it.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    I'd bet good money that, if you ran the numbers, you would find that you are more likely to die in a car wreck on your way to replace your stolen shit than in a terrorist attack on an airplane before the TSA was around (including 9-11)
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @Superfast: Probably a pretty accurate statement.



    However, unlike driving your own family across the country in the Wagon Queen Family Truckster, taking a plane or train requires you to put your faith and safety completely in the hands of strangers.



    Even though you weren't more likely to die in a horrible plane crash/terrorist incident post 9/11 the travel industry as a whole was severely affected.



    Me? I went on vacation the week after Sept 11th. Best damn vacation I've ever had. Airports were vacant, parking was never an issue, hell I had Disney World with no lines for a week.
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    Image of SalimaCachophony SalimaCachophony
    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    TSA seriously needs to do this much more often and randomly. I was just a victim of a camera stolen out of my luggage and there was no notice of inspection. Go figure.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @SalimaCachophony: Why not just have the Air Marshall check such luggage and have it follow him around?
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    07/15/09

    In reply to TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves
    Honestly, can we just do away with the TSA agents at airports, please? Enough is enough. It's not doing what it is supposed to do. It causes the costs, both implicit and explicit of flying to go up with no return on the investment. Keep the Air Marshals, ditch TSA.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I really have no problem w/ the TSA other than they harass people who even look muslim.



    What they need to do is give the Air Marshalls the authority to taser those little snotbags that keep kicking the back of my fucking seat.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: Get rid of them too.



    I was having a conversation about the TSA the other day and I was amazed how many people said they actually thought the TSA was doing something useful.



    If ever there was a system in need of overhaul its the entire airline industry, including the TSA.
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    07/15/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: and they steal shit...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    07/15/09

    @tande04: The TSA isn't there to do something useful. The TSA is there to make people feel "safe" about flying and "maybe" catch a bomber.



    They act as an up-front deterrent for those of less conviction that the absolutely hardcore looking to cause chaos.



    Basically they're they version of the cop getting his free donut at the donut shop. You're less likely to cause a problem there with the fuzz so close.



    Really, the TSA needs to be an actual REAL police force. Not contracted goons and thieves on a power trip.
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    07/15/09

    @DeusExMach has jumped the snark: I fly 6+ times per year. I have never had anything stolen. Then again, I'm not stupid enough to put valuable electronics in my checked luggage either.



    Even better is that I never set foot on any plane un-armed. I always have weapons on my person. Just because the TSA doesn't view pens and various other instruments as weapons, doesn't mean they cannot be used as such.
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    Edited by Lite: hates Illinois Nazis at 07/15/09 7:04 PM Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
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