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Re:Why is this job not handled by a machine yet? by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @10:15PM (#13604359)
> Imagine a hack attack or bug (it happens) that causes all terminals to stop working for 12 hours on the airport like JFK. What would be the losses? Would it be still worth it?

We already get hours-long mainframe outages, not to mention weather shutting down airports entirely. The system survives just fine.

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Re:Why is this job not handled by a machine yet? by ccrfg on Thursday February 09, 2017 @03:26AM (#13605460)
> We already get hours-long mainframe outages

I often wonder if those outages aren't sometimes caused by hackers to begin with. Publicizing them as hacks would only serve to cause panic, and let other hackers know how vulnerable their systems are.

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Re:Why is this job not handled by a machine yet? by richardwhiuk on Thursday February 09, 2017 @01:17AM (#13605079)
We also already get strikes.
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