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Re:Airlines Are Running Out of Flight Numbers, and They Don'... by trueismywork on Monday August 05, 2024 @05:39PM (#41165862)
4-digit flight numbers are for humans, not computers
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Re:Airlines Are Running Out of Flight Numbers, and They Don'... by zeeZ on Monday August 05, 2024 @05:50PM (#41165955)
But humans, who interface with computers, are known to cause trouble.
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Re:Airlines Are Running Out of Flight Numbers, and They Don'... by andrewstuart2 on Monday August 05, 2024 @05:46PM (#41165923)
Humans write the code that makes those computers do things, though. And humans don't always read the standards, docs, or manuals before doing so.
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