glitches and bugs
Computer ‘Glitch’ Grounds Air Traffic
An unspecified computer glitch is being cited as the cause for commercial flights being canceled or temporarily delayed on Thursday. The glitch was related to a key Federal Aviation Administration flight-processing system, according to ABC News . The problems were first reported at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.
Continue reading »Minnesota Court: Release Source Code of Breath-Testing Machines
Drunken-driving convicts in Minnesota are intoxicated over a recent state high court ruling allowing defense experts to examine the source code of breath-testing machines. The legal brouhaha concerns the court’s position (.pdf) that drunk drivers have the right to examine the evidence against them. But the company that supplies the state with breath-testing machines, CMI of Kentucky , isn’t forking over the code and is declaring it a trade secret — threatening thousands of DUI convictions.
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