[governance] United Airlines 'Network Outage' Snarls Air Travel

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

True. However it's not that there's no workaround in most on-the-ground
circumstances - if the computer doesnt work we use a paper and pencil so
the work gets done (it actually means a bit of a vacation for me since I'm
the it manager)... "tech-fetish" is very true; even the most non-techie of
non-techies wants a laptop and an iPad today.... I dont know they seem to
think it's a status symbol or a trophy of some kind.

And every so often we get the device back a few months later, completely
unused with a dead battery. Still in the original casing. Dust free.

-C

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Not so clear cut I am afraid (not saying there should not be
> contingencies...) technology attenuates (strengthens, compensates,
> enhances, etc) humans... because well we are partly so ill adapted to our
> environment (hence a "technological fetish",however commodified or not)...
> and this brings convenience... so we use technology... and at some point as
> someone famous once said, technology uses us...
>
> it is a dialectical relationship...
>
>
>
> On 2012/09/11 11:47 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar wrote:
>
> *
>>
>> "...we have raised a generation that is rendered helpless without
>> computers and cell phones..."
>
> *
>
> Agreed. I'm going to make it a point to have my kids learn to survive
> without these "modern" conveniences...
>
> -C
>
>  On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   Well said. We have too much dependence on technology and have
>> suspended common sense !! What is even more scary is that we have raised a
>> generation that is rendered helpless without computers and cell phones !
>> Shaila Rao Mistry
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> * From: * Charity Gamboa <charityg at diplomacy.edu>;
>> * To: * <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; Fahd A. Batayneh <
>> fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>;
>> * Subject: * Re: [governance] United Airlines 'Network Outage' Snarls
>> Air Travel
>> * Sent: * Tue, Sep 11, 2012 5:04:21 AM
>>
>>   You know - network outage may happen anywhere. We rely so much on
>> technology we sometimes feel "handicapped" without it. I taught using
>> smartboards and have made accommodations on computer use for people who are
>> handicapped or with learning disabilities. When our network crashed, I had
>> no choice but to teach the old-fashioned way of paper, highlighter and pen.
>> We can't cancel classes just because the Internet is down or the local
>> network is out. This goes to  airlines who are as vulnerable as any company
>> who rely on the network to do its work. I don't see how tweeting every
>> minute until the plane leaves will accomplish anything other than
>> you have no choice but for you to wait until the plane leaves. A couple of
>> months ago my city had a power outage which messed up all the traffic
>> lights. Networks went down for 6 hours. I was stuck in traffic and the
>> intersection becomes a 4-way stop until uniformed and even off-duty cops
>> directed traffic. Has anyone ever seen how traffic enforcers in the
>> Philippines would dance while directing traffic in order to entertain
>> motorists?  I just think that people complain too much. My students
>> complain too much. Would you expect a college student to run back for a
>> textbook to their dorm? Nope - but they will if they forgot their phone.
>>   We only just seem to think we are powerless when in fact human ingenuity
>> is still alive.
>>
>>  Regards,
>> Charity
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57502077-92/united-airlines-network-outage-snarls-air-travel/
>>>
>>> This is the ugly side of relying heavily on technology.
>>>
>>> Fahd
>>>
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