IP: MAY the flaws be with you and Chicago TRACOM from risks

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 11:30:19 -0500 
From: "Keith A Rhodes"<rhodesk.aimd () gao gov> 
Subject: Computer glitches foul up flights at Chicago airports
The Chicago area TRACON in Elgin was testing new software on 5 May 1999 that 
displays aircraft sizewise. As a result of problems, there were serious 
traffic problems at O'Hare and Midway. Even after fixes were made, delays 
continued. United cancelled 25% of its afternoon flights, American 13%. 
[Source: Associated Press, 5 May 1999; PGN-ed]
[Note: Why worry about Y2K when the day-to-day problems keep you busy 
enough? By the way, these contingency plans will not work in a Y2K 
environment if the FAA experiences simultaneous multiple system failures. 
In this case, they never lost sight of the planes and were always in voice 
contact. That's fine, so long as you have voice communications and a way 
to track the aircraft. KAR]
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Date: Tue, 4 May 99 14:52:47 PDT 
From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann () csl sri com> 
Subject: Star Wars tchatchkis bring down eBay server
Beginning soon after the Star Wars goodies went on sale in stores at 
12:01a.m. on 3 May 1999 EDT, and most noticeably around 2:30am EDT, eBay 
auctions ceased when a server saturated. In contrast, Amazon was going full 
blast by noon PDT, auctioning off toys and other items related to the 
long-awaited Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace.
When it comes to Star Wars (the movie) computer support or StarWars (the 
defense system),
May the flaws be with you.