What a weird couple of days!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (241404)
Walnut Creek, California
November 14, 2026 12:45pm CST
So a few days ago, Microsoft goes down I am/was not affected, but I hear that many businesses were.
And the next day ATC goes down Commercial airplanes are grounded, flights are cancelled, passengers are scrambling to find hotel rooms.
Do you think it's that these two incidents are related? Or coincidental? Were hackers involved? Is it Russia? Or Iran? Or Kash Patel? I have no clue.
A penny for your thoughts.
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@MarieCoyle (65138)
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The son that is currently here with me is a computer engineer, but of course not working since he has been so ill. Anyway, last night he made the comment that no one in their right mind would try to update a system like that unless it was the time of day that the least amount of planes would be in the air. Then today, I heard the same thing on the news. I have no idea if the microsoft/air traffic control issues are related, but from son and his computer buddies and some news reports, it seems that if updating is what they were actually attempting to do, they certainly picked the wrong time to do it.
You can mail my penny, Horsie. 
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@TheHorse (241404)
• Walnut Creek, California
1h
@MarieCoyle That's a good girl. 
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@MarieCoyle (65138)
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1h
@TheHorse
I promise I will try very hard not to spend it all in one place.
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@FourWalls (90491)
• United States
1h
Let’s look back at DOGE, who fired 400 FAA computer engineers. Coincidence? 
Seriously, any agency that’s trying to move from a 3.5 floppy to modern computerized technology can expect trouble. Heck, you can’t even update Microsoft OS systems without a major headache!
Seriously, any agency that’s trying to move from a 3.5 floppy to modern computerized technology can expect trouble. Heck, you can’t even update Microsoft OS systems without a major headache!2 people like this
