Comair Needs Days to Resume Full Schedule (AP)

Grok Headline matches for Comair Needs Days to Resume Full Schedule (AP)

US Airways, Comair Try to Resume Normal
Schedules (Reuters)

US Airways, Comair Try to Resume Normal
Schedules (Reuters) 12/27/2004 03:50 PM
Reuters - U.S. holiday travelers hoping to get back in the air after a weekend of flight cancellations due to computer malfunctions and staff shortages still faced difficulties getting to their destinations on Monday.

Erratic Schedule for the Next Few Days

Erratic Schedule for the Next Few Days 06/15/2004 08:17 AM
Publication will be erratic over the next few days as my life gets pulped by that danged Clown Hammer of Circumstance. The newsletter will be published as usual on Thursday....

A handy guide to maximizing your 2004
holiday schedule by planning your sick
days

A handy guide to maximizing your 2004
holiday schedule by planning your sick
days 01/07/2004 06:59 PM
plan their sick days properly

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HireAbility's ALEX Resume Extraction
Appears in Fordyce Letter (Internet
Recruiting Column by Mark Berger with
Ken Smith on Evaluating Resume Parsers)

HireAbility's ALEX Resume Extraction
Appears in Fordyce Letter (Internet
Recruiting Column by Mark Berger with
Ken Smith on Evaluating Resume Parsers) 04/06/2005 02:38 AM
HireAbility(r), a leader in integrated recruiting software and services, reports that its ALEX resume parser appeared in the April 2005 issue of the Fordyce Letter, the recruiting industry's information gold standard. The article of note, titled "Einstein in a Box", was published in Mark Berger's "Internet Recruiting" column. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

Position Manager Integrates
Hireability's Alex Resume Parser into
its Applicant Tracking System - Leader
in Healthcare Recruiting Solutions
Partners with lLader in Automatic Resume
Extraction Technology

Position Manager Integrates
Hireability's Alex Resume Parser into
its Applicant Tracking System - Leader
in Healthcare Recruiting Solutions
Partners with lLader in Automatic Resume
Extraction Technology 04/14/2005 04:33 AM
HireAbility(r), a leader in integrated recruiting software and services, announced today that it has partnered with Position Manager(r), the leading Applicant Tracking System built specifically for healthcare recruiting. Position Manager has integrated HireAbility's ALEX(sm) resume parser into its Applicant Tracking System, and the new functionality is available now to Position Manager's 470+ clients. The companies are kicking off the relationship by offering a two-week free trial of the time saving technology to all new and existing Position Manager clients. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

TruStar Solutions(SM) Partners with
Resume Mirror to Provide Superior Resume
Management Solutions - Companies Team to
Offer High-Value Solutions

TruStar Solutions(SM) Partners with
Resume Mirror to Provide Superior Resume
Management Solutions - Companies Team to
Offer High-Value Solutions 03/19/2005 03:13 AM
TruStar Solutions, the leader in creating exceptional hiring strategies, has partnered with Resume Mirror, the premier supplier of resume extraction and searching software components. The partnership will allow TruStar Solutions to include Resume Mirror's technology in the development of world-class customized recruiting solutions. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

TruStar Solutions(SM) Partners with
Resume Mirror to Provide Superior Resume
Management Solutions. Companies Tteam to
Offer High-Value Solutions

TruStar Solutions(SM) Partners with
Resume Mirror to Provide Superior Resume
Management Solutions. Companies Tteam to
Offer High-Value Solutions 03/17/2005 03:02 AM
TruStar Solutions, the leader in creating exceptional hiring strategies, has partnered with Resume Mirror, the premier supplier of resume extraction and searching software components. The partnership will allow TruStar Solutions to include Resume Mirror's technology in the development of world-class customized recruiting solutions. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Online Resume Rules Sound Like Offline
Resume Rules

Online Resume Rules Sound Like Offline
Resume Rules 09/13/2004 02:14 PM
USA Today is claiming that the rules have changed for resumes, now that they're mostly sent via email instead of snail mail. However, when they get into the details, they sound amazingly like the "rules" many of us learned back in the days before you emailed resumes: focus on results from previous jobs (read: throw in lots of useless percentages to make it look like you improved something), use "descriptive or significant terms" (read: make sure you include the BS buzzwords-of-the-moment to make it through that first pass filter), don't send the wrong cover letter to the wrong company (read: don't be completely stupid), and don't apply "above your skill level" (read: don't waste HR's time so much). I remember hearing all of these years ago as well, and they don't seem any different in this "new age of electronic resumes" as the article would have you believe. Then, of course, there's the biggest recommendation for this supposed new age: they suggest you spam as many companies as possible. Again, has there ever been a time when people were told to send out fewer resumes? If anything, it seems like this strategy is the wrong strategy in the digital age where HR folks are so inundated with resumes that some have found that going back to paper resumes is much more effective in getting attention.

How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar

How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar 08/12/2004 07:36 AM
A year ago, the DNS for craphound.com disappeared. Which was weird, because I was paying for DNS with Dotster, my registrar.

I called them up and spoke to their tech support people. "Oh yeah," they said, "your paid service ended a month ago but our billing system was broken so we didn't send out a notice. So we terminated you for nonpayment. But dude, you're lucky! We gave you a free month's DNS!"

Lucky lucky me. I got a free month's DNS and to pay for it, I was bouncing mail all over the Internet and my Website wasn't resolving. Bastards. I bought two years' worth of DNS and vowed that when the domain came up for renewal, I'd switch away from Dotster. I sent them an email telling them as much and got an email back apologizing and saying that they would certainly never terminate my DNS wihtout notice again (you see where this is going, I trust)

Craphound.com is up for renewal at the end of August. Not wanting to leave things to the last minute, I changed over early this month, switching registrars to Domain Direct, who are now the registrar for all of my domains, and boingboing.net besides.

I didn't move over the DNS -- I figured I'd paid Dotster for another year's service, I might as well get it. Instead, I left myself a reminder in my iCal for next July to set up DNS at DomainDirect a month ahead of the service running out on Dotster.

This morning, Dotster terminated my DNS. Without warning. And when I called, they told me there was nothing they could do about it. Even though there's nothing in my DNS contract that says that DNS is provided to domains registered with Dotster and no others, that is, apparently, their policy. And they can't make exceptions. Not even for 48h while I effect a graceful change to DomainDirect (who have been fantastic throughout and now have 100 percent of my domain registration and DNS business).

Bastards.

Full Tilt Poker’s “Main Event Mania™” Is
in Full Swing

Full Tilt Poker’s “Main Event Mania™” Is
in Full Swing 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
More than 50 people have already qualified for Full Tilt Poker’s $10 million giveaway. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2005]

Because You Just Can't Get Enough
ComAir...

Because You Just Can't Get Enough
ComAir... 12/30/2004 11:43 AM

The Cincinnati Post has an interes ting article up on how ComAir became so badly screwed during the holidays.

The SBS Crew Check system tracks all the details of where each crew member is scheduled and keeps a log of every scheduling change.

Tom Carter, a computer consultant with Clover Link Systems of Los Angeles, said the application has a hard limit of 32,000 changes in a single month.

"This probably seemed like plenty to the designers, but when the storms hit last week, they caused many, many crew reassignments, and the value of 32,000 was exceeded," he said.

Important lesson to programmers: using larger variables costs more memory. Memory is cheap. Downed airlines cost millions.

Via SlashDot.

Comair Getting Back to the Air

Comair Getting Back to the Air 12/27/2004 03:53 PM
Internet News Dec 27 2004 6:28PM GMT

Comair changes ahead

Comair changes ahead 12/29/2004 09:47 AM
USA Today Dec 29 2004 1:53PM GMT

Comair Done In by 16-Bit Counter

Comair Done In by 16-Bit Counter 12/30/2004 11:36 AM

The Comair Mess Revisited

The Comair Mess Revisited 12/28/2004 05:13 PM

Airlines' computer systems questioned: In the wake of the big Comair systems meltdown over the holdays, CNN has an article about why airline's systems are so rickety. It's notable for a quote from uber-security expert Bruce Schneier that tells the naked truth of it.

Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert in Mountain View, California, said the issue boils down to cost versus benefit.

Airlines could upgrade existing computers to handle more transactions, install sophisticated backup systems that come on when the primary system fails or buy high-performance software that is used by NASA, nuclear plants and medical facilities to keep critical systems running at all times, Schneier said.

"It's certainly feasible, but it's my guess it's not economic," Schneier said. "My guess is it is cheaper for the airline to absorb this loss, which doesn't happen often, than to fix the problem.

Isn't that the truth? Absorb the damage, move on, and wait for it to happen again. Nice. Who gets to miss Christmas next year?

Re: Did a 16-bit counter overflow shut
down Comair?

Re: Did a 16-bit counter overflow shut
down Comair? 12/29/2004 04:26 PM
Avleen Vig (Dec 29 2004)

Did a 16-bit counter overflow shut down
Comair?

Did a 16-bit counter overflow shut down
Comair? 12/28/2004 03:27 PM
Richard M. Smith (Dec 28 2004)

Comair Faces Government Investigation

Comair Faces Government Investigation 12/28/2004 07:35 PM
Internet News Dec 28 2004 10:32PM GMT

Comair Back in Air After Computer Outage

Comair Back in Air After Computer Outage 12/27/2004 03:53 PM
Internet News Dec 27 2004 7:06PM GMT

U.S. to probe Comair, US Airways
troubles

U.S. to probe Comair, US Airways
troubles 12/27/2004 09:55 PM
CNET News.com Dec 28 2004 1:50AM GMT

Comair Cancels Flights on Computer Woes

Comair Cancels Flights on Computer Woes 12/26/2004 05:00 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 26 2004 9:41AM GMT

Computer problem grounds Comair flights

Computer problem grounds Comair flights 12/26/2004 05:00 AM
CNET News.com Dec 26 2004 8:43AM GMT

US to Probe U.S. Airways, Comair
Troubles (Reuters)

US to Probe U.S. Airways, Comair
Troubles (Reuters) 12/27/2004 07:55 PM
Reuters - U.S. transportation officials on Monday launched a probe into the holiday air travel mess at US Airways and Delta Air Lines' Comair that left thousands of passengers stranded and others without luggage.

Comair System Crashes; Passengers
Stranded

Comair System Crashes; Passengers
Stranded 12/26/2004 06:49 AM

Comair computer fails, strands thousands

Comair computer fails, strands thousands 12/27/2004 12:54 AM
MENAFN Dec 27 2004 4:10AM GMT

Computer Glitch Cancels Comair Flights

Computer Glitch Cancels Comair Flights 12/25/2004 08:42 PM
ABCNEWS.com Dec 26 2004 12:55AM GMT

Computer glitch grounds Comair flights

Computer glitch grounds Comair flights 12/25/2004 11:40 PM
CNEWS Dec 26 2004 4:07AM GMT

Computer Crash Forces Comair
Cancellations

Computer Crash Forces Comair
Cancellations 12/25/2004 05:29 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Dec 25 2004 9:44PM GMT

Flight-Assignment Program Forced Comair
Out Of Sky

Flight-Assignment Program Forced Comair
Out Of Sky 12/28/2004 07:24 AM
Information Week Dec 28 2004 12:02PM GMT

Computer Problem Grounds Comair U.S.
Holiday Flights

Computer Problem Grounds Comair U.S.
Holiday Flights 12/25/2004 08:41 PM
ABCNEWS.com Dec 26 2004 12:55AM GMT

Comair System Crash Leaves Thousands
Stranded

Comair System Crash Leaves Thousands
Stranded 12/25/2004 09:44 PM

Thousands of travelers cope with holiday headaches: Tens of thousands of people spent Christmas in an airport today because of a system malfunction.

The computer system Comair uses to book pilots for flights broke down, he said.

Comair could not pinpoint a reason for the computer crash and could not say why there was no backup system.

I predict that there's going to be some IT guy out of a job when this is done. Additionally, if this is proven to be the work of a hacker or a bug, the press time devoted to it will be something to behold.

Comair Blames Software Meltdown for
Flight Delays

Comair Blames Software Meltdown for
Flight Delays 12/31/2004 12:00 AM
After stranding tens of thousands of air passengers over the holidays, Comair has finally resumed its customary flight schedule. But upon blaming the delays on a "major computer malfunction," it joined U.S. Airways in the Department of Transportation's hot seat.

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system crash

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system crash 12/25/2004 05:29 PM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Dec 25 2004 8:16PM GMT

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system malfunction

Comair cancels all flights after
computer system malfunction 12/25/2004 05:29 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 25 2004 9:44PM GMT

Comair computer meltdown raises backup
questions

Comair computer meltdown raises backup
questions 12/27/2004 11:56 PM
MENAFN Dec 28 2004 3:47AM GMT

Comair cancels all 1,100 flights, cites
problems with its computer

Comair cancels all 1,100 flights, cites
problems with its computer 12/26/2004 02:53 PM
Seattle Times Dec 26 2004 5:43PM GMT

Computer Problem Grounds Comair Holiday
Flights

Computer Problem Grounds Comair Holiday
Flights 12/26/2004 08:51 AM
Reuters Dec 26 2004 1:23PM GMT

Breaking News Computer Crash Forces
Comair Cancellations

Breaking News Computer Crash Forces
Comair Cancellations 12/26/2004 01:30 AM
Team Amber Alert Dec 26 2004 4:32AM GMT

Comair/Delta airline debacle caused by
the overflow of 16-bit pointer

Comair/Delta airline debacle caused by
the overflow of 16-bit pointer 12/30/2004 04:54 PM
One of the most nightmarish Christmas travel foul-ups in recent memory was caused by an application failure. Comair hopes to replace the outdated software some time in January.
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