Please wait - I need to reboot

Hi,

I was flying (on American) from LAX to SJC today on an EMR 140 RJ. We get
pushed back. After about 5 minutes, the captain says: "We need to reboot
the computer. The emergency lights will come on for about a minute. This
happens all the time. It's perfectly normal." He rebooted, fired up the
engines, and off we went.

I had no idea that a pre-taxi step was "Computer: REBOOT".

Hilton

In a previous article, "Hilton" said:
I was flying (on American) from LAX to SJC today on an EMR 140 RJ. We get
pushed back. After about 5 minutes, the captain says: "We need to reboot
the computer. The emergency lights will come on for about a minute. This
happens all the time. It's perfectly normal." He rebooted, fired up the
engines, and off we went.

I had no idea that a pre-taxi step was "Computer: REBOOT".

At that point I'd say "I'm not trusting my life to Windows", and get off
the plane.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Medication did wonders for me, Dave. Perhaps it could for you, if a
crowbar and half a pound of axle grease counts as medication.
-- Red Drag Diva

Hilton, I'll bet you just opened the flood gates for another stupid
diatribe from the Windows vs. the world mob.

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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Hilton, I'll bet you just opened the flood gates for another stupid
diatribe from the Windows vs. the world mob.

Funny how you worded that. I don't know what your intent was, but it sure
reads like the "mob" you describe is the pro-Windows side, which in fact all
of the stupid replies are actually going to be (already are) from the
anti-Windows side.

Peter Duniho wrote:

Funny how you worded that. I don't know what your intent was, but it sure
reads like the "mob" you describe is the pro-Windows side, which in fact all
of the stupid replies are actually going to be (already are) from the
anti-Windows side.

I read it as if he meant "Windows vs. the world" mob. Which also parses out to
be something different from what was probably meant.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Peter Duniho wrote:

Funny how you worded that. I don't know what your intent was, but it
sure reads like the "mob" you describe is the pro-Windows side, which in
fact all of the stupid replies are actually going to be (already are)
from the anti-Windows side.

I read it as if he meant "Windows vs. the world" mob. Which also parses
out to be something different from what was probably meant.

Yah, I meant the anti-Windows horde with their blatherings.

Hilton wrote:
Hi,

I was flying (on American) from LAX to SJC today on an EMR 140 RJ. We get
pushed back. After about 5 minutes, the captain says: "We need to reboot
the computer. The emergency lights will come on for about a minute. This
happens all the time. It's perfectly normal." He rebooted, fired up the
engines, and off we went.

I had no idea that a pre-taxi step was "Computer: REBOOT".

Hilton


Probably a Microsoft system. I sure that Bill Gates is smiling all the
way to the bank.

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 05:58:12 GMT, "Hilton"
wrote:

Hi,

I was flying (on American) from LAX to SJC today on an EMR 140 RJ. We get
pushed back. After about 5 minutes, the captain says: "We need to reboot
the computer. The emergency lights will come on for about a minute. This
happens all the time. It's perfectly normal." He rebooted, fired up the
engines, and off we went.

I had no idea that a pre-taxi step was "Computer: REBOOT".

Hilton


Dear god, please don't let Windows CE make it into the cockpit.





Jim

http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org

I hate to say it but Windows controls the cabin functions (heat/ac,
lights) on the airbus's.
Michelle

Jimbob wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 05:58:12 GMT, "Hilton"
wrote:



Hi,

I was flying (on American) from LAX to SJC today on an EMR 140 RJ. We get
pushed back. After about 5 minutes, the captain says: "We need to reboot
the computer. The emergency lights will come on for about a minute. This
happens all the time. It's perfectly normal." He rebooted, fired up the
engines, and off we went.

I had no idea that a pre-taxi step was "Computer: REBOOT".

Hilton




Dear god, please don't let Windows CE make it into the cockpit.





Jim

http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org

Is this true? The last Airbus I was in had a LINUX based entertainment
system. (I know because they had to reboot my station)
Why should they mix operating systems?