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       Internet Stuff
       By: Kerry Date: June 3, 2019, 6:49 am
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       Wow, some people couldn't get into their houses when Google had
       problems. . . .
  HTML https://www.fastcompany.com/90358396/that-major-google-outage-meant-some-nest-users-couldnt-unlock-doors-or-use-the-ac
       However, the Google Cloud outage also affected third-party apps
       and services that use Google Cloud space for hosting. Affected
       third-party apps and services include Discord, Snapchat, and
       even Apple’s iCloud services.
       But an especially annoying side effect of Google Cloud’s
       downtime was that Nest-branded smart home products for some
       users just failed to work. According to reports from Twitter,
       many people were unable to use their Nest thermostats, Nest
       smart locks, and Nest cameras during the downtime. This
       essentially meant that because of a cloud storage outage, people
       were prevented from getting inside their homes, using their AC,
       and monitoring their babies.
       I had to laugh about "monitoring their babies."  People can't do
       that without Google? Seriously?
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       Re: Internet Stuff
       By: Kerry Date: June 18, 2019, 11:54 am
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       I remember cash registers that could be used even if the
       electricity went off.  I was working at a drug store and
       checking people out when the lights went out.  I didn't know it
       was possible until another clerk showed me how to use a crank to
       power the cash register.
       Those days are over.  Now if something goes wrong with your
       internet connection or software,  things screech to a halt.
  HTML https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/targets-weekend-register-outage-could-cost-company-dollar50-million/ar-AAD1phW
       Target could have lost an estimated $50 million in sales during
       a two-hour outage on Saturday that knocked out its registers
       nationwide, according to an analysis from Kantar Consulting.
       Target said an "internal technology issue" caused the outage,
       which prevented registers at its 1,850 US stores from completing
       purchases. This led to long lines, frustrated customers, and
       many abandoned shopping carts.
       Unfortunately for Target, the outage happened on a Saturday,
       which for many retailers is one of the busiest shopping days of
       the week.
       That was Saturday.  They had more problems on Sunday when some
       stores couldn't process credit cards.
  HTML https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/16/target-outage-caused-error-made-during-regular-maintenance/1471049001/
       Saturday's approximately two-hour long outage affected all
       Target stores and was caused by an error made during regular
       system maintenance, Target spokeswoman Jenna Reck confirmed to
       USA TODAY.
       Sunday's issue was unrelated, caused by an issue at vendor NCR,
       Target said in a statement. It was not widespread like on
       Saturday.
       “While this was not an issue within Target’s technology system,
       Target was unable to process select card payments at some stores
       for about 90 minutes,” Target’s statement said. “The issue is
       now resolved and payments are going through normally.”
       They call messing things up "maintenance"?   I'd call it
       "breaking something that doesn't need fixed."
       There were reports on social media of some stores not being able
       to process payments except with cash or check, but fewer
       complaints than Saturday's outage, which had more than 5,000
       reports on Downdetector.com.
       “Although this was unrelated to Saturday’s issue, we know many
       guests had a frustrating shopping experience in our stores this
       weekend. For that, we are truly sorry,” Target said in the
       statement. “We never want to disappoint any guests and we’re
       working tirelessly to ensure these issues don’t happen again.”
       Like with Saturday’s incident, Target said “this was not a
       security-related issue and no payment information was
       compromised at any time.” Saturday's statement also confirmed
       the outage was "not a data breach."
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