Click the link below to read story on how someone has been screwed by
Sprint. I am not sure if this deals with the Nextel side of
Sprint-Nextel, but I have to agree with this guy’s claims of horrible
customer service… I’ve had to call every month since November after a
rate plan change….
Carrier changes could be on the horizon for me….
Link: Click Here
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport had more passengers pass
through its concourses than any other airport in the world last year,
according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the Geneva-based
Airports Council International.
It is the second year in a row Hartsfield-Jackson has been dubbed the
world’s busiest airport in both number of passengers and number of
flights.
“This keeps our region and our city in everybody’s awareness,” said Ben
DeCosta, Hartsfield-Jackson’s general manager. “I’m pleased we’re still
out there.”
Earlier in the year, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that
Hartsfield-Jackson was the nation’s busiest airport based on the number
of flights taking off and landing in Atlanta. That designation also
meant it was the world’s busiest in terms of total flights.
Atlanta’s airport also showed up in the No. 1 spot for takeoffs and
landings in the council’s report — it showed 976,447 total “aircraft
movements” at Hartsfield-Jackson in 2006, a decrease of about half a
percent.
Hartsfield handled 84.8 million passengers last year, a decrease of
about 1 percent over the previous year, while Chicago’s O’Hare had 76.2
million, a decrease of .3 percent. London’s Heathrow came in third
worldwide with 67.5 million passengers.
The council said traffic at U.S. airports declined — about 2 percent
— for a number of reasons, including the restructuring of Delta Air
Lines and Northwest Airlines and the closure of Independence Air. Total
passenger traffic was up worldwide about 5 percent to 4.4 billion.
Traffic at some U.S. airports did see improvement. Denver saw an
increase of 9 percent, while Las Vegas saw a 4.3 percent jump.
Memphis — headquarters of Federal Express — continued to have the
world’s busiest airport for cargo, handling 3.7 million metric tons.
Atlanta placed a paltry 28th on the cargo list, handling about 747,000
metric tons.
TOP 10 Busiest Airports
Hartsfield-Jackson — 84.8 million
Chicago O’Hare — 76.2 million
London Heathrow —- 67.5 million
Tokyo Haneda — 65.2 million
Los Angeles Int’l — 61 million
Dallas-Fort Worth Int’l — 60 million
Paris Charles d Gaulle — 56.8 million
Frankfurt Int’l — 52.8 million
Beijing Int’l — 48.5 million
Denver Int’l — 47.3 million
Published on: 03/08/07
By Jim Tharpe - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article Link
FAA May Ditch Microsoft’s Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux
Combo
FAA chief information officer David Bowen said he’s taking a close look
at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls replacements for the
agency’s Windows XP-based desktop computers and laptops.
March is coming in like a lion for Microsoft’s public sector business.
Days after InformationWeek reported that the Department of
Transportation has placed a moratorium on upgrades to Windows Vista,
Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7, the top technology official at the
Federal Aviation Administration revealed that he is considering a
permanent ban on the Microsoft software in favor of a combination of
Google’s new online business applications running on Linux-based
hardware.
In an interview, FAA chief information officer David Bowen said he’s
taking a close look at the Premier Edition of Google Apps as he mulls
replacements for the agency’s Windows XP-based desktop computers and
laptops. Bowen cited several reasons why he finds Google Apps
attractive. “It’s a different sort of computing strategy,” he said. “It
takes the desktop out of the way so you’re running a very thin client.
From a security and management standpoint that would have some
advantages.”
Google launched Google Apps Premier Edition last month at a price of
$50 per user, per year. It features online e-mail, calendaring,
messaging, and talk applications, as well as a word processor and a
spreadsheet. The launch followed Google’s introduction of a similar
suite aimed at consumers in August. The new Premier Edition, however,
offers enhancements, including 24×7 support, aimed squarely at corporate
and government environments.
Bowen said he’s in talks with the aviation safety agency’s main
hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could deliver
Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google Apps through a
non-Microsoft browser once the FAA’s XP-based computers pass their shelf
life. “We have discussions going on with Dell,” Bowen said. “We’re
trying to figure out what our roadmap will be after we’re no longer able
to acquire Windows XP.”
Bowen, however, said he has not definitely ruled out an FAA-wide
upgrade to Windows Vista and related software — if Microsoft can
satisfy his concerns over compatibility with the agency’s existing
applications and demonstrate why such a move would make financial sense
given Google Apps’s low price. “We have a trip to Microsoft scheduled
for later this month,” said Bowen.
Like the Department of Transportation, the FAA — technically under DOT
but managed separately — has its own moratorium in place on upgrades to
Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7, and Microsoft Office 2007. Among
other things, Bowen said the FAA’s copies of IBM’s Lotus Notes software
don’t work properly on test PCs running Windows Vista.
Bowen’s compatibility concerns, combined with the potential cost of
upgrading the FAA’s 45,000 workers to Microsoft’s next-generation
desktop environment, could make the moratorium permanent. “We’re
considering the cost to deploy [Windows Vista] in our organization. But
when you consider the incompatibilities, and the fact that we haven’t
seen much in the way of documented business value, we felt that we
needed to do a lot more study,” said Bowen.
Because of Google Apps’ sudden entry into the desktop productivity
market, what once would have been a routine decision at the FAA to
eventually upgrade to Microsoft’s latest software is now firmly up in
the air. With similar debates doubtless playing out at other government
agencies — and in the private sector — Microsoft is going to have to
work a lot harder than in past years convincing customers to follow its
well worn path of new releases and follow-on patches.
Link:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
Greetings from Auburn… today at work, I started using a new all-in-one instant messenger client called GAIM… it’s a free download and it supports numerous IM networks such has AOL, ICQ, MSN (although my MSN connection continues to fail….) Novell, Gadu-Gadu (whatever the heck that is), IRC, Jabber, Napster, Yahoo, and SILC.
One of the cool things I found was it shows you when a particular screen name was created… So i thought way back to my first screen name of chuckysal (hint the name of the blog), i added it to my buddy list, and sure enough, there was my “member since” date… I couldn’t believe it when I saw it…. Thursday, October 21, 1997! It’s almost been 10 years since I’ve been using AIM…
Well anyways I just thought that was kinda interesting… make you look at how far the world of IM’ing has come! How long have you been IM’ing? Post a comment and let me know!
I promise there will be an updated personal entry coming this week! Oh, and for those of you that don’t know and will be in the Auburn area this weekend, the 4th Annual “Heros Take Flight Fly-In” is Saturday from 10a - 3p at KAUO. See link for more information.
1. You can properly pronounce Arab, Cahaba, Opelika, Sylacauga,
Oneonta,and Eufaula. …and Caddo.
2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are
sissies.
3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and
look for a funnel.
4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by
the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.
5. Stores don’t have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and
buggies.
6. You’ve seen people wear bib overalls at funerals.
7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.
8. You measure distance in minutes. (It’s about 5 minutes down the
road)
9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.
10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.
11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.
12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding
date .
13. You have known someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.
lol
14. You aren’t surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and
bait all in the same store.
15. A Mercedes Benz isn’t a status symbol. A Chevy Silverado Extended
Bed Crew Cab is.
16. You know everything goes better with Ranch Dressing.
17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.
18. You actually get these jokes and are “fixin’ ” to send them to your
friends.
19. You have used your heater and air-conditioner in the same day!
Finally:
You are 100% Alabamian if you have ever had this conversation:
20. “You wanna coke?” “Yeah.” “What kind?” “Dr Pepper”
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