He never showed up!

@TheHorse (214031)
Walnut Creek, California
July 20, 2024 9:06am CST
I finished up The Dynaco A-40XLs. Their owner was flying in from somewhere last night at about Midnight and asked my to put the speakers in front of my door so he could pick them up at 1 AM or so. (He has already paid me for my work via PayPal.) I did so. But when I went out to check this morning, the speakers were still there. My hypothesis is that his plane was delayed by the computer screw up that is affecting flights, businesses, etc. Our system was down at Guitar Center yesterday. Have you been affected by the glitch/hack, or whatever it is? I haven't really researched it. Does it involve Big Brother Microsoft somehow?
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (87128)
• Bangalore, India
20 Jul
Yes, it was a Microsoft global outage and the inconvenience was caused everywhere. Fortunately no one was traveling yesterday in our family. My elder daughter was on train and she had the printout of ticket. She faced no issues. I avoided doing any digital money transactions as it was suggested by few on the news channel. My husband has a flight tomorrow night and I hope that all goes smooth.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
I am glad you did not have any family flying.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (87128)
• Bangalore, India
24 Jul
@TheHorse I hope that he could come and pick it up
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317038)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Jul
Yes, Microsoft had a worldwide outage. Yes, it affected my computer too. I hope he picks up the speakers soon.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
How did it affect your computer? I cannot tell if mine was affected or not.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jul
@just4him I have sent files of my completed chapters to my brother.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317038)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jul
@TheHorse It's good you did.
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Jul
We were not affected but many flights were
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
I am glad. I still have not heard from my "customer." He must be frustrated, wherever he is.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jul
It affected plane flights here but not us personally.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jul
I still have not heard from the fella.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jul
@JudyEv I hope he is OK as well.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jul
@TheHorse I think lots of airports were affected. I hope he is okay.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Jul
Microsoft is having issues, they are being attacked from every angle. I'm sorry that man's flight was screwed up, that's pretty common.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
Hopefully I will hear from him this morning.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
@kobesbuddy I'll check to see if he emailed me yet.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
20 Jul
@TheHorse He will get there, probably just delayed somewhere.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
21 Jul
I was not affected by the outage. You are lucky no one stole the speakers!!! Have a good day.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jul
I have lived here for many yours and have closely analyzed what people steal and do not steal.
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Fleur
@Fleura (29677)
• United Kingdom
20 Jul
It did involve Microsoft but it wasn't their fault. It was a coding error in a software update from a security company called CrowdStrike. Never heard of them but apparently they are worth Billions (or they were) and they are in charge of security for many worldwide organisations.
CrowdStrike and Microsoft: What we know about global IT outage
www.bbc.co.uk
A mass IT outage has caused chaos around the world, with major airlines among the victims.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (214031)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jul
Heh. I think their stock was down by 11 percent yesterday.
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