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My Boeing 767 runs Linux, and yours?

admin — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:24:52 +0000

This was seen on a Boeing 767 while en route from Las Vegas to Atlanta, the flight being operated by Delta. Apparently, many people were having problems with their purchased movies, and so the crew decided to reset the system, provoking a nicely familiar sight.

Linux on a plane

Now we could all start making jokes about nmapping the plane, or trying to run Asterisk off a USB drive plugged into the management console, which by the way was accessible to anyone who wandered to the toilet and happened to look left. It had a nice big “Reset all” button too, two USB ports, and a gigabit etherenet RJ45. I just hope they don’t run a kernel with some remote_crash_plane() buffer overflow exploit…

Hacked-up displays – Geneva airport

admin — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:22:03 +0000

Today, I attended a business meeting in Geneva, and on the way back, noticed the info panel at the airport was on a bit of a vacation.

Hacked-up displays – Barcelona Metro

admin — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:25:05 +0000

I’m going to start a section called Hacked-up displays, or HUDs for short.
HUDs are public displays, screens and panels which are caught showing something they shouldn’t be, by fault or by hack. There is a classic roadside HUD here, as a good example. I’m posting this phonecam pic of an infoscreen at the Barcelona Metro, which usually shows videos, news and other stuff to bored passengers waiting on the platforms – and with which DirectPlay was not happy.

The rules:

1. Any image of a HUD is allowed, unless it contains foul language and/or explicit images.
2. Pics taken must be submitted with a short explanation of context, or if a hack was involved, a more detailed story of events.
3. Please advise if you want credit or want to remain anonymous. Confidentiality of submissions is guaranteed (thanks Apple!)