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Airline sorry for 'H8GAYS' confirmation code
The Telegraph ^
| 12/17/2013
| Oliver Smith
Posted on 12/17/2013 3:43:55 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley
Racist computers! Or is it sexist? Whatever the “ist,” these computers needs to be banned. They are obvisously very dangerous.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:48:17 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: markomalley
the confirmation codes are computer-generated and are completely randomI think their computer should be forced to attend sensitivity and diversity training.
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:49:36 AM PST
by
NJRighty
("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
To: markomalley
This idiots code should have been DMBASS instead
Only morons don’t know the record locators are randomly generated
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posted on
12/17/2013 3:50:25 AM PST
by
Rome2000
(THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
To: markomalley
They were so sorry they let the couple join the airline’s mile-high club for free.
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:10:22 AM PST
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
To: markomalley
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:16:28 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: markomalley
Following the hubbub over this, the computer password has beenn reset to ‘LUVFAG’
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:23:10 AM PST
by
Vanders9
To: markomalley
There’s no way that was “completely random”.
There’s something else going on here. Extortion, perhaps?
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:24:02 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: markomalley
>>At first I didnt think I read it right, Mr White, a student at the University of West Florida, told the newspaper. I was worried that another customer might think I somehow picked that code. If I were a gay male, I might have thought that a Delta worker purposely gave me that code, and that would have made me extremely uncomfortable.<<
And in a sane world, a man who doesn’t sit down to pee would have just laughed at this and went about his day, not gone to the press and whined like a little b!tc#.
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posted on
12/17/2013 4:56:36 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise, beating down the multitudes and scoffing at the wise.")
To: markomalley
Perhaps the algorithm needs some massaging.
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posted on
12/17/2013 5:06:00 AM PST
by
pa_dweller
(Extremist tea-party-driven hostage-taking legislative arsonist without a life)
To: markomalley
![](http://www.collectoons.com/imgtoon/701/702/20100101_121507chode.gif)
FDRQ
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posted on
12/17/2013 5:10:03 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: markomalley
To: pa_dweller
Al Gore rhythm? (/crazed sex poodle reference)
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posted on
12/17/2013 5:12:11 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: thefactor
Racist computers! Or is it sexist? Whatever the ist, these computers needs to be banned They're not "ist," they're "ic." As in homophobic.
Yes, ban them, pull their memory chips, and scrub their hard drives!
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posted on
12/17/2013 5:22:00 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: Yo-Yo
To: ItsOurTimeNow
In a sane world, this wouldn’t be newworthy in any publication.
To: markomalley
Oh wow...now they're going to have to make sure NO computer generated codes start with "H8". Also better make sure there are no FK codes. Or IH8. Or UH8. Or UB. Or UR.
In other words, it's ridiculous to even report this as a news story.
To: markomalley
If I’m in charge:
“This code is generated by a computer program. It is meaningless. Your attempt to read meaning into it is stupid, foolish, and puerile. Now if you don’t mind, I have work to do.”
I can bet you with absolute certainty, that some officially-certified victim will someday claim a random code is “hate” speech and sue and win.
This is not a sane world.
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posted on
12/17/2013 6:17:04 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
To: thefactor
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posted on
12/17/2013 6:19:03 AM PST
by
Mears
To: Fresh Wind
Actually, it’s the alphanumeric equivalent of a mathematical checksum. Using just letters and digits, a 6-character alphanumeric checksum gives a universe of 2.17 TRILLION possible flight combinations.
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posted on
12/17/2013 6:31:05 AM PST
by
Salgak
(http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
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