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Silly Bugs
Posted on January 30th, 2008 3 commentsObvious bugs in software annoy me. Obvious bugs in software that have been there for a while annoy me even more. Obvious bugs in software that have been therefore for a while that should be trivial to fix make me laugh.
Wed, Dec 26, 2007
Philadelphia International Airport, (PHL) to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, (SEA)
Flight: United Flight 2234 operated by US Airways (on Airbus A321-100/200)
Depart: 05:55 PM, Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Arrive: 09:09 PM, Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)
Total Travel Time: 3 hrs 14 mins3 hours west to east? Nope. Don’t think so.
Sun, Sep 23, 2007
Philadelphia International Airport, (PHL) to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, (SEA)
Flight: US Airways Flight 753 ((on Airbus A321-100/200)
Depart: 05:55 PM, Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Arrive: 08:57 PM Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)
Total Travel Time: 3 hrs 2 minsSorry.
Mon, Sep 3, 2007
Flight: Delta Air Lines Flight 533 ((on Boeing 757-200)
Depart: 02:23 PM, Atlanta, GA (ATL)
Arrive: 04:30 PM Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)
Total Travel Time: 2 hrs 7 minsOoh… two hours coast-to-coast… I want to be on that plane!
And yet… it used to work at some point:
Tue, Feb 27, 2007
Flight: United Flight 2032 Operated by US AIRWAYS( nonstop )
Depart: 08:35 AM, Seattle/Tacoma, WA (SEA)
Arrive: 04:31 PM, Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Total Travel Time: 4hrs 56minAt some point, between Feb 27 and Sept 3, Travelocity forgot what a timezone is. Travelocity still doesn’t know. Nice work, guys.
3 responses to “Silly Bugs”
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ummm, i think those are right. they are local times. so when you fly east to west, you subtract the times and add 3 hours to get the flight times.
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Heh. They said it takes 3 hours to get between the east coast and the west coast. It’s more like 5 – 6. They forgot about the area codes and just computed the different in local times.
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doh. i thought the bold stuff was YOUR text. Poor Travelocity. Just wait for the time when it courtesy-dials you to remind you about your flight after it’s taken off.
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Dan January 30th, 2008 at 19:48