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dballance

(5,756 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 02:34 PM Oct 2013

Xerox on EBT issue: "power outage during a routine maintenance test caused the temporary glitch" BS! [View all]

Does anybody really believe that bullshit? In all my 30+ years in IT I've never seen a power outage cause a software glitch. Was this power outage on the UPS systems? Those do happen. UPS's are machines and they do fail - rarely.

Power outages either take down the machines or perhaps cause spikes but those should be filtered out be any UPS unless it's the UPS that has the issue. But that would typically mean a sudden, unexpected power-down of the computers. Not modification of software code allowing unlimited purchases.

I'm not sure what PR flacky at Xerox came up with that bullshit but without some further explanation I'm not buying it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57607332/ebt-benefit-card-glitch-sparks-walmart-shopping-sprees-in-louisiana/

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Xerox on EBT issue: "power outage during a routine maintenance test caused the temporary glitch" BS! [View all] dballance Oct 2013 OP

most likely a policy lapfog_1 Oct 2013 #1

Well i am not an expert in data centers Egnever Oct 2013 #2

"...as shoppers swept through the aisles at two stores and bought as much as they could carry" left on green only Oct 2013 #3

I used to work at a large data center. LiberalArkie Oct 2013 #4