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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure |
| Date | 2019-03-28 23:00 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <gg3ra5Fms75U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <gg321vFhie8U1@mid.individual.net> <gg3mr1FltlaU1@mid.individual.net> |
On 28/03/2019 9:43 pm, Adrian Caspersz wrote: > On 28/03/2019 04:48, Sylvia Else wrote: >> My local Maccas was temporarily unable to take orders today because >> there was some kind of upstream network failure. I took this >> photograph of one of their kiosks. >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/lsmg6ux84svt2ne/WindowsCrash.jpg?dl=0 >> >> What does this image tell us? >> >> 1. McDonald's is using Windows to run a system that takes orders for >> burgers and coffee. >> >> 2. Said system cannot handle an upstream failure without crashing due >> to problem with a driver. >> >> 3. The driver appears to be related to the touch screen. >> >> <https://www.scribd.com/document/254188226/Elo-Touch-Solutions-Multi-Touch-Driver-User-Manual-6-4-0> >> >> >> 4. Somehow, and upstream failure can break a touch screen driver. >> >> The mind boggles. >> > > Faulty driver update deployed from remote? > I don't think so. It appears I didn't adequately explain what was going on. None of the McDonald's order system was working, not the kiosks, not the counter cash registers, nor ordering over the Ap. The kiosk BSofD seemed just a symptom of the wider problem, albeit not the kind one would expect. Sylvia.
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McDonald's Kiosk failure Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-03-28 15:48 +1100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2019-03-28 07:37 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-03-31 00:19 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-01 18:16 +0100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-01 18:18 +0100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-04-01 18:02 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-04-03 13:37 +0100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2019-04-04 01:20 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-04-04 20:57 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-03-28 08:27 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-03-28 22:55 +1100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-03-28 08:39 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-03-28 22:56 +1100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-03-28 10:43 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-03-28 23:00 +1100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-03-28 12:38 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-03-28 23:47 +1100
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2019-03-28 10:02 -0400
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-03-28 14:17 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> - 2019-03-28 14:30 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2019-03-28 15:30 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-03-28 09:45 -0400
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-03-28 14:18 +0000
Re: McDonald's Kiosk failure Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-03-28 16:21 +0000
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