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So in case you needed proof that America’s education system is failing horribly, “Christmass” is currently a trending topic on Twitter. That’s right. Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are currently tweeting everyone a “Merry Christmass”.
Maybe they’re all talking about the 2006 Frank Black album?
If you bank with JP Morgan Chase or know anyone who does, you probably know that the last few days have been filled with aggravation and online banking users obsessively hitting the “refresh” buttons on their browsers.
It appears that Chase has been having some unexpected issues with it’s online banking division since early Monday. While there is currently no official explanation from those in the know at JPMC, rumors have been circulating that the online banking site, along with those from other banks, began to experience numerous attempts to hack security, causing officials to shutter the site.
JP Morgan simply said a glitch
in the custom software caused malfunctions in the site.
The bank has said that they will help customers who were inconvenienced by the downtime, such as customers who use Chase’s Online Bill Pay who’s automatic payments didn’t go through because of the outage.
As if flying coach class on an airline wasn’t uncomfortable enough (we wouldn’t know, being rich and all), a new prototype by Italian firm, Aviointeriors Group, uses a design similar to a saddle to fill aircraft to the brim with paychecks passengers. Passengers sit at an angle, with their weight taken on by their legs. It also allows seats to be overlapped. The design, named the “SkyRider”, allows just 23 inches of legroom, which is about seven inches less than the average seat’s space of 30 inches.
“The seat is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle.”
The company added that the seat, which is in its final stage of testing, had been “designed and engineered to offer the possibility to even further reduce ticket prices while still maintaining sound profitability”.
Irish budget airline, Ryanair, is reportedly interested in the new seat design. This is the same airline that announced it would begin to allow passengers to stand during flights, if it were able to gain approval from the Irish Aviation Authority.
But the latest idea has already been dismissed by safety officials.
The European Aviation Safety Agency, in Cologne, Germany, said the plans were “highly unlikely” to meet stringent safety approval. “To our knowledge, no airlines or other operators have made an application for stand-up seats,” a spokesman said. “What they are proposing would be unprecedented and highly unlikely to be certified in the near future.” No approval has been granted.
Mr Menoud said if a carrier committed to the new design his company would apply for the proper certification.
What would you do for perfect cell phone reception where you live? Some of us are willing to go to any length to pull a couple extra bars from the air. At one New York City building, the landlord is putting his resident’s lives at risk, just to provide them with enough signal strength to download the latest fart app.
A recently-signed law in San Francisco requiring cell phone manufacturers to place radiation level labels on their products may not stick after all. If the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) has their way, a court room battle may be in the works.
The CTIA just filed a complaint in federal district court, claiming the new law supersedes the FCC’s authority to regulate radio emissions and misleads consumers into believing some phones are safer than others. True, but maybe San Franciscans want to know exactly HOW much radiation they’re pumping into their brains. Personally, I’m just interesting in my call not getting dropped and my messages all arriving safe and sound in my inbox.
Read the full complaint here.