http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/12/17/air-canadas-wild-and-woolly-sms-alert-system/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/12/17/air-canadas-wild-and-woolly-sms-alert-system/#comment-79952 Rob Hyndman Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:50:17 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/12/17/air-canadas-wild-and-woolly-sms-alert-system/#comment-79952 Nice. Well, we were just delayed again, and I found out on the Web. No SMS alert yet. Nice. Well, we were just delayed again, and I found out on the Web. No SMS alert yet.

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/12/17/air-canadas-wild-and-woolly-sms-alert-system/#comment-79951 Dave Hyndman Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:34:32 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/12/17/air-canadas-wild-and-woolly-sms-alert-system/#comment-79951 My experience has been different. A couple of years ago, while living through a "rolling delay" in Montreal in the middle of winter, I consistently received text message status that was more accurate and up-to-date than the information the AC employees at the desk had. I kept showing them: "See, it's delayed another 1/2 hour." My experience has been different. A couple of years ago, while living through a “rolling delay” in Montreal in the middle of winter, I consistently received text message status that was more accurate and up-to-date than the information the AC employees at the desk had. I kept showing them: “See, it’s delayed another 1/2 hour.”

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