Silly Bugs

Obvious 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 mins

3 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 mins

Sorry.

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 mins

Ooh... 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 56min

At some point, between Feb 27 and Sept 3, Travelocity forgot what a timezone is. Travelocity still doesn't know. Nice work, guys.

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