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This gem from the ABC news coverage has my mind 100% boggled: "711 has been affected by the outage … went in to buy a sandwich and a coffee and they couldn’t e

This gem from the ABC news coverage has my mind 100% boggled: "711 has been affected by the outage … went in to buy a sandwich and a coffee and they couldn’t even open the till. People who had filled up their cars were getting stuck in the shop because they couldn’t pay." Can't even take CASH payment without the computer, what a world!

timthorn 2y ago
At least they'd take cash if the computer wasn't broken. That's getting quite rare in the UK.
- physicsguy 2y ago
  Not really? I've only really seen people not taking cash at trendy street food stalls and bougie coffee shops, pretty much everywhere else does.
  - orf 2y ago
    In London it’s really common
    - physicsguy 2y ago
      At where though? The example given was in 711 which is a nationwide chain a bit like a Tesco Express or Sainsbury's Local, both of which still accept cash nationwide in the UK too.
      - xdennis 2y ago
        Aldi, apparently. That's where Piers Corbyn couldn't buy strawberries with cash. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/piers-corbyn-splits-opinion-latest-30601946 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/piers-corbyn-splits-op...
  - timthorn 2y ago
    Not just indie coffee shops - chains too. Pubs, clothes shops... Even the Raspberry Pi store
  - jeffhuys 2y ago
    Netherlands is the worst at this. More and more “PIN ONLY”. Also more and more tight rules about how much you're allowed to have. Luckily I can just give someone a paper wallet containing crypto. No transactions, no traceability, no rules.
Scoundreller 2y ago
Technically a payment terminal can go into island mode and take offline credit card transactions and post them later. PIN can be verified against the card. Depends if the retailer wants to take the chance of all that.
- nielsole 2y ago
  That is if the terminal is not dead itself
  - sgammon 2y ago
    The terminal is probably not running Crowdstrike...
    - j-bos 2y ago
      You might be surprised..
    - kristjansson 2y ago
      Terminal running Windows? Someone is going to make it run Crowdstrike too.
    - jeffhuys 2y ago
      Dude. SO MUCH STUFF runs on Windows.
    - sgammon 2y ago
      "Probably" is a load bearing word
    - sgammon 2y ago
      Crowdstrike != Windows ;)
- jimmydorry 2y ago
  Good luck putting a payment terminal into island mode when it's in a bluescreen loop.
skerit 2y ago
I'm seeing several reports of things like being unable to buy tickets for the train on-line in Belgium. They use Windows as a part of their server infrastructure?

timthorn 2y ago

At least they'd take cash if the computer wasn't broken. That's getting quite rare in the UK.

physicsguy 2y ago
Not really? I've only really seen people not taking cash at trendy street food stalls and bougie coffee shops, pretty much everywhere else does.
- orf 2y ago
  In London it’s really common
  - physicsguy 2y ago
    At where though? The example given was in 711 which is a nationwide chain a bit like a Tesco Express or Sainsbury's Local, both of which still accept cash nationwide in the UK too.
    - xdennis 2y ago
      Aldi, apparently. That's where Piers Corbyn couldn't buy strawberries with cash. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/piers-corbyn-splits-opinion-latest-30601946 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/piers-corbyn-splits-op...
- timthorn 2y ago
  Not just indie coffee shops - chains too. Pubs, clothes shops... Even the Raspberry Pi store
- jeffhuys 2y ago
  Netherlands is the worst at this. More and more “PIN ONLY”. Also more and more tight rules about how much you're allowed to have. Luckily I can just give someone a paper wallet containing crypto. No transactions, no traceability, no rules.

Scoundreller 2y ago

Technically a payment terminal can go into island mode and take offline credit card transactions and post them later. PIN can be verified against the card. Depends if the retailer wants to take the chance of all that.

nielsole 2y ago
That is if the terminal is not dead itself
- sgammon 2y ago
  The terminal is probably not running Crowdstrike...
  - j-bos 2y ago
    You might be surprised..
  - kristjansson 2y ago
    Terminal running Windows? Someone is going to make it run Crowdstrike too.
  - jeffhuys 2y ago
    Dude. SO MUCH STUFF runs on Windows.
  - sgammon 2y ago
    "Probably" is a load bearing word
  - sgammon 2y ago
    Crowdstrike != Windows ;)
jimmydorry 2y ago
Good luck putting a payment terminal into island mode when it's in a bluescreen loop.

skerit 2y ago

I'm seeing several reports of things like being unable to buy tickets for the train on-line in Belgium. They use Windows as a part of their server infrastructure?