Something interesting happened to my plane on the way back from the IBM Technical Conference. I flew back on a new 757 with an “entertainment system” in the headrest. In the middle of the video about passenger safety, the video froze and after about a mintue I saw the following:
It’s a blurry picture from my phone (yes, it was supposed to be off but I couldn’t resist pulling it out and turning it on to capture this). The picture is the system rebooting itself. The seats use Red hat Linux. I thought it was hysterical. Everyone around me was just looking around, confused what all this “stuff” was on their screen. In a few minutes, everything was fine.
I played around with it and I found some features I liked. The music was free and had a great selection. The video is another story. I’m sorry but I’m not swiping my credit card to play a movie or a TV show. I know the airlines are desperate for cash but come on…
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