May Scrap Vital Overhaul for Computers" presented the F.B.I.'s plan to upgrade or replace an outdated computer system in an unfairly dim light.
Technology as inoffensive as a Pentium II processor, an outdated computer chip, is considered too dangerous to allow into Iraqi hands.
But if you've ever been stranded at an airport during a raging thunderstorm, chances are you will end up standing in a long line watching a gate agent typing furiously on an outdated computer.
Imagine working in the most expensive office ever built – and not only having to work on an outdated computer system but also having to go to a corridor to do it.
Officials also say that operations throughout the agency have been plagued by outdated computer technology, and, until last year, by professional pay scales that significantly lagged behind other financial regulatory agencies, leading to defections from the S.E.C.
A janky, outdated computer system in Loehmann's cop car might have garbled that whole "probably fake" bit.
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a sweeping reform of the nation's patent laws on Thursday, sending to President Obama a bill that changes the system for determining priority for inventions at the patent office and provides more financing for an agency beset by application backlogs and outdated computer systems.
At one point last year, Ryanair's vocal chief executive, Michael O'Leary, said it was "frankly ridiculous" that flights were being disrupted by "an outdated, inappropriate and imaginary computer-generated model", presumably referring to the UK VAAC's ash plume tracking model).
When Theresa May announced her plans to dismantle the UKBA in the Commons in March, she portrayed it as a deranged, secretive monolith staffed by petty idiots with hopelessly outdated computer systems.
If you have access to older hardware (your own outdated computer equipment or a computer salvage center), you may salvage an enclosure of an appropriate size by stripping out the older components inside.
