I forget what exactly I was looking for on the web, but I saw some interesting links which eventually led to this one: "Royal Navy completes Windows for Submarines(TM) rollout" =:-O
Now, is this for real? Does this "The Register" have any credibility, or are these gag stories?
'cause Windows on a Submarine is beyond nuts - it's tantamount to mass murder!
Wondering, Rich
Confirmed by a search at BAE's website:
Excellent! Just gets better. I hope BAE included in the installation requirements the setting up of a table tennis table and video machine for the on board support IT support Guy's, cause where there going, there going to have trouble contacting India for microsofts registration and help line.
It is old news, and you are an idiot if you think it is a problem.
On a sunny day (Thu, 14 May 2009 22:35:03 GMT) it happened Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote in :
Whot doo youooo expect from a country that lost Vietnam and cannot even explain why they fight in Afghanistan?
Today I did read that the Chinese have adopted a new OS for their mil, it seems to be a Free BSD derivative named 'Kylin OS'. Just so foreign intelligence has a bit harder time. I do believe in security by obscurity, because it helps.
Those politicians who were bought by MS money to install their crap.... write to them... And even MS wants to borrow cash these days... Crumbling down the capitalist system?
Did the US Navy stick with windows?
Don't know how long ago this was:
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The Aegis missile cruiser, USS Yorktown, experienced some software glitches with its new PC systems running Windows NT last year. To be exact, the U.S. Navy had to tow the ship back to port.
The ship was part of a pilot program to install PCs to reduce manpower, maintenance and costs. However last September, after some "bad data" was fed into the system, the ship was crippled during maneuvers because of massive system failures.
According to Government Computer News, a database overflow caused the ship?s propulsion system to fail. "We are putting equipment in the engine room that we cannot maintain and, when it fails, results in a critical failure," said Anthony DiGiorgio, a civilian engineer with the Atlantic Fleet Technical Support Center in Norfolk.
/end quote
I wonder if these two have a bit of the ol mikkysoft on board...
It used to be all hardware, no brains - but with microsoft now in the equation... ?
Ah, another graduate of the Phil Allison charm school.
I'm pretty sure I recently saw a data collection system with Windows for sub installation. This is a brand new system to update old or nonexistant systems.
Bomb shelter reminds me of my former house across the street from the first home bomb shelter in America built in the late 50's. It really was just a fallout shelter but was a very interesting thing, along with the overall house construction. It was also interesting the guy drew a HBO half hour show in his basement. It was an animation made from those clear sheets. And, then, lightning hit his outside antenna starting a fire down there. He had to redraw a number of plates. The house had a steel roof.
greg
Crumbling down the Socialist system. The Free Market is the ONE thing that could pull us out of this crap forthwith. Oh, and fire or kill all of the bureaucrats, so the Free Market CAN work.
Haven't you noticed? Already, the more they dump into the socialistic "bailout" scheme, the worse things get.
Duh.
Thanks, Rich
Kylin is Red Star Linux, the Chinese Gvmt Operating system.
At least it was called Red Star two or three years ago. Supposed to run Windows Aps too.
Steve
I presume that you're referring to Red *Flag* Linux.
Those who have actually looked into it suggest that it's FreeBSD. A good collection of Kylin-related links can be found at:
The Kylin website is at:
eaded
Oh, yeah? How about this:
Amen.
On a sunny day (Sat, 16 May 2009 09:07:22 -0700 (PDT)) it happened gearhead wrote in :
Well, it does not even look nice. I have seen somebody present food in a nice looking way...... Just a bit of gold color does not do it. And 5 gram, a bit heavy on the stomach, but your purse would be that much lighter :-)
"Richard the Dreaded Libertarian" skrev i meddelelsen news: snipped-for-privacy@example.net...
Well - all we are doing with all our e$$$pensive military might is to kill peasants that cannot retaliate in places where tee-vee crews do not travel. The Navy are poofs anyway!
I had a friend who served on missile subs, the boomers. They'd be out for months at a time. If anybody was found with, say, a muscle magazine or anything else faintly suspicious, that would be their last cruise. Very anti-poof, they were.
John
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Being very anti-poof is good evidence of being one. The examples are endless.
"...may I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no cannibalism in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit.."
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No, it was Affirmative Action. The banks were FORCED to make bad loans, (or at least intimidated into doing it) to meet their racial quotas.
Hope This Helps! Rich
That's just bullshit. The banks discovered a way to make money from selling crap loans, so they did. No-one made them do it.
Actually, it's not "just" bullshit; it's also using the poor and minorities as scapegoats for the failings of (mostly) rich white men.
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