Author Topic: UK Navy to use Windows for Warships (Read 733 times)

Makarov9 · « **on:** September 07, 2004, 02:01:26 PM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/

"INCOMING SILKWORM! Reboot damnit REBOOT!"

Nilsen · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:20:15 PM »

Did you by any chanse find the link at subsim.com?

I would never trust bill to control warships, but i guess the know what they are doing

Skuzzy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:33:17 PM »

I doubt they know what they are doing if they are allowing Windows anywhere near a warship.

Captain: INCOMING! Get the defense net up!
GeekMate FC: Sir! WE'VE BLUE SCREENED!
Captain: No BS!!!! Get it back up!
GeekMate FC: We have a dirty file system! It'll be......

**BOOM**

Makarov9 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:46:01 PM »

Neg, found the link on The Inquirer .

Nilsen · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:50:24 PM »

2Slow · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:55:03 PM »

hack military broadband, hack defense Windows. Sink ship.

Chortle · « **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:56:44 PM »

Quote

And in case you're wondering, the Vanguard class boats carry the UK's Trident thermo-nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. So some people think that's a heap of responsibility for Windows to carry.

lol Holy crap.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2004, 02:58:43 PM »

Windows has experienced a Fatal Error at : 0d 0a 35 ff 5d a7 f2

Nuclear Payload launched

-SW

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:02:58 PM »

404: Target aircraft cannot be found. The target you are looking for may have been removed, had its IR signiture changed or is temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:

*If you typed the aircraft designation into the target bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

*Open the http://www.microsoft.com homepage and then look for links to the information about the aircraft that you want to target.

*Click the "Previous target" button to try another target.

*Click the "Search" button to look for information about this problem on the internet.

HTTP 404 - File not found.
(C)2004 Microsoft Windows for Warships.

[calm yet sexy female voice] Warning. Warning. Apex inbound. Drop flare.[/calm yet sexy female voice]

Makarov9 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:26:25 PM »

ROFL, nice one Saurd

fd ski · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:46:50 PM »

yeah yeah yeah... windoze this windoze that..

I used to think that windows was the worst thing ever, then I got a job leading a software project written in java on unix... you lads haven't seen nothing yet..

Skuzzy · « **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:48:24 PM »

OT: Java on UNIX is sort of like mixing water and oil fdski. I do not envy you and wonder about a company that would use Java on UNIX (actually on anything..but let's save that for another discussion).

Back on topic, between UNIX and Windows, I would trust UNIX a lot more than Windows for anything critical.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:50:24 PM »

So many people are moving to coding in Java now-a-days too. They actually replaced C and C++ courses in atleast one school's curriculum with Java classes. Scary that the trend is towards bloatware and uber-slow programs.
-SW

fd ski · « **Reply #13 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:56:13 PM »

Well Scuzzy, before i did that, i did admin a bunch of unix boxes for a while. Amount of root hacks of all sorts wasn't much different from those in windows, main difference was the fact that latter gets called on it on TV due to sheer number of users.

If media reported ever root hack on unix, it would make unix look just as bad as windows does.

As for java, well, it sucks. Scares the bejesus out of me, but i do have good people working for me so i'm at least lucky in that way.

Company in question is one of the largest software houses in poland, but it's a nuthouse from hell really

Let's just say I was writing an official fax from the client to myself today which will be mailed to the client tomorrow and faxed with his signature back to me in two days. How is that for insane ?

Nilsen · « **Reply #14 on:** September 07, 2004, 03:57:31 PM »

java sucks

oh.. and flash. flash sucks

so does acrobat even if the intention is good. actobat sucks

basicly everything that doesnt open FAST on my 866mhz P3M laptop sucks.