19 Apr
2005
19 Apr
'05
7:48 a.m.
chris wrote:
Read the bottom of the article, where they state that numerous other
software failures on the Yorktown are associated with using Win NT.
I think the real lesson here is, don't let any computer be your sole
method of controlling a warship... didn't these people watch
Terminator?!? :-)
I guess nobody in DC watches Classic Star Trek and installed "manual
over rides".
Funny in WWI & WWII warships worked well with out puters but then they
had 'sound
powered phones" for commication on ship -- no electricty needed -- just
wire between phones.
<http://www.gcn.com/17_17/news/33727-1.html>
Another myth.
What happened was the _application_, not Windows, had a flaw (a divide by
zero bug).