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QuoteMicrosoft Windows is now powering the British Royal Navy's nuclear-armed submarine fleet; giving all new meaning to the Blue Screen of Death.
It would seem the British Royal Navy and BAE Systems have quite a bit of trust in the Microsoft Windows operating system, as BAE Systems have now finished retrofitting twelve Royal Navy submarines with systems running Windows XP and Windows 2000. The project, called Submarine Command System Next Generation (SMCS-NG), was in the works since 2002, when it was first proposed that commercial PC hardware running Microsoft Windows could be used as a platform for sensor and weapon control applications.
Oops it froze up, there goes a nuke to Iran
they should use macs and then all their nukes would be in a friendly, picture based filing system which they cannot access because they don't have administrative priviledges
Quote from: rtilthey should use macs and then all their nukes would be in a friendly, picture based filing system which they cannot access because they don't have administrative priviledges
yes and let's not forget that the "fire nuke" command is hidden in a parade of nonsensical menus which can only be accessed by format > settings > communications
at least they're not using vista
what happened to all the geekiness and the Linux? :<
Quote from: LordZeebmorkQuote from: rtilthey should use macs and then all their nukes would be in a friendly, picture based filing system which they cannot access because they don't have administrative priviledges
yes and let's not forget that the "fire nuke" command is hidden in a parade of nonsensical menus which can only be accessed by format > settings > communications
and if the navigating system is started by an .exe file, well, forget it
apple would never have let them use any mac os, they would've had to switch to apple-manufactured submarines
pure white and glimmering
Quote from: Sashuraat least they're not using vista
i noticed that too
Quote from: anselapple would never have let them use any mac os, they would've had to switch to apple-manufactured submarines
pure white and glimmering
great for hiding around glaciers and showing off to your friends
Some choices Britain make just make me want to go elsewhere in the world, Australia ,USA, Italy, hell even Ireland.
Quote from: Sashuraat least they're not using vista
They probably tested that with U.S "precision bombing" programs.
Quote from: rtilQuote from: anselapple would never have let them use any mac os, they would've had to switch to apple-manufactured submarines
pure white and glimmering
great for hiding around glaciers and showing off to your friends
i was gonna make a joke about how expensive it would be but it occurred to me that I don't know the going rate for your average submarine and no one else does either