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I know someone who is an offshore rated captain, who does ferry work, and he has indicated that incompatibilities of onboard control systems is not uncommon. <BR>
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The FAA is very strict about electronics in aircraft; you can't just shove in a CD player/radio; it has to be TSO approved. <BR>
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However, maritime regulation is not so, and control systems on the bridge sometimes lose contact with the engine room. There have been some spectacular docking accidents as a result, where the captain called for "Idle", and the engine went "Full Ahead". <BR>
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USS Yorktown, Windows NT, September 1997. A coding error in the RDBMS combined with a zero entered in the wrong field disables the ship's engines off the Virginia coast. Wikipedia has details ( <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CG-48%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CG-48%29</A> ) under "Smart Ship Testbed". <BR>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Scott Castaline <<A HREF="mailto:skotchman@gmail.com">skotchman@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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"Captain Kirk to the bridge!" For real on this wessel, not just scripted lines.
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On 10/31/2013 04:15 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:<BR>
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On 10/31/2013 04:06 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:<BR>
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And the captain name of the ship is Captain Kirk<BR>
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I don't know how I missed bringing up that point?<BR>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Damon L. Chesser <<A HREF="mailto:damon@damtek.com">damon@damtek.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<tongue-in-cheek/>This is wrong. Just wrong. someone designed an entire<BR>
ship off of "off the shelf hardware" and Linux. Is there a sudden outbreak<BR>
of common sense in the US Military?</tongue-in-cheek><BR>
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<A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/">http://arstechnica.com/</A><A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/">information-technology/2013/</A><A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/">10/the-navys-newest-warship-</A><A HREF="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/">is-powered-by-linux/</A> <BR>
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Pretty cool stuff, if the design works.<BR>
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