<div dir="ltr">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>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Scott Castaline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skotchman@gmail.com" target="_blank">skotchman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">"Captain Kirk to the bridge!" For real on this wessel, not just scripted lines.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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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" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/<u></u>information-technology/2013/<u></u>10/the-navys-newest-warship-<u></u>is-powered-by-linux/</a> <br>
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Pretty cool stuff, if the design works.<br>
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