<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hmm, reminds me of a little humorous
sound effect in Star Trek: In Search Of Spock when Kirk and
skeleton crew make off with the Enterprise and Scotty had broken
the engines in the new star ship that was being used to give
chase. Sounded like an old Model T backfiring and then dying.<br>
<br>
On 11/01/2013 09:10 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CADT30qWifE74ZD6HwN-KjrF43VM85eFNu5AmZvYx_bPYbT+STA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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">
<br>
<br>
On 10/31/2013 04:15 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 10/31/2013 04:06 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
And the captain name of the ship is Captain Kirk<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I don't know how I missed bringing up that point?<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Damon L. Chesser
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:damon@damtek.com" target="_blank">damon@damtek.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<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>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/"
target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/</a>
<br>
<br>
Pretty cool stuff, if the design works.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Damon L. Chesser<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:damon@damtek.com" target="_blank">damon@damtek.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser"
target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser</a><br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Ale mailing list<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"
target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"
target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Ale mailing list<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"
target="_blank">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"
target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"
target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a>
See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>