[ale] newest Navy Destroyer runs Linux

[Neal Rhodes]

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. 

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. 

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". 

Neal 
MNOP Ltd

On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 09:10 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> 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
> ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_%28CG-48%29 ) under "Smart
> Ship Testbed".  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>         "Captain Kirk to the bridge!" For real on this wessel, not
>         just scripted lines.
>         
>         
>         
>         On 10/31/2013 04:15 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
>         
>                 On 10/31/2013 04:06 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:
>                 
>                         And the captain name of the ship is Captain
>                         Kirk
>                 
>                 
>                 I don't know how I missed bringing up that point?
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                         
>                         On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Damon L.
>                         Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:
>                         
>                                 <tongue-in-cheek/>This is wrong. Just
>                                 wrong.  someone designed an entire
>                                 ship off of "off the shelf hardware"
>                                 and Linux. Is there a sudden outbreak
>                                 of common sense in the US
>                                 Military?</tongue-in-cheek>
>                                 
>                                 http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/ 
>                                 
>                                 Pretty cool stuff, if the design
>                                 works.
>                                 
>                                 -- 
>                                 Damon L. Chesser
>                                 damon at damtek.com
>                                 http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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