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OSS torpedoed: Royal Navy will run on Windows for Warships. “Combat management contractor opts for Win2k as base OS.” from The Register
Deeply disurbing. I don’t think that Windows was ever developed for, and carries a warranty forbidding, operations in such sensitive environments as nuclear plants, life support or warship command & control centers. While the [...]

Hurricane Frances. G’bye and good ridance!. Alex Feldstein reports: “Hurricane Frances is almost past us (Miami). It is such a huge storm and so slow that it takes almost 3 days to pass. Fortunately for us in the North Miami area, we did not get the brunt of the storm and only saw plenty of [...]