Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:11:39 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "J S" <spl1t_h0r1z0n@usa.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: [Re: NASA's Operating System?] Message-ID: <002301c13974$049137e0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010909061950.24928.qmail@nwcst282.netaddress.usa.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of J S > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:20 AM > To: Neill Robins; David Kelly > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [Re: NASA's Operating System?] > > wow, dual pentium pros running NT, talk about a "modern" navy. i > think they > should go buy some TI-92's, or HP-48/49's and run their smart > ships with them. > better math capabilities (no crashing when you divide by 0), and > more games > than with NT. or they could really go for the multifunction high > performance > machine, and get a palmVIIx, it even has wireless capabilities, > or maybe the > hp journada. > comforting thought that the american navy is spending their money > on unstable, > outdated hardware and software. i'll sleep better tonight knowing i am > protected by the best. > > joshua Hmm, And I bet you'd probably want to blame the Challenger Tragedy on the fact that the Space Shuttle is run by 3 IBM System/36 machines. The Pentium Pro is only what, 5-6 years old? I guess you're saying that since there's a new WhizBang 2000 out that the US Navy should be running the WhizBang 2000, and should toss out the old WhizBang 1000 models? The division by zero problem was a programming error, not a hardware error, and you're not going to find a piece of software out there without errors, period. How do you know that they didn't buy that system back in 95-96 when the PPro was brand new and cutting edge? Why are you assuming that it was just purchased, since the problem just cropped up? This kind of sarcasm about how things should be done coming from someone that's probably never served a day in a uniform in their life. I'm sorry, but I don't like it one bit. --- Andy P.S. You should sleep better knowing that you're protected by the best. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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