Linked by Adam S on Wed 9th Jul 2008 12:59 UTC, submitted by Caffeine Deprived
Even if you love it, there are some things for which Windows is clearly a silly solution. Richard Stiennon lists 10 of the worst uses of Windows he's seen, including using it to display a static green arrow over the open TSA security lanes at Detroit Metro.
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RE: US Navy : Submarine CCC
by deathshadow on Wed 9th Jul 2008 22:02
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Windows is used in a LOT of military hardware.
Remember the F-117 that crashed because the computer was left on for something like 49.5 days - the point at which windows CE has a timer overflow that locks it up...
Or the Aegis cruisers that ran NT 4 - which not only left vessels completely disabled on many occasions, but was a double whammy when it came out that BeOS seemed to be able to log into older versions of NT as if there was no security.
In general there's a tendancy to throw full on computers at problems that could be solved by something as simple as a basic stamp... or in the case of green arrows, an on-off switch.
Edited 2008-07-09 22:03 UTC
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The most stupid use of Windows that I'm aware of: US Navy used windows on an SSBN in a test. The machine blue screened in the middle of the harbor (Norfrolk, Va.). The submarine stopped all operations while the computer was rebooted. Thank God it wasn't at test depth. or at station during a launch against a real threat.