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Insider's Look at High-Tech High-Speed Navy Vessel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lot-of-steel dept.

Xidus writes "Computerworld is running an article on the technology behind the US Navy's newest HSV (High Speed Vessel), focusing on interfaces designed to reduce the number of personnel needed on the bridge. Lots of pretty pictures. No word on OSes, although Mozilla is mentioned, and UNIX-ish desktops are visible, along with some nifty virtual-reality tactical displays. Would you like to play a game?"

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  1. off the shelf? by AssProphet · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Nearly every function of the ship, from navigation and steering to engine and damage control, is conducted and monitored using commercial, off-the-shelf hardware and software."

    hmm I guess I've been shopping on the wrong shelves

    1. Re:off the shelf? by Willeh · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's probably because the navy shelves cost 10x as much as regular shelves, not to mention the products on them.

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    2. Re:off the shelf? by Scoria · · Score: 5, Funny

      A similar product is available here.

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  2. Would you like to play a game? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it know how to play tic tac toe?

    1. Re:Would you like to play a game? by nonewshere · · Score: 4, Funny

      no
      but I'm sure it knows how to play global thermonuclear war!

  3. Impressive by Stopmotioncleaverman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's a close-up look at the ship's cutting-edge IT ...followed by a picture of a strange-looking bald man. At first I thought he was the IT.

    Some impressive IT, that, if that's the state of the AI / cyborgs on board.

  4. Well, if it runs linux by Lurker+McLurker · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet SCO aren't going to turn up and demand money.

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  5. Join the navy.... by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Fire Scout will be flown by a computer operator using a joystick controller in the Combat Information Center

    Finally!!!!! A military carreer for the overweight masses of X-box, Nintendo and PlayStation owning couch-potatos.

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  6. Netzero? by 222 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ["Currently, the USS La Salle has a 3Mbit connection. We think we can get a 6Mbit connection and up to 24Mbit using accelerators," said Dick Pearson, a systems engineering consultant at Dataline Inc.]
    Yea, i think netzero tried to sell me on that crap about six months ago :p