Swedish Carbon-Fiber Stealth Ship Runs NT

Posted by michael on Thursday May 13, 2004 @02:29AM from the ctrl-alt-del-to-log-in dept.

tiled_rainbows writes "The Guardian has an article today about the Swedish navy's new stealth warship, which they claim is the largest carbon-fiber vessel ever built. Slashdotters will be interested to learn that the ship runs Windows NT. The article says 'While the point-and-click system is popular with conscripts, the ship was fitted with a wooden ship's wheel at the insistence of senior officers. If Windows goes down, they will still be able to steer.' Which raises the question: where can I get a USB-compatible wooden ship's wheel for my computer?"

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Re:In other news... by websaber · 2004-05-13 02:48 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Just a thought, will broadcasting sasser on wifi frequencies become a effective combat technique against sweden? Then again sweden doesn't fight much so I guess their not worried.

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Re:In other news... by gcore · 2004-05-13 03:08 · Score: 0, Flamebait

In Sweden, they speak swedish, not bad german.