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B-2 Stealth Bomber Gets Upgrade, Joins the '90s

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the decade-late dept.

WmHBlair writes "Flightglobal has a report about the upgrades being made to the B-2A Stealth Bomber, which include Pentium class processors, JOVIAL code rewritten in C, and fibre channel hard drives. The Register, as usual, makes light of this event with a tongue-in-cheek news item noting that the upgrade drags Stealth Bomber IT systems into the '90s."

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  1. The mandatory comment by MaulerOfEmotards · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that enough to run Linux on?

  2. Re:Bitchin' by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry, but I believe the scientific name for that species is vashta nerada.

  3. Re:Better functionally quaint than gee-whiz and oo by oneal13rru · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Depends on the shed you're dealing with, I guess, but at least I'm willing to put my name behind what I say... but accurate enough analogy, calling oneself a tool while trying to insult someone from behind anonymity... and all those statements I made are a combination of personal opinion and personal experience. But again, I'm willing to back those. Cheers.

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