Besides, if the federal government wanted to spy on you, it wouldn't be doing so via the Navy. That's the FBI's job.
Well, unless you don't live in the US. Then it's the CIA's job.
No silly, it's the NSA's job if you don't live in the US. Also, it's the NSA's job even if you do live in the US.
NASA uses the X86 because it is the only CPU that has been hardend to withstand the rigors of space flight(stuff like radiation).
Navy ships do use Windows, but not for any "Mission Critical" systems. Unix is used for all the sensory input type stuff. By law ships are only allowed to use computers as "navigation aids." Computers cannot be used as the primary means of navigation. On a navy ship the Quartermasters still get out their Sextants and "Shoot Stars" and other hevenly bodies every night to check the ships position against what the computers/GPS are telling them.
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Well, unless you don't live in the US. Then it's the CIA's job.
No silly, it's the NSA's job if you don't live in the US. Also, it's the NSA's job even if you do live in the US.
NASA uses the X86 because it is the only CPU that has been hardend to withstand the rigors of space flight(stuff like radiation).
Navy ships do use Windows, but not for any "Mission Critical" systems. Unix is used for all the sensory input type stuff. By law ships are only allowed to use computers as "navigation aids." Computers cannot be used as the primary means of navigation. On a navy ship the Quartermasters still get out their Sextants and "Shoot Stars" and other hevenly bodies every night to check the ships position against what the computers/GPS are telling them.