[plug] Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[Bret Busby]

Paul Baumgarten wrote:
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
> > Christian wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 10:17:43PM +0800, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> > > > http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0807/news-navy-08-07-00.asp
> > > Anyone have any idea what happens when a nuclear reactor bluescreens?
> > Chernobyl
> 
> Chernobyl on water... hmmm... interesting concept...
> 
> You could say goodbye to an entire ocean in one go thanks to the
> contamination.  Could you imagine no swimming signs along the entire
> coastline of the Pacific?  The fishing industry starts pulling out Mr
> Burn's 3 eye'd fish?
> 
> --

Forget that. Tht's the least of the worries.

The article mentions a backfit of "seven other carriers, bringing the
total to 10".

I remember that the USA refused to advise the NZ govt whether its
aircraft carriers, etc, were carrying nuclear warheads (which indicated
that they were likely carrying them (Hence, the David Lange ban on USA
navy ships).

Consider the prospect of vessels armed with nuclear warheads, controlled
by windows.

AAARGH!

"Invalid page error at... Bomb the baskits... anyone.. all are
enemies... EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Remember the computer in War Games? Consider what could have happened,
if that was running with Windows... The cockroaches would be ruling the
world ( the only life form, known to man, that would survive a nuclear
war).

Remember the Teminator, when computers became self-aware, and tried to
eliminate man, as a defective organism, and a threat to the control of
the world by computers? (I understand that Terminator 3 is on its
way...)

Think of the parallel, with MS, seeking world dominance, and what it may
do, in retaliation for the decision in favour of the USA DOJ... "We will
be avenged..."

And, who would be able to convert the carriers, or their weaponry, to
manual control? Would the dreaded Winnows allow them?

The article refers to the "Son of Windows". Remember the "Son of Sam", I
believe that the mass-murderer was named?

Who started this paranoid thread, anyway? Were they using the dreaded
OS, or, one of its mutations? If so, their OS may have already advised
the Gateman of their action, and, a dreaded lurgy thing may be attacking
their system, or, even worse, trying to confuse them...
-- 

Bret Busby

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