Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-11 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Hal Merritt wrote: Sorry, but that's classified :-D You're in big trouble! The mere *fact* there is at least one lovesick whale somewhere in the ocean is *classified*! If that whale swallows you, I will not be sorry... ;-D ;-D8-D:-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-11 Thread Neale Ferguson
I believe it has something to do with access to a tight seal. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-11 Thread Lloyd Fuller
Subject: Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet) I believe it has something to do with access to a tight seal. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-10 Thread Hal Merritt
:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet) It's hard for me to imagine the navy allowing itself to get into a situation where the operation of the ship's main engines and steering would be completely subject to some PC, or number of PC's

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:27:29 +, Hal Merritt wrote: I read about such, um, issues a while back. Seems that there were more and more shipboard systems, but each was evolving on its own way lacking a common strategy. That means the systems were often fundamentally incompatible and therefore

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-10 Thread zMan
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Hal Merritt hmerr...@jackhenry.comwrote: But I can envision the Navy wanting a integrated situation where the OIC could point to a target and click 'kill'. The ship would then use all of its resources optimally to attack and destroy while, at the same time,

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-10 Thread Hal Merritt
Sorry, but that's classified :-D -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet) On Tue, Apr

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-06 Thread Dave Day
It's hard for me to imagine the navy allowing itself to get into a situation where the operation of the ship's main engines and steering would be completely subject to some PC, or number of PC's on a network within the ship. I put just shy of 3yrs. in an engine room aboard a navy ship, back in

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-06 Thread Ed Finnell
I came into work one morning and the office was staring out my window into San Francisco Bay. The Carl Vincent had run aground trying to return to it's berth at Alameda Naval Air Station. All the Crowley tugs were pushing and pulling, but they finally had to wait for a 'high tide' about 36

Re: USS YORKTOWN(was Accessing USS on Mainframe thru Telnet)

2012-04-06 Thread Dave Day
Yea, running one of 'em aground is a big no-no for a captains career. --Dave On 4/6/2012 3:34 PM, Ed Finnell wrote: I came into work one morning and the office was staring out my window into San Francisco Bay. The Carl Vincent had run aground trying to return to it's berth at Alameda