Hahaha 'Das Reboot' made me laugh quite a lot. This doesn't bother me at all, I have run Windows 2003 servers and found them to be most reliable. Nothing against it, as long as it's run on reliable hardware and the correct drivers are used.
--Matt On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > It is said ( > http://blogs.msdn.com/ukgovernment/archive/2008/12/17/windows-for-submarinestm.aspx > also > http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/topstories/3982380.Submarine_job_wrapped_up_in_time_for_Christmas/ > ) that > > The [Microsoft Windows] system, which has been installed on all seven > Trafalgar class submarines, all four Vanguard class and one Swiftsure > class, controls the vast amount of information needed to run the > sophisticated weapons systems on a nuclear submarine. > > Pundits are already referring to "the deep blue screen of death" and > "Das Reboot" > > (my turn to duck) > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Brian Butterworth > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I seem to remember when I proposed ISP on-site caching for the iPlayer, > > there were many naysayers. > > > > So, I am pleased to read: > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm > > > > "The BBC has worked with British company Velocix to test a system which > puts > > servers in ISPs that store, or cache, the most popular iPlayer > programmes. > > > > Mr Rose said smart software in the iPlayer would check these caches to > see > > if the programme a user wants is loaded locally on a caching device near > the > > user. Streaming from within an ISP's network cuts the cost of > transporting > > that traffic for both the BBC and the net supplier. > > > > It was up to ISPs now to get hold of the caching boxes and install them, > > ... ISPs that use the caching technology in the same way it did with > other > > firms that carry or broadcast BBC content. > > > > Oh, yeah, there's a Mac download version too. Seems only fair now they > have > > their very own blue screen of death problem. [ducks] > > And with Adobe's AIR on Linux. [ducks again] > > > > > > > > Brian Butterworth > > > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and > switchover > > advice, since 2002 > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
