On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 08:55:16AM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote: > Bruce wrote: > > My experience with IE is equally poor. Seems that all virus type > attacks/spyware/adware/etc all trigger off IE. I rarely use it for > anything, unless there are no alternatives and I must visit that site > (a rare occurrence). > > ---------- > > Once when I flew out of Heathrow I looked up at the usual bank of > screens showing the status of arriving and departing flights. At the > very end of this row of monitors one showed a blue screen that read: > "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be closed down." > > So when you land at congested Heathrow, the world's busiest airport, > remember that the place runs on Windows.
Uh-huh. And just what makes you think it's different anywhere else? Mind you, that's just the system that displays information on the public screens, and isn't used in any mission-critical applications. Of course, if you want something really scary, investigate what *is* actually used for flight control. Most traffic is being controlled by people using software designed twenty or more years ago, and being stretched to the limits with the current number of flights. Not only that - the hardware is so old that it's all but impossible to get any spare parts for it - the manufacturers stopped making even the basic components years ago.
