The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> writes:

> Hadron wrote:
>> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> writes:
>>
>>> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw******.com> wrote in message
>>
>>> Anyone in engineering and science had better know MKS. Not 100%
>>> sure of this, but is not the US the last market on earth using
>>> metric? Even the British sell gas by the litre.
>>
>> Is there some subtle joke in this ludicrous statement?
>
> Not really. its true.

Actually, no, really, it is not.

> Well we sell PETROL by the litre, Gas is sold by the cu ft I believe.

So?

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"Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@unixhome.net> wrote in message
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> "????What" <What?@Wha???t.com> wrote in message
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>> Canuck57 wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Scotty, come up and replace this NT DLL or hard drive so we can
>>> launch these **** things...whew...scary thought with a SU 30 or SU 47
>>> coming at you.
>>>
>>
>> You really are an idiot. You have no business discussing anything
>> technical.
>>
>> You'll be wise to limit your technical expertise to how to turn on the
>> fryer to fry tacos at Taco Bell.
>
> Now why would I want to do that? So I could get a job as a Microsoft
> administrator?

At least you'll be more productive than you are in Linux.

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Little Billy wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Erm, doesn't the military have operating systems that are top secret?

The fact that they use a particular product might be a secret. But that
product might be something available to the public, possible only
slightly modified.

> If they use windows or any of the other large operating systems it's for normal
> stuff like record keeping and files.

Many UIs for command and control use commercial desktops.

> They don't guide satellites or missiles with it or navigate ships.

The embedded s/w may indeed be special purpose. But the consoles that
the operators use are standard, commercially available packages in many
cases.

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On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:10:43 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

> Little Billy wrote:
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> Erm, doesn't the military have operating systems that are top secret?
>
> The fact that they use a particular product might be a secret. But that
> product might be something available to the public, possible only
> slightly modified.

The U.S. military used to use SCO System V quite a lot. Probably still
does.

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"Ivan Marsh" <ivanmarsh******.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:10:43 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
>
>> Little Billy wrote:
>>>
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Erm, doesn't the military have operating systems that are top secret?
>>
>> The fact that they use a particular product might be a secret. But that
>> product might be something available to the public, possible only
>> slightly modified.
>
> The U.S. military used to use SCO System V quite a lot. Probably still
> does.
>
> --
> "Remain calm, we're here to protect you!"
>

After watching "Inside 9-11" on the History channel last night it isn't the
computers that are slowing any of the services down!.

Ivan Marsh wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:10:43 -0700, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
>
> > Little Billy wrote:
> >>
> > [snip]
> >>
> >> Erm, doesn't the military have operating systems that are top secret?
> >
> > The fact that they use a particular product might be a secret. But that
> > product might be something available to the public, possible only
> > slightly modified.
>
> The U.S. military used to use SCO System V quite a lot. Probably still
> does.

But that was a secret. Now they're going to have to kill you. ;-)

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