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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Astute_(S119)#Grounding_incident>>
>>"One month before the incident, HMS Astute's commanding officer, Commander Andy Coles, was speaking to the BBC: "We have a brand new method of controlling the submarine, which is by platform management system, rather than the old conventional way of doing everything of using your hands. This is all fly-by-wire technology including only an auto pilot rather than a steering column.""
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>>Not very "astute", if you ask me :) Talk about laughingstocks.
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>They've had previous practice. Another one ran aground off Skye in 2002...
I just Googled "epic fail" because it seems appropriate here. It seems there's an even more apropos Internet meme for this situation, "failboat" or "all aboard the failboat".
I referenced Windows in the thread title because I understand certain large pieces of naval hardware actually run on it (either NT or 2K IIRC).
Be afraid... be very afraid...
Regards. Al
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