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Britain's biggest warship relies on vulnerable Windows XP despite Navy boasting of NASA [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 27, 2017 | Amie Gordon, Alex Matthews, and Larisa Brown

Posted on 06/27/2017 5:45:45 AM PDT by C19fan

The Royal Navy's largest ever warship squeezed under the Forth Bridge late last night after the captain had to wait for the right tide.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, which weighs 65,000 tonnes, made its way under the iconic bridge in Scotland just before midnight.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: hacking; microsoft
Suck if the blue screen of death pops up at a bad time.
1 posted on 06/27/2017 5:45:45 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

It’s a stable platform.


2 posted on 06/27/2017 5:51:16 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: BBB333
It’s a stable platform.

It's good enough if you don't overload it.

Used it for years, hated to go to Win7.

Now on Win7 for years, hating the thought of going to Win 10.

When the boss says, "This is what you shall use", you use it... but, DAMN!

3 posted on 06/27/2017 6:17:25 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: grobdriver

I hear ya.

I install either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 (it can be installed in ‘classic’ style) on my clients new Mac’s via parallels.

It’s what I run on my computers as well.

The Wife has a Windows 10 machine and I have issues with it.

Her next laptop will be a Mac with Windows 8.1 on it. The Mac is TBD...


4 posted on 06/27/2017 6:26:39 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: C19fan

Last I heard we were using NT....


5 posted on 06/27/2017 7:04:02 AM PDT by null and void ( If you thought National Socialism (Nazism) was bad, wait until you see Global Socialism!)
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To: grobdriver

Where I work, we are forbidden to install Win 10.


6 posted on 06/27/2017 7:05:30 AM PDT by null and void ( If you thought National Socialism (Nazism) was bad, wait until you see Global Socialism!)
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To: C19fan

Full title:

Big Lizzie squeezes under the Forth Bridge but sails straight into a cyber attack storm: Britain’s biggest warship relies on vulnerable Windows XP despite Navy boasting of NASA standard security

Dis The Mail mean NSA?


7 posted on 06/27/2017 7:12:35 AM PDT by null and void ( If you thought National Socialism (Nazism) was bad, wait until you see Global Socialism!)
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To: C19fan
"Commodore Jerry Kyd, Captain of the carrier, said the Russians will be watching as the aircraft carrier sets off for sea trials."

Captain Kyd???

I guess if we can have a Captain James Kirk, why not?

8 posted on 06/27/2017 7:17:18 AM PDT by null and void ( If you thought National Socialism (Nazism) was bad, wait until you see Global Socialism!)
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To: BBB333

HAHAHA, Windows stopped supporting it Years ago. Do you KNOW What that MEANS? That means that they no longer give updates. Those thingys that protect one from Viruses, ROOTKITS, Trojan Horses, Worms...They would be better to use LINUX. According to YOUR reasoning, DOS 3.1 is a stable Platform. HEH HEH Please explain the Open Systems Interconnection model, or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)protocol, or the simple TCP-IP Protocol...BGP, IGRP..CCNA


9 posted on 06/27/2017 1:54:32 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------>VMFA 235- '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: null and void

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It is a processor-independent, multiprocessing, multi-user operating system.

The first version of Windows NT was Windows NT 3.1 and was produced for workstations and server computers. It was intended to complement consumer versions of Windows (including Windows 1.0 through Windows 3.1x) that were based on MS-DOS. Gradually, the Windows NT family was expanded into Microsoft’s general-purpose operating system product line for all personal computers, deprecating the Windows 9x family.

produced for workstations and server computers. HEH HEH


10 posted on 06/27/2017 1:55:58 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------>VMFA 235- '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998

And it did not have the ability to ACCESS THE INTERNET..


11 posted on 06/27/2017 2:02:37 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------>VMFA 235- '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: C19fan
when it gets launch-able planes it'll be a warship
13 posted on 06/27/2017 4:51:50 PM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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