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To: anymouse
A mysterious software fault in the new guidance computer of the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft was the cause of the high-anxiety off-course landing over the weekend, NASA sources tell MSNBC.com

Thank you Microsoft for allowing the piss poor software design philosophy / controls in programs that SHOULD be beta or alpha copies get exported to the rest of the world as finished product.

Remember when programs worked perfectly the first time you bought/wrote them ?

10 posted on 05/05/2003 6:49:59 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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To: Centurion2000
Thank you Microsoft for allowing the piss poor software design philosophy / controls in programs that SHOULD be beta or alpha copies get exported to the rest of the world as finished product.

Let me guess. The Soyuz guidance systen is a hacked version of "Flight Simulator?"

14 posted on 05/05/2003 7:04:14 PM PDT by upchuck (Contribute to "Republicans for Al Sharpton for President in 2004." Dial 1-800-SLAPTHADONKEY :)
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