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To: sonofstrangelove

Actually, I am kind of relieved that the navy isn’t dependent on computers that can be hacked, attacked or blown up and on fire when they are needed.


3 posted on 05/23/2010 6:09:30 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

They can buy a firewall from McAfee


5 posted on 05/23/2010 6:10:47 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread:-General Heinz Guderian)
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To: Vince Ferrer
Agreed - they need to keep those QM's and keep training them for old-time navigation.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
7 posted on 05/23/2010 6:11:59 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Just ask the pirates the Ruskies let go if they wished they had studied celestial/solar navigation a little harder.


11 posted on 05/23/2010 6:15:39 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Vince Ferrer
You were saying ...

Actually, I am kind of relieved that the navy isn’t dependent on computers that can be hacked, attacked or blown up and on fire when they are needed.

Ah yes... the Battlestar Galactica syndrome ... :-)


14 posted on 05/23/2010 6:19:06 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Vince Ferrer
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/05/world-cup-want-a-cheap-hotel-room.html

Been watching Battlestar Galactica lately?

18 posted on 05/23/2010 6:21:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Vince Ferrer

How many folks on any vessels (military or commercial) at sea today know how to get a 3 star fix (with 2 mile accuracy) using a sextant, chronometer, and tables?


20 posted on 05/23/2010 6:23:54 PM PDT by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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