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Raytheon radar demo
I went to a Raytheon radar dog & pony show (demonstration for non English
speakers) last week. Their new model commercial radar was running simulator software that was clearly buggy. So the sales guy shuts it down and waits 30 seconds and turns it back on. I joke "oh, you're rebooting it " Up pops a typical bios screen with notes like 1.44M 3.5" floppy drive, and then a "Windows XP" opening screen. Oh the horror. Bill Gates is in your radar now. When he opened the box all that was in there was a PC motherboard. This is for a commercial ships radar with about a 18" display. I can't imagine I was seeing more than $500 worth of hardware including the CRT. This unit probably sells for 10-20x that amount. Imagine if your radar connected to your sat phone etc. got a virus . -- Evan Gatehouse you'll have to rewrite my email address to get to me ceilydh AT 3web dot net (fools the spammers) |
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