1) This is a coastal patrol boat with a 40 mm cannon and two machine guns. It isn't remotely a "battleship".
2) The owner doesn't mention the Yorktown incident at all. Given the way it's constantly, erroneously invoked here, I'm surprised this is the story picked in which to debunk it.
3) So, somebody with a fairly sketchy understanding of computers made a billion by selling his startup to someone else before it cratered. It's been a while since people like that were a novety worth expending thought on.
Some friends said I might want to get in here
and correct factual errors, and clarify what
we are really trying to do. It's my warship,
and I'll do what I wanna;-) Seriously, it is
mine, so I can answer questions on it.
1) it isn't remotely a battleship
You got that right - we run it with a crew of
4, you can't do that with a battlewagon. It is
a coastal patrol boat, 120ft long, 24ft wide,
draws 2 meters of water (yes, it is british,
and NATO compliant, which means that there are
mixed english/metric measures EVERYWHERE on it.
Mine has not 40mm gun on the back deck - a much
more mundane but much more useful Seacrane 200
is on there for picking up large items on and
off the rear deck.
There are mounts for.30 cals (1919's or M60 if
it was in the US navy, something in.303 british
if in the Royal Navy)
There are 2 mounts, one per side, on the upper
deck for heavy machine guns, likely the ever
popular M2HB.50 cal
2) The Yorktown thing is none of my concern per
se - I don't need any extra evidence that windoze
is a threat - I have owned companies with many
employees and many windows boxes. Evidence
abounds.
3) If you are talking to me, I do not have a
"fairly sketchy knowledge of computers. I have
written PDP-10 code, PDP-11 code, Suns (my first
was a 2/120), Vax, and have done IP networking
since NCP was around. No, I don't hack code now,
but I am pretty well versed on the technology, and
on the current state of the security art (my
current focus is deep packet scanning - not sure
I really BELIEVE in it, but there is a lot of work
going on in the area)
You don't always have to check your brain at the
door to make money, and YOU should be more carefull
before making the assumption that someone who owns
a strage toy like this might not understand
networking.
Doug Humphrey
doug@joss.com
by Anonymous Coward
on Sunday November 03 2002, @11:49PM (#4592270)
Doug,
If you weren't aware of it before, you probably know it by now. Anything interesting or useful that rears its head on Slashdot will likely be ripped to shreds by what has quickly become the nets most vicious and petty peanut gallery.
Slashdottians know nothing, they accomplish nothing, and their opinions are worth nothing. They are uniformly bitter, small-minded geeks who overestimate their own importance and their own skillz. They are, for the most part, losers. Their biggest accomplishment is in insulting others' spelling and grammar, attacking the GPL license despite their grade level understanding of it, and tricking people into clicking on goatse.cx links. They are know-it-all blowhards who use their computers primarily for Pornography and online gaming, at which they cheat regularly to offset their complete lack of motor skills.
Despite touting the wonderous greatness of linux and open source, they all use Windows and Internet Explorer. They like Macs because of OSX, but want it to run on X86 so they can steal a copy and give nothing back. They will eventually buy a Mac due to their inability to run Windows without crashing it constantly by their own stupidity, and become raving unbalanced lunatics who do more harm than good for the Mac community by claiming that the G4 is quadruple the speed of a dual 3Ghz Xeon box.
They lie about their own experience to make their case, and when you win an argument with them, they post anonymously in order to tell you they've had sex with your mother.
Don't become a regular here, you will become retarded.
This is quite possibly the most intelligent post ever. You have hit the nail on the head. Now if only you could hit most of the Slashdottian horde on the head...
Whatever (Score:5, Insightful)
2) The owner doesn't mention the Yorktown incident at all. Given the way it's constantly, erroneously invoked here, I'm surprised this is the story picked in which to debunk it.
3) So, somebody with a fairly sketchy understanding of computers made a billion by selling his startup to someone else before it cratered. It's been a while since people like that were a novety worth expending thought on.
Re:Whatever (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Whatever (Score:5, Funny)
If you weren't aware of it before, you probably know it by now. Anything interesting or useful that rears its head on Slashdot will likely be ripped to shreds by what has quickly become the nets most vicious and petty peanut gallery.
Slashdottians know nothing, they accomplish nothing, and their opinions are worth nothing. They are uniformly bitter, small-minded geeks who overestimate their own importance and their own skillz. They are, for the most part, losers. Their biggest accomplishment is in insulting others' spelling and grammar, attacking the GPL license despite their grade level understanding of it, and tricking people into clicking on goatse.cx links. They are know-it-all blowhards who use their computers primarily for Pornography and online gaming, at which they cheat regularly to offset their complete lack of motor skills.
Despite touting the wonderous greatness of linux and open source, they all use Windows and Internet Explorer. They like Macs because of OSX, but want it to run on X86 so they can steal a copy and give nothing back. They will eventually buy a Mac due to their inability to run Windows without crashing it constantly by their own stupidity, and become raving unbalanced lunatics who do more harm than good for the Mac community by claiming that the G4 is quadruple the speed of a dual 3Ghz Xeon box.
They lie about their own experience to make their case, and when you win an argument with them, they post anonymously in order to tell you they've had sex with your mother.
Don't become a regular here, you will become retarded.
Signed,
Yoda the Retard
Parent
Those Were Words of Wisdom (Score:2)
Re:Whatever (Score:1)