.NET - In the Navy!

[AtW]

I'd work out how to blame any problems on the hardware engineers first!

Well, I suppose you could do that, but my approach is to achieve results regardless or even despite efforts of others.

[Fungus]

My work can be generally characterised as "fit for purpose". Thus if I worked on a nuclear missile I'd focus on (in this order of priority):

a) ensuring that it can only be launched by 200% authorised people

b) not blowing it up in the wrong place (ie during launch thus killing sub and potentially contaminating open water)

c) accurately reaching target - with some hard safeguards to prevent launching at targets that can't be possibly valid (ie London)

How fast the missile will run is out of programmers hands - its the job for missile engineers and it will be pretty much fixed constant.

Sorry. Silly me. Slapped wrists. Thankyou for providing accurate information. Thank goodness we can rely on such high quality workers.

I will now write out 1000 times: "I must be more literal and not make any attempt at humour no matter how tenuous". Then I will beat myself with Birch twigs, and run a half marathon stark bollock naked.

As an aside, I worked for a year on contract to IBM. What worried me is that the military work was seen as the place to send the duffers: those not bright enough to do the more interesting work.

[AtW]

What worried me is that the military work was seen as the place to send the duffers: those not bright enough to do the more interesting work.

Military is very much "do by the book" kind of thing, so its not suprising the jobs there are boring and creative people want to do something else - something where fault tolerance is much more relaxed.

[Fungus]

Military is very much "do by the book" kind of thing, so its not suprising the jobs there are boring and creative people want to do something else - something where fault tolerance is much more relaxed.

But those relegated to military were the ones with poor work, lots of bugs etc.

[AtW]

But those relegated to military were the ones with poor work, lots of bugs etc.

Bug count depends on a resolution of an eye - look at water from tap and you won't see a thing, but use good microscope and you will see lots of bugs there.

[Mordac]

If all the missile guidance systems are going to be in .Net, does that mean we'll have missiles falling out of the sky?

>Location Portsmouth, Hampshire

tulip, I'm working near there.

[threaded]

I thought them missiles with the cameras in them to see where they're going run FORTH (on them special purpose micros built for the job).

[Fungus]

Bug count depends on a resolution of an eye - look at water from tap and you won't see a thing, but use good microscope and you will see lots of bugs there.

Grass is greenest in Spring before the storms gather.

[DimPrawn]

.NET is everywhere.

Even humble household appliances are now running .NET

For example, I have a large lump hammer that is running .NET V2.0

Works a treat.