Re: Consumable ammunition will not be removed in patch 3.1

ScratchMonkey <ScratchMonkey.blacklist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
pv+usenet@xxxxxxxxx (PV) wrote in
news:mcudnYC_UrYCAQDUnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

If only that was true. I hate that it's true, but critical medical
systems are often running under windows - there was a case recently
where windows rebooted for an upgrade during an operation (yes, they
not only had automatic update on in a surgical theater, but they had
it CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET), and a patient died.

Wow, I hadn't heard about that. Do you have a link to more details?

Until now the worst disaster of that kind I'd heard of was a naval ship's
administrative network going down from a virus infection. It wasn't the
combat systems, but even the administrative stuff can be critical for
morale and logistics.

If this sort of thing interests you, I highly recommend reading RISKS-L,
which has been cataloging just this sort of thing for over 20 years now.

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/

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