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Linuxratty
November 24th, 2007, 04:37 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7108835.stm
CanonKen
November 24th, 2007, 04:39 PM
LOL, no wonder it crashed, its used to it :)
mysticrider92
November 24th, 2007, 04:49 PM
Shouldn't they have taken a lesson from the US Navy's Windows NT-powered "smart ships"? :)

More seriously, at least it looks like everyone is okay, but I think the company will probably lose a good bit of business now...
tehet
November 24th, 2007, 04:50 PM
According to the article they also have a problem with their Outlook.
timpino
November 24th, 2007, 05:49 PM
According to the article they also have a problem with their Outlook.

Word!
junior aspirin
November 24th, 2007, 05:51 PM
not by me but...
http://www.b3ta.com/board/7814976
Flying caveman
November 24th, 2007, 06:26 PM
Must have bumped into a penguin :)
p_quarles
November 24th, 2007, 06:31 PM
Ahh, the ocean . . . mother's nature's blue screen. ;)
mellowd
November 24th, 2007, 06:35 PM
Classic
Kingsley
November 24th, 2007, 06:37 PM
Very punny. Let's hope the ship can excel next time.
Polygon
November 24th, 2007, 07:50 PM
Shouldn't they have taken a lesson from the US Navy's Windows NT-powered "smart ships"? :)

More seriously, at least it looks like everyone is okay, but I think the company will probably lose a good bit of business now...

if your talking about the ship company, all the people who were rescued applauded the captian for being smart, calm, and handling the situation well, so it might be the opposite.
ryanVickers
November 24th, 2007, 07:59 PM
:lolflag: why would they name anything after it and not expect this!? :p
getaboat
November 24th, 2007, 08:17 PM
From the BBC pictures...

"The MS Explorer, which had been in service since the 1960s, had recently undergone repairs."

Ho ho.
Tom Mann
November 24th, 2007, 08:59 PM
How come the MS Explorer was made in Finland? Things from Finland are usually much more stable?
Polygon
November 24th, 2007, 09:01 PM
it ran into some submerged ice, the ship didn't spring a leak by itself
ryanVickers
November 24th, 2007, 09:12 PM
those submerged hackers are the worst! they hijack the browser and then your done for! :p
TeaSwigger
November 24th, 2007, 09:51 PM
Bet the next MS Explorer will be bigger... and more... floatier. :)
Tom Mann
November 27th, 2007, 09:55 AM
It'll probably sink from putting too much in it.
TeaSwigger
November 27th, 2007, 10:27 AM
It'll probably sink from putting too much in it.

Bloat don't float?

That bloat won't float their boat?

etc :)
Nunu
November 27th, 2007, 10:41 AM
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popch
November 27th, 2007, 11:31 AM
It is a quite well tested and documented procedure to launch new prouct versions onto the market. It is called 'sink or swim'.
Nunu
November 27th, 2007, 11:38 AM
That should teach them to open up so many of the PORT holes at once.
Nano Geek
November 27th, 2007, 01:57 PM
When I first saw this yesterday I was like "OK, a boat that his an iceberg and sunk. Where have I seen that before?"
Good thing though that this time they were able to rescue the passengers safely.

But it's also interesting to note that this is the first boat to sink because of an iceberg since the Titanic.