From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: krewat@kilonet.net (Arthur Krewat) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 13:23:50 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] Windows roots and Unix influence (was Re: Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!) In-Reply-To: <01e701d39f71$ec37d840$c4a788c0$@ronnatalie.com> References: <20180204091435.GA22841@indra.papnet.eu> <00d001d39ddc$a069a380$e13cea80$@ronnatalie.com> <0B2B7C84-12D8-49A6-BAA3-BD434823D41D@cheswick.com> <013001d39ecc$614dc500$23e94f00$@ronnatalie.com> <01e701d39f71$ec37d840$c4a788c0$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: <3aeb7a43-29af-28a1-c097-a0d86f1f4a33@kilonet.net> Maybe the autopilot? Still, overly simplistic. On 2/6/2018 12:42 PM, Ron Natalie wrote: > I find the story hard to believe. A "CLB" command causes the engines to make the airplane climb? It doesn’t work that way. > I'm a little familiar with the 757 autothrottles and the overall Airbus logic (if you think a modern UNIX OS looks bizarrely complex, take a look at Airbus "flight law" sometimes);. > > -----Original Message----- > From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Krewat > Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 6:17 PM > To: tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org > Subject: Re: [TUHS] Windows roots and Unix influence (was Re: Happy birthday, Ken Thompson!) > > Literally, googled "hacker controlled plane engine" > > https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/us/fbi-hacker-flight-computer-systems/index.html > > > > On 2/5/2018 5:31 PM, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote: >> Someone with better search skills than me can probably turn up news >> articles on both events. > > >