Repton - Slashdot User

Submission + - Robot cannon goes berserk, kills 9 (gizmodo.com)

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on Thursday October 18, 2007 @06:30PM

Repton writes: "Gizmodo is reporting that an antiaircraft gun in South Africa suddenly started firing uncontrollably, spraying 35mm high-explosive shells all over the place, killing 9 soldiers and wounding 14. Brigadier general Kwena Mangope says the cause of the malfunction is not yet known."

Submission + - Schools ordered to drop MS Office from Macs

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on Monday May 28, 2007 @09:00PM

Repton writes: "Microsoft has asked the Education Ministry to pay a licence fee for all copies of Microsoft Office being used on Macintoshes in New Zealand schools. The Ministry doesn't think this is cost-effective, and so it is asking schools to remove Microsoft Office from any Macs they have. Education Minister Steve Maharey suggets schools use NeoOffice instead, but some schools aren't impressed, saying that NeoOffice may be buggy."

Submission + - US Nuclear Security Agency loses computers

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on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @04:38PM

Repton writes: "The office in charge of protecting American technical secrets about nuclear weapons from foreign spies is missing 20 desktop computers, at least 14 of which have been used for classified information, the Energy Department inspector general reported on Friday."

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