* <<G5S.0840>> If the fuckin' thing works...
News comes out that the US military is still using a an IBM Series/1 
computer in the Command and Control systems for its nuclear arsenal. 

The talking heads on the news deliver the headline with incredulity.

The late-night hosts make jokes.

But what's the joke, exactly? 

Unlike your shitty Android phone, which has its system software 
modified every few days and which is constantly being gummed-up with 
new apps, that old IBM is stable, and obviously reliable. What the 
hell do you want the nuclear arsenal to run on? Windows?

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