Do You Have An Explosive Computer?

Coincidence is a strange thing it often seems to connect things that are more unlikely than winning the lottery jackpot twice in a row.

I was thinking about whether the US would really dare to start a war with Iran - after all, unlike Iraq which had virtually no friends or allies, Iran has some very big allies in the form of Russia and China. Now you have probably all noticed that the Bush administration, like all bullies, picks only on those it knows it can handle without any real danger to itself.
However When it comes to Russia or China the attitude has been smile and say what good friends they are even when that appear to be somewhat of a one-sided friendship with Putin publically scoffing at Bush.

So, what chance a war with the big boys?
I remember reading a nice little houmourous piece by Patmac :
http://www.abctales.com/story/patmac/this-is-what-happens-when-you-use-w...
- A fun piece with a serious footnote :
In September of 1997, the USS Yorktown died in the water when its network of NT machines experienced a cascading failure due to a divide by zero error*

'So what?' you might be thinking well, it just set me thinking that if they were using NT then it's probably progressed to XP or even Vista by now.
Then it occured to me that this meant it was likely that a lot of the world's military software probably runs on some sort of Window's platform.

Now there are only really two viable CPU options for running any recent version of Microsoft's Windows and that's AMD and Intel - with Intel being the part of choice in the US.
What caught my eye was the new Hafnium process for the latest Intel CPU's which supposedly improves efficiency. The thing is that Hafnium is expensive yet the new chips are cheaper, why? Well maybe it's because although Intel is way in front in its domestic market it's not so much so abroad - particularly in Asia.
Why should Intel lower prices when it could make more profit by keeping prices where they were? WELL... I found out that a single gram of an isotope of Hafnium (Hf-178-m2) contains the equivalent energy of about 317 kilograms (700 pounds) of TNT!

It seems that a lot of research has been done into using Hafnium in a bomb and it struck me that it would be a dream come true for the American military to be able to sell weapons and associated hardware in the sure and certain knowledge that they could disable them should the need arise by including explodable chips :O) Sort of selling guns that won't shoot at you.

I noticed that the Bush administration had been selling a lot of weapons since 9/11, even using Israel as a cover for its sales to China.
A report from Global Research published in January of this year points out that Bush is arming tyrants worldwide and has, for instance, provided
Musharraf with F-16 jet fighters that can pack nuclear warheads while $10 billion has been funneled to the Pakistan military since 9/11.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7850

So, perhaps that explains why the Bush administration are redoubling their efforts to sell the latest weaponery - they want to replace the older kit with the new - You can hear Bush's sales pitch "Gentlemen, with our new range I guarantee you will get more bang for your buck!

Since a few people have been unable to catch my drift and seem to want the I’s dotting and the T’s crossed.
The inference is that Intel sells its chips cheaper so it can sell more abroad – don’t forget that the AMD and Intel chips are not plug compatible. In so doing it increase the amount of its hardware used by foreign governments and hence their faith in the product.
Intel makes a few special batches of chips using the very expensive isotope and includes a little detonator circuit. These chips are used in selected American military hardware to be sold abroad.
Now everyone knows that mistakes are never made and the wrong parts sent by mistake… so of course there is no chance that YOU might have an explosive computer :O)

* Suggested source Gregory Slabodkin, Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water, Government Computer News, 13 Jul 1998