Whit:

- "I'm not a vendor. This stuff isn't for sale"

Good way to begin :)

While talking about the "safety concerns" of his software, he offhandedly mentioned "Nuclear Explosions" in the same way I might tell you there's a 30% chance of rain.

His software is sitting in a bunch of submarines, and has "never been used for its intended purpose [audience applauds]."

[side question: Is he really supposed to be telling us all this stuff?]

Some of the missiles used are "Trident Fleet Ballistic Missiles." They cost $30,000,000 apiece. Whit noted that one good reason not to use these is that it costs eight-figures to reload.

He's now talking about the software's duties. This stuff is pretty complicated.

The missiles have to fly to space from a moving launcher, and then free-fall down to their targets.

Call me crazy, but rather than using XML to do all of this, it might be cheaper and easier to just train an army of hamsters to pilot these things.

Of course, those would be some crazy son-of-a-bitch hamsters, but I bet they're out there.

Can you imagine "The Right Stuff" refilmed with hamsters instead of people? I think that would be really funny because hamsters are cute and they could eat carrots and stuff in the rocket ships, and you'd be all like, "Look at those hamsters! I can't believe it!" And you shouldn't believe it, because it's just a movie. But, it's a movie made with hamsters, and that's why it would be cool.

Look at that - it's a hamster with a space helmet on.
Is that cuter than shit or what?