Would it run on Windows?

OK, lots of recent headlines about Bill Gates filing a patent about pumping cold water from the ocean's depths to the surface to thwart hurricanes. 

First, the patent was filed by Intellectual Ventures, the patent trolling firm run by ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold.

Second, would you trust the weather to run on Windows?

As the classic margarine ad said, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."