return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoFAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls "historic" tech upgradearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
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minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·8 hours agoThis is at least as disturbing as it is reassuring.
minus-squareshittydwarf@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·7 hours agoOr, should we be worried? The stupidest kakistocracy in history in charge of replacing a very important, highly complex, mission critical system? These people don’t think you and I deserve any human rights at all. Look at the pool man!
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoBe more disturbed that the Minuteman III missiles, one leg of the nuclear triad, rely on the big 8 inch floppies in their launch control systems. The replacement missiles will not enter service until the “early 2030s.”
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours ago FAA information display systems to be floppy-free at 435 sites by end of 2028. not so fast!
This is at least as disturbing as it is reassuring.
Or, should we be worried? The stupidest kakistocracy in history in charge of replacing a very important, highly complex, mission critical system? These people don’t think you and I deserve any human rights at all. Look at the pool man!
Be more disturbed that the Minuteman III missiles, one leg of the nuclear triad, rely on the big 8 inch floppies in their launch control systems.
The replacement missiles will not enter service until the “early 2030s.”
not so fast!