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US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

admars (Elite) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 11:12

if it ain't broke...?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36385839


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The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disks, a government report has revealed.
I guess no-one wants to rewrite in .net and find it doesn't work after a windows update ;)

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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 12:15

Better on physical media than in the cloud

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Jitendar Canth (Reviewer) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 12:23

I wonder if modern malicious coders can write a virus small enough to fit on a 237Kb floppy, or if they even know how to use a floppy... Probably the only thing keeping the world from going bang. Next year should be the end of the world, when they upgrade to USB...

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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 12:23

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Pete-MK says...
"Better on physical media than in the cloud"

Mushroom?


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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

RJS (undefined) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 12:25

I don't think I've ever seen an 8" floppy.

You can take that however you want.

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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

bandicoot (Elite) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 17:20

Its not just the firmware and software to worry about, its also the nutter in charge with the finger on the trigger, who we hope has a cool head.

Anyway we got though decades of the cold war, so why worry now, he he.

RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

Jitendar Canth (Reviewer) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 17:23

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bandicoot says...
"its also the nutter in charge with the finger on the trigger, who we hope has a cool head.

Anyway we got though decades of the cold war, so why worry now, he he."

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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

Choagy (Elite) posted this on Friday, 27th May 2016, 20:36

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Rob Shepherd says...
"I don't think I've ever seen an 8" floppy."

FFS , 8" , better get the vacuum pump and Dyson attachment out of storage  

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RE: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 28th May 2016, 01:01

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Rob Shepherd says...
"I don't think I've ever seen an 8" floppy.

You can take that however you want."

I would think by it's very nature it would be difficult to take in any way. 


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