America’s nuclear arsenal still runs off of 8-inch floppy discs
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GeekDotCom[^]:
People from all over the political spectrum are up in arms this week, following a 60 Minutes report on the state of the US nuclear arsenal. Particularly, the segment exposes the old and seemingly outdated technology that controls and underlies these most powerful of weapons. The phones are old, chunky physical types. The switch-boards have those big mechanical switches and flashy lights. And the paramount sin: Many of the records are kept on 8 inch floppy disks.
Yeah you read that right. Not even 3.5-inch floppys. "8-inch 4 lyfe"
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GeekDotCom[^]:
People from all over the political spectrum are up in arms this week, following a 60 Minutes report on the state of the US nuclear arsenal. Particularly, the segment exposes the old and seemingly outdated technology that controls and underlies these most powerful of weapons. The phones are old, chunky physical types. The switch-boards have those big mechanical switches and flashy lights. And the paramount sin: Many of the records are kept on 8 inch floppy disks.
Yeah you read that right. Not even 3.5-inch floppys. "8-inch 4 lyfe"
That is how Arnim Zola stays "alive".
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GeekDotCom[^]:
People from all over the political spectrum are up in arms this week, following a 60 Minutes report on the state of the US nuclear arsenal. Particularly, the segment exposes the old and seemingly outdated technology that controls and underlies these most powerful of weapons. The phones are old, chunky physical types. The switch-boards have those big mechanical switches and flashy lights. And the paramount sin: Many of the records are kept on 8 inch floppy disks.
Yeah you read that right. Not even 3.5-inch floppys. "8-inch 4 lyfe"
The old stuff might be less fragile than then new stuff. Old stuff tends to be overengineered, and later they take the time to do the same thing with the least and cheapest materials they can find.
Wout