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There’s a reason our nuclear system still operates on floppy disks.
by inlined 7y ago
There’s a reason our nuclear system still operates on floppy disks.
- 96fps 7y agoFloppy-disk based systems are not the only way to ensure security/reliability, but it's far better than a half-baked system that isn't properly audited. Systems we rely on must be dead simple and reliable.
- minton 7y agoDo you have a source on this?
- lucasmullens 7y agoGoogle it, it seems to be a generally known fact: https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/us/pentagon-floppy-disks-nuclear/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/us/pentagon-floppy-disks-nucl...
- tntn 7y agohttps://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677454.pdf https://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677454.pdf Page 15.
- pfranz 7y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/us/pentagon-floppy-disks-nuclear/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/us/pentagon-floppy-disks-nucl... It was a popular tech story a few years ago.
- floatingatoll 7y agohttps://hn.algolia.com/?query=nuclear%20floppy&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=nuclear%20floppy&sort=byPopula...
- dzhiurgis 7y agoThis is when I head off to n-gate.com
- drngdds 7y agoI'd assume that's more about not fixing something that isn't broken. (Because if you break it, you might accidentally annihilate humanity!)
- buboard 7y agoThere was no alternative to floppy disks when they were built though. Was there a deliberate choice to use an older technology?