▲ 299 ▼ US air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy disks (www.theregister.com) submitted 23 hours ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (3 children) I'm sorry, what? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) Apparently they believe an unreliable storage medium that hasn't been manufactured in more than twenty years may not be trustworthy enough for a life critical system anymore. That, or finding "new" floppies is more expensive than making the switch... permalink fedilink source parent [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 child) You need a computer to do a thing, ALL you want is the command prompt and thing doing.exe Can’t hack a floppy disk remotely, it’s the OG air gap permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shadisica@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 hours ago Actually, I'm pretty sure the air gap is the OG air gap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) Apparently they believe an unreliable storage medium that hasn't been manufactured in more than twenty years may not be trustworthy enough for a life critical system anymore. That, or finding "new" floppies is more expensive than making the switch... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 child) You need a computer to do a thing, ALL you want is the command prompt and thing doing.exe Can’t hack a floppy disk remotely, it’s the OG air gap permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Shadisica@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 hours ago Actually, I'm pretty sure the air gap is the OG air gap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shadisica@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 hours ago Actually, I'm pretty sure the air gap is the OG air gap. permalink fedilink source parent