Hidden behind a NYTimes paywall, . . .
news yesterday that the 8 inch drive nuclear weapions system has now been
updated.
Don't you feel safer that it is now on the interwebs, and doing windows
updates every day?
"Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks
The Defense Department has transitioned away from a 1970s-era nuclear
command and control system that relied on eight-inch floppy disks. The
modernizing effort was quietly completed in June." -NYTimes
https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/v4PmZDi7MtjL4dBgHkrNHg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfl
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