8 inch floppies

[Fred Cisin]

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

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