Floppy Discs Control Nukes

Phantasmal

Phantasmal

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I thought they were slow about emails, this really surprised me.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/techwatch/2016/05/26/us-nuke-force-still-uses-floppy-disks-watchdog-says/84965454/
 
It shouldnt. It's a product of the procurement process.
Sounds silly but they are actually more secure this way. There's no hacking them.
 
Celticguy said:
No replacements and floppies don't last forever.
It's time but let's hope they don't connect those computers to a network.
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Let's hope that Hillary Clinton doesn't have anything to do with them, otherwise she would have them controlled by a server in her toilet!

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Establishment said:
Right now, due to a security flaw discovered in flash drives, the military won't touch them. If I walk a flash drive into my unit and plug it into anything other than the PS3 in the break room, I will be in no small amount of trouble.

http://www.howtogeek.com/203061/don’t-panic-but-all-usb-devices-have-a-massive-security-problem/
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Yes and for good reason. Try to use a high end Husqvarna sewing machine without its dongle (their term for a flash drive not mine) and see how far you get.
Hardware + software. Makes all the difference.
 
A lot of government agencies use really outdated technology, because the costs of security checking newer technology and such are to high. For that matter a lot of businesses use really outdated technology as well, for things like their internal company websites.
 
Book Purist said:
A lot of government agencies use really outdated technology, because the costs of security checking newer technology and such are to high. For that matter a lot of businesses use really outdated technology as well, for things like their internal company websites.
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ThreeDee can't get a job in the private sector, so he was unaware of that fact.
 
Hell NASA often uses decades old processors in its probes and such. It takes a long time to get special radiation hardened versions of chips necessary for doing work in space.
 
Book Purist said:
Hell NASA often uses decades old processors in its probes and such. It takes a long time to get special radiation hardened versions of chips necessary for doing work in space.
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ThreeDee didn't know that either. No wonder he's a government employee abusing the public trust by posting on JPP while he's supposed to be working.

What a taker.
 
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