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Author:  AlunD [ Thu May 26, 2016 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  US nuclear force still uses floppy disks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36385839

shakes head in disbelief.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Thu May 26, 2016 1:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: US nuclear force still uses floppy disks
Well, I guess you could make an argument for having a system that's so out of date that modern hacking techniques over the internet are completely useless against it.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu May 26, 2016 1:22 pm ]
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The sums are staggering :shock:
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu May 26, 2016 2:05 pm ]
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It's more a case of 'if it works don't fix it' I think.They know the systems are reliable and (figuratively and literally) bomb-proof. Designing, building and testing a replacement/upgrade of any significant part of one of the subs is ludicrously expensive so they just don't bother unless it actually doesn't work any more.
Author:  AlunD [ Thu May 26, 2016 2:43 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
They know the systems are reliable and (figuratively and literally) bomb-proof.


How many floppy discs have failed on you ? not exactly reliable. :D
Author:  big_D [ Thu May 26, 2016 4:03 pm ]
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Just because a device can use floppy disks doesn't mean that that is its only storage method and that all of the data and programs are stored on floppy...
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu May 26, 2016 8:44 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
It's more a case of 'if it works don't fix it' I think.They know the systems are reliable and (figuratively and literally) bomb-proof. Designing, building and testing a replacement/upgrade of any significant part of one of the subs is ludicrously expensive so they just don't bother unless it actually doesn't work any more.

The problem with that is that you need a replacement for such a critical system to be ready when it stops working.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu May 26, 2016 9:03 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
It's more a case of 'if it works don't fix it' I think.They know the systems are reliable and (figuratively and literally) bomb-proof. Designing, building and testing a replacement/upgrade of any significant part of one of the subs is ludicrously expensive so they just don't bother unless it actually doesn't work any more.

The problem with that is that you need a replacement for such a critical system to be ready when it stops working.

On a nuclear submarine the critical systems will have in place redundancy or will carry spares. Not like you can courier a part to them after all. Obviously you can't carry a whole extra submarine in your submarine. There are certain things where there available options upon failure could be 'surface or die' or even in catastrophic cases just 'die'. It has happened. But there's plenty of room on a Ohio class for a spare floppy drive.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Fri May 27, 2016 11:02 am ]
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AlunD wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
They know the systems are reliable and (figuratively and literally) bomb-proof.


How many floppy discs have failed on you ? not exactly reliable. :D

Thinking back - not that many - some failures were due to
- compass point through it
- teeth marks
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