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Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
(www.theverge.com)
This isn't really an issue
Better than updating the plane through the internet. I don't trust my printer with an Ethernet cable, much less a plane. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
No networks huh?
You'd get along with ol' Bill Adama.
Stability above all
viagra has rendered floppy disks obsolete, that's why we mosly use hard disks now
I misread the title as saying that Boeing 747s gotcritical updates via floppy disks and I was so relieved.
As others said, better than OTA.
I can't wait for COMAC to make that vomit stain of a company totally irrelevant.
same
I wonder if they still make 3.5" floppies...
that was my thought as well
Good.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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