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9. It's due to be updated by the end of next year.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #8)

Thu May 26, 2016, 04:26 AM

May 2016

Apparently the Treasury is just as bad, using computer systems developed in the 1950s.

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US nuclear force 'still uses floppy disks' [View all] Bad Dog May 2016 OP

I wonder what they're paying for blank disks. n/t PoliticAverse May 2016 #1

I bet they've been doing a lot of bidding on ebay. Bad Dog May 2016 #6

Honestly, on some level it probably makes it harder to hack. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #2

That was my thought. moriah May 2016 #3

What about response time? Bad Dog May 2016 #7

I pretend to be an expert on a whole bunch of things, but I'm really not. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #8

It's due to be updated by the end of next year. Bad Dog May 2016 #9

Punch Cards, then. My old man worked with one of those, back in the day. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #11

If you really want to turn back time. Bad Dog May 2016 #14

The point of subs and to a lesser extent bombers is they don't need to have a quick response MillennialDem May 2016 #30

They still need the President's say so. Bad Dog May 2016 #33

Not really the point. The president (or a military officer) can make a mistake with ICBMs. Technical MillennialDem May 2016 #34

Your captains can't attack without permission. Bad Dog May 2016 #35

but people who know how to operate them are nearing retirement pstokely May 2016 #23

TO MAKES IT A LOT HARDER FOR ENEMIES TO READ HACK OR COMPROMISE! Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #29

Maybe we should use human storage ala Farenheit 451 Mechanical/electronic doesn't last very long Monk06 May 2016 #4

Or the oral tradition of the Native American. Bad Dog May 2016 #5

Which is what Ray Bradbury advocated in F451 Every person is a book Monk06 May 2016 #10

I know, I've read the book. Bad Dog May 2016 #12

In the end oral memory binds us to species which we previously thought of as being non sentient, Monk06 May 2016 #15

So much is subject to chance. Bad Dog May 2016 #16

Per Wikipedia the Muslims destroyed anything that contradicted the Koran Jesus Malverde May 2016 #21

Like all Muslims are one big homegenous bloc. Bad Dog May 2016 #22

Crater Lake, here in Oregon- what once was "Mount Mazama" Warren DeMontague May 2016 #13

I'd imagine the certification process for any system takes so long Recursion May 2016 #17

Infrastructure quite often goes by its use by date. Bad Dog May 2016 #18

The eternal cry of the sysadmin Recursion May 2016 #19

I'm not surprised spinbaby May 2016 #20

The largest budget in the world and they've never upgraded. Where is the goddamned money going? ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #24

Wars are expensive. Bad Dog May 2016 #25

One more reason to dismantle the entire fucking thing. arcane1 May 2016 #26

Thumb Drives are Banned anyway One_Life_To_Give May 2016 #27

I keep all my nuclear secrets on low density single sided Macintosh floppies. hunter May 2016 #28

I gave mine away. I still regret it. kairos12 May 2016 #37

Of course they are not telling you why nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #31

Well, that may be a good thing maxrandb May 2016 #32

Works with tRump not knowing what the nuclear triad is. kairos12 May 2016 #36

That puts it in the same category as the clitoris. Bad Dog May 2016 #38