[Cialug] This floppy stands between you and armageddon

[Nathan C. Smith]

Fortunately the USB ports on those 60's era computers are correspondingly large making smuggling in a 60's era USB golf cart-drive a challenge for would-be saboteurs



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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Todd Walton
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 9:33 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: [Cialug] This floppy stands between you and armageddon

America's feared nuclear missile facilities are still controlled by computers from the 1960s and floppy disks:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2614323/Americas-feared-nuclear-missile-facilities-controlled-computers-1960s-floppy-disks.html

They make it out to be a thing, but I say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."  Now... if only there were a way to know if it were broke or not...

I love this line:

"But security officials maintain their methods are not only functional but hack-free, with the underground control room in Wyoming not connected to the internet, stopping any cyber terrorists gaining control over the weapons."

As a reminder, Iran's nuclear power plants weren't on the internet either, and that didn't stop Stuxnet.

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Todd
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