vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoUS air traffic control enters the 21st century, starts to abandon floppy diskswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down12
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minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoOther countries would be horrified to hear that critical infrastructure had been so neglected, but this is just another day in the US of fucking A
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoThere was actually a benefit to being behind the curve on this. The scheduling is done on modern machines, the actual flight control console is a glorified comms station with a very beefy audio recorder. It’s built to last, and to be as reliable as possible, while still being repairable by a skilled technician. Any update needs to be as solid and reliable as what it replaces. That’s the key, not being advanced or some shit.
Other countries would be horrified to hear that critical infrastructure had been so neglected, but this is just another day in the US of fucking A
There was actually a benefit to being behind the curve on this.
The scheduling is done on modern machines, the actual flight control console is a glorified comms station with a very beefy audio recorder.
It’s built to last, and to be as reliable as possible, while still being repairable by a skilled technician.
Any update needs to be as solid and reliable as what it replaces. That’s the key, not being advanced or some shit.