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-square11fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down12
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minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 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.
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.