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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by Animats on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:41PM (#24113733)
So? There's nothing wrong with diskettes as a medium. They're not used much any more, but they work OK.

F-16s still use PCMCIA cards to load combat flight plans. Obsolete, but small and reliable. Also big enough to handle on a flight line while wearing gloves. An SD card would be too small. A USB stick might accidentally get plugged into something it shouldn't be plugged into.

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Re:Boeing 747s receive software updates over floppy disks by outworlder on Monday August 10, 2020 @04:45PM (#24113775)
> but small and reliable.

PCMCIA cards may be. Floppy disks are not reliable at all. But I assume there will be safeguards in place.

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