FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control

Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by superxpro12 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:38AM (#50393658)

why is this "historic"? the thirst for this admin to use the most bombastic language possible is so tiring.

Just... modernize the thing already. thats your job. It's not impressive that you did this. You're supposed to do this. You dont get extra kudos for doing the thing you signed up to do...

and dont forget to put Trump's name at the beginning. Or he might get cranky

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by tokai on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:44AM (#50393751)

You could call it histrionic.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by njovin on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:45AM (#50393773)

Everything they try to spin positively has to be 'historic' because:

1. The party leader is a fragile, dying narcissist who is desperate for his name to be attached to anything other than the misery he's inflicted upon the world.

2. Their _actual_ historic achievements are all war crimes, human rights violations, and policy changes that would terrify their average supporter if they actually understood the long-term consequences.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by TedDoesntTalk on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:53AM (#50393909)

It’s historic because no else has done it in the last 40+ years. Doesn’t make it a big deal, but it’s still a big change.

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by readthenotes1 on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:08AM (#50394184)

It is a big deal if you fly :)

The inability to keep the air traffic control system effective and maintainable is far more embarrassing than the inability to update the IRS software or build a high-speed rail.

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