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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by xenadu02 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:45PM (#50397383)
If you are curious: one of the most frequent problems that disables fire sprinklers is maintenance forgetting to turn the water back on. No one notices until it is too late.

No one notices the thousands of times the redundant links works just fine. We only notice when the primary has an outage and a construction crew cuts a fiber line at the same time.

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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by philipwhiuk on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:02AM (#50403459)
If you’re relying on your redundant link thousands of times you probably need a third link.
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