[PLUG-TALK] Happy news!

alan at clueserver.org alan at clueserver.org
Fri Oct 25 17:27:36 UTC 2019



> Headline in the NY Times:
>
> "Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks"
>
> But they don't say whether the missile command is still running Windows 98
> or has upgraded to Windows 7. Nor do they tell us whether those were 8",
> 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disks.

They were 8" disks. I don't remember the capacity. I didn't know anyone
even made those anymore. I have not seen one in use in this century.

Q: Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas?
A: Because OCT 31 == DEC 25.




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