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manoDev on April 29, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Nuclear Missile Silos Still Use Floppy Disks

Just like any weapon, you want it to be safe and reliable - specially nuclear missiles.

josephkern on April 29, 2014 [–]

Weapons are tools (admittedly tools for separating nervous systems from muscles as quickly as possible), all tools should be safe and reliable.

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