Misleading headline anyway. Those 8" disks are crew logs. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 05/26/2016 12:22PM
Saves a ton on new technology -- TomTurkey 05/26/2016 11:37AM
Costs a ton to maintain outdated tech. Prob less hackable true. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 05/26/2016 12:18PM
Getting the NRC to approve new technologoy >>>>>>> more expensive than old -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 12:57PM
It still blows me away that NASA put a man on the moon using -- OandM 69 05/26/2016 10:57AM
Strangely, that actually makes me feel better, not worse -- Tafkam Hokie 05/26/2016 10:43AM
We are a blatantly hypocritical country, sorry to say. -- vt_mughal 05/26/2016 10:06AM
It's actually the use of floppies that make the industry safer. -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 10:10AM
OK that makes sense. F'in media wont tell you that kind of stuff -- vt_mughal 05/26/2016 10:18AM
Media's goal is to make money, not to inform. Years ago the networks -- hokeyhokie 05/26/2016 10:29AM
LOL...that was a pretty fast about face... -- Vienna_Hokie 05/26/2016 10:28AM
It was an about face on the nuclear issues, but the other issues -- vt_mughal 05/26/2016 10:44AM
Considering that a worm on a USB thumb drive was able to derail -- Hokie madman 05/26/2016 10:01AM
The problem with the bureaucracy -- Hokie madman 05/26/2016 09:56AM
The bigger problem is public opinion. -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 10:14AM
Opinion plays a big part, to be sure. -- Hokie madman 05/26/2016 10:17AM
It's not the plants and the gov't doing that. -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 11:28AM
I get that too, been in the business for over 3 decades -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 10:08AM
It's not necessarily a budget issue it's a security issue. -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 10:06AM
That's true as well ** -- Hokie madman 05/26/2016 10:14AM
Wow, not true in my experience w/Fortune 300 company -- WestyHokie 05/26/2016 09:59AM
I think you're talking about something different -- Hokie madman 05/26/2016 10:12AM
I think I'm addressing exactly what you mean -- WestyHokie 05/26/2016 10:16AM
This is essentially what a nuclear control room looks like. -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 09:53AM
Are you at North Anna? Looks very familiar. ** -- HartwoodHokie 05/26/2016 11:31AM
Nah I work services. I design upgrades and tooling to improve nuke plants. ** -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 12:56PM
Don't step on the logo on the floor...could bring bad luck. ** -- capitals1 05/26/2016 10:46AM
Ugh....Linoleum tile...how gauche. ** -- VT Pops 05/26/2016 10:11AM
Homer must be getting a donut ** -- WestyHokie 05/26/2016 10:01AM
I absolutely agree on the problem -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 09:57AM
Another -- hokiehunter07 05/26/2016 09:56AM
And ballbearings. It's all ball bearings nowadays ** -- public knowledge 05/26/2016 09:47AM
And yet, they are still better than what the other guy has. ** -- Hokie360 05/26/2016 09:38AM
And CMS pays claims with systems running on COBOL ** -- HokiePHX 05/26/2016 09:30AM
I suspect there is plenty of COBOL around -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 09:33AM
Yep, the IRS and CMS will invest in garbage programs but notq -- HokiePHX 05/26/2016 09:45AM
Sadly, CMS is was of the better organizations. -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 10:22AM
Not that simple -- turkeywinghokie 05/26/2016 09:58AM
I designed their new data center 8 or 10 years ago ** -- 133743Hokie 05/26/2016 10:28PM
I pitched modernization to the IRS last year - I am very familiar -- HokiePHX 05/26/2016 11:12AM
I spent 6 months at a DC IRS site working on a system .... -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 11:52AM
They are so afraid that one claim would get handled improperly -- HokiePHX 05/26/2016 11:56AM
Wow, I marked this day -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 12:25PM
Updating in 2017 ** -- Pork Chop 05/26/2016 09:15AM
So hopefully it will be completed in 2027 (:>) ** -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 09:19AM
Where do they get them made, I didn't think anybody made those anymore ** -- fordham 05/26/2016 09:12AM
Clearing out my folks attic while back found a few 8" floppys ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/26/2016 09:16AM
I have a ton of floppies in 2 storage sheds a 100+ miles away from my house -- VaTechie 05/26/2016 09:23AM
Probably custom made at a ridiculously inflated price. ** -- HokieNoVA 05/26/2016 09:15AM
$100,000 floppy ** -- Newt 05/26/2016 09:18AM