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9. whoever decided to do this upgrade on a weekday should lose their job

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 02:57 PM

Sep 5

Unfortunately almost every area of our lives these days are filled with incompetence.

Also, it appears really easy to disable the entire system by taking some network hardware offline. Cyber criminals can taste the ransom money already.

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BART system shuts down completely, creating transit nightmare [View all] lostincalifornia Sep 5 OP

Weren't they required to start the system every morning with 5" floppy disks? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #1

I came to ask that too IbogaProject Sep 5 #5

Some of our missile silos have (had?) similarly antiquated technology. keep_left Sep 5 #6

"I believe they were truly ancient 8" disks--anyone remember those?" mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #7

I remember that fondly, not to mention the Fairlight CMI... keep_left Sep 5 #8

They were 8" drives jmowreader Sep 5 #10

ded burn micro$soft AllaN01Bear Sep 5 #2

Good gawd! What a mess! littlemissmartypants Sep 5 #3

If this happens to you it can be a nightmare. Jacson6 Sep 5 #4

whoever decided to do this upgrade on a weekday should lose their job pimpbot Sep 5 #9

My bet is Trump asking Putin popsdenver Sep 5 #11