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With over $12 billion on the table to fix increasingly faulty Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems, all eyes are on the FAA.
We shall have to wait a while longer for the SilverStone FLP02 retro tower case that we saw at Computex. In the meantime we ...
Singapore adopted Sydney’s Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) and renamed it Green Link Determining (GLIDE) in 1988 ...
It may seem incredible, but the giant Boeing 747 is still using the old-fashioned floppy disk to update its software. And it's unlikely to change. Here's why.
“We are grateful that the Senate understands the urgent need to overhaul our nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system and included $12.5 billion in their reconciliation package for that cause.
US nuclear force still uses floppy disks Episode 160621 / 21 Jun 2016 Step 1: Listen You're going to hear a genuine BBC news report from 26 May, 2016. Before you listen, read these three summaries: 1.
US nuclear force still uses floppy disks Episode 160621 / 21 Jun 2016 Step 1: Listen You're going to hear a genuine BBC news report from 26 May, 2016. Before you listen, read these three summaries: 1.
I can do math in my head (a skill honed, in particular, by the need to calculate file sizes limited by the capacity of a floppy disk), and I still have pretty good handwriting, although I increasingly ...
Times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset are given in local time from 40° N 90° W. The Moon’s illumination is given at 12 P.M. local time from the same location. Wednesday, July 2 ...
The evolution of the Musical flOPPY controller. Everything* you need to make your own musical floppy drives! The wiki has additional information, instructions for getting started, and some other ...