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  • The U.S. Military Will Stop Using Floppy Disks

    This article was written 18 October, 2019.

    They wonder why many people consider military intelligence a contradiction in terms.

    Many of the younger people on Customers Suck just said, "What the is a floppy disk?"

    Last edited by catcul; 10-19-2019, 03:42 AM. Reason: Fixed link.
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    How long has it been since anyone else used 8" floppies like the one in the picture?
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    • #3
      BTW, the link posted wouldn't load. Turned out the part after the word "disks" was causing trouble. Here's one that loads correctly: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/18/...-floppy-disks/
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      • #4
        Gee. Already?

        (Says the woman who has worked for five different government agencies . . .)

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        • #5
          Quoth Seanette View Post
          How long has it been since anyone else used 8" floppies like the one in the picture?
          Only last night but it wasn't floppy for more than a few seconds or so and closer to 9 inches than 8...
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          • #6
            Actually, part of the reason the government uses outdated systems is to save money. They work. Also, they are easier to isolate, making them harder to hack. They work on the philosophy, "I have never seen a computer that can open a file cabinet."
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            • #7
              Quoth Seanette View Post
              How long has it been since anyone else used 8" floppies like the one in the picture?
              We used that sort of thing when I first started in journalism. That was 30 years ago ...

              And we didn't use 'em for long.
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              • #8
                Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
                Only last night but it wasn't floppy for more than a few seconds or so and closer to 9 inches than 8...
                You wish it was 8 inches.
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                • #9
                  Quoth Jay 2K Winger View Post
                  You wish it was 8 inches.
                  Do you think he's confusing inches with centimeters?
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                  • #10
                    Apologies of course. Got my 8" and 8' muddled up...
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                    • #11
                      Dream on, Kit
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Kit-Ginevra View Post
                        Apologies of course. Got my 8" and 8' muddled up...
                        A mere slip of the duodecimal point. You working in O or HO scale, bro?
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                        • #13
                          I still have my external A: drive for my laptop from when I got out in '10 so I could do work at home/road.
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