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Modernizing the Save Icon?

Posted by Cliff on from the death-to-the-floppy! dept.

floppy-less asks: "In nearly every modern GUI, the floppy disk icon is used to symbolize saving files. With the fate of floppy disks becoming apparent, what will become of the esteemed 'Save to Disk' icon? Will it become a CD-R? a hard drive? a portrait of Jesus?"

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  1. Jesus saves.. by KlaatuVN · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moses invests.

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    1. Re:Jesus saves.. by SoCalChris · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jesus and the Devil get into an argument one day about who could use the computer better. Finally, God got tired of them bickering, and offered to be the judge in a contest to see who really was better.

      The day of the contest came, and both Jesus and the Devil worked all day long, making spreadsheets, typing documents and scanning images.

      Just a few minutes before the contest ended, the power went out. The devil started cursing and screaming, but Jesus simply turned his PC back on, and printed his work for God to judge.

      The devil started screaming that Jesus had cheated, and it wasn't fair, but all God said was...

      Jesus saves!

  2. hrmm by profet · · Score: 5, Funny

    :wq

    looks nothing like a floppy...what are you people smoking?

  3. Re:why change? by spood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure they would - it's that big tower under their desk!

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    ---- Just another spud server.
  4. What next? by azuroff · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're going to try to convince me that there aren't literal manila folders inside my computer?

  5. Re:They never learn by dheltzel · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've come across dozens of people who seriously believe that the computer casing is the hard drive.

    Me too! But I tell them "That's wrong, if you call it the hard drive, computer people will think you're stupid, it's really called a modem, and if it ever makes a funny noise, that means someone's trying to break into your system, unplug it immediately!"

    They'll proudly call it a modem from now on to impress us with their sophistication. That's the geek way of marking the territory to warn other geeks of danger.