Did anyone else see the handheld linux server on the same page. Now that looks fun, 20 gig, wifi, linux server that fits in your hand, Sign me up for one.
Granted, things change very quickly in the tech buis. But the floppy is one of the most standard, easily used, and most reliable pieces of media you can buy. Sure it only hold 1.4 meg, which on today's scale is nothing, however, if you need a paper, script, small pics, its perfect. What your saying is when i need to type a paper, report, or anything small for school, or buisness, i either have to wait for a CD to burn, put it on a zip(which have crashed on me and lost info more times than i can count), or upload to an email, which i am way too impatient to wait for, especially the times i'm using a dial up, as oppose to the few seconds it takes to write to a floppy. I have carried the same floppy in my coat pocket for months at a time, used it many times, and still had no prob getting data from. And for this we should throw away a $10 piece of hardware, and the few cents it cost for the media, because someone at a computer manufacuter thinks it out of date, I THINK NOT!!! SAVE THE FLOPPY, SAVE THE FLOPPY, SAVE THE FLOPPY!!!, and thats all i have to say
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Did anyone else see the handheld linux server on the same page. Now that looks fun, 20 gig, wifi, linux server that fits in your hand, Sign me up for one.
Granted, things change very quickly in the tech buis. But the floppy is one of the most standard, easily used, and most reliable pieces of media you can buy. Sure it only hold 1.4 meg, which on today's scale is nothing, however, if you need a paper, script, small pics, its perfect. What your saying is when i need to type a paper, report, or anything small for school, or buisness, i either have to wait for a CD to burn, put it on a zip(which have crashed on me and lost info more times than i can count), or upload to an email, which i am way too impatient to wait for, especially the times i'm using a dial up, as oppose to the few seconds it takes to write to a floppy. I have carried the same floppy in my coat pocket for months at a time, used it many times, and still had no prob getting data from. And for this we should throw away a $10 piece of hardware, and the few cents it cost for the media, because someone at a computer manufacuter thinks it out of date, I THINK NOT!!! SAVE THE FLOPPY, SAVE THE FLOPPY, SAVE THE FLOPPY!!!, and thats all i have to say