Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1560arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square97fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarebfg9k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 years agoOlder Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoAnd Boeing is obviously trustworthy when it comes to maintenance.
minus-squarereinar@distress.digitallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoones with floppies are alright, beware modern ones.
minus-squareEmerald (she/her)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoif it aint broke dont fix it. That door plug on the other hand
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoI remember using floppies and they broke a lot. Probably more than USB drives
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minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoThumbdrives broken off in the port?? That’s some degenerate levels of sexual frustration coming to light, brother…
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoPreach it, person. Sysadmin here, the job fades you to humanity.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoBent and crushed floppies were less of a problem than simple failures of reading and writing them, which in my memory happened much more often than they do to USB drives now. I don’t see people breaking usb sticks in half that often either.
Older Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today
And Boeing is obviously trustworthy when it comes to maintenance.
ones with floppies are alright, beware modern ones.
if it aint broke dont fix it. That door plug on the other hand
I remember using floppies and they broke a lot. Probably more than USB drives
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Thumbdrives broken off in the port?? That’s some degenerate levels of sexual frustration coming to light, brother…
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Preach it, person. Sysadmin here, the job fades you to humanity.
Bent and crushed floppies were less of a problem than simple failures of reading and writing them, which in my memory happened much more often than they do to USB drives now. I don’t see people breaking usb sticks in half that often either.