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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block

www.tomshardware.com

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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block

www.tomshardware.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Officials won't ask for CD media either.
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    Older Boeing’s use floppies to update their flight computer data even today

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      And Boeing is obviously trustworthy when it comes to maintenance.

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        ones with floppies are alright, beware modern ones.

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      if it aint broke dont fix it. That door plug on the other hand

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        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.

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            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.

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