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From: Twayne on 7 Mar 2010 16:52 In news:67e7p5h7l0eo73nbrlvm36m3h6dscu2p3i(a)4ax.com, Ken Blake, MVP <kblake(a)this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:18:37 -0000, "Gordon" > <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> MB for MB a flash drive is FAR cheaper than >> floppies... >> >> 10 1.44 MB diskettes - �1.98. That's 14.4 MB for �1.98 - >> �0.14 per MB >> >> 2 *GB* flash drive �5.49. That's two THOUSAND MB for �5.49 >> - that' �.002 per MB. > > > > Good point, and one that I never thought about before. > > As a general rule, the more bytes some storage device > holds, the cheaper it is per byte. But off topic and irrelevant since it has nothing to do with the OPs query. -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
From: Gordon on 7 Mar 2010 17:00 "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message news:Oi8QeCkvKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > But off topic and irrelevant since it has nothing to do with the OPs > query. Not at all. The question is - why would anyone want to use 1.44 MB floppy discs anyway in the 21st century?
From: Twayne on 8 Mar 2010 13:38 In news:OKB2gGkvKHA.5008(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, Gordon <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> typed: > "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:Oi8QeCkvKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> But off topic and irrelevant since it has nothing to do >> with the OPs query. > > Not at all. The question is - why would anyone want to use > 1.44 MB floppy discs anyway in the 21st century? And now you have a few reasong; I'm sure there are more. HTH, Twayne` -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
From: Unknown on 8 Mar 2010 14:41 The manufacturer of my computer updates my BIOS by me downloading the update which is written to a floppy. I then boot with the floppy inserted and my BIOS is updated. Should something happen to my BIOS, I have a copy of it on a floppy. This is why I use a floppy in the 21st century. "Gordon" <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OKB2gGkvKHA.5008(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Twayne" <nobody(a)spamcop.net> wrote in message > news:Oi8QeCkvKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> But off topic and irrelevant since it has nothing to do with the OPs >> query. > > Not at all. The question is - why would anyone want to use 1.44 MB floppy > discs anyway in the 21st century?
From: Gordon on 8 Mar 2010 15:54
"Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:ueN8VdvvKHA.3564(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > The manufacturer of my computer updates my BIOS by me downloading the > update which is > written to a floppy. I then boot with the floppy inserted and my BIOS is > updated. > Should something happen to my BIOS, I have a copy of it on a floppy. > This is why I use a floppy in the 21st century. And that's probably the ONLY reason for using a floppy..... |