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I know that there must exist adults working in the software industry that have never seen a floppy disk. Because I'm old, and it's been probably fifteen years (
by mikestew 4y ago
I know that there must exist adults working in the software industry that have never seen a floppy disk. Because I'm old, and it's been probably fifteen years (to be conservative) since I've held a floppy disk in my hands. I can understand a resistance to change, as we all know how well moving it "online" can go versus a working system, but where in the hell were users even supposed to find these disks even, say, five years ago?
As an off-topic peeve, why is "Nix" capitalized in the title when nothing else is?
- hulitu 4y agoThere are a lot of old measuring equipment that uses floppy disks.
- DerekL 4y ago> As an off-topic peeve, why is "Nix" capitalized in the title when nothing else is? Good question. The entire title is original, even though the article title (“Japan declares war on floppy disks for government use”) is clear and concise.
- toast0 4y ago> I know that there must exist adults working in the software industry that have never seen a floppy disk. Almost everyone has seen a save icon. Floppy disks are just 3d printed save icons ;p
- ekianjo 4y agofloppy disks are still sold in Japan in stores.
- tragomaskhalos 4y agoIndeed, and it'll be interesting to see if the little floppy icon that has become the universal pictogram for 'save' in applications survives into a time when even the hoariest devs and designers have never seen such a thing in the flesh. I suspect that it will, as the symbology has taken on a life of its own, divorced from its origins.
- zozbot234 4y agoIt's not a floppy disk, it's a save-icon magical artifact.