Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoJapan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy diskswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarekevindqc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoHow can they get anything done? 1.44MB is very little nowadays. Imagine having to split up a word document into dozens of floppy disks.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 months agoWhat would they use Word for? This is about submitting data in their own standard formats in tiny files. The real crime is that they’re not switching to online. Using optical discs is going to be even more ridiculous for those tiny files.
minus-squarekevindqc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAh that makes more sense, the article didn’t mention what was stored on them unless I missed it
minus-squaremotor_spirit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI’ve got .rar file parts of FRIENDS episodes strewn across thousands of floppies, it’s a way to give your life meaning during the end times
How can they get anything done? 1.44MB is very little nowadays. Imagine having to split up a word document into dozens of floppy disks.
What would they use Word for? This is about submitting data in their own standard formats in tiny files.
The real crime is that they’re not switching to online. Using optical discs is going to be even more ridiculous for those tiny files.
Ah that makes more sense, the article didn’t mention what was stored on them unless I missed it
I’ve got .rar file parts of FRIENDS episodes strewn across thousands of floppies, it’s a way to give your life meaning during the end times