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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:31 am

[quote]That's 3.5 inch like those used in the 90s. 8" are much bigger and weren't encased (ie, are truly "floppy") [/quote] well, if you want to get technical, we use ceramic discs to store most of the data anyway......

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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:27 am

[quote]You are fools if you believe this. [/quote] its a fact...There is nothing questionable about it...There are government systems running on antiquated hardware...Get over it...

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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:26 am

[quote]Can't just go down to Office Depot and buy an 8" floppy drive..... [/quote] [link=(http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/574118/SYBA-Multimedia-Floppy-Drive/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Data_Storage_Media-_-574118-VQ6-47886867356-VQ16-c-VQ17-pla-VQ18-online-VQ19-574118-VQ20-83579202790-VQ21--V...

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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:22 am

[quote]Things that are old enough to warrant the phrase "if it ain't broke," typically have been made obsolete by safer, more performant technology. [/quote] Not entirely true...

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re: VB.net gurus, I need help

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:21 am

[quote]Thanks for the help.[/quote] I can bullshite my way through a ton of IS stuff...I cannot pretend to know code/programming...

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re: VB.net gurus, I need help

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 9:17 am

[quote]I got a new job where I have to learn coding[/quote] ummm...Good luck...

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re: Ghost Sighting

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 8:45 am

[quote]Go on social media and find a trading partner. Get something better like treehouse, sip, or heady. [/quote] THIS, is why you guys can't find Ghost......

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re: 13 hours

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 8:05 am

[quote]I'm assuming not that many people have seen it. [/quote] But if they were alive in the last few years, they have heard of Benghazi......

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re: Forza motor sports players

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 7:58 am

[quote] I'll probably just pick up F6[/quote] It looked great, it was just too much track racing...FH2 is like an open world where you can drive whatever, whenever...

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re: Best E3 reveal reaction ever?

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 7:31 am

[quote]I remember you guys losing your shite about the building coming down in bf4 at e3[/quote] I still do...

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re: Two Programs with Same Name in Control Panel Question

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 7:27 am

[link=(http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/)]Run Treefilesize[/link] and delete the extra crap...

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re: 13 hours

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 7:21 am

[quote]It's tragic that Americans lost their lives to gross negligence by the people sworn to protect them.[/quote] Try telling that to her supporters...

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re: Forza motor sports players

Posted by grammar_knotsi on 5/26/16 at 7:19 am

I play FH2 once or twice a week..Got it for like $20 on Cdkeys and the addons were 5 during the last big MS sale ETA: F6 was a little too "real" to be fun...

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