Maybe they had a different defintion of what constituted "flying," especially since no one had done it before. George A. Thompson Editor in Chief HP Professional Magazine > ---------- > From: Trudeau, James L[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Trudeau, James L > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 10:03 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Off Topic: 2MB Floppy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wirt Atmar [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 5:16 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Off Topic: 2MB Floppy > > > <snip> > > > This is really the core of the problem. Technology moves on -- and at > the > > moment never really gets a chance to grab a substantially majority of > the > > market to dictate that the "current" standard be supported any more than > > just > > a few years -- before the next "wave of the future" arrives on the > scene. > > Sony's 1.44MB original format had that chance -- and because of it -- > > became a > > defacto standard that "had to be" supported. > > > > Wirt Atmar > > > Howdy, > > So I decided to test the latest tech stuff. I took an "old tech" 1.44 > floppy and > a "new tech" 120 Mb floppy and put them on the floor side by side. I then > stomped each one an equal number of times. Now neither the old tech nor > the new tech works at all. I therefore conclude that both techs are > useless > techs and we need some really new techs. Plus the guy I stole the > floppies > from for testing is mad at me. Wouldn't listen when I tried to explain > that > it > was all in the interest of advancing technology. > > Speaking of which I see that NASA or the Smithsonian or someone is doing > wind tunnel tests of the Wright brothers plane to try and figure out how > it > ever > flew at all. > > Jim Trudeau >