Re: wars of attrition & reverse rubber hose & the ineffectiveness of direct lethal violence against the state

Yeah, I am, as usual, really late to the party... On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Mike Owen wrote:

On 3/9/06, coderman wrote:

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most annoying and obscure data storage format as a feature; that's a disturbing thought... [would it be punch cards or bernoulli disks?]

Unless you can find an old 5MB Bernoulli, stick with punch cards. The larger format versions are too easy to get.

Punch cards suffer from the defect of being visually readable. 5mb Bernoulli are readily available, however, 3" (NOT 3.5") floppy is *extremely* rare (I have two drives, and they are *so* obscure that I offer sizeable ($500.00) for anyone who can find a way to read the ones I bring for demonstrations :-) For that legitimate 'What I'm Doing *Isn't* "Museum Theft" kind of attitude. '

Mike

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