Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 14 Sep 2025 20:16:27 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <106ukm1$35g8p$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106v67a$1cgol$1@news1.tnib.de> <106vfvv$3bpmd$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106vi4r$3c9cr$2@dont-email.me> <3ihcmlx47d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1070cqj$3jkmu$1@dont-email.me> <1071hu3$1idk1$1@news1.tnib.de> <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OnGIf65vBrZCdeN+2wYM2Qm1KZgLHgLEoCR5xP4j+sAK3Vw/rV Cancel-Lock: sha1:60QhYiyDTQRvKi4SsRByklqGWIg= sha256:tm6n1GG97r4S43TdxrQWnHPYMCNwsmmakEGD390ez+E= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74159 On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:50:44 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 14/09/2025 13:57, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >> Le 14-09-2025, Daniel70 a écrit : >>> '3.5" and 5 1/4"'. Why did "we" always write them like that and not >>> '3.5" and 5.25"' .... or '3 1/2" and 5 1/4"'. ;-) >> >> I don't know how it is outside of France, but I always wrote/spoke >> about '3 1/2" and 5 1/4"'. A long time ago because it's about decades I >> didn't spoke of that. >> > In other places they were known as floppies and stiffies What were 8" known as? ED? Perhaps anecdotal but there was a rumor some problems occurred when secretaries conveniently stored 8" disks by attaching them to filing cabinets with refrigerator magnets.