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Why are you calling it a floppy disk?
why on earth do we still have a floppy disk?

The disk in the icon isn't even floppy, yet another term that continued to live long after the literal translation ceased to be accurate. happy
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 03/11/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why are you calling it a floppy disk?  NonZealot | 03/11/09
Well...  zwhittaker ZDNet Moderator | 03/11/09
Someone REALLY needs to get a life.  Mark-Twain | 03/11/09
Huh? Where did I say I was worried?  NonZealot | 03/11/09
I have a 5.25" floppy mounted on my wall  T1Oracle | 03/11/09
Brings me back to the first computer *I* owned  NonZealot | 03/11/09
Speaking of which  athaki | 03/12/09
Trade.....  Mac_444 | 03/12/09
re: Trade.....  goldenpirate@... | 03/12/09
Man, I'm Old  potomac79 | 03/11/09
Well Zack....  croberts | 03/11/09
RE: Get with the times; update the icons  roncemer | 03/11/09
TRS-80 ahh yes...  pmcm | 03/12/09
If We're To Iconize the TRS-80...  dumptux | 03/12/09
what do you change it to:  coffeeshark | 03/11/09
Please! No Change Now!  MichP | 03/12/09
RE: Get with the times; update the icons  emoorman | 03/12/09
RE: Get with the times; update the icons  dumptux | 03/12/09
VIC 20 nt  ThereThere | 03/13/09
Icons are for sissies  the.ksmm | 03/13/09
vi?????  goyta | 03/27/09
A "save" icon for our times  Ed Burnette ZDNet Moderator | 03/13/09
RE: Get with the times; update the icons  TwighlightShadow | 03/14/09
Then we'll have the same problem soon...  goyta | 03/27/09
Basically, because there's no easy replacement  LeonBA | 04/17/09

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