From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rs3vH-0004Xl-AM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9426AE088D; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FEE3E088D for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=TqVkdUrh c=1 sm=0 a=xvUQ5II7JMRnhGkbsebX1A==:17 a=wFpE1xy6iC0A:10 a=6WvLBrxrMboA:10 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=LfqMiUf45yUA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=cYo96mpsAAAA:8 a=tUDuRal5P72Lbl-vrEgA:9 a=-2siSRX1rROE4GeRIR4A:7 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=b2KW4AENQPQA:10 a=Zs-puKppFUz8w3GF:21 a=5hb99BSlLB14ET-5:21 a=xvUQ5II7JMRnhGkbsebX1A==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 97.102.250.187 Received: from [97.102.250.187] ([97.102.250.187:36160] helo=basement.kutulu.org) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id E8/CD-20593-D78572F4; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:02 +0000 Received: from localhost (basement.kutulu.org [127.0.0.1]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8856F112007 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:01 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kutulu.org Received: from basement.kutulu.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (basement.kutulu.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Al_X991ugXfZ for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from PORPOISE (PORPOISE.kutulu.org [192.168.69.91]) by basement.kutulu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE26A112006 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:00 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike Edenfield" To: References: <4F2546BC.3010608@gmail.com> <4F258AAF.9090504@gmail.com> <4F26939E.3030003@kutulu.org> <4F2696A7.40407@hadt.biz> In-Reply-To: <4F2696A7.40407@hadt.biz> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Floppy support question for old farts. lol Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:56:57 -0500 Message-ID: <006801ccdfc3$ff31c3d0$fd954b70$@kutulu.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 thread-index: AQLUyxLj54NABkQY9DZPM7h/dltZeQH4HfPRAkX/c8kC6iIxugJOlv0EAijC4BCTuPPwoA== Content-Language: en-us X-Archives-Salt: 12031efd-386e-4ed5-9e9c-fed4792e7b71 X-Archives-Hash: 8524eef4e025571e2af6528b9e27bf4c > From: Michael Hampicke [mailto:gentoo-user@hadt.biz] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:10 AM >=20 > > Technically, they did, it was just impossible for an OS to make it > > actually work: > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/04/02/9528175.aspx >=20 >=20 > Quote > > And you certainly don't want to make the user go through this > > training session when they unpack their computer on Christmas > > morning. "Thank you for using Window 95. Before we begin, please > > insert a floppy disk in drive A:." >=20 > I wish they would have tought of that when they forced users to = activate > and/or register Windows. >=20 > "Thank you for using Window XP. Before we begin, please enter your 100 > digit serial number" Sweet. I had 15 minutes in the office "how long before someone makes a = pointless, unrelated Windows insult out of my post" pool; I just won $5.