3 Jan
2010
3 Jan
'10
3:22 p.m.
On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:39 PM, ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I prefer having intelligently designed
hardware that allows
> software to
> determine when the disk can be ejected rather than allowing the
> media to
> be yanked out at any time. The old Macintosh or Sparcstation floppy
Actually, I object to any system (hardware or software) which thinks
it
knows what I want to do better than I do. There are times when I may
wish
to remove a disk with files still open. Sure, let the OS warn me
it's a
darn bad idea, but don't stop me from doing it if I know it's the
thing I
want to do.
That's what paperclips were made for. :)
Josh
Water under the bridge at this point, I suppose
since the only people
who still use floppy disks are on this mailing list :).
Don't bet on it ;-)
-tony