12 Nov
2010
12 Nov
'10
6:44 p.m.
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 12 Nov 2010 at 16:43, Roger Ivie wrote:
It reminds me of this toy:
http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKGK22&Click=37…
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
"Stickytape and Rust" from The Secret
Life of Machines
Seems to me that I've seen paper tape coated with oxide before
plastic. Also, the wire recorder goes back a very long time.
All of which reminds me of some of the original lab work for the IBM
1311 drive (thanks, CHM!). Take a steel disc, oxidize it and use a
unipolar read/write head. I'm surprised no amateur has tried to make
his own version of this thing.