Visionary that I was, I could never imagine why anything other than the 5.25" floppy drive would be needed. Okay, I might have needed several to run my Lotus 123 macros, but they were wonderful compared to the past.
Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernest Prabhakar Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] No more computer discs ? WTH ? Hi Billy, Yeah, I haven't touched an optical disk per se in years. Most software is distributed electronically, and on the rare occasions I need to transfer something physically I use a USB stick. True, I still occasionally get a DVD or CD from, say, a cereal box -- but only to immediately rip it into the computer. -- Ernie P. P.S. Even computer "disk drives" are becoming obsolete, at least on consumer devices, being replaced by solid-state "Flash drives." On Apr 30, 2013, at 11:52 AM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: techradar from the article : Digital-age dodos: 10 things tech is rendering redundant In Depth Technology can destroy entire industries or remake them entirely By Gary Marshall <http://www.techradar.com/author?searchTerm=Gary%20Marshall> April 29th , 2013 Bill Gates said Blu-Ray would be the last disc format the world would ever see, and it looks like he was right: from iTunes tracks to Netflix subscriptions we're getting more and more media delivered digitally instead of on shiny plastic discs. Instead of packaged software we have apps, instead of CDs we have MP3s, FLAC and AACs, and instead of DVDs we have downloads. Discs of all kinds are going the way of C90 cassettes, 8-track cartridges and wax cylinders. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org <http://radicalcentrism.org/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
