On Saturday 22 May 2004 20:54, Carleton MacDonald wrote: > I run Windows 2000 and changed the description to "90 mm floppy*". > However, if I right-click on the icon in My Computer, and then on > Properties, it still shows the type as "3 1/2 inch Floppy Disk", and this > CANNOT be changed. Stupid IBM and Microsoft. > > *I tried to make it "diskette" but that was too long. I do not know why it > is called a "floppy", as the disk is hard, and does not flop, unlike the > larger one that came before it.
Being pedantic, the disk IS floppy: it's just the case that is rigid. -- Chris KEENAN UK Metric Assoc.: metric.org.uk
