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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 1

Jeffrey Williams-493691 (4/6/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/6/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)
I really thought the thread would surpass 14k today.
Probably will - though the definition of 'today' varies...;-)
Eight hours of 7^th April 2010 remain (local time).
Down to 3 hrs of April 6 remaining here.
Hey Jason - on the west coast here also. 3 hours to midnight...:-P

Where are you?

I'm in LV

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 2

IBM S/32-38 used the 8 inch floppies (originally called diskettes, but I believe the French found this somewhat inappropriate.) They were a GREAT improvement over decks of cards, except for the Luddites that only felt comfortable if they could actually see holes to be certain their data was there.

By some odd twist, the source code for DBCC TIMEWARP fits onto exactly 137 8-inch floppies.

Fact is stranger than truth.

Edited to add: Bedtime for Bob here guys. Y'all have fun at the 14K party tonight. 😉

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 3

CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)
Jeffrey Williams-493691 (4/6/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)
Paul White NZ (4/6/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/6/2010)
I really thought the thread would surpass 14k today.
Probably will - though the definition of 'today' varies...;-)
Eight hours of 7^th April 2010 remain (local time).
Down to 3 hrs of April 6 remaining here.
Hey Jason - on the west coast here also. 3 hours to midnight...:-P
Where are you?
I'm in LV

Already missed by hours where I am (6 hours late and still 18 posts to go).

Tom

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Jeffrey Williams-493691 (4/6/2010)

Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)
john.arnott (4/6/2010)
Or 8" floppies for that good old nineteen seventies vibe.
You know, the first time I played with a computer was in 1966 (it was the Ferranti-Packard Orion II at RHEL) and by the middle of 1970 I had written (amongst rather a lot of other things) software to test varios sorts of disc hardware (including those enormous dual 30MB 10-platter cartridge drives, with which a rapid head-throw test produced physically spectacular results if they were standing on a suspended floor); and I carried on working with machines that all sorts of weird disc and drum drives ever since; but I've never come across an 8 inch floppy. Which machines had those? Were they something released only in the USA?
I worked on an IBM System 38 that had one of those 8" floppy drives. Not sure of any other systems that had one though. I still remember cleaning 9-track tapes. Put the tape on the machine and let it run through the cleaning cycle and cut/splice around the areas that naturally got bent over time. Lots of fun...;)

I remember cleaning the 9-track tape drives, also. Some of the best tapes were the 3M Black Watch, but boy were they dirty. When using those we usually had to clean the tape drives twice a shift instead of once.

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 5

Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)
Already missed by hours where I am (6 hours late and still 18 posts to go).

If the deadline was 6^th April, it was missed by 17.5 hours as of right now.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 6

Paul White NZ (4/6/2010)
Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)
Already missed by hours where I am (6 hours late and still 18 posts to go).
If the deadline was 6^th April, it was missed by 17.5 hours as of right now.

Nah, we still have 1.5 hrs to go 😀

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 7

Does anyone else around here feel like a rocket scientist?[/u]

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

WayneS (4/6/2010)
Does anyone else around here feel like a rocket scientist?[/u]

Nope, not really. 😛

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 9

Tom.Thomson (4/6/2010)

john.arnott (4/6/2010)
Or 8" floppies for that good old nineteen seventies vibe.
You know, the first time I played with a computer was in 1966 (it was the Ferranti-Packard Orion II at RHEL) and by the middle of 1970 I had written (amongst rather a lot of other things) software to test varios sorts of disc hardware (including those enormous dual 30MB 10-platter cartridge drives, with which a rapid head-throw test produced physically spectacular results if they were standing on a suspended floor); and I carried on working with machines that all sorts of weird disc and drum drives ever since; but I've never come across an 8 inch floppy. Which machines had those? Were they something released only in the USA?

They were big on the early mini-computer generations. For instance, it was the primary load device on VAX 11/780's & 750's

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 10

WayneS (4/6/2010)
Does anyone else around here feel like a rocket scientist?[/u]

Nope - don't see where the close parenthesis belongs 😉

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 11

WayneS (4/6/2010)
Does anyone else around here feel like a rocket scientist?[/u]

It depends, how does a Rocket Scientist feel? 😛

Actually, I did do some work for a NASA project for 18 months years ago...

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 12

RBarryYoung (4/7/2010)
WayneS (4/6/2010)
Does anyone else around here feel like a rocket scientist?[/u]
It depends, how does a Rocket Scientist feel? 😛
Actually, I did do some work for a NASA project for 18 months years ago...

What a coincidence. I did some work for ATK / Thiokol a few years back. They are the ones that make the solid fuel boosters for NASA as well as the PATRIOT missile solid fuel cells and the Trident missile. That was a good contract.

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 13

Yep, Morton-Thiokol was pretty notorious back then (having made the O-rings and boosters that resulted in the Challenger explosion), but I've heard that they're much improved these days.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281344 More actions · Answer 14

RBarryYoung (4/7/2010)
Yep, Morton-Thiokol was pretty notorious back then (having made the O-rings and boosters that resulted in the Challenger explosion), but I've heard that they're much improved these days.

I think they are much improved. After the buyout / merger by ATK, things got better. Of course that O-ring could have had a bit to do with it as well.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 15

47% getting my QotD correct today so far (361 attempts).

Any Threadizens going to help push it over 50%?

It will be interesting to see how the success rate changes once the answer goes out...

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