-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Good luck with that. One of the reasons that I transferred nearly all
 DD> of my Commode Door sox to optical media or thumb drives is the
 DD> notoriously flaky media used in floppies. a stray cosmic ray can ruin
 DD> your whole disk by flipping a single vital bit.

 TL> The only real way to be safe is redundancy - multiple copies on
 TL> multiple technologies in multiple locations. :)

True dat. Sometimes I grin so hard it hurts my face when I tentatively insert 
a suspect disk into the drive and everything goes to plan. I then make sure to 
back it up immediately - if not sooner.
 
 TL> ... If I had a hammer, I'd get hammered in the morning.

 DD> Three quick pints of VB on an empty stomach will serve the purpose.

 TL> LOL, so true! :D

 DD> For those of you not familair with Australia - VB is Victoria Bitter -
 DD> a popular frothingslosh. And quite tasty.

 TL> Yep, not a bad drop. :)

Hard to find in the USA, though. Newcastle Brown Ale will do in a pinch as a 
substitute.

... People who drink "Lite" beer don't like beer. They just like
to pee a lot.
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