Re: Gotta' love these!!

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Bob Angell wrote:
>>
>> When you read these, you have to wonder just how shallow that "gene"
>> pool happens to be!!!
>>
>> -Bob-
>
>another story...
>
>call comes in for support, and it is determined that, for whatever reason,
>that they must go to backup.
>
>Support asks when the last time the files were saved, and the reply is:
>
>"last night!.  I back-up every night.  So I don't forget, I attach the
>diskette to the filing cabinet next to my desk with a
>magnet."


As dumb as it sounds, this might -not- damage the data on the diskette!
(at least on a 3-1/2" floppy).  I've tried to intentionally erase stuff on
a floppy with a refrigerator magnet, and, even when I rubbed the magnet on
the surface of the floppy, it did NOT erase it.

However...  as a regular thing...  I do  NOT  use magnets to hold diskettes
to the filing cabinet.  I staple them to the wall.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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