To: Boogieman; carriage_hill
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A physical indicator on a floppy disk... Thank you for providing a serious answer.
My initial lighthearted snark was because, being an old fart ("Ok, boomer") I still think everybody knows what a write-protect tab is.
Or was.
Gawd, I'm old....
25 posted on
11/27/2019 11:06:23 AM PST by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
Hell, I’m 70 and barely remember that, since starting w/ DOS2 in 1987 on an IBM PS2/ 50. Back then, we had 9 DOS commands; I remember 4 or 5 of them. We had Compuserve BBS and 12.4 modems w/ drop-in phone cradle. Heh.I looked up the write-protect tab... senior brain fart, I guess.
26 posted on
11/27/2019 11:13:48 AM PST by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: dayglored
I thought it was hilarious. :) I probably still have a hardened roll or two of the fancy silver write protect stickers around here. :)
29 posted on
11/27/2019 11:20:03 AM PST by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: dayglored
My initial lighthearted snark was because, being an old fart ("Ok, boomer") I still think everybody knows what a write-protect tab is.
Write-protection tabs aren't obsolete at all. SD cards still have them, as well as some (though rarely) USB sticks.
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