IBM PC architecture never used the 8" FDD to my knowledge.

I seem to remember those 8" drives on old DEC equipment - VAX minicomps and the like.

It's available at Whole Foods today for a MSRP of $5.29 for a 12 oz package.

It's not socialist, it's not communist, but it is authoritarian - which is why I oppose it. Government has no business forcing private citizens to do something that ought to be in their own best interests anyway - people should have the right to choose to make bad decisions if they feel it's in their interests to do so.

You, sir, are in the minority. Your mother would have had to have an active infection on her vagina right at your birth. It sucks that you were screwed over by her life choices, but alas, you must play the cards you're dealt. I hardly think that means that society should pay for it in any case.

Don't forget the new Obamacare tax on regulated medical devices adds a bit to the cost as well.

Actually, this is an independent reproduction of an experiment from Oregon in, I think, 2007. This would seem to be the real deal.

Because the future of humanity depends on getting off of this rock eventually.

If we were *completely* incompetent, every one we've ever made would have melted down. As it stands, I can only name 3.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

If you want to see the future of the internet, go read Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. All these guys did - Carmack, Zuck, the Google guys - whatever, and they've all been trying to make Stephenson's Metaverse come to life ever since. Think of it as a kind of Burnham plan for the internet.

Facebook is trying to produce the Metaverse, just like everyone before them, and the Oculus Rift will be the first incarnation of the Metaverse's headset.

Because it's not unlikely to have a rocket explode in the atmosphere, scattering plutonium all over the place. Not only that, but what you propose is **really** expensive.

You may have a lower property tax bill, but your 10% sales tax is ridiculous. Combine that with city penalties such as the corruption tax, insurance fees, parking, wear and tear on your car and your body that city life brings, and it's about equal - not to mention the square footage you get for the dollar.

I found one of these houses for sale in the community listed in Grayslake, IL.

Here's a link to the listing on Trulia.

$200/mo HOA. Tax bill is INSANE for the area at around $12k/yr. House was 2300 sqft for around $250k, which is what I'd expect for the area.

Not only do you have to deal with a HOA, you have to deal with a tax bill at 5% of the worth of the property.

> Damn how I miss games with endless of hours of content

Endless hours of content means that gamers spend too much time playing the game, rather than purchasing more games because the old ones got boring.

The trick in the game development industry is to make a game interesting for just long enough to switch gamers to the next thing. If they offer endless content, they move to subscription models, like WOW.

> You know, that's starting to sound a lot like local government.

Gah. And have everything run by politicians, skimming off the top? Activists who think they own the joint, screwing it up more by muddying the waters at board meetings because they think their issues are more important than everyone else's? I'd sooner have my eyes cut out with a power drill.

That said, I've been contemplating lately - government ownership and management of the last mile cables, and negotiated leases to cable companies might be able to add some competition to the mix.