They seems popular enough. It's not something I would buy but there's like five in my neighborhood alone.

at $0.97/hr I was living like a fucking Sultan.

I remember the Elephant brand disks and always thought the label was very attractive. It's the only brand of disk I can remember that had something other that just a font on the label.

These were very reliable and the way most software was distributed for greater than 20 years with few problems. They got a bad rap because around 2000, the quality of both the drives and media declined because at this time, they were only used to boot the floppy that would install the OS ultimately from a CD-ROM.

Good quality media and drives are OK. I keep several old machines around as toys and probably have hundreds of floppies which I sample periodical and are basically "fine".

There's also the issue of people getting into "retro" computers and buy floppies off Ebay that were low quality and stored in unknown conditions (a barn in Texas, etc.). My oldest floppies I own were from from 1983 or so, and are still readable.

My mother, who is not computer literate bought a Yeti mug at Target. She came to me because she wanted to register the warranty online and don't understand how to do that (yes, register a warranty for *a cup*). I tried to explain what this is about but she'll not understand.

that's not how anybody should be authenticating with SSH. But this has been known for 20 years.

This is the logo for Digital Equipment Corporation is completely unrelated to the subject matter of this article.

There's lots of companies in this game. Flock, Axon, Motorola, etc.

Why did anyone wait for an attack to occur before moving this blood out of "connected refrigerators"?

Waiting for "Illegal in Germany" man...

and "Bypass Paywalls Clean".

Why do you hate Jesus?

Can OS/2 boot from UEFI?

I'm atheist so I don't care one way or the other. It's just the inconsistency without underlying context that makes me question the bona-fides of the person making the claim -- it comes off as disingenuous.

3. There is no need to qualify what kind of Democrat he once was with a religious affiliation. What are you trying to say anyway?

Interesting perspective. I see the language "Christian Republican" slung around all the time here with no objection. What are you trying to say?