[Techtalk] Sending floppy disks thru the mail

Walt pippin at freeshell.org
Thu Sep 12 11:59:39 EST 2002


Berenice wrote:
>This is a general question:  what are the chances of a floppy disk getting
>corrupted when it's sent overseas via air mail?

75%.

:-)

Sorry, I do say that a little tongue-in-cheek,
but that's just been my unfortunate experience
with floppies.

Walt

-~

     Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with
     its own corrections.  You can keep your sterile truth for yourself.
                         Vilfredo Pareto




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