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Usenet Posted 19 years ago
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Policies for using the library's computers.

From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002):

> You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space. This space is fixed at 5 Mb and cannot be increased. > Your file store will be deleted if it is not used for 6 > months. You are responsible for keeping back ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose.

That's a lot of floppy disks!
> You must not store any data that is (sic) encrypted or > otherwise secured in any way.
> The City Council accepts no responsibility for the quality, > accuracy or availability of information accessed through the > Internet. You must understand that some of the information > may be inaccurate, out of date, controversial, offensive > and/or illegal.
  

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(Trimmed to AEU) [nq:1]From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002): > You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space. ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose.

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  • (Trimmed to AEU) [nq:1]From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002): > You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space.
  • ups (sic) of > your work.
  • Floppy disks can be used for this purpose.
  • [/nq] The document you're quoting is five years old.
  • That's an eternity in the computer biz.
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(Trimmed to AEU)
[nq:1]From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002): > You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space. ... ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose. That's a lot of floppy disks![/nq]
The document you're quoting is five years old. That's an eternity in the computer biz. Floppy disks vintage 2002 could hol
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[nq:1] > space. This space is fixed at 5 Mb and cannot be increased. > You are responsible for keeping back ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose. That's a lot of floppy disks![/nq]
Uhm, no, not unless you consider 5 floppies a lot. Less, if you use compression.
[nq:1] > You must not store any data that is (sic) encrypted or > otherwise secured
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[nq:1]From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002): > You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space. ... ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose. That's a lot of floppy disks![/nq]
What are you talking about!?? Even back circa 1981, them big ol' 8 inch floppies stored more than 5 megabits.
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[nq:1]From the "People's Network Acceptable Use Policy" (2002): > You are solely responsible for maintaining your file storage > space. ... ups (sic) of > your work. Floppy disks can be used for this purpose. That's a lot of floppy disks![/nq]
No, it's a single floppy disk. 5Mb is less than 1.44MB.

Even if the "Mb" was meant to be a "MB", that still requires only 4 disks.
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You can download from a PC to a cell phone?
oTTo
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[nq:2]No, it's a single floppy disk. 5Mb is less than ... this sense, data has been singular for a long time.[/nq]
[nq:1]You can download from a PC to a cell phone?[/nq]
Yes, I can. Why do you ask?
(BTW, the phone company is called "Cingular", not "singular")

Clark S. *** III
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[nq:2]You can download from a PC to a cell phone?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, I can. Why do you ask?[/nq]
That's pretty cool. How many MB?
[nq:1](BTW, the phone company is called "Cingular", not "singular")[/nq]
Doh! My bad.
oTTo
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[nq:2]Yes, I can. Why do you ask?[/nq]
[nq:1]That's pretty cool. How many MB?[/nq]
However many as can fit in the phone's storage.

Clark S. *** III
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[nq:2]That's pretty cool. How many MB?[/nq]
[nq:1]However many as can fit in the phone's storage.[/nq]
How many is that? (That's what I was asking!)
Why are you being obtuse?
oTTo
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[nq:2]No, it's a single floppy disk. 5Mb is less than ... this sense, data has been singular for a long time.[/nq]
[nq:1]You can download from a PC to a cell phone?[/nq]
**** straight you can - get into the modern age, you bozo.

TeaLady (mari)
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