Lack of 8-bit threads (was Re: Linux question)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Fred Cisin wrote:
>> (When they start packaging food in those blankin' soddin' vinyl packages, I
>> expect to start hearing of people starving to death for being unable to open them.)
> 
> ~25 years ago, a student in the lab managed to get the mylar out of it's
> jacket of a 5.25" diskette.  Somebody asked her, "how come you didn't
> realize that something was wrong when it was so hard to take apart?"
> She replied, "it's just about as hard to open a bag of potato chips"

I once got a similar explanation from someone who forced a second 3.5" 
floopy into a drive.  "It wasn't that hard."

Peace...  Sridhar