On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:30:28 -0800, Lee Jones wrote:

<snip>
>> Some people are surely going to be wondering what the heck
>> write-protect stickies are. Some of us are wondering why you aren't
>> calling them by their correct name -  write-enable stickies. :=)
>
>I disagree with your terminology of "write-enable stickies"
>and will continue to call them write-protect stickers.
>
>The sticker did not enable writing to the diskette.
>
>The sticker did write protect the contents of the diskette.
>

Yeah, that's true enough on those new-fangled little 5-1/4" things. On
the original 8" floppy disks, though, the notch and the sticker served
the opposite purpose. They write-enabled the diskette.

Sorry, I was just making a lame joke.

Regards, Bob

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