Symbolism

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Does any of that matter to the solar system? I mean, one of the planets has some molecules that combine in complex ways. Big deal.

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Liveable, maybe. But, maybe miserable. Like, the planet was liveable for hunter-gatherers during the ice age, but lives were short and brutal. We could be headed back in that direction.

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It may not be aesthetically displeasing, but functionally so.

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Man, Nero's designs were so gaudy, i miss them

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I have seen the 8" floppys but never used one. I did use and have a fair collection of 5 1/4" for a good number of years. And I cursed the 3 1/2" floppies for their short, yet brutal lifespan. I can remember installing Windows 3.11 and AutoCAD 9 with a stacks of those accursed things. And daily backups for the bookkeeper were constant headache until we got a tape drive.

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No it does not. Nor does the universe bother about galaxies. The point is that all things that exist have their time under the sun and then pass so something new and different can take it's place.

It's huberous of the highest order to think everything will continue on as it is right now, And to try and preserve it all for your personal comfort.

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There's some additional nostalgia attached to calling them with the simple fractions as opposed to the decimal ones, even if they mean the same thing. HDDs for example are still around and I've always seen their form factor as 3.5", not 3 1/2".

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Don't think I've ever heard anyone say three point five" HDDS or read it in the decimal form-- Three and 5 tenths. It's always said as the fractional form-- 3 1/2".

I think they mark them as 3.5" because it's easier to typeset a decimal than fractions. Even those accursed 3 1/2" floppys seem to be marked 3.5" these days.

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That screenshot looks disgusting. Unsharp font, irritating icons, weird fontset. Is that GNOME and/or Ubuntu? Terrible.

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"Huberous"?

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Huh, interesting. It's probably my icon theme, then. I'll check when I get a chance.