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To: COBOL2Java

The old 10MB full height. It always killed me when people didn’t know the difference between disk space(storage) and memory.

69 posted on 04/11/2015 12:31:21 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie

To: ImJustAnotherOkie

The old 10MB full height. It always killed me when people didn’t know the difference between disk space(storage) and memory.

My wife still doesn't, even though she's lived with this Software Engineer for almost 35 years now. Oh well, it's not her line of expertise.

72 posted on 04/11/2015 12:34:17 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)

To: ImJustAnotherOkie

The old 10MB full height. It always killed me when people didn’t know the difference between disk space(storage) and memory.

Hey, you want to totally confuse them, talk about virtual memory!

73 posted on 04/11/2015 12:41:22 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)

To: ImJustAnotherOkie; COBOL2Java

It always killed me when people didn’t know the difference between disk space(storage) and memory.

The disk space is your file cabinet, and the memory is your chalkboard. :)

I think the analogy works for a lot of the older crowd.

77 posted on 04/11/2015 12:46:20 PM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)

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