Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down13
arrow-up1321arrow-down1external-linkPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 days ago Alvarado’s lawyers send documents on flash drives, which must be decanted to (sometimes multiple) floppy disks
minus-squareMeThisGuy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-214 days agoand here i thought decanting was just for wine. which I’m pretty sure most inmates don’t do with their homebrew. now if only we could get them some homebrew software to get away from these floppy disks.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoWhich gives an opportunity for the state to look them over.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agothey could do the same thing just as easily by just transferring to a different thumbdrive
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSure, but that wouldn’t be punishing enough.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoplay modern pop music 24/7 at a medium volume at all times in the central areas, such that inmates can just barely hear it in their beds.
and here i thought decanting was just for wine. which I’m pretty sure most inmates don’t do with their homebrew.
now if only we could get them some homebrew software to get away from these floppy disks.
Which gives an opportunity for the state to look them over.
they could do the same thing just as easily by just transferring to a different thumbdrive
Sure, but that wouldn’t be punishing enough.
play modern pop music 24/7 at a medium volume at all times in the central areas, such that inmates can just barely hear it in their beds.