the fact that it was possible to install it backwards is a fuck up on GMs part.  anything that can go wrong will go wrong! 

Is it the drive though speaker mod ?

Ha... I never spent the extra money for “double-sided” floppies. Also fun was the idea that write-protecting your floppy disks was just putting a sticker over the little notches.

I have been coding for over 40 years now, and I can all but guarantee that some of my COBOL or FOCUS code is still in use somewhere.

This happens in my industry (real estate and construction) all the time. When large office and apartment buildings are constructed, decisions are often made by the development and construction team with the intent of keeping the building in decent, low maintenance condition for about a decade. That way, they can sell…

Yeah I was super surprised by that throwback.  By 1998, 3.5" floppies had been out for more than a decade and were more commonly used.  This system must date back to late 80's/early 90's and was likely updated a little over twenty years ago.

Exactly this - and people who are not in the business have absolutely no idea at all how big and disruptive of a deal it is to change any sort of system that is fundamental to a business’ operations. BTDT, and it is never fun, easy, or cheap. So quite often, the right answer is “if it ain’t completely broken, leave it…

Excellent post. I miss having people like this frequent here. Around the KINJA killing off fun articles, lead to them going away.

Yes, but KISS, I mean there are still robots and other machinery that run via a serial port, and that has been outdated for decades. A lot of places run tech that is massively out of date because it’s simple, and it works.

I dunno, I might be getting old but I had a hard time hearing the car with all the other cars running the track around it. It sounded fine at startup and idle.

$4 million?  Makes a Pagani Utopia sound like a bargain.

Came here to say the same thing.  Not just the “not really floppy” floppys (with the hard case), but the actual large, exposed, easily bendable giant circa-1985 floppys.  That’s so retro it’s actually kinda cool.....

Exactly this. I don’t have a problem paying for repairs when it’s a one and done deal (if I had one of those cars that nickel and dimed me to death, I might feel differently). Even when I had two large repair bills in the 13 years I’ve owned my car (a transmission for a few grand, and comprehensive rust repair for…

My point wasn’t about the Malibu per se, there’s the Camry, the Accord, and a couple of others similar in size and price. The issue is the cost, it’s just ridiculous. I’ve bought a lot of cars over the years, mostly new, but I think I’m done. I’ve got three currently and my most recent is a 2017 Giulia Ti that I…

LOL oh Jalop please bring back COTD because this is gold.

It really shows how Ford has confidence in the reliability of its products if they include, as a perk, a membership to a rental car company.

‘’ There’s also other little perks like free car washes at the dealer, a premium maintenance plan for four years or 50,000 miles and a President’s Club membership with Avis ‘’.

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These tarted up versions of mass market body on frame SUV's are getting ridiculous. Know there are more goodies but a loaded Expedition or Tahoe isn't a penalty box.

Car companies are pricing themselves out of business. They’re only trying to build and sell high end/high profit vehicles and ignoring the vast majority of potential customers. Is it any wonder that Hyundai and KIA have been able to take such big shares of the market? I was visiting my mom in Texas last week and…

Hopefully this means Ford’s EV plans will factor in this competition and address it.

what’s crazy is why Apple didn’t purchase Tesla when they had the chance? Apple has SO MUCH MONEY. They should have bought Tesla.