{"id":6292,"date":"2023-10-13T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6292"},"modified":"2023-10-13T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T19:42:04","slug":"was-ibm-right-all-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6292","title":{"rendered":"Was IBM Right All Along?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have a disk in your computer to keep data on? Really? It must be quite old then. Most of us are switching to solid-state devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And even if your hard disk really is spinning rust, it technically isn&#8217;t one disk; it&#8217;s a number of them (individually called platters). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IBM terms all <em>appropriate<\/em> storage devices DASDs (direct-access storage device) which because it refers to what the storage device <em>does<\/em> rather than describes how it is constructed. Except for the difficulty pronouncing it, it makes a far better name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How about cheating and referring to them as DASes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?resize=695%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?w=1654&amp;ssl=1 1654w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-02-13-wooden-and-concrete-seating.jpeg?w=1390&amp;ssl=1 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wooden and Concrete Seating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a disk in your computer to keep data on? 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