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Renate · 01-14-2022, 07:13 PM

Saleslady: Hi. Welcome to Barnes & Noble. May I interest you in in our new Glowlight model?

Customer: What's it hold?

SL: Err, you mean, how much memory does it have? It has a 32GB memory chip. All the system takes up about 4GB of that, so that leaves 28GB.

C: So I have 28GB for whatever I want?

SL: Absolutely!

C: So how do I get files and stuff on that?

SL: You can download from any site using a browser. You can use Adobe Digital Editions to download library books. You can download from the cloud or DropBox. You can use Renate's fabulous AdbSync utility to sync any folder on your desktop or simply push individual files using ADB.

C: Sounds ok, I guess. [pulls a 3.5" 1.44M floppy disk out of their pocket protector] Do you know what this is?

SL: Erm... I believe it's a floppy disk. We had that in "History of Computing".

C: Well, I want to pretend that my device is a floppy disk. I like that it makes everything exciting. I can run commands like "chkdsk" to find all the lost files and corrupted indexes.

SL: Um, that's really not necessary in the 3rd millenium.

C: Yeah, but I want to do that and the customer is always right.

SL: Well, we planned for this contingency. We have a special sandboxed area that you can pretend is a floppy disk.

C: Great! So that's a 28GB floppy disk?

SL: Good gracious, no. That would we too stupid. We are only willing to humor wackoes so much. It's 5GB.

C: That's outrageous, that's bait-and-switch, you're cheating me, I'll have my lawyers on you...

01-14-2022, 07:13 PM	#32
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 4,010 Karma: 18026955 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Saleslady: Hi. Welcome to Barnes & Noble. May I interest you in in our new Glowlight model? Customer: What's it hold? SL: Err, you mean, how much memory does it have? It has a 32GB memory chip. All the system takes up about 4GB of that, so that leaves 28GB. C: So I have 28GB for whatever I want? SL: Absolutely! C: So how do I get files and stuff on that? SL: You can download from any site using a browser. You can use Adobe Digital Editions to download library books. You can download from the cloud or DropBox. You can use Renate's fabulous AdbSync utility to sync any folder on your desktop or simply push individual files using ADB. C: Sounds ok, I guess. [pulls a 3.5" 1.44M floppy disk out of their pocket protector] Do you know what this is? SL: Erm... I believe it's a floppy disk. We had that in "History of Computing". C: Well, I want to pretend that my device is a floppy disk. I like that it makes everything exciting. I can run commands like "chkdsk" to find all the lost files and corrupted indexes. SL: Um, that's really not necessary in the 3rd millenium. C: Yeah, but I want to do that and the customer is always right. SL: Well, we planned for this contingency. We have a special sandboxed area that you can pretend is a floppy disk. C: Great! So that's a 28GB floppy disk? SL: Good gracious, no. That would we too stupid. We are only willing to humor wackoes so much. It's 5GB. C: That's outrageous, that's bait-and-switch, you're cheating me, I'll have my lawyers on you...