12th April 2007, 12:38 PM
Fortunatly I keep all my disks in top condition. I do have friends who are not as... careful. I actually saw cigarette burns on a few disks...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)