[Year 12 IT Apps] R.I.P. Floppy

[Robert Hind]

Hi Leanne,

IrfanView, a freebie running under Windows, has a fairly simple batch 
processing mode. Read about IrfanView and download from 
http://www.irfanview.com/index.htm

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ashwood and Traralgon
robert at yinnar.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Biggins, Leanne D" <biggins.leanne.d at edumail.vic.gov.au>
To: "Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] R.I.P. Floppy


> Hi, since Mark mentions storage space, this comes to mind.  In a junior 
> class, we have an assignment that requires students to access a bank of 
> school produced photos on a particular topic, and copy 10 or so to their 
> work.  The problem is that the teacher that took these photos did so with 
> his new whiz bang camera, and he saved them (134) as bigger than 3 MB 
> images EACH.  The photos are taking ages to download even as thumbnails 
> and then 10 or so need to be selected and copied to the student's work. 
> This is a painfully slow process.  The teacher of the class has asked if 
> there is an easy way for him to access the images, then re save them IN 
> BULK as a smaller file size.  I don't know the answer.  Please help.
> Leanne Biggins
> Heathmont College
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Mark KELLY
> Sent: Tue 27/04/2010 7:54 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] R.I.P. Floppy
>
>
> "Fully 12 years after the original G3 iMac dropped support for the 
> 3.5-inch floppy disk, Sony has finally decided to stop making them. The 
> reason is a lack of demand. The surprise is that it took so long.
>
> If you still rely on the massive 1.44MB of space to move files quickly 
> around between far-flung computers, don't worry: Sony will keep the 
> production lines running until March 2011, giving you a year to stockpile 
> the things. You won't be alone. Apparently, "lack of demand" is somewhat 
> relative, and Sony sold a jaw-dropping 12 million floppies in Japan during 
> 2009."
>
> Read More 
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/sony-announces-the-death-of-the-floppy-disk/#ixzz0mFIZeePW
>
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager - Information Systems
> McKinnon Secondary College
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