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Rip John C. Dvorak, writer of the Abort/Retry/Fail column from PC Magazine.

On a different note, never underestimate the value of a modal dialog that gives you a chance to retry an IO operation that failed. Loose USB cables and network shares over Wifi can make those happen a lot more often.

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And it came from the days of floppy disks, so we often needed the chance to put the correct disk back in the right drive!

When the game comes on 14 floppy disks, sometimes you forget how to count in the excitement.

Keeping one of the disks from the pile was peak bff/sibling rivalry antics. It's like keeping out one of the pieces of the puzzle so nobody can finish it but you.

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