J is working on a paper. It's supposed to be submitted on a 3.25" floppy. J no longer owns a computer with a floppy drive. Luckily there are still computers with floppy drives around the department. I think the technical support center also has a stash of floppies.
There was a talk in the department today, but one of the speakers couldn't figure out how to get the laptop to work with the projection system, and to run one of the demos. Suggestion: if you're supposed to give a talk somewhere, learn enough about the laptop you're using in order to give that presentation.
As an aside, I also like to test my presentation on a projection system... colours don't look the same on the projector, and what seems like a good idea on the laptop may *not* be good on the projector. And, in case of last-minute talk preparation, learn which colours to avoid. Like that particular shade of gray that appears to flicker.
Of course, overkill preparation would include making sure your presentation still works if one of the colour guns on the projector dies. (That actually happened at a workshop I attended. My presentation was reasonably visible (sheer luck), but another person had key parts of their animations disappear.)
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