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Floppy disks? Just what the doctor ordered!

Just take 1.44 MB and call me in the morning.
Here's what one Spark producer does with old floppy disks. (Michelle Parise)

Behavioural economics shows us that consumers don't always act rationally. And any simple observation of human behaviour in general would tell you, sometimes people don't like to change their ways. You know, the ole "Why fix what isn't broken" adage.

Case in point -- the 3.5" floppy disk lives on in Norway. Yup, right now, in 2015, there are some doctors in Norway that still use floppy disks to send and receive information.

Software developer Finn Espen Gundersen explains why people are still using floppy disks in 2015.