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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:27 PM Original message |
The Floppy is Dead: Time to Move Memories to the Cloud |
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pkdu (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Me too , on all points ...surprised anyone is still using , let alone |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. They always made great coasters... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. DVD's will be dead in 5 years or less... |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. maybe even Blu-Ray (depending on net-neutrality) |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's been forever since I last used a floppy. Flash drives and CD-Rs. |
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divineorder (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 02:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. My pc still has a floppy |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Could try putting a 5 inch floppy drive in a drive enclosure? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cracks me up when I see people trying to sell zip drives on craigslist. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. I remember in college .. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I remember buying a paper punch and converting those single-sided 5.25" floppies ... |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I recollect that too! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Floppy disks were "popular" in 2003? That's a bit of revisionist history for ya. nt |
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chatterboy (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Remember the first iMac? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Unfortunately, the PC I built around 2003 required a floppy drive to load Serial ATA drivers |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Steve Jobs killed the floppy by introducing the floppyless iMacs in 1998. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Nah, the growth in file sizes thanks to larger hard drives killed the floppy |
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kamel2190 (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wouldn't put ANY money |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. I still use floppies |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. That first sentence is simple bullshit |
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