Is it bad that I had to reread the title because I thought it said "Sony to stop selling floppy dicks from 2011" at first? Who wouldn't want to put an end to floppy dicks?
Anyway, up until a couple years ago, most of the schools and even some offices around here were still using floppy disks almost exclusively.
I'd better start stocking up.
[QUOTE=Zeddy;21577695]Is it bad that I had to reread the title because I thought it said "Sony to stop selling floppy dicks from 2011" at first? Who wouldn't want to put an end to floppy dicks?
Anyway, up until a couple years ago, most of the schools and even some offices around here were still using floppy disks almost exclusively.[/QUOTE]
I remember using a 1.44MB floppy to transfer files between school and home in middle school.
Now I use a 16GB flash drive. Oh, how far we've come.
I thought they were already over, who the fuck uses floppy disks in this day and age.
What will be the icon to save now for Microsoft programs?!??!
[QUOTE=Wakka;21576728]I saw 2011 and thought to myself Holy Shit, that's in 10 years. Then remembered it's not 2001.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;21576822]I gave you a clock to keep time with.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Docc;21577306]I think you might need to get a calendar or something.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you 2 can laugh, but you didn't notice why he made the mistake.
[quote=BBC News]The first floppy disk was introduced in 1971 by IBM.
The electronics giant has said it will stop selling the 30-year-old storage media in Japan from March 2011. [/quote]
They can't count either.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21576065]What will use drive letters A and B now[/QUOTE]
double sided floppies?
Oh wait, did they finally come up with a storage media capable of surpassing 1.44MB?
I better get to my buddies on IRC connection with my 28.8kb/s dial-up connection and tell them right away!
[sp]Not lying about the dial-up part, that's what I really have...[/sp]
Why can't they just make Floppies with more space? I mean if they can make Flash Drives 1/8 the size of a Floppy hold 4 Gigs, what's stopping them from doing something new with a floppy
I have a Floppy Drive... it cost me $3 extra dollars, and I still haven't used the fucker
I was sad, then I remembered I never really used them.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;21578431]Why can't they just make Floppies with more space? I mean if they can make Flash Drives 1/8 the size of a Floppy hold 4 Gigs, what's stopping them from doing something new with a floppy[/QUOTE]
There's no point with flash storage now. Floppies are mechanical and unreliable, storing data using magnetics is just too old now. 30 years is a damned good run for a piece of computer equipment which basic concept over the years really hasn't changed. In the next few years I bet there's going to be a lot of very old fashion computer concepts like the traditional BIOS, PCI slot, CD-ROM and maybe even the keyboard that are going to start fading away (ok maybe the keyboard later than sooner but it's bound to happen eventually). As far as computing goes there's still a lot of things holding us back just for the sake of legacy compatibility.
I am not happy with this.
Wait.
They still sell those?
[QUOTE=subenji99;21578287]Yeah, you 2 can laugh, but you didn't notice why he made the mistake.
They can't count either.[/QUOTE]
The original floppy was released in 1971. The 3.5" model was released in 1980. What's the confusion?
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I still have a bunch of these lying around from the early 90s
[QUOTE=M2k3;21579035]There's no point with flash storage now. Floppies are mechanical and unreliable, storing data using magnetics is just too old now. 30 years is a damned good run for a piece of computer equipment which basic concept over the years really hasn't changed. In the next few years I bet there's going to be a lot of very old fashion computer concepts like the traditional BIOS, PCI slot, CD-ROM and maybe even the keyboard that are going to start fading away (ok maybe the keyboard later than sooner but it's bound to happen eventually). As far as computing goes there's still a lot of things holding us back just for the sake of legacy compatibility.[/QUOTE]
BIOS: Why do you think that the BIOS is going to go the way of the dinosaur? It's still the best way to control the most basic settings of a computer.
PCI slot: Yes, the PCI slot is dying, but so did the ISA slot and lots of other expansion slots before that. PCI-E is the future.
CD-ROM: Yes, CDs are still used for some things, but DVD has been the standard for several years now.
Keyboard: Haha, no. Until they make a touchscreen that I can touch-type with, keyboards are here to stay.
I don't think I have ever actually used a floppy disk before.
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;21579370][img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/469752769_35c5c1fe36_o.jpg[/img]
I still have a bunch of these lying around from the early 90s[/QUOTE]
I remember installing SimCity 1 from a pair of 5.25" floppies. Fun times.
I have about 100 unused floppy disks, and a floppy drive within arms reach. That's probably more than I'll ever need.
[QUOTE=Hypernova;21579393]I don't think I have ever actually used a floppy disk before.[/QUOTE]
Kids these days.
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[QUOTE=darnok;21579403]I have about 100 unused floppy disks, and a floppy drive within arms reach. That's probably more than I'll ever need.[/QUOTE]
Porn collection backup across several small .rars. Do it.
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Also, triple automerge breaker.
They were still mainly being used by corporations.
I took a tour of one of Deere & Co's data centers (Yes, that John Deere) and they had an old server with 5.25" floppies. They said they had to have it according to some corporate rule. I think it had something to do with if they had old floppies with backups they might want to keep.
[QUOTE=Hypernova;21579393]I don't think I have ever actually used a floppy disk before.[/QUOTE]
How old are you?
[QUOTE=]BIOS: Why do you think that the BIOS is going to go the way of the dinosaur? It's still the best way to control the most basic settings of a computer.[/quote]
I agree the BIOS is still the best way and probably isn't going anywhere any time soon, I just think that stuff like Intel's EFI is a little bit of a step in the direction computers might soon be going in the near future.
[quote]PCI slot: Yes, the PCI slot is dying, but so did the ISA slot and lots of other expansion slots before that. PCI-E is the future.[/quote]
Definitely, its just that somehow I don't see PCI getting killed off as easily as ISA was mainly because sound card technology isn't exactly advancing the same as video cards and other ultra-fast peripherals. This is probably a little bold but honestly I can imagine people still sporting Audigy PCI cards 10-15 years from now.
[quote]CD-ROM: Yes, CDs are still used for some things, but DVD has been the standard for several years now.[/quote]
I was really general on this, I meant just optical media as a whole. I should've been more specific.
[quote]Keyboard: Haha, no. Until they make a touchscreen that I can touch-type with, keyboards are here to stay.[/QUOTE]
You can always dream maybe someday a mind-computer interface will be perfected. I agree though the computer keyboard is going to be around for a [i]very[/i] long time.
[QUOTE=M2k3;21580196]Definitely, its just that somehow I don't see PCI getting killed off as easily as ISA was mainly because sound card technology isn't exactly advancing the same as video cards and other ultra-fast peripherals. This is probably a little bold but honestly I can imagine people still sporting Audigy PCI cards 10-15 years from now.[/QUOTE]
Brah, you'd be surprised at how many PCI-E x1 and x4 audio cards are out there now.
The last time I used a floppy disk was when entmod was thriving in Sven Coop 3.0 and I needed to store my commands but didn't want to waste a disk on a text file, and that was around 2004
Awww.. Floppy drives were the shit.
I still use them for playing games on my antique computer.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21576065]What will use drive letters A and B now[/QUOTE]
My game drive
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;21579862]How old are you?[/QUOTE]
17, I just always used CDs, never saw the need for floppy disks.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21580245]Brah, you'd be surprised at how many PCI-E x1 and x4 audio cards are out there now.[/QUOTE]
I know there's lots and it is becoming more mainstream to have a PCI-e sound card, I just don't think speaker and sound card technology has evolved enough. It's one of those things that doesn't really excel in performance or quality the same way a video card or CPU does. Most PCI-e sound cards don't exactly offer any groundbreaking new features that render older PCI cards completely obsolete. A sound card made in 2002 can still provide decent audio while a video card or CPU made in 2002 is basically useless for current games.
Shit. So now I have to stockpile 8", 5 1/4" AND 3 1/2" floppies....
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