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Will the floppy disk symbol live on longer than the floppy disk itself?
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:03 pm
The 3 1/2” floppy disk is mostly gone now, but its image lives on in various programs. How many people click on that image and will never use a disk?
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Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:04 pm to weagle99
It's an anachronism!
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:04 pm to weagle99
I hope it does. I like that it probably confuses kids
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:04 pm to weagle99
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:04 pm to weagle99
Should they change it to a usb stick?
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:05 pm to weagle99
I will love and cherish what the symbol means as long as I'm breathing.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:06 pm to weagle99
I mean, hasn't it already?
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:06 pm to LSUBoo
quote:
I mean, hasn't it already?
Yeah, I was thinking the same
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:07 pm to weagle99
I think this is pretty obvious considering floppy disks are completely irrelevant and useless now
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:08 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:08 pm to weagle99
We still run our nuclear arsenal on them so.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:13 pm to Oilfieldbiology
The 3 1/2” came out in 1983. Lasted what, 25 years?
This post was edited on 12/13/18 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:13 pm to weagle99
Young whippersnapper. This isn't a floppy disk.
This is a floppy disk.
It isn't a floppy disk if it is rigid, it must actually be floppy.
And stay off my lawn.
This is a floppy disk.
It isn't a floppy disk if it is rigid, it must actually be floppy.
And stay off my lawn.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:14 pm to jmarto1
quote:
I like that it confuses kids
Fixed
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:17 pm to foshizzle
Avoid the Noid FTW
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:18 pm to foshizzle
5.5" floppy
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:18 pm to foshizzle
quote:Yeah, i remember the 5 inch variety were floppies and the “new” 3.5 inch disks were “hard disks”. Guess they took the floppy title after the big floppies went extinct.
It isn't a floppy disk if it is rigid, it must actually be floppy.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:21 pm to Pectus
quote:
5.5" floppy
*5.25
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:25 pm to foshizzle
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Young whippersnapper. This isn't a floppy disk.
Incorrect.
Your hint should have been that neither of the objects you posted are in the shape of a disk.
“Floppy disk” refers to the disk of thin magnetic film on the inside. The rigidity of the exterior casing is irrelevant.
Posted on 12/13/18 at 10:47 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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I think this is pretty obvious considering floppy disks are completely irrelevant and useless now
As of a couple of years ago a place I used to work still had data archived on 8 inch disks. No way to read it, but they had it.
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