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Floppy dicks

  • 22-10-2015 6:26am
    #1
    Grab All Association
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    Will they ever make a comeback?


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  • #2
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,753 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Would be a bit hard.


  • #3
    saintsaltynuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    Yeah up yur bum.


  • #4
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Childish.


  • #5
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,201 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    Mine's 5¼" when soft and 3½" when hard. Go figure...


  • #6
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,194 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Floppy, flippy, hard, Jazz, Jizz, Zip, flash and solid (Oo-er Vicar!) state. All well and fine, but when you want a bit of high drama you can't beat an IBM 3420 reel-to-reel magtape drive going Tapocketa-Pocketa-Pocketa in the background.


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  • #7
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Will they ever make a comeback?

    Of course they will, as will the dodo and Ronald Regan.


  • #8
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,844 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Mine's 5¼" when soft and 3½" when hard. Go figure...


    Adrian Mole?


  • #9
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Floppy, flippy, hard, Jazz, Jizz, Zip, flash and solid (Oo-er Vicar!) state. All well and fine, but when you want a bit of high drama you can't beat an IBM 3420 reel-to-reel magtape drive going Tapocketa-Pocketa-Pocketa in the background.

    I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds amazing!


  • #10
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Floppy, flippy, hard, Jazz, Jizz, Zip, flash and solid (Oo-er Vicar!) state. All well and fine, but when you want a bit of high drama you can't beat an IBM 3420 reel-to-reel magtape drive going Tapocketa-Pocketa-Pocketa in the background.
    I found a few zip discs in the attic a while back. Even one the 250mb ones! Man the day I brought that into college I made people so jealous... until it didn't work in the drive which only accepted 100mb discs. It's probably full of old college projects and porn.


  • #11
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    You young wannabe pirates better adhere to this warning, y'here!?!


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  • #12
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Amy Late Whimsy wrote: »
    Childish.

    Seriously it's After Hours where there is a broad range of ages, what did you expect and why even bother posting?


  • #13
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,590 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    smash wrote: »
    I found a few zip discs in the attic a while back. Even one the 250mb ones! Man the day I brought that into college I made people so jealous... until it didn't work in the drive which only accepted 100mb discs. It's probably full of old college projects and porn.


    Ha! Your disc was too big.


  • #14
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,282 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit




  • #15
    Floppybits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,842 ✭✭✭Floppybits


    I never went away. :D


  • #16
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    petes wrote: »
    ...why even bother posting?

    You could ask the OP that.


  • #17
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Tehehehhehe, he said 'dicks'!


  • #18
    Bummer1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Bummer1234


    Aren't they still been used for data backups...So still about :P


  • #19
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Amy Late Whimsy wrote: »
    You could ask the OP that.

    But I didn't, I asked you.


  • #20
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    petes wrote: »
    But I didn't, I asked you.

    Probably for the same reason as the OP did.


  • #21
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Will they ever make a comeback?

    On the plus side - 0 risk of pregnancy


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  • #22
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Who else remembers having to install/reinstall windows when it took something like 27 discs to install? And sitting by the computer having to switch from one to the other to the other?

    Until there was an issue with the second last one, making you have to start all over!! :mad:


  • #23
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    Mmm, floppy dicks, all that stored potential.

    I should stop drinking if I want to go out tonight.


  • #24
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    This was one of those concepts that sounded better in your head than it did in reality.


  • #25
    mahoganygas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭mahoganygas


    No doubt the hipsters will be responsible for some sort of revival.


  • #26
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzC2DRgEo4


  • #27
    DareGod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭DareGod


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Would be a bit hard.


    No, it clearly wouldn't.

    Wood-n't.

    Oh grow up.


  • #28
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Hipsters still use them. Cassette walkmans are also back in.


  • #29
    NABLOSE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭NABLOSE


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Will they ever make a comeback?

    I have a ****load of them, was thinking to get rid of them on a fleamarket to some freak for some pennys.....;)


  • #30
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Amy Late Whimsy wrote: »
    Childish.

    One would assume most children don't even know what a floppy is.


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  • #31
    roverrules
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 331 ✭✭roverrules


    NABLOSE wrote: »
    I have a ****load of them, was thinking to get rid of them on a fleamarket to some freak for some pennys.....;)


    But Penney's is British


  • #32
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    Will they ever make a comeback?

    Did you overdose on viagra?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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