zurohki ( @zurohki@aussie.zone ) English47•9 months agoIf you want to make a greybeard feel old, find a floppy disk in his cupboard, pick it up and ask him why he 3D printed a save icon.
- SSUPII ( @SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ) 47•9 months ago
Here is one
Laser ( @Laser@feddit.de ) 29•9 months agoThat’s a DVD
CumBroth ( @CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de ) 7•9 months agoHere’s an actual CD:
- SSUPII ( @SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ) 6•9 months ago
Lost somewhere I should have a Windows 95 USB update addon disc.
SternburgExport ( @SternburgExport@feddit.de ) 23•9 months agoHow to spot a linux user: You don’t. They’ll tell you. Unquestioned.
- SSUPII ( @SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ) 3•9 months ago
I can agree that without even willing a lot of the times I give signs
zerofk ( @zerofk@lemm.ee ) 16•9 months agoIt doesn’t look burned, there’s no blackening.
unalivejoy ( @joyjoy@lemm.ee ) English2•9 months agoThe burns are on the underside.
What_the_vent_meant ( @What_the_vent_meant@beehaw.org ) 9•9 months agoI can tell this is fake because it doesn’t have a CD key written on the disc!
🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️ ( @Kolanaki@yiffit.net ) English12•9 months agoI still want one of those drives that used a regular ol’ cassette tape (like for music). Those were bitchin’!
Every now and then, I see a business that still uses ZIP disks, too.
Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English7•9 months agoWhen I worked at a university help desk (which was a while ago, but not nearly so long ago as what I’m about to say might suggest) the number of people who came in because the floppy disk they were using to store the only copy of their thesis or dissertation had stopped working was too damn high.
- ByteWizard ( @ByteWizard@lemm.ee ) English1•9 months ago
Seen this a lot with older USB thumbsticks. The crystal that generates the clock signal can break. That might all be internal to the silicon these days.