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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1184/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Yeah... I heard people calling floppy disks "ancient technology", so I'm making this. I use them a lot. Quite handy for a universally portable medium. Though I use Zip disks for most of my own use stuff. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3469/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I would use them a lot, except for the fact that their fKitten Yiffer rate is ridiculous. Maybe it's just me but I've never had good luck with floppies. I only use them if it's the only way to transfer a file or for boot disks. | |||
neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2475/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| When I was in HS, i used to use them a lot. However, once I got to college, I didn't need them at all because all the computers I use do not have a floppy disk slot and because I'm a computer student, I have access to a file server. | |||
Nebetsu Shmee Level: 55 Posts: 1130/1574 EXP: 1291130 For next: 23059 Since: 09-01-04 From: Nebland Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| They would be better if they used the 20 meg ones that whoever was working on a while ago... >> | |||
Karadur Fire Snake  Level: 48  Posts: 872/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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| I used to use them to transfer files to our computer from other computers back when we didn't have the internet, and I'll probably be stating that again in the coming week. The only things I really don't like about them is the tendency they have to stop working out of the blue, and the small space limitations. I've still got a container of floppies upstairs somewhere, but 99% of them are all sorts of Mac software that my parents brought home thinking they could be used on this computer, which is running Windows  In short they're useful, but they do have some downsides. |
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||bass Programmer Admin Level: 44  Posts: 206/817 EXP: 570813 For next: 40472 Since: 03-15-04 From: Salem, Connecticut Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 11 days |
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| Just about never. If I can avoid the use of floppy disks in any way, I will. The medium is just too unreliable for my taste. | |||
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 778/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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I use them for small files only (since you even can put two small SNES ROMs only on one disk  ). Like when I want to copy my Miranda IM to another computer without wasting a CD, I'll put in on a floppy. And I want be able to boot from a floppy disk too, although 2k/XP's installation disk are bootable, too.Also I backup a database from a financial program I'm working at home every two weeks on a floppy disk. Parallel I'm backing up my data on a DVD anyway, plus that database gets onmy E:\ partition. So I've mutliple insurances. But I've never had too many problems using floppy disks. |
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 669/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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I'm amazed by the ridiculously high fKitten Yiffer rate of a technology that's been around for so long--you'd think that it would've stabilized somewhat by now, via the introduction of new materials, sturdier drive mechanisms, and whatnot. But nooooooo, just last week I grabbed a few used floppies off my "pile o' stuff", hoping to make a Win98 boot disk, and ALL of them had failed in the same manner and could not be reformatted. How can they become physically damaged just by sitting in a stack on my desk?  Floppies are also incredibly slow. My Athlon 2700+ slows to a crawl whenever I scan a disk, or when a disk has become unreadable (the drive just thrashes the heads around for a minute or so, trying to find readable data). I would imagine this is for compatibility reasons, but it's still incredibly annoying nonetheless, and shows just how ancient the technology behind even the newest, most expensive PC is... |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 779/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by BMF54123 When you have a smallband connection, any attempts to try to push more data in shorter intervals through that will be blocked. So an old Dodge cannot be as fast a brand-new Formula 1 car, even if you still have the gasoline for that car  My old system had a defect CD burner, so I HAD to use some floppies to copy at least some files onto that computer (Mitanda database, save files and states from my ROMs), since I just don't want to put an old and slow hard drive into this XP 2800+ machine |
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Lenophis Super Koopa Level: 44  Posts: 404/830 EXP: 584360 For next: 26925 Since: 03-15-04 From: Duluth, MN Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I used floppies from 1995 (when I first started using computer's) til 2002. When other tools became available to me, (and they don't fail like floppies often do) I just stopped using floppies. --Edit-- Well, if there is ever a reason why I need to fire up Partition Magic or Disk Image, then I have use floppies. But until my OS dies, or until I get a new OS, that isn't going to happen. (edited by Lenophis on 02-28-05 04:48 AM) |
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Gavin Fuzzy Rhinoceruses don't play games. They fucking charge your ass. Level: 43  Posts: 516/799 EXP: 551711 For next: 13335 Since: 03-15-04 From: IL, USA Since last post: 13 hours Last activity: 13 hours |
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| i think floppies are still very practical for small files. I'm not going to waste or bother with a full CD and don't feel like spending the money on a zip drive. | |||
Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 7850/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| I never use it. We have USB sticks in school so I don | |||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 3130/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I don't have a CD burner or any other fancy shizzle, I just have a REALLY UNSTABLE floppy drive. So, I <3 my disks. Perfect way to get data from home to school. | |||
UnsurpassedDarkness Melon Bug Level: 39 Posts: 517/746 EXP: 391555 For next: 13216 Since: 10-29-04 From: Λtlantıs. All your base are belong to us. Since last post: 12 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 1489/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I haven't used a floppy for years. I wouldn't know where to even find one in my house, although I know I do have some, somewhere in my "big box of crap". |
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Keikonium Banned Level: NAN Posts: 1016/-2459 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 04-02-04 Since last post: 63 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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| I have about 50 floppies...most are still working. I dont have a CD or DVD burner in my own computer so when I need to transfer a file from my computer to my moms computer (also the only one with internet) I have to use floppies. Before we even owned a CD burner tho, I used to backup most of my stuff on Floppies. I had a 20MB video split up (using a program called GSplit) and backed up on those floppies at one point...Now its on a CD all in one peice! So I voted yes that I still use floppies all the time. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 7104/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| At the moment, I don't. I really only do all my work on my PC and back things up to other media so they're pretty much useless. However, I do have a couple of working ones around in the event I end up having to work in a computer lab at school; although to be honest, I could just use Gmail to store the work. |
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Kario In Possession of a Stolen Shovel Level: 65 Posts: 1372/2082 EXP: 2321379 For next: 14249 Since: 03-15-04 From: Texas... Yeehaw! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 17 hours |
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| I dont use them. I dont know anyone who uses them. I transport data by CD and email. I still have a stack of them somewhere, all formatted and 2.0mb capacity. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3492/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by BMF54123 Amen! Last time I needed to use a floppy, I just got out a bunch of old ones, all of which worked perfectly the last time they were used and were kept in a dust-proof disk holder... I went through ELEVEN of the goddamn things before one finally worked.  My computer also slows to a crawl to even just check if there's a disk in the drive. With all this crazy new technology, you'd think they could improve on something this old. For that matter, why hasn't anyone made a disk that can hold more than 1.44MB?  |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2497/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| because they would fail more often since it is easier for data to get corrupted by particles in the air since one particle can take out more data on a disk with a higher capacity. As for improvement of reliability, magnetic discs are meant to be stored in a vacuum environment and not in exposed air where there are tons of particles out and about. In addition, when you don't use your floppy drive for a long time, dust still accumulates in it, which collects on the head and thus screw up perfectly good discs... |
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