235 replies to this topic

[Mike Forst]

I probably won't answer or answer truthfully but ask anyways if you want!

[Ter Ushaka]

Why did you choose this life of pain and suffering?

[Mike Forst]

It's not painful and I don't suffer at all

[Garth Erlam]

My cupholder is broken.

[Mike Forst]

I don't understand your question

Garth Erlam, on 16 May 2013 - 12:31 PM, said:

My cupholder is broken.

Oh well

[blinkin]

Mike Forst, on 16 May 2013 - 12:33 PM, said:

I don't understand your question



Oh well

he is obviously talking about the retractable cup holder on the front of the computer. those need much more structural integrity than they have.

[Kaio-Kerensky x10]

Why is it so boring to listen to IT people go on about hard disks and RAIDs and such?

[The Silent Protagonist]

I always wondered
why are they called floppy disks
when they are so stiff?

[Mike Forst]

blinkin, on 16 May 2013 - 12:46 PM, said:

he is obviously talking about the retractable cup holder on the front of the computer. those need much more structural integrity than they have.

I know what he meant. I'm just not going to fix it

Zharot, on 16 May 2013 - 12:50 PM, said:

Why is it so boring to listen to IT people go on about hard disks and RAIDs and such?

Because they're not very interesting topics?

Lt XKalibur, on 16 May 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

I always wondered why are they called floppy disks when they are so stiff?

Because you're only thinking about 3.5" floppies with the rigid shell. The older 5.25" floppy disks (and the even older even bigger ones) has soft cases and were "floppy"

[The Silent Protagonist]

Mike Forst, on 16 May 2013 - 01:09 PM, said:

Because you're only thinking about 3.5" floppies with the rigid shell. The older 5.25" floppy disks (and the even older even bigger ones) has soft cases and were "floppy"

Wow, the more you know
I must be showing my youth
not knowing of those

[Mike Forst]

I'd rather forget they ever existed so you're better off to be honest

[blinkin]

Lt XKalibur, on 16 May 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

I always wondered
why are they called floppy disks
when they are so stiff?

the old ones were floppy


the first 2 in the image are made of a fairly thin and somewhat flexible plastic.

[Mike Forst]

Welcome to two minutes ago

[blinkin]

Mike Forst, on 16 May 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:

Welcome to two minutes ago

would have posted much faster, but the text box wouldn't accept the first 3 images i tried. (wrong extension)

[Ter Ushaka]

Do you perform backups using parallel port iOmega Zip Drives?

[Kaio-Kerensky x10]

More specifically, all floppy disks have a platter that is made of flexible plastic, as opposed to the rigid platters of hard disks.

Mike Forst, why do you like trolling the forums so much?

Edited by Zharot, 16 May 2013 - 01:16 PM.

[Mike Forst]

Ter Ushaka, on 16 May 2013 - 01:14 PM, said:

Do you perform backups using parallel port iOmega Zip Drives?

No

[blinkin]

Zharot, on 16 May 2013 - 01:15 PM, said:

More specifically, all floppy disks have a platter that is made of flexible plastic, as opposed to the rigid platters of hard disks.

Mike Forst, why do you like trolling the forums so much?

and you can easily corrupt them all with a small magnet.

[Mike Forst]

Zharot, on 16 May 2013 - 01:15 PM, said:

More specifically, all floppy disks have a platter that is made of flexible plastic, as opposed to the rigid platters of hard disks.

Mike Forst, why do you like trolling the forums so much?

This is the more technically correct answer but both answers are valid

Haha we caught your ninja edit in the quote

[The Silent Protagonist]