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    Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies

    Floppy Skywalker and Darth Disk Fight to the Death or Something

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    Image of Scott Crawford Scott Crawford
    11/29/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    Good and amusing but as others point out, still room for improvement. Surely film came before the photo....and there were more before the flloppy....starting with punchcards and magnetic reels, tapes. Still, good effort though!
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/29/09

    @Scott Crawford: But punchcards were not really an storage device, but input methods.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/29/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Actually, they were both.
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    WTF is a wax cylinder? Is that that thing they use as candles in church?
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment denisnossevitch was starred denisnossevitch was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/28/09

    @denisnossevitch: I'm assuming you're kidding.. but just in case:
    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    11/29/09

    @lostarchitect: Wow that wiki changed my life. They had technology back in 1888?!
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    he missed out C90 tapes and C120's with cassette tapes.. C60's were hardly used...
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/29/09

    @KhaiJB: They were too. Longer cassettes got eaten more often, and the C-60s were dirt cheap.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/29/09

    @KhaiJB: *shrug* going by where I lived.. C90's and 120's sold more than the C60's. tho mainly C90's.
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    Image of RipRapRob RipRapRob
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    The constant change of units makes the chart much less informative than it could have been.

    The same goes for using the same color for a minute of music, one photo (what size?) and one MB.

    Plus the size of the Flash-drive compared to ... is that a CD, DVD or Blu-ray? One or two layers?

    And at first glance it looks like a 2.5" 500GB HD only contains 50 GB. Same for 3.5" 2TB HD.

    All because the 'headers' for these suddenly is the size of each unit/colored square, and not the to total capacity, as it is on the rest of the chart.

    It's not enough to make a chart that looks nice. It has to present the information in a way that makes more sense than just listing the data.
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment RipRapRob was starred RipRapRob was unstarred
    Image of os_2 os_2
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    ah.. 5 1/4" floopies, I remember punching holes on other side so I can use the backside for storage. It seems like it was yesterday.
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    Curves promoted this comment os_2 was starred os_2 was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    11/28/09

    @os_2: I just cleaned out my "tech and media" closet and found a set of like six 5.25" install disks for for some old software.

    Obviously, I need to clean out that closet more often.
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    Image of bubbagrump bubbagrump
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    Syquest drives? tape drives? it's nice but not very complete.
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    dingus promoted this comment bubbagrump was starred bubbagrump was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    11/28/09

    @bubbagrump: No 9 tracks, disk packs, or punch cards. Clearly the guy who made this had his first computer come in a cow-patterned box.
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    Image of Kingofhearts589 Kingofhearts589
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    Color fail on the Data Storage section. Otherwise, great chart.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    I store everything in my shed. Does that count?
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    Image of ploopsy ploopsy
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    Long story short.

    Anything that you send back in time will blow the recipients minds.
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    Image of back_at_it back_at_it
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    back when we used floppies we had to be much more selective about what we were going to save. i, too, like that we can store anything and everything we'd ever need to, however i still think there was something to be said for just saving the essentials (even without this crazy amount of personal storage we'd still have ways of accessing any information we'd need; it just wouldn't be on our personal machines). i'll go so far as to say that massive personal data storage capabilities (like multi-terabyte hds) are the reason cloud computing is still only in its infancy.
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    Image of adaorardor adaorardor
    11/28/09

    @back_at_it: hopefully it stays in its infancy. basically, fuck cloud computing.
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    Image of witeowl witeowl
    11/28/09

    @adaorardor: Care to elaborate?
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    something_unique_and_descriptive promoted this comment witeowl was starred witeowl was unstarred
    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    11/29/09

    @witeowl: Cloud computing sounds great to everyone who lives in a big developed area. But for those of us out in the sticks who have to deal with spotty wireless coverage, no land-based options for broadband, and the data caps of satellite the idea of relying on a data connection for our computing isn't the most pleasant prospect.

    Then you've got the issue of your data being subject to someone else' mistakes. See the recent Sidekick debacle for a textbook example of why people want to avoid it.
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    Image of MrToblerone MrToblerone
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    I don't know, I still miss them big old 5.25" floppy discs. They felt so futuristic! :D
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    AmphetamineCrown promoted this comment Edited by MrToblerone at 11/28/09 6:08 PM MrToblerone was starred MrToblerone was unstarred
    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    11/28/09

    @MrToblerone: They were futuristic when you started off with 8" floppy discs...
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    Image of Darren Bell Darren Bell
    11/28/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: Winchester Disk packs, now that was the future:

    I've still got a copy of Windows 2.0 on 5.25" floppies :)
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/28/09

    @Darren Bell: You haven't experienced Spacewar! until you've played it off the original paper tape.
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    Image of PrestonBenz PrestonBenz
    11/28/09

    In reply to Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies
    I hate to be a negative Nancy, but they got the color coding wrong in the data... they used the red coloring for MB when they should have used the green for GB.

    Fail!
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    PN - gooapplesoft promoted this comment PrestonBenz was starred PrestonBenz was unstarred
    Image of september11th september11th
    11/28/09

    @PrestonBenz: yes. there are a few other inconsistencies with the way he labeled the data. sometimes the number above the media represents how much the colored blocks are worth, sometimes it represents the total storage of the thing. and with the cd, he just changed the red blocks to count as 100mb each. this man is a huge failure.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/28/09

    @PrestonBenz: yeah they totally messed up with the key there.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/26/09

    In reply to Floppy Skywalker and Darth Disk Fight to the Death or Something
    There are some good part 2s: Spiderman 2, Dark Knight, LOTR 2, Aliens (2), Back to the Future 2, Terminator 2, Wing Commander 2, Team Fortress 2, Apple 2, Fallout 2, Soul Reaver 2, Baldur's Gate 2, etc.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/26/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I'm with you on Superman 2, except for the "Forget Me Kiss". I am still yet to understand that.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/26/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/26/09

    In reply to Floppy Skywalker and Darth Disk Fight to the Death or Something
    Hey, wait a minute. Are you saying that you didn't like The Dark Knight? Blasphemy Diaz, blasphemy.


    Spiderman 2 was also notably better than part 1.

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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    03/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Spiderman 1 had better fake nipples in it though.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/26/09

    @Barry99705: Yeah, I have no clue why DaFoe agreed to that.
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    Image of JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
    03/26/09

    In reply to Floppy Skywalker and Darth Disk Fight to the Death or Something
    um.
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    Image of Guy Whitey Corngood Guy Whitey Corngood
    03/26/09

    @JawzX2 hearts Beer: err...
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/26/09

    @Guy_Whitey_Corngood: hmm...
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