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  • #46
    Originally posted by Asher
    Lots of people use obsolete things. They're still obsolete and painful to use.

    Most people use them out of habit, which is a shame
    so if all you needed to do was move two or three .docs a week, from downstairs on your 120Mhz Laptop to upstairs to your 1.7 Gig desktop for printing, and both machines had floppies, how would you move the data?

    ie currently I don't NEED another way to move the files, so why should a pay for one?

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    • #47
      So, not a thread about impotence then.
      Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
      Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
      We've got both kinds

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      • #48
        Originally posted by MikeH
        So, not a thread about impotence then.
        Nope, though I'm sure if you start one you'll get the answers you came looking for!

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        • #49
          What:

          1. How long would a copycat thread on impotence last before closure.
          2. How long would I get banned for making it?

          I think I'll give it a miss.
          Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
          Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
          We've got both kinds

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          • #50
            Originally posted by reds4ever
            so if all you needed to do was move two or three .docs a week, from downstairs on your 120Mhz Laptop to upstairs to your 1.7 Gig desktop for printing, and both machines had floppies, how would you move the data?

            ie currently I don't NEED another way to move the files, so why should a pay for one?
            What I do is hit "print" on the laptop, then go get it from the printer upstairs whenever I want.
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #51
              Originally posted by Asher

              What I do is hit "print" on the laptop, then go get it from the printer upstairs whenever I want.
              Stop being awkward! Theres no F$%king network, as well you know!

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              • #52
                Originally posted by MattH
                Dell mid-range PCs still ship with them link
                not true...they are not a base offering, and are not on most e-value codes...
                "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

                "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

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                • #53
                  If I had to use a 120MHz laptop ( ), I'd obviously use a floppy.

                  But if I didn't have a network, I'd use my USB keychain. Writes in ~0.1 seconds.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #54
                    I have always hated floppy disks and have finally reached a point where it is unlikely I will ever have to use one again. I now use CD-RW for transferring large volumes of information (CD writers are so cheap nowadays anyway), CD for something more permanent...or for something smaller I will often email it.

                    As for boot disks, well perhaps in the days of Windows 9x and 3, for solving serious problems/installation or different configurations respectively, but now with XP that use is redundant anyway. If I want to install XP fresh or, heaven forbid, something went wrong with the XP installation, I'd just boot from CD...

                    ...hopefully I will never have to use another damn floppy disk again, I have always had a bad time with the things, and they are long since obsolete...
                    Speaking of Erith:

                    "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Asher

                      But if I didn't have a network, I'd use my USB keychain. Writes in ~0.1 seconds.
                      I've got a 128 MB USB keychain, unfortuneatly it won't fit into any of the holes in my 120 Mhz laptop, whereas a floppy will

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                      • #56
                        ...those flash drives look pretty handy actually...
                        Speaking of Erith:

                        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                        • #57
                          Originally posted by reds4ever
                          I've got a 128 MB USB keychain, unfortuneatly it won't fit into any of the holes in my 120 Mhz laptop, whereas a floppy will
                          You can't get a USB card for it?
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #58
                            I was going to ask you that, can you get them? Do they you use the PCMIA or the serial? It certainly would be handy..

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                            • #59
                              By the sound of it his laptop predates USB by a good distance...but it comes down to the thing of old technology...
                              Speaking of Erith:

                              "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                              • #60
                                It does, but maybe a USB could run off the PCMIA card? USB's just a fast serial connection with a power out line.

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