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Steven Perez
Man, We’ve Come a Long Way From Floppies - Storage - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5414337...
November 28, 2009
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Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど, Kol Tregaskes, Hollywood Amanda and 10 other people liked this
"This infographic makes me so glad that we came up with storage methods other than floppy disks. Imagine replacing your 2TB hard drive with 1,422,222 floppies. No thank you. [Curtiss Spontelli via fellow Gizmodian Kyle. Thanks dude!]"
- Steven Perez
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I'm glad of that every time I back up my photos.
- John (bird whisperer)
Back in the day HD meant high density floppy disk.
- Eric
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I kind of wish they were still around. They are more durable and doesn't get scratched like DVD's. If they were still around today, there would probably be 1-2GB disks.
- Rodfather
My VIC-20 had a cassette tape drive, too. Of course, back then, the phone on my desk was rotary dialled, weighed about 5 lbs, and you could knock someone out cold with the handset -- if they came within a cord-length. I am such a dinosaur.
- cdogzilla | downgraded
The trouble with floppies (aside from size) is that they were so unreliable. I always needed to make multiple copies of anything important because the disks got corrupted so frequently. I haven't had that problem with CDs, thumb drives, or external hard drives.
- John (bird whisperer)