I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)
I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)
I wonder what "limited lifetime warranty" means.
- Pick some friends that you like
- Download "I Am Never Going To Give You Up" by Rick Roll
- Put the song on the disk in very low quality .mp3
- Give the disks away as "fun, retro" drink coasters
- Watch as they use the coasters, unaware that you Rick Rollered them
241 5 Replythis...is a great idea!
Especially since I have friends who will go to some effort to find out what's on the disk out of curiosity.101 0 ReplyLol whoops, I meant to give a wrong answer, my bad
58 0 ReplyMake sure to name the file inconspicuously but temptingly, relating to the old days, like Bill Gates confession.mp3 or DJ Mike Llama - Llama Whippin' Intro.mp3
39 0 ReplyThey make really good coasters, will recommend.
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Rick rollercoastered.
58 0 ReplyPoor Mr. Astley, forever known as Mr. Roll
35 0 ReplyHe had his run during the 80s. He's enjoying a second wind with the Rick roll.
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Make sure to use this version of the song
33 1 ReplyWe use old floppies as coasters!
I have people all the time ask "these are so cute, where did you get them?". RadioShack. 25 years ago.
12 0 Replyjust in case someone sticks it in a working drive, add a file to the floppy named
autorun.inf
and add the following to it with a text editor:
[autorun] open=Microsoft.Media.Player.exe icon=icon.ico
while i doubt it will actually work, if it does, it would be quite hilarious in my opinion. there's probably, hopefully, safeguards that prevent such a thing from working and i likely have the syntax wrong, i haven't used windows in years.
9 0 ReplyI don't think autorun worked with floppy disks, only with CDs and USB units.
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I fuckin LOVE this!!!! It’s absurd in the extreme and yet, so fuckin cool!
I humbly bow to your greatness of creativity.
5 0 ReplyThanks! I was intending for it to be more of a shitpost, but I guess I'm not very good at those, it turns out
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Label in sharpie as "Bitcoin password" and superglue to the sidewalk in a busy area. Watch people try to pick up.
193 1 ReplyThis is 98% the right answer, but you drop them somewhere that keeps them intact, and believable enough so that people take them, and spend the rest of the weekend going to thrift stores trying to find an external floppy drive, and the next month trying to figure out how to get their iPhone to mount it.
53 0 ReplyThis but put your own floppy drives up on local listing sites for ridiculous prices. Lmao it's almost too evil.
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Alternatively, you could write
- "Someone help me I'm trapped in here!"
- "Nuclear attack scenarios"
- "You put this disk here to save your life, do not ignore"
17 0 ReplyThis is the right answer. You failed hard.
12 0 ReplyYeeessssss...
Cover the paper label with packing tape (cheap mans laminate).
Use quick set epoxy for a better bond.3 0 ReplyStuck to the fridge using a hard drive magnet!
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Dude. RAID.
111 0 ReplyIf this is wrong, I’m not sure I want to be right.
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Click on them to save your files.
91 0 ReplyJust carry one around with you and whenever something important happens or you are about to do something risky, pull it out, press it with your finger and loudly say "Save".
Edit: Bonus points for carrying a huge cardboard mouse pointer to click with.
Edit 2: I really should read all the replies before starting to type.
44 0 ReplyHitting the save right before the murder spree.
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Download a car
77 1 ReplyYou wouldn't dare
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Sell them as 3D printed save icons.
57 0 ReplyThat would possibly work
9 0 ReplyLoL, you made me crack
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Carry one in your pocket so you can whip it out in a threatening gesture... like in the film hackers
54 0 ReplyOr throw a diskette in the trash while being chased by the police, then yell "HACK THE PLANET!" from the back of the police car.
7 0 ReplyRighteous hack!
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Thank them for the retro-themed coaster set
49 0 Reply"Omg, you 3D-printed a save icon!"
76 0 ReplyI think we finally threw out the last of our diskettes about a decade ago - most were too corrupted to recover anything useful. I guess I could 3D print one now ...
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Ok, this is a sidetrack but hear me out. Floppy disks would make awful coasters. A coaster has to be somewhat absorbent to avoid spilling condensation water on the table. This is why cork is the most popular material for coasters. The best coasters are a cloth top over a cork shape with a plastic rim and a felt bottom. This ensures total protection to the table and gives enough freedom to be creative with shapes, prints, colors and figures. The novelty printed plastic disks are the worst coasters possible, and floppy disks will only drip all over the table defeating the purpose of a coaster.
8 2 ReplyLaser-cut wooden floppies
4 0 ReplyWhat a Buzz Killington.
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Contact TDK about extending that limited lifetime warranty.
46 0 ReplyGet a few suitcases at Goodwill or something, stick a floppy and some 'redacted' papers in a red envelope, leave them in random places around town and observe what happens. Make sure to wear a trench coat and sunglasses when you 'forget' them at each drop point.
45 0 ReplyConspicously leaving random packages around town is how you get the bomb squad called and you wind up in an interogation room.
5 0 ReplyWell OP did say wrong answers only.
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Whatever you do, as soon as you crack it open get your nose right up there and inhale deeply.
42 0 ReplyAaahhhhhhhh the aroma of 1995.
22 0 ReplyThe cleanest breath you'll ever take
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Plastic offgassing mmmhmmhm
7 0 ReplyDelicious cancer
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Floppy disks are a way to install linux on your microwave try a distro like arch linux it's microwave safe
41 0 ReplyI cook Arch btw
ding!
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Load virus on to banking system to embezzle fraction of cents on each financial operation.
36 0 ReplyOP said wrong answers only.
5 0 ReplyIf fucking Citibank has one goddamn floppy drive living in a building somewhere I will shove a Frisbee down my throat until I can't see it anymore.
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Like in Superman 3?
5 1 ReplyDon't forget to make up a Da Vinci virus to sink ships and blame it on hackers in case shit hits the fan.
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Put all your precious documents on the disks and then rub a magnet on each one of them to make sure they are properly energized. The stronger the magnet the better.
31 0 ReplyHand them to zoomers as 3d printed save buttons
28 0 ReplySell them to zoomers as 3d save button coasters. $19.95 each
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Put a 240p rick and roll video inside and write cryptic labels on them. Spread them around the city and rest knowing that someone is going to go through hoops only to get Rick rolled.
27 0 ReplyOh man, make it a split zip file of 1.44Mb on each disk, hidden in separate places with hints. A Rick roll treasure hunt
12 0 Reply"Rick and roll" 😆
4 0 ReplyOP said wrong answers only, not the only right answer
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Split up something like Puppy or Damn Small Linux across them all.
Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all.
Boot Linux off of all the floppies.
26 0 ReplyBuild a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all.
10 floppy drive raid, please. don't want to lose that critical data
25 0 ReplyThis!
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Once upon a time, there was a Linux distro that would fit on a single floppy, it was intended for system rescue, diagnostics, that sort of thing...
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Start a porn collection of high quality pictures. Be sure to zip span them across all disks… all 1 photo
27 1 ReplyWrite your own copy of Windows 10, minus the bloat. You'll probably have 2 floppies left
With those in hand, start waving them around maniacally and shout "WHY IS IT CALLED A FLOPPY IF IT'S SO DAMN HARD!?"
24 0 Reply24 0 ReplyOh no, now I'm going to have to search for an old floppy disc
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Pirate Windows 95
23 0 Reply95 was on CD. This might be enough to pirate Doom though
3 0 ReplyIt was available on floppy. So was Win98.
8 0 ReplyAs I recall, my windows 95 CD-ROM contained a bunch of floppy-sized .cab files in a folder, so it's entirely possible it was available as a set of floppies...
2 0 Replysure, use arj to compress doom to your disk:
c:\games\doom\ arj a -va a:\doom.arjIt fits on 4 floppies that way is I remember correctly.
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Lan party coasters
21 0 Reply- Register you product for warranty on the company website.
21 0 ReplySeveral years ago, I found a 3.5" floppy in an old desk, so I wrote "(My company's product) Production backup - DO NOT LOSE" on the label, and then left it on the floor in a main hallway of our office.
In my mind, it hopefully made a few people chuckle, but my real dream was that someone picked it up and tried to return it to the development team.
21 0 ReplyNow I want to do this at my job... I actually have a box of 5.25" floppies somewhere...
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World's best swap drive.
19 0 ReplyCoasters for a DnD night!
20 3 ReplyBut this is a good answer!
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You mean 3.5" drink coasters?
16 0 ReplyThis is actually a good answer, not a wrong one.
"3D save button coasters"
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Cyberpunk chainmail breastplate
16 0 ReplyWhen Windows 95 was still sold on floppy, it came on 25 fucking floppies in the box.
So I say put Windows 38 on them.
16 0 ReplyTHEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM!!!
16 0 ReplyYou could use them as a memory card for ps1 games.
16 0 ReplySell them to someone who will test and resell them to the airline or medical industry... Manufacturing is a likely customer as well, plenty of legacy equipment there that's airgapped and still running decades-old hw/sw.
Youtube warning, some Boeing 747s
(This is a wrong answer since you only have a single pack. If you had several cases, you might actually be able to make a buck)
15 0 Replyopen it in a non-destructive manner, switch every read/write lock slider, put it back together.
16 1 ReplyPress them to make a real world save point.
14 0 Replysee how many of them it takes to hold a single 4K image
14 0 ReplyThat's just over 8MP.
You could easily store a 4K Image on a floppy in half-way decent quality, two with visible jpeg artifacts.12 0 Replyokay so make it bigger
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Insert them into your urethra!
14 0 ReplyInsert them into John McAfee's urethra!
10 0 ReplyForcefully insert them into your anus.
5 0 ReplySometimes a doubt your commitment to sparkle motion
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Unwrap them and open it and then put them all back so they look used. Write on the box in sharpie "Backups 1/127". Delete the critical production system at your work. When someone asks where the backups are, hand them these.
14 0 ReplyMake that "Backups Prod 3/127"
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Gift them as cup coasters.
15 2 Replymanually etch the bits yourself. Just use a hammer and chisel
13 0 ReplyBuy a USB floppy drive for each one and then create a RAID 0 disk array. It'll be super quick and gloriously noisy.
13 0 ReplyFor anyone not familiar... That would give you 14.4 MB (1.44 MB formatted x 10) of capacity. The rated speeds for a floppy drive is 1000 kilobits per second. So if you did a Raid-0 (striped), let's just say that gives you 10,000 kilobits per second. We convert transfer speeds to storage speeds (8 bits to 1 byte)... Means 1.25MB/s. So best case, it takes you about 11.5 seconds to do a full transfer of the 14.4MB. it actually be much slower because this is best case scenario.
4 0 ReplySo you’re saying we just need a few (hundred) dozen more disks and drives? Look out Seagate, you’ve got a zombie competitor coming.
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don't run Doom with them
13 0 ReplyDO IT, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
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Anus... Right into the anus...
14 1 ReplyGo play a very public and dramatic round of disc golf
14 1 ReplyUse them to make a bootleg copy of Duke Nukem to share with your friends. That's what we used to do with them lol
12 1 ReplyRun Doom on them?
11 0 ReplyDon't copy that floppy.
11 0 ReplyBuy doom on steam, download and backup the install files on the floppy
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Butt stuff.
11 0 ReplyInserting your floppy is a time honored tradition. Have a few too many beers, and give it a go. You have 10 chances to succeed, it seems.
11 0 ReplyIt says they're high density, so use them as ammo for your rail gun
10 0 ReplyFind a way to convert them into triangle shaped disks
10 0 ReplyEw. Hexagons are the bestagons
14 0 ReplyHa! That was a good one.
(I’ll be surprised if anyone gets the reference I made lol)
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Those work with the Sabre Pyramid.
2 0 ReplyThey also work with a Phalanx XR-12
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Throw them at junior sysadmins like shuriken.
10 0 ReplyTDK's revenue has been increasing steadily at least starting from 2010. When was the last time you bought a TDK product?
9 0 ReplyYou probably have one of their chips or components in your computer, phone, tv, charger brick, etc.
1 0 ReplyTdk makes chips, really?
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crunchy but old snack
9 0 ReplyFuck being incorrect. Buy an old AKAI sampler and make music from floppy disks libraries, I still do with my S-1100. Wrong answer would be to ritually burn them...don't.
9 0 ReplyBe wild! Copy that floppy!
8 0 ReplyEpoxy them into coasters and sell them as save icon coasters.
8 0 ReplyBoof them. Don't think about it, just boof em.
8 0 ReplyFinally update device drivers in Windows the right way!
8 0 ReplyGlue two on top of your flip flops. You now unlocked the floppy flip flops
8 0 ReplyIf they have pics of John Kerry, they can be flip flopping floppy flip flops
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You build your own floppotron of course
7 0 ReplyThat was amazing… so much free time and hydro!
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find the most complex AI model file you can put on it
7 0 ReplySue the maker for false advertising. 1.44MB is clearly not High Density.
8 1 ReplyIt is compared to their predecesssor.
The 720kb "double density" diskette used for example, in Commodore Amiga computers.
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Thank Lord they come already formatted.
7 0 ReplyPrint your business cards on them.
7 0 ReplySell them. There is a market for that.
9 2 ReplyMake yourself some Enterprises.
6 0 ReplyBeat me too it.. For those that don't get it
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Copy them
6 0 ReplyCopy that floppy!
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Put them in a mdadm raid array
6 0 ReplyMount nine of them on a square board so that they're all focused on a single point for a mild solar furnace.
Use the last one to look at yourself, the proud owner of a mild solar furnace.
10 4 ReplyYou… don’t know what a floppy disk is, do you?
10 0 ReplyI do, I just don't pay careful attention to details and just run with what I think things are saying.
My first computer was an Atari 520ST. No hard drive (its OS ran off a chip), and every program ran off a floppy. And your storage was on a floppy.
Yeah, I know floppies. I used to have shoeboxes of them.
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Add Nutella, enjoy?
6 0 ReplyTape the other hole and format them in DD (0,72MB) format.
6 0 ReplyWrite “If found, please return to Minot AFB, ND c/o Duane” on them & scatter them in various airport restrooms across the US.
6 0 ReplyToast them and have them with PB&J, obviously
5 0 ReplyDisc golf
5 0 ReplyVery overstable.
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Put them in a raidz2 situation
5 0 ReplyUse them
5 0 ReplyZork zork zork zork zork zork
4 0 Replyhttps://www.tdkrfsolutions.tdk.com/support/warrant-terms
Probably not the same terms as when they made the disks, but it's their terms on limited warranty now.
Also, hand the disks to anyone asking you for your email for marketing purposes. Tell them all your information is on the disk.
4 0 ReplyUse them to do the longest en passant in the history of chess
4 0 ReplyAbort, Retry, or Fail. But all at the same time.
4 0 ReplyThrow them away and find a shugart compatible disk
4 0 ReplyGet them hard!
4 0 ReplyI wonder what “limited lifetime warranty” means.
It probably means you can complain any time about a manufacturing defect, but not anything else.
Anyway, the terms should be printed somewhere on the box or in a paper inside.
4 0 ReplyUsually just means the expected lifetime of the product
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Get ten USB floppy drives and set up a raid:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080117032102/http://phoenix.cc.edu:80/MegaFloppy.htm
4 0 ReplyStick them on a wall like an artpiece
3 0 ReplyShuffle them like playing cards
3 0 Replylink them together through the data and read-only slots to make a countdown chain.
3 0 ReplyYou’ll want to download and install the most up-to-date drivers. I believe this model benefits from a slight overclock too, so maybe look at purchasing a decent aftermarket cooler
3 0 ReplyMake little finger sandwiches out of them and have a tea party.
3 0 ReplyLive action reboot of ReBoot
3 0 Replycould make a nice, nutritious breakfast
3 0 ReplyYour should install Lady Sia, a game published by TDK on it
2 0 ReplyThrow them around your office like frisbees.
2 0 ReplyZip tie them into a 2x1 rectangular box with a flip top lid. A drill may be needed.
2 0 ReplyFlopp flopp flopp flooooooooopp
2 0 ReplyOh, man. This brings me back to my Amiga 500 days. So slow to load, but I loved that thing. Wish I hadn't sold it.
2 0 ReplyKind of hard to give right answers to something that time has rendered utterly useless. I guess you could sell it as an antique
2 0 ReplySaw a post on mastodon in the last day or so that someone dug up a network card for the old 486 they had been working on getting back to life. Might be a use case there, as well as in aviation and medicine - fields that move exceptionally slowly and tend to have expensive equipment with long lifetimes.
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Copy them
2 0 ReplyEat it
2 0 ReplyStore your important data on them.
2 0 ReplyWrite MP3s to them and use them to play one song in a modern car.
(I saw a video of someone playing a clip of music using a USB floppy drive)
2 0 ReplyAttach one to a light pole with a paper that says "Government access codes"
2 1 ReplyWhy would anyone bother making 1.4 MB diaks
1 7 ReplyRight.
640k ought to be enough for anybody.9 0 Reply