Alej said:

Which ones? The 8", 5.25", or the 3.5"?

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Nikademus said:

DAYUM! She brought up the ol' skool 8" floppy...

How about software on cassette tapes!!! 'member that!!

RenHoek said:

I never used an 8-inch floppy myself, but a guy brought one to the user group once to show all the young'uns how much easier we had it than they did

Nikademus said:

How about software on cassette tapes!!! 'member that!!

Nikademus said:

I wrote one of my first essays on one of these...

we used to use these at work, came in 44mb and 88mb

ZombieKitten said:

Zipdrive?

Nikademus said:

nope

ZombieKitten said:

MiniDisc?

Nikademus said:

nope

http://upload.wikimedia.o...idisc.jpeg



a mini disc is small!!

ZombieKitten said:

You can't tell the size from that pic!

You can't tell the size from that pic!

Nikademus said:

It really is though.

ernestsewell said:

Oh, I know those are small-ish. I was referring to the original pic she posted.

Nikademus said:

http://upload.wikimedia.o...ge.agr.jpg

ZombieKitten said:

Ok, I'll admit it...I'm stumped. What the hell is that?

Nikademus said:

That is another one for me. I'm not a gamer. I just don't have a desire to have a game system and play these games. But seeing some of the graphics that are out there now....it really is amazing.

It sort of makes one think about Star Trek, and the holodeck, and how 3D graphics are interactive on there. Systems like the Wii literally let you swing your arm to play tennis, instead of just hitting a button at the right time. Gene Roddenberry, Stanley Kubrick, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, showed people talking on monitors back and forth (a la web cam); they showed a funky little flip top communicator (a la cell phones), phasers set to stun (a la Tazers, and Stun Guns). This all at the end of the 60's, when color TV had only been around since 1951 at that point.

All of that very science fiction type stuff is very real these days. I think that is what amazes me. I didn't put that in my original post, but these men who made movies and shows about space ships and aliens, also had the great foresight to imagine a world that was advanced, and somehow supposed to be easier on us and for us.

Do you guys ota-ass remember floppy disks?

Alej said:

Which ones? The 8", 5.25", or the 3.5"?

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Alej said:

The big black ones with the hole in the middle?

Anybody excited about this? I am, if nothing else because the Nexus One (The Google Phone) will be the first high-profile smartphone in the US not tethered to any provider. This should be the beginning of a cellular market much like that in Europe. Buy your phone, and then pick your provider. This can only push technology along much faster and create even more competition amongst service providers.

violator said:

That will be my next phone. That I buy . . . A friend is sending me his old one, he just bought a new one.