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Nothing in modern computing compares to the audible and kinesthetic satisfaction of the ka-chunk of a 3.5 inch floppy being inserted into a drive.
And nothing makes your heart sink faster than the rhythmic sound of trying over and over to read the same bad disk.
I miss the physicality of floppy disks. Picking up a caddy of disks, thumbing through reading the labels, sliding them into the drive and hearing the motor whirr. Nowadays, my caddy has been replaced with a small plastic bag full of chips and thumbdrives. Even though my small bag can easily hold millions of times more data, the little chips aren't a joy to use. None of them have labels telling their contents. All of…
Nothing in modern computing compares to the audible and kinesthetic satisfaction of the ka-chunk of a 3.5 inch floppy being inserted into a drive.
> Nothing in modern computing compares to the audible... Ahem, cough, dial-up modem handshake. That is all I have to say on the subject.
Nothing in modern computing compares to the audible and kinesthetic satisfaction of the ka-chunk of a 3.5 inch floppy being inserted into a drive.
And nothing makes your heart sink faster than the rhythmic sound of trying over and over to read the same bad disk.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Nothing in modern computing compares to the audible... Ahem, cough, dial-up modem handshake. That is all I have to say on the subject.
> In modern computing
Reloading with the adblockers off gets the story. I hate this world.
One advantage of floppy disks, is that you could safely take a random disk, reformat it and reuse it. Now, however, if you insert a random USB drive into your computer, you run a high risk that your computer will be pwned.
Not true! Floppies had viruses too. Even back in the 80's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_(computer_virus)
One advantage of floppy disks, is that you could safely take a random disk, reformat it and reuse it. Now, however, if you insert a random USB drive into your computer, you run a high risk that your computer will be pwned.
Not true! Floppies had viruses too. Even back in the 80's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_(computer_virus)
This is not true for USB drives, as USB controllers can be programmed to re-insert a virus or fry the system at any time in the future.
I miss the physicality of floppy disks. Picking up a caddy of disks, thumbing through reading the labels, sliding them into the drive and hearing the motor whirr. Nowadays, my caddy has been replaced with a small plastic bag full of chips and thumbdrives. Even though my small bag can easily hold millions of times more data, the little chips aren't a joy to use. None of them have labels telling their contents. All of…
burning dvd/cds was fun. Figuring out how to burn a dvd that could run on a dvd player was fun. Now it's all just done via chromecast. Convenient and less wasteful, I have to admit.