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ZIP DISKS

Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSURegistered User regular
edited September 2008 in Social Entropy++
They're like floppies, but huge

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They can hold up to 250 Megabytes!!!

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and look how sleek it is

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I'll see your ZIP DISK and raise you five ZIP DISKS

also I guess we can talk about technology that didn't pan out

Like the STAR BICYCLE

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ha!

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'LL TAKE 8!

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    hated those

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    professors in the lit department at my old college totally still used those as of 2007

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  • the cheatthe cheat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    those disks were like ten fuckin dollars!

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
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    The Athens double-barreled cannon - today on display in downtown Athens, Ga. - was designed to fire "chain shot," two cannonballs connected by a heavy chain, and was intended to mow down large formations of enemy troops like a giant scythe.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    teachers in my school still think these are relevant

    just like firewire

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  • Sky DemonSky Demon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have about 20 of those sitting on top my computer desk. I remember having to use them after Apple stopped installing floppy drives in their Macs and before flash drives became popular.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    man laserdiscs are where it's at

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Fuck VHS, Use Beta.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    There is a definite tactile pleasure in using floppy discs and by extension zip discs.

    I mean my laptop autofeeds cds into its drive (mbp) and that's just not as fun as the manual pushing in and mechanical button release of floppy drives.

    Plus, when you got PC games in the old days you were getting your fucking moneys worth. dozens of floppy discs all over the place. Nowadays some games I buy are actually nothing, just air, downloaded over the internet.

    I miss the days when you had to run programs from a floppy instead of installing at all. Talking late 80s computing here.

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  • bombardierbombardier Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2008
    Druhim wrote: »
    man laserdiscs are where it's at

    http://cgi.ebay.com/JURASSIC-PARK-Laserdisc-Steven-Spielberg-Sam-Neill-WS_W0QQitemZ170257006583QQihZ007QQcategoryZ381QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I think I have 3 zip drives and like 200 disks.

    It used to be a good backup solution for artwork, damn it!

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Click of Death ITT

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    i remember back in the day
    HDDVDs were all the rage

    ahh

    to be young again

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    I used to have a minidisc player


    hahahahahahaha

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
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    Scourge of the seven drives, I was.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I really liked my minidisc player.

    It got stolen, so I guess someone else thought it was pretty cool, too.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    God, when I worked in Printing I had an apron full of fucking ZIP 100s

    I carried no less then a dozen fucking discs.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I hear minidiscs were a huge hit in Japan

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  • BedigunzBedigunz Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I too have a minidisk player.

    Goddamn technology

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Minidisks were suppose to replace cds.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    why would they, though

    why would that have happened

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    I remember that when minidisks first came out everyone was saying that they would replace the cd, but it didn't work that way seeing as no one bought into it.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Koshian wrote: »
    were there any actual benefits to using minidiscs or were they just shittier cds

    You could store music on them in Sony's proprietary compression scheme called ATRAC or some such.

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Koshian wrote: »
    were there any actual benefits to using minidiscs or were they just shittier cds

    You could store music on them in Sony's proprietary compression scheme called ATRAC or some such.
    Couldn't you use Sony's ATRAC on cds too though.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    To Slip Away wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Koshian wrote: »
    were there any actual benefits to using minidiscs or were they just shittier cds

    You could store music on them in Sony's proprietary compression scheme called ATRAC or some such.
    Couldn't you use Sony's ATRAC on cds too though.

    Dunno. Did Sony make any ATRAC capable CD players? Pretty sure no on else used the format.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    also minidiscs didn't skip like cds in portable players

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    They did, I remember having a cd player that allowed me to save songs on the ATRAC format that held like up to 100* songs per cd depending on the compression.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    wait what if your BLU-RAY player could be made to play MINIDISCS

    would THAT solve all our problems

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  • BedigunzBedigunz Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Whoever mentioned that minidisk was popular in Japan was correct.

    My buddy grew up in Japan and he has collections of minidisks all over his apartment.

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  • Myself980Myself980 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Man I just got a ZIP disc drive installed on my computer, serial connection and all.

    Sure, I may never need it, but they're saying the same about floppies, and they'll never get it from me.

    *shifty eyes*

    Helps that it cost a total of $15 in total to buy three drives looking for one that worked.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    man i got a pile of minidiscs right in front of me
    and im pretty sure theres 2 players just sitting around here somewhere

    they really were the greatest shit at the time

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    now i just have a messy room

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    a minidisc will play in a CD drive, right?

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    no
    other than the backwards compatibility thing, minidiscs would be a good replacement for cds and dvds if they could fit all their shit onto them

    because if someone asks for a cd you have to hand it to them carefully and treat if like a fucking princess so it dont get scratched
    minidiscs you could dropkick from across the room and get it to them on the rebound

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    not like, ones you buy at the store

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  • Burning OrganBurning Organ Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have a vague recollection of something called O/S2

    It had more games than windows.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    you have a horrifying name

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Air wrote: »
    no
    other than the backwards compatibility thing, minidiscs would be a good replacement for cds and dvds if they could fit all their shit onto them

    because if someone asks for a cd you have to hand it to them carefully and treat if like a fucking princess so it dont get scratched
    minidiscs you could dropkick from across the room and get it to them on the rebound

    god, fucking tell me about it
    consoles made the same fucking mistake

    cartridge to CD/DVD was a step in the wrong direction

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  • To Slip AwayTo Slip Away __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    potatoe wrote: »
    Air wrote: »
    no
    other than the backwards compatibility thing, minidiscs would be a good replacement for cds and dvds if they could fit all their shit onto them

    because if someone asks for a cd you have to hand it to them carefully and treat if like a fucking princess so it dont get scratched
    minidiscs you could dropkick from across the room and get it to them on the rebound

    god, fucking tell me about it
    consoles made the same fucking mistake

    cartridge to CD/DVD was a step in the wrong direction
    No, because if they didn't do this, you would need like six to ten cartridges to fit a single game on.

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