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Geek Culture / Think I just dated myself

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Raybrite2
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 10:47
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I went to the computer store where I bought my computer and ask them how much a floppy drive cost. They said there are no more floppy drives anymore.
I ask them," How do you make a Start up disk?" They didn't know. Guess I will have a lot to learn.
Guess that means I won't be able to get an 800k floppy drive for my Mac either.
Planned obsolesence.
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Veron
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 10:57
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Wow, you really do make a lot of threads, don't you?

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 11:02
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Yeh, get a blog...

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 11:49
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I still have my start up disk, thank god I'll never have to use it because it's not the 90's.
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 12:08
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This thread's title:

Think I just dated myself

I assumed this thread was about an embarrassing accident involving on-line dating.

But it seems I was wrong.
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Raybrite2
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 12:31
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I thought of that when I named it.
Meant that I sort of showed my age.

As for making a lot of threads.. Wait until you retire and have all your time to yourself. ( Nothing much else to do but go on the forums.)
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 12:52
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Quote: "As for making a lot of threads.. Wait until you retire and have all your time to yourself. ( Nothing much else to do but go on the forums.)"


I retire at the end of this month - will soon be counting hours not days.

But I certainly won't have the time all to myself - this forum (and our very hirsute garden) keep me very busy.
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Raybrite2
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 14:00
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This forum and taking care of Mother-in-law(82?) and running everyone around take my time as well as my 5 year old.
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Kohaku
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 14:26
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihDSh4ViQKY

The first thing that sprung to mind when I read the topic title.

Unless I'm missing something, why not buy an external drive online?



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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 14:37
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Can't you make a memory stick into a start up disk?

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TheComet
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 15:04
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or get a floppy drive from the junk yard? That worked for me.


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Raybrite2
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 15:06
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That was suggested by my wife. I may have to resort to that.
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TheComet
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 15:30
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Is there a junkyard near where you live? Or I could send you mine... Matters where you live...

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Agent Dink
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eBay?

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Ravey
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 16:06
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Fear not, startup discs can still be made, they are just discs not disks ow - these days you make a startup disc using either a DVD,CD or Blu-Ray.

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Van B
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 16:09
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Your first problem is that you went into a computer shop and expected to speak to someone with a clue . Seriously, the only reason that there are still these creepy little PC shops is that people = idiots, and mafia = 'need money laundered'.

You might even be able to plug that thing into your mac, if mac's can take those standard USB floppy drives then your laughing. I'd be tempted to take it to the PC store, wave it around all mystic like, use it to hammer some sense into the sales peoples skulls.


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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 16:19
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Quote: "The first thing that sprung to mind when I read the topic title."


My first thought was rather more bizarre than that.

That video has given me an idea ...
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Posted: 1st Jul 2009 18:08
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Quote: "That video has given me an idea ..."

Is that to become a Pop-star?
Or to buy all of the P!NK Albums?

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Green Gandalf
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Quote: "Is that to become a Pop-star?"


If Rolf Harris can be a star attraction at Glastonbury, who knows ...

Quote: "Or to buy all of the P!NK Albums?"


I was thinking of something quite different.
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Nickydude
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Quote: "This thread's title:

Think I just dated myself

I assumed this thread was about an embarrassing accident involving on-line dating.

But it seems I was wrong. "


I dated myself once, we talked for hours but I didn't like the sleeping arrangements.



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Phaelax
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2009 02:27
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Don't make fun of floppy drives, I just used mine last night to format and installed windows 98. (shutup, I have my reasons!)

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Raybrite2
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Posted: 2nd Jul 2009 04:47
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I was just joking about the old mac 800k drives. I bought a mac back in 1997-1998 in Germany. It had one of the old 800k drives in it. I later found out that the reason it was so cheap was that drive was going out and was not going to be replaced.
I probably won't look for another floppy drive. I have an old computer with one in it now. I could use one of those or just buy one at the used store.
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Quote: "I assumed this thread was about an embarrassing accident involving on-line dating."


Haha that was hilarious

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 3rd Jul 2009 06:28 Edited at: 3rd Jul 2009 06:29
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That sounds like a Hollywood script about a multiple-personality disorder patient that blacks out from time to time and emails himself seductive messages to his own online dating profile. Only to hilariously find out it was himself all along at the end.

Get on it writers.
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 01:17
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Raybrite2 is onto something here.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 02:07 Edited at: 4th Jul 2009 02:08
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Ye, honestly, I can't think of anything you'd use a startup disk for these days except for a classic computer

For example, a dos diskette is almost worthless since most drives are NTFS these days. Anything else is pretty much available for CD startup disks. Need memtest? That can be downloaded in ISO form. Need a restore disk? Well, ain't no operating system this last 10 years fit on a floppy. Need a repair disk? That's on your windows disk already.

Check a small mom and pop computer shop tho, they'll have floppies if you really must have one.

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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 03:16
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I think I saw some floppy drives at this shop.



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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 6th Jul 2009 02:19 Edited at: 6th Jul 2009 02:21
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I think I knew that guy. It's Stan.

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I've suddenly lost my appetite.
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