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I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only) (feddit.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by superkret@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wonder what "limited lifetime warranty" means.

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Glue two on top of your flip flops. You now unlocked the floppy flip flops

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[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Be wild! Copy that floppy!

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Thank Lord they come already formatted.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Make yourself some Enterprises.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

Beat me too it.. For those that don't get it

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Epoxy them into coasters and sell them as save icon coasters.

[–] confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 months ago

Print your business cards on them.

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Write “If found, please return to Minot AFB, ND c/o Duane” on them & scatter them in various airport restrooms across the US.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Sell them. There is a market for that.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 7 points 7 months ago

Add Nutella, enjoy?

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You build your own floppotron of course

https://youtu.be/e-WakfBNHD0

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Tape the other hole and format them in DD (0,72MB) format.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

https://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.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Put them in a mdadm raid array

[–] flx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Put them in a raidz2 situation

[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Copy them

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[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

Use them

[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Toast them and have them with PB&J, obviously

[–] jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago

Abort, Retry, or Fail. But all at the same time.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

Get ten USB floppy drives and set up a raid:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080117032102/http://phoenix.cc.edu:80/MegaFloppy.htm

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

Throw them away and find a shugart compatible disk

[–] Atlas_@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Zork zork zork zork zork zork

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