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Best computer storage media
This poll is closed.
8" floppy 1 2.17%
5.25" floppy 3 6.52%
3.5" floppy 3 6.52%
zip disk 2 4.35%
jaz disk 2 4.35%
hdd 1 2.17%
its tape 9 19.57%
CD 3 6.52%
DVD 0 0%
Bluray 0 0%
SD 0 0%
MicroSD 1 2.17%
compactflash!!! 3 6.52%
thumb drive 3 6.52%
ssdeez 1 2.17%
punch card 1 2.17%
scantron 2 4.35%
superdisk 0 0%
who cares it's in the cloud 0 0%
it looks like a silver record but it's a laserdisc 2 4.35%
ram 0 0%
ramalamading dong 1 2.17%
hard copy 2 4.35%
hard floppy 1 2.17%
floppy penis 5 10.87%
Total: 18 votes
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Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
nintendo tapes

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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Dans Macabre posted:

gently caress the humble compact disc

lol that you can fit in that hole

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
for a long time writable dvds were a cheap easy storage format for movies etc

shame they don’t really last

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

echinopsis posted:

shame they don’t really last

but then again, who does?

Visions of Valerie
Jun 18, 2023

Come this autumn, we'll be miles away...
the ICMP network protocol

https://github.com/yarrick/pingfs

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Bubble memory was fun

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

drum memory

Elder Postsman
Aug 30, 2000


i used hot bot to search for "teens"

i always thought magnetic core memory was kind of neat, just a bunch of little magnets on a grid. you could even make some yourself like this guy did https://sites.google.com/site/wayneholder/one-bit-ferrite-core-memory

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
what about the memories we made along the way

git apologist
Jun 4, 2003

s3 bucket

git apologist
Jun 4, 2003

echinopsis posted:

what about the memories we made along the way

too volatile and ephemeral, sorry

git apologist
Jun 4, 2003

also not idempotent, can cause all sorts of unpredictable side effects

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
lol this mf said he’s impotent

post hole digger
Mar 21, 2011

following that line of thought for a second, if dna is a type of data, and i think we can all agree that it is, the best storage media of all time is the balls.

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
ahahah

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Visions of Valerie
Jun 18, 2023

Come this autumn, we'll be miles away...
*nodding rapidly* data is all piss

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