I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.

>> ^Phreezdryd:

I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.


Or discs.

>> ^ant:

>> ^Phreezdryd:
I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.

Or discs.

Not a fan of "disks"?

>> ^Phreezdryd:

>> ^ant:
>> ^Phreezdryd:
I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.

Or discs.

Not a fan of "disks"?


Are there such things as compact disks (CDs), digital video disks (DVDs), etc.?

>> ^ant:

>> ^Phreezdryd:
>> ^ant:
>> ^Phreezdryd:
I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.

Or discs.

Not a fan of "disks"?

Are there such things as compact disks (CDs), digital video disks (DVDs), etc.?

Not sure why, but all the magnetic storage media, floppy or hard, have been called "disks", while optical media got "discs". The basic physical difference I see is that magnetic disks are usually encased in something rectangular. There's probably a historical fun fact on this somewhere.

I'll give you a hint... IBM is based in the U.S. but Philips isn't.
>> ^Phreezdryd:

>> ^ant:
>> ^Phreezdryd:
>> ^ant:
>> ^Phreezdryd:
I certainly don't miss installing programs from a pile of floppy disks.

Or discs.

Not a fan of "disks"?

Are there such things as compact disks (CDs), digital video disks (DVDs), etc.?

Not sure why, but all the magnetic storage media, floppy or hard, have been called "disks", while optical media got "discs". The basic physical difference I see is that magnetic disks are usually encased in something rectangular. There's probably a historical fun fact on this somewhere.

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