released by IBM in 1981, sturdies were a massive flop

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qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Thank you for creating content!

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 34d

Thanks for engaging!

mcz@horp.sciops.net · 6 pts · 34d (4 replies)

Thanks to this mistake, they never had to invent HASERs (heavy amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). Fail fast, fail cheap!

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 34d (3 replies)

woah didn't know that!

mcz@horp.sciops.net · 4 pts · 34d (2 replies)

Of course you didn't! Because you never needed to use hasers to read CDs (commodious disks)

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 34d (1 reply)

you mean the rings of saturn?

mcz@horp.sciops.net · 3 pts · 34d

Yeah!

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 34d (4 replies)

wow! powerful

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 34d (3 replies)

yeah! It can kill an elephant when thrown at sublight speeds

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 34d (2 replies)

but they have very skinny legs so it's hard to hit them

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 34d (1 reply)

you want to target the dick on their back, that's the weakspot

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 34d

I believe it! Ouch.

cathfish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d (2 replies)

Wow so much data storage to save slop within. I would have liked to have that in 1995.

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 33d (1 reply)

it actually doesn't hold more data than a regular floppy, it's just sturdier

cathfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d

Hum. That explains the flop.

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 34d (2 replies)

she built like a brick bean oven

pieguy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 34d

What did you just say about beans?

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 34d

it's mostly asbestos and lead

ozzelot@snac.sklenicekrtku.cz · 3 pts · 34d (1 reply)

@j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org
a massive sturd

j_g00da@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 34d

nah that's a regular size sturd!

undthr@horp.sciops.net · 3 pts · 34d

5.25, no longer two measurements

jdr@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 33d

A massive flop!

Big lol

Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 34d (1 reply)

Don't put your dick in that?

pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 33d

why