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The Floppy Awards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-warm-the-belly dept.

c_g12 wrote to us with the third annual Floppy Awards. It's a pretty humourous collection of some of the (mis)haps of the past year or so -- something to amuse yourself with going into the holiday weekend.

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  1. Floppy Awards: by zephc · · Score: 5

    ... because installing Windows 2000 Professional on 974 floppy disks is FUN!

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  2. Funnier than ZDnet by heinzkeinz · · Score: 3

    Here's a similarly themed, but funnier, article from Satirewire.com.

    Fewer ads, as well.

    While you are there, check out their George W. Bush weblog--it's really witty.

  3. Re:Not really... by Richy_T · · Score: 3
    Not to disagree with the thrust of your argument but do try not to fall into the trap of illegal==wrong. Sometimes it just aint so.

    Rich

    The little man who rejected your form because you filled out a box wrong is in the heart of every cop who wrote out a speeding ticket.

  4. Not really... by zeromusmog · · Score: 4

    The last page serves to remind us that, no matter how much the RIAA is ripping us off, whether or not we have credit card, whether or not we plan on buying the CD later, no matter how rich the music companies are, etc. etc. etc., downloading copyrighted music is illegal.

    Now, don't get me wrong: I have an over 2 GB folder of MP3s myself... and a good portion of them I don't own the CDs to nor do I plan on buying them. But I don't try to justify it... it's wrong, but I do it anyway.

    1. Re:Not really... by Richy_T · · Score: 3
      Since the legality of things is determined by politicians who are humans, setting one's moral compass by it is about as valid as setting one's watch by blowing on dandelions.

      People who attempt set their moral compass in such a way are often vexed when laws come to pass which are contradictory to their true internal moral compass. Things like the banning of prayers at school sporting events and being charged with assault for defending yourself from robbery tend to upset these people.

      I'm not saying there is any 'one true morality' but those who model theirs after the laws have no imagination and are abdicating their responsibility of humans. Laws exist to reflect morality (albeit imperfectly) not vice versa.

      Rich

  5. Re:Somewhat offtopic... by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 3
    Wired == Vogue for geeks.

    More like: Wired == People for geek wannabees.

    ObJectBridge (GPL'd Java ODMG) needs volunteers.

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  6. Slashdot Smith by c_g12 · · Score: 3

    I wonder how much Slashdot.org would pay me to name my kid "Slashdot." What do I call him for short? Slash?

  7. floppy award nominee by cluge · · Score: 4

    microsoft needs to get a floppy award for more than just their name. Their employees using outlook and exchange server manage to compromise their entire network. Official response "Oh no, our netowrk is secure, it's this one little hole the found, and we plugged it". Office 2002 code anyone?

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    1. Re:floppy award nominee by sacherjj · · Score: 3

      Office 2002 code is worthless unless you have a subscription.


      "Would you like to save 'Document 1' before closing?"

      Click [Yes]

      "Please enter a valid credit card number to update you subscription to Office .NET. $9.95 for the first document, $0.99 for each additional document."

      Click [Cancel]

      "Abort, Retry, Ignore?"

  8. Somewhat offtopic... by pen · · Score: 3
    I'd like to share a revelation...

    Wired == Vogue for geeks.

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  9. Re:The Ultimate Floppy by andi75 · · Score: 3
    > Who the hell breaks a 1000 word story up into 9 freaking pages!?!!!

    Just click on the 'print this page' link to get all on one page, without pesky banners or pictures.

    - Andreas

  10. The Ultimate Floppy by miracle69 · · Score: 5

    Goes to Web Sites like ZD Net for selling their souls and 1/2 of their bandwidth and cpu cycles to advertisers.

    Who the hell breaks a 1000 word story up into 9 freaking pages!?!!!

    Gah.

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