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How to Make a Starship Enterprise out of a 3.5" Floppy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-else-to-talk-a dept.

Wow, there is absolutely nothing good to post in the bin today, so you get to enjoy this little gem: Here are some simple instructions for making an Enterpris from a 3.5" floppy disk. Remember those? Before CDRWs cost next to nothing? Thanks to Ant for digging this one up. Update Removed the link when the original content was removed.

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  1. Haha by captainclever · · Score: 4, Funny

    An honest post if ever i saw one.

    That's about all floppy disks are good for anyway :)

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  2. umm... by caino59 · · Score: 4, Funny

    something about this is just wrong.

    yes somewhow, it seems to be sickly intriguing.

    damn.

    i must be a geek.

    1. Re:umm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
      something about this is just wrong.

      Not only is it wrong, it's downright illegal and violates the DMCA to do this. You're circumventing a copy write-protection device (the plastic case and tab). Nyuk nyuk nyuk. I'm here all week, try the veal.

  3. Light and sound... by Crasoum · · Score: 4, Funny

    The enterprise may go at light speed.

    But the grinding of the server's harddrives as we slashdot them only travels at the speed of sound
    Cheers

  4. Meh.. by fadeaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call me when we can make a Death Star out of a roll of CAT 5.

    1. Re:Meh.. by Fulkkari · · Score: 5, Funny
      Call me when we can make a Death Star out of a roll of CAT 5.

      You should have told earlier. I already used all of my CAT 5 when building C-3PO.

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  5. Nothing good to post??? by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, there is absolutely nothing good to post in the bin today

    It's not like that's ever stopped them before. Heck, they could always post a dupe.

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    1. Re:Nothing good to post??? by sqlrob · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why post a dupe? There's lot's of good stuff out there, like the new evil bit in TCP/IP.

  6. You've reached the end of the internet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    And it is an USS Enterprise from reusable media. Nothing else to see, go on now...

    Really, go outside or read a book.

  7. DVDs? by maukdaddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, what in the hell could be made from a DVD? Borg ship perhaps?

    With some duct tape and an old towel MacGyver could make a gun!

  8. Wait a minute by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just saw this on a message board, before it actually got to Slashdot. This is odd. Well once you get good at that then try this

    1. Re:Wait a minute by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

      Of course, it won't work the way it is described. The fly won't flap its wings as long as the feet have contact with something. You need to glue it on its stomach, with enough free space below to allow the legs to hang freely.

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    2. Re:Wait a minute by tinrobot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Someone who's actually done research on housefly powered airplanes... Welcome to Slashdot.

  9. Lovely! by trublaha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wicked. No longer will my flatmate's tape-reel millenium falcon and punchcard x-wing dominate the living room.

  10. What are Mac useers supposed to do? by FosterKanig · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the first ever, I am mad that my Macs don't have floppy drives. Now how am I supposed to waste five minutes of my day?
    Oh, right. I forgot.
    Masturbate!

  11. Be honest now... by sdo1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many of you grabbed a floppy and ripped it apart within 1 minute of reading that page? Admit it. You know you did.

    -S

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  12. woohoo by croddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    it worked!

  13. Re:You know it's a really slow day when... by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

    yep. It was different in our day. We had no fancy networking; we'd _walk_ through a snowstorm to hand over floppies with the new slashdot content to each other. We had no shoes and it was always a head wind both ways. Just try telling the youngsters here; they refuse to believe you.

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  14. Slashdotted? Retaliation! by BlackHawk · · Score: 4, Funny


    <body>
    <center><h6>SLASHDOT SUCKS</h6></center>
    </body>
    </html>

    OK, this was an amusing method of dealing with the Slashdot Effect.

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  15. Re:ERm? by polin8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A significantly improved model of Cat.

    The new CAT-5 never claws your drapes, and eats DOG-1 for breakfast.

  16. you are SO asking for it... by Jedi+Alec · · Score: 5, Funny

    If one more IRC fuck-stick uses /me again I'm gonna hunt them down and bitch-slap them.

    /me hands btlzu2 a trout

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  17. Re:Slashdot so naughty. by Hard_Code · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I would definitely reconfigure my server to redirect anyone with a referer from Slashdot to a very tiny ascii picture of my wang."

    You mean, like this?

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