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The Death of the Floppy Disk

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whatever-will-i-throw-at-you-now dept.

vook writes "Long the most common way to store letters, homework and other computer files, the floppy disk is going the way of the horse upon the arrival of the car: it'll hang around but never hold the same relevance in everyday life. "

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  1. Anything else from the "duh, no shit" files? by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    More headlines for you:

    8-bit NES System Sales Slump

    Pneumatic Tyre Replacing Wooden Wheel

    "You Don't Have To Hand-Crank Your Car" New Invention Promises

    Elizabeth Taylor No Longer Attractive

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  2. Is this news? by aysa · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is this news or matters? What is the upcoming headline? "The death of the typewriter"? Should
    I subscribe to know this before anyone else?
    Please!

  3. Re:Quote from TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I remember Bill Gates predicting the rise of the CD-ROM .. now this was back when you were lucky to even see them in university libraries.


    Nothing personal but I'll listen to his predictions over yours a million times over.

    actually it is personal, you sound like a twit.

  4. What next? by sparkywonderchicken · · Score: -1, Troll

    The death of the typewriter?

  5. Re:And as usual, Apple is the pioneer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And let's not forget, first to have a massive army of mindless fanboy zealot-drones.

  6. Re:Quote from TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Virii isn't a word, dumbass.

  7. Re:Not quite a dupe by stud9920 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apparently, the catchphrase already existed ten years ago. Explosion is in 2001 indeed.

  8. Old news... by avarame · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...old news

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