Should we make a comeback with "Floppy Disks"?

[We Never Know]

The problem is that they are so small, that they are easy to misplace. Accidentally leave it in your pocket and it goes into the washer, then you lose everything.

That's why I keep them in those little plastic cases. I have never lost or ruined one,,, knock on wood.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Original names endure, even after the literal meaning fades.
It's why we still "tape" when we "record".

Yeah, but why? I can't be the only one who feels silly saying rolling a window up/down when it's pressing a button tuese days (so I stopped rolling windows up and down).

 

[Revoltingest]

Yeah, but why? I can't be the only one who feels silly saying rolling a window up/down when it's pressing a button tuese days (so I stopped rolling windows up and down).

Think of freedom of the "press".

 

[Stevicus]

Yeah, but why? I can't be the only one who feels silly saying rolling a window up/down when it's pressing a button tuese days (so I stopped rolling windows up and down).

We still say "dialing the phone," too.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Think of freedom of the "press".

It's still called a printing press.

 

[Subduction Zone]

My grandmother used something called a "Teletype".

Yes, very fast machines. They could type at a blazing ten characters per second. Not quite as fast as a person could read. The plastic bin on the left side held the punched out little dots from the paper tape.

 

[icehorse]

If you really know your stuff, this baby has withstood the test of time:

 

[Revoltingest]

It's still called a printing press.

But "freedom of the press" also applies to radio, TV, internet, etc.

 

[Alien826]

Motor driven ships still "sail".

Engines have "horse power".

Parking areas at airports are "ramps" (back when seaplanes came out of the water there was a sloping ramp for them).

 

[Shaul]

I still use floppy disks with my Texas Instruments 99/4A computer. It uses the 5-1/4" floppies, not the 3-1/2" floppies. But the first computers I worked on used punch cards, paper tape, open reel tape and platter disks.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Engines have "horse power".

Which is confusing and dumb. A 500 horse powered team will not keep up with a Shelby GT500.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I still use floppy disks with my Texas Instruments 99/4A computer.

You really got your money's worth out of that.

 

[HonestJoe]

Anyone else wonder why we kept the name the name floppy disks to refer to hard diskettes that weren't at all floppy like a floppy?

The disks inside were still "floppy", it's just that the cases that became rigid. If the name referred to the cases, they wouldn't be called "disks" either.

 

[Shaul]

You really got your money's worth out of that.

I have also stocked up on a supply of floppy disks. They are quite hard to find now.