Quote of the Day
I need to hand in a report in both soft and hard copies. Email attachments are not accepted (welcome to my 21st century, aspiring “world-class” university). Instead of using a CD (where much of the 700MB capacity will be wasted), the good ol’ floppy came to mind. I went to my sister (I consider her ‘quite’ net-savvy; she’s 14) and asked if she has a floppy disk.
Me: Do you have a floppy disk?
Sis: What is a floppy disk?
And I swear she meant it. It seems like floppy disks are steadily making their way into museums.
09 Apr 2007 narrowband
I have lots, u need one? Or 2 or 3? Lemme know ;)
Once I went to Speedy Video shop to enquire about VHS. The sales person asked me, “Errr… what’s VHS ar?”
Me: Video tape??
She: *puzzled look like as if I’m asking to buy some UFO*
Me: You know video tape? *makes a rectangle shape sign*
She: *still puzzled*
Me: You mean you donno what’s a video tape??
She: *shakes head*
Me: *puzzled* Okayyy… nvm, tq.
LOL at your post and Angel’s comment.
Good one! Haha!
what’s a CD?
Poor o’ floppy & VHS, somehow we forgot how we look up to them THOSE days.. Shares like this always makes us laugh ei? :)
my old monitor burnt off 2 months ago and when i step in to computer shops, i’m so afraid to get this answer from shopkeepers..
“what’s a CRT?”
and thus i am still stucked with my dad’s old monitor..
Wat’s floopy? Disket isit?
hahahaha… incredible heh???
tell u one more… 7 years ago, i was serving in an uniformed organisation, looking after some small kid (aged 5 - 12). we had some games and there were some prizes.
the winner was decided and i was given the honour to give out the prizes. one of the prize was the classic “snake and ladder”… i gave it to a 7 year old kid… he looked at it… and said…
“sir… is there a cheat code?”
Aiyo….. reading all these comments ar…. reminds me that I’m getting older. *sob sob
aiya. floppy costs more than a CD la! CD only RM0.30..floppy is RM1..
i had a conversation with a friend that went like this:
me: why u dont download movies?
she: don’t want lah..
me: why not?
she: my laptop so heavy ady..
me: what does that have to do with downloading movies?
she: more movies in my harddisk will make my laptop heavier..
me: ….
Angel - Hey, they’ve gone obsolete ok! Nobody talks about VHS these days. Dun blame salespeople :p Hahaha.
Jason - These are just the tip of the iceberg.
Wuching - You should know. You’ve been in Australia for many years right? It’s Crocodile Dundee, what else.
Oh Jian CRTs aren’t that outdated yet, dun worry. I’m using a CRT at home, and in your office there are at least 3 CRTs already. They’ll be around for quite a while more ;)
Cybie - Floopy? What’s a floopy? I dunno too.. A type of candy? ;p
Zewt - Whhoa.. that kid’s advanced, man! Tech these days really make us feel old huh…
Che-cheh - We’re witnessing a tech-revolution! Isn’t it exciting?! When I was my sis’ age (14) I was still learning how to log in to MIRC!!
Hooiching - Ya, come to think of it, yes. But then I have many unused, old diskettes… Even though my house has 4 computers, only one has a floppy drive, lol… The diskettes are practically useless now.
Cincau - OMG… *faints*. While the rest of the world are advancing towards newer tech, there are indeed some others who’re still quite left behind…. hehehe… You sure she wasn’t joking… I hope she’s not a blonde?
ppl say we r getting more net savvy.. but then… i think net silly will be the better term.
i hate it when people dono things like floppy disk or vhs.. shiet man. u think u damn high tech now isit?
cis. ahahhaaahh scold them don care
Dude…dun feel bad, i still have those 5 1/4 inch diskette with LODE RUNNER game and Apple program inside. :) Days of those 286’s!
Imagine if she sees one of those old 5 1′4 inch floppy, she will ask, “whats that for?”
But then come to think of it, being net-savvy has got nothing to do with knowing what floppy disk is, right Smashie?
I would have thought they’ve gone extinct, stupe!
She’s probably seen one of those, Nick. It’s just that she doesn’t know what they’re called!
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