I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only) - eviltoast
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    26 days ago
    1. Pick some friends that you like
    2. Download “I Am Never Going To Give You Up” by Rick Roll
    3. Put the song on the disk in very low quality .mp3
    4. Give the disks away as “fun, retro” drink coasters
    5. Watch as they use the coasters, unaware that you Rick Rollered them
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    26 days ago

    Label in sharpie as “Bitcoin password” and superglue to the sidewalk in a busy area. Watch people try to pick up.

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      26 days ago

      This is 98% the right answer, but you drop them somewhere that keeps them intact, and believable enough so that people take them, and spend the rest of the weekend going to thrift stores trying to find an external floppy drive, and the next month trying to figure out how to get their iPhone to mount it.

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    Carry one in your pocket so you can whip it out in a threatening gesture… like in the film hackers

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    26 days ago

    Put all your precious documents on the disks and then rub a magnet on each one of them to make sure they are properly energized. The stronger the magnet the better.

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    Get a few suitcases at Goodwill or something, stick a floppy and some ‘redacted’ papers in a red envelope, leave them in random places around town and observe what happens. Make sure to wear a trench coat and sunglasses when you ‘forget’ them at each drop point.

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    25 days ago

    Load virus on to banking system to embezzle fraction of cents on each financial operation.

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    26 days ago

    Start a porn collection of high quality pictures. Be sure to zip span them across all disks… all 1 photo

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    25 days ago

    Write your own copy of Windows 10, minus the bloat. You’ll probably have 2 floppies left

    With those in hand, start waving them around maniacally and shout “WHY IS IT CALLED A FLOPPY IF IT’S SO DAMN HARD!?”

  • Read bio@thelemmy.club
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    26 days ago

    Floppy disks are a way to install linux on your microwave try a distro like arch linux it’s microwave safe