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Kind of puts it into perspective, doesn't it?

Remember back when the big, foldable floppies were cutting edge?

Vlado Jokic, Blogger

December 1, 2009

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Remember back when the big, foldable floppies were cutting edge? Saw my first one when I was five. 20 years later it seems like ancient history:

http://gizmodo.com/5414337/man-weve-come-a-long-way-from-floppies

As Gizmodo notes: "This infographic makes me so glad that we came up with storage methods other than floppy disks. Imagine replacing your 2TB hard drive with 1,422,222 floppies. No thank you."

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