Post #2849887
2026-05-25 23:01 UTC
Replies (15)
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@jonathankoren@sfba.social 2026-05-25 23:12
@billgoats@bitbang.social it’s was no joke. My friend Billy got killed by whisking a disk
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@JennyFluff@chitter.xyz 2026-05-25 23:27
@billgoats@bitbang.social do whisker that disk though
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@moogal@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 00:04
@billgoats@bitbang.social I was still on home computers with cassette drives at that point, where it was "don't scrape that tape"
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@oddhack@mstdn.social 2026-05-26 00:18
@billgoats@bitbang.social the obscurity is because of the number of Dalek infiltrators exposed when Whisking, and the deadly consequences thereof.
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@phooky@hexa.club 2026-05-26 00:22
@billgoats@bitbang.social I still remember how to do the little "don't duplicate that paper tape" dance
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@renardboy@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 00:33
@billgoats@bitbang.social to whisk a disk is to risk a disk
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@hexaheximal@mstdn.social 2026-05-26 01:02
@billgoats@bitbang.social floppy disk pie
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@dusk@todon.eu 2026-05-26 01:07
@billgoats@bitbang.social Essential viewing: [90s anti-piracy messaging, with a rap] [edit: remove si= junk from youtube link] https://youtu.be/up863eQKGUI
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@neilvandyke@mastodon.online 2026-05-26 01:25
@billgoats@bitbang.social Don't bayonet that diskette.
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@dckim@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 01:37
@billgoats@bitbang.social well the little switch would stop you from copying it, wouldn't it. It was a good system which has never been surpassed.
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@bmartin427@techhub.social 2026-05-26 04:23
@billgoats@bitbang.social Never Nunca Jamais Nie
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@radex@social.hackerspace.pl 2026-05-26 07:09
@billgoats@bitbang.social whiskette
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-05-26 07:15
@billgoats@bitbang.social I'll whisk it
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@spacehobo@teh.entar.net 2026-05-26 11:20
@billgoats@bitbang.social DON'T VAPE THAT TAPE
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@europlus@social.europlus.zone 2026-05-26 13:05
@billgoats@bitbang.social you inspired a friend (President of the Australian Computer Museum Society)