Into The Bit Bucket With Thee
2026-07-28 00:49 UTC
Replies (10)
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@AstroLightz@lemmy.world 2026-07-28 05:12
I recognize all but the large, black rectangle (Too big to be floppy?) on the left and the round thing on the right. What are those 2 things?
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@BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 2026-07-28 05:47
Related question for old data media enjoyers: I have extremely vague memories of a computer I used as a kid that had a punchcard like system where the holes had colored cellophane or something in them, presumably to add a few more bits of data per hole. I think the cards were probably some sort of plastic or maybe laminated paper? Has anyone heard of something like this?
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@ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2026-07-28 06:15
bit bucket /n./ 1. The universal data sink (originally, the mythical receptacle used to catch bits when they fall off the end of a register during a shift instruction). Discarded, lost, or destroyed data is said to have “gone to the bit bucket”. On Unix, often used for /dev/null. Sometimes amplified as “the Great Bit Bucket in the Sky”. 2. The place where all lost mail and news messages eventually go. The selection is performed according to Finagle’s Law; important mail is much more likely to end up in the bit bucket than junk mail, which has an almost 100% probability of getting delivered. Routing to the bit bucket is automatically performed by mail-transfer agents, news systems, and the lower layers of the network. 3. The ideal location for all unwanted mail responses: “Flames about this article to the bit bucket.” Such a request is guaranteed to overflow one’s mailbox with flames. 4. Excuse for all mail that has not been sent. “I mailed you those figures last week; they must have landed in the bit bucket.”
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-07-28 09:12
We have forgotten them:
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@Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2026-07-28 15:15
Would be cool to bring back 3.5" floppy as some sort of cartdrige for PCs but instead of the disk they have an SSD or similiar
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@locuester@lemmy.zip 2026-07-28 15:28
I had a shirt with this on it. It ripped today. Crazy timing.
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@BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2026-07-29 05:57
You know, CD is just rounf glorified punch card.
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@bobo@lemmy.ml 2026-07-29 07:25
Aren’t tapes still used for long term storage?
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@Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-29 09:12
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@vathecka@lemmy.radio 2026-07-29 14:39
Qr codes are kinda like punch cards in a way