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DIY Floppy Disk Planter

Posted May 12, 2010 10:33 AM

From Instructables: exploring:

Floppy disk planters are a great way to use old floppy disks that you may have lying around.  They are made simply from floppies glued together to form a cube and adding a liner on the inside.

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05/13/2010 4:53 AM

Excellent, but is the data still ok ?
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05/13/2010 5:34 AM

What difference would it make if the data is still good or not.

No one still has the hardware to read them anymore.

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05/13/2010 6:52 AM

It's one of those common-knowledge things, like how playing classical music makes plants grow better. If a plant is reassured that there are no bad sectors in it's planter, it thrives.
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05/14/2010 8:26 AM

So...if you splash water around when watering the plants, I assume the diskettes will grow all the way up to 8" floppys? And the file sizes will also expand?

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05/14/2010 12:45 PM

It will only grow until it blooms. These usally take the form of punch cards.
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