>> Interestingly, all the floppies I own have gradually stopped working. 
>> Almost every single one of them now regularly has bad sectors or 
>> suddenly shows up as "not formatted". I guess because they're so old now...
> 
>   I think that's because they are a magnetic storage media, which
> degrades over time. Optical media has the advantage that it doesn't
> degrade. If it only was as protected as the 3.5-inch floppies, they
> would be almost perfect...

I've seen drives that accept CDs in a "caddy". Never very popular though.

>> As I said note... What the **** do they make the actual disk out of? 
>> Because man, it's unbreakable! They should make shopping bags out of 
>> that stuff!!
> 
>   They aren't unbreakable. At least DVD-R's aren't. Bend them enough and
> they will shatter into a hundred tiny (razor-sharp) pieces.

No no - the floppy plastic bit inside a floppy disk. Seriously, I don't 
know what kind of plastic it is, but... well *you* try ripping one!! o_O

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