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It's round and wobbles, but madam, it's a mouse pad, not a floppy disk

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1) Stiffy *snigger*

2) doubling the capacity with a hole-punch gives you a 1.44 disk that was only rated for 720 and while you might get away with it a lot of the time, this might hint at the possibility of an explanation for the high error rates

3) putting stuff on re-used compuserve disks has its own "probability set" given the cost-related data survival expectation of said disks, given what you paid for them

4) Other FAT-but-not-FAT type disks had swearing too

5) Extra hate to everybody for dredging up painful memories, may you all receive socks for Christmas *that are too small*

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