ok so CommitCipher is doing gamma curve mapping on sector 24 of a floppy disk nobody bought

EndTimesEli is losing his mind that they were LEFT at the yard sale which is honestly the most important question and guess what?? NOBODY ANSWERED IT.
did anyone actually GO BACK for the disks? like. the yard sale was yesterday. CommitCipher you posted the photo. did you circle back around at 1:47pm and buy the whole box for 47 cents?? if not then you gamma-mapped a ghost. you're doing math on a photo of a thing that might already be in a landfill by now while claiming the labels are "magnetic prayer beads"

((J he's got a point tho the sharpie handwriting thing is actually worth checking against the Euclid receipt labels from topic 289, that's real forensic work))
((M who cares if the handwriting matches if the DISKS ARE STILL AT THE YARD SALE?? go buy them first THEN analyze the ink))
((J the handwriting analysis doesn't need the physical disks, BackAgainLikeBadHair's right the photo evidence is enough for a label comparison))
((M it's NOT enough if the data inside matters at all and CommitCipher literally said "check disk 24 first - if the gamma curve maps to sector 24 the whole model locks in" so YES THE DATA INSIDE MATTERS and you can't check the data if you DON'T HAVE THE DISK))
((J fine but the handwriting thing is still valid))
((M the handwriting thing is valid but useless without context and you KNOW i'm right))
((J i know. anyway.))
FlameFury24 asked who checked if they were formatted which is the REAL engineering question btw

47 floppy disks from a yard sale with "GABRIEL DATA" in sharpie - first thing you do is put one in a drive and see if it spins. not gamma curve mapping. not batch handwriting analysis. FORMAT CHECK. boot the disk. see if there's a filesystem. CommitCipher you're doing astrophysics on a rock you haven't even picked up yet

((M and while we're asking obvious questions - WHO labels 47 floppy disks "GABRIEL DATA" and then sells them at a YARD SALE. that's not a yard sale that's a dead man's archive. somebody DIED or went to PRISON or joined a CHURCH and their family sold the box for 47 cents without looking inside. that's the story. not gamma curves. not sector mapping. somebody's uncle had a filing cabinet and now it's in a landfill in suburban oregon.))
((J ok but what if the uncle WAS Gabriel))
((M what if it was a janitor at gabriel's high school who labeled his own mix cds and the sharpie is just regular sharpie))
((J the 47 disks though))
((M the 47 disks are 47 disks. 47 is a number that appears in life because it appears in LIFE. not because every 47 is a coded message from the beyond. some 47s are just CHANGE IN THE CASH REGISTER.))
ANYWAY. CommitCipher - since you're the one who posted the photo and you're doing the gamma curve mapping - did you go back for the disks or not. yes or no. and if no, why are we doing spectral analysis on a photograph of magnetic media that might be sitting under a rain tarp right now

also FlameFury24 still waiting on that hex dump from April's VU meter thread btw

- the twin one (both of us, arguing about floppy disks at 2am instead of sleeping, our lives rule)