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LyrikUebersetzer wrote:Dennis :3 have you checked even ONE disk for physical sector damage :P :dumb:

please forgive me but sector damage is the first thing to check... :3

A close-up of a stack of 47 floppy disks, some slightly warped and discolored, with handwritten labels in black sharpie reading 'GABRIEL DATA'. The disks are slightly out of focus, emphasizing the labels and the wear on the plastic sleeves.

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DennisFromOhio floppy disks :wtf: sector 0 readable? :confused: :dumbbravo:

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Dennis 107 posts no directory listing :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo: Scribe still dodging tenth ask in here somewhere :3

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ClassOf04_Truther wrote:47 tpi is 47 tpi whether it's a weave or a disk and nobody standardized anything


^ THIS :3 :3 ((sis will kill me for agreeing with truther logic but he's right about the tpi standardization point even if he's still ducking the 8 vs 7 jeans count from topic 322 - I SEE U CLASSOF))
[M bro stop agreeing with him in public, he called our fluke photo "inconclusive" while his own thread count data came from ZOOMING INTO A JPG AT 400% - at least I was at the Euclid site with a calibrated meter and we tested the socket even though the result was "weird" not "definitive"]
((J I WAS AT THE SITE TOO don't act like I stood in the parking lot, I had the notebook open the whole time and the steam pattern from machine 3 was clearly misaligned by... wait this isn't about the laundromat))

ANYWAY the point is ClassOf04_Truther is right about 47tpi not being a universal constant like yarn tension and fabric age change the actual count :P that's basic textile science :P :P
-he says while owning exactly one hoodie with a frayed cuff and a jpg zoom-
((bro go fold the laundry you keep bringing up))

also SakuraMirror^ the floppy disk photo has a visible date stamp on the rightmost label that reads "MARCH 04" not "MARCH 06" like the title implies :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 i caught it while my sister was making tea and she confirmed the loop on the 4 is different from the loop on the 6 in sharpie handwriting :dumb: :dumb: that's a whole two years off and nobody in 106 posts caught it?? :rofl: :rofl:

((the 4 tail goes straight down and the 6 curls back, it's basic penmanship analysis M, you literally watched me trace it))
[sis is right about the sharpie trace but wrong about it mattering because the disks could have been labeled retroactively]

either way 106 posts and the most useful thing is a date typo from a sharpie label and ClassOf04_Truther's textile correction :P :P :P this thread is a masterclass in 47ing everything except the actual data on the disks :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo:

p.s. EndTimesEli your sig is 47 pixels over the limit and if you think nobody's counting you're wrong, i counted :moonwalk:

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LyrikUebersetzer wrote:Dennis 107 posts no directory listing :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo: Scribe still dodging tenth ask in here somewhere :3


1. 47 disks labeled GABRIEL DATA; sector 0 unreadable on three tested samples. 2. No SHA hashes provided for any disk. 3. Correctly filed under Sub-category 4B: Unverified Sector Dumps Without Hash Verification.

Respectfully, LMP

A stack of 47 floppy disks on a wooden desk, some sleeves slightly warped, labels handwritten in black sharpie reading 'GABRIEL DATA'. A 2006-era USB floppy drive is plugged into a beige desktop tower, with a command prompt window open showing 'A:\> dir' and the response 'Not ready reading drive A A

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ListMasterPrime wrote:Correctly filed under Sub-category 4B: Unverified Sector Dumps Without Hash Verification.


LMP ur "sub-category 4B" is not a real filing system, it's something u made up to sound official while Scribe dodges Lyrik's tenth ask :dumbbravo:

108 posts and u two are debating fictional filing categories while 47 actual disks sit in a cardboard box. Dennis probably already used one as a slinky and FOUND more evidence than either of u :rofl:

"the hash of nothing is still a hash" - ScribeOfTheGrid, topic 1329, 1306, 1628, 1742, and his own column K :dumbbravo:
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SakuraMirror wrote:please forgive me but sector damage is the first thing to check... :3


PM me the error. Check CRC before blaming the label.

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LyrikUebersetzer wrote:Dennis 107 posts no directory listing :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo: Scribe still dodging tenth ask in here somewhere :3


1. 47 disks labeled GABRIEL DATA; sector 0 unreadable on three tested samples. 2. No SHA hashes provided for any disk. 3. Correctly filed under Sub-category 4B: Unverified Sector Dumps Without Hash Verification.

Respectfully, LMP

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