Don't Copy that Floppy!

JavaFox · Jul 6, 2003, 03:58 PM

This is a serious, serious commercial made in the 1980s.

Watch it.

**MIG-31** · Jul 6, 2003, 04:25 PM

if thats what it takes for floppy's imagine what if they had the foresight about cd-rewriters and now dvd rewriters.

dig the bill gates lookalike and the pornstar in the ad?

Dom · Jul 6, 2003, 04:34 PM

Link slow for anyone else? Still waiting for it to finish.

JavaFox · Jul 6, 2003, 04:35 PM

With Flashget, I pulled it down at 380K/s

**MIG-31** · Jul 6, 2003, 04:38 PM

not slow for me 9min vid.

Jul 6, 2003, 05:05 PM

well... ok. I'm convinced... i will no longer copy floppies...

Dom · Jul 6, 2003, 05:24 PM

OMFG

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jul 6, 2003, 05:50 PM

ROFL jus saw it over hardocp! fucking hillarious shit, that guy with the coke bottle glasses looks hes a human product of NASA (GEEK!)

MeesterKu · Jul 6, 2003, 05:59 PM

This video was so powerful and its message so well delivered through its use of insane rap, repetition and patronising flickering lights that I learned TWO lessons from this:

1 - D-D-Don't copy that Floppy!
2 - The secret to winning games it to use one hand and constantly press the right key to win whilst your retarded, morally bankrupt friend bashes all the WRONG KEYS.

Wait a minute, WTF is a GIRL doing playing games?! THEY DON'T DO THAT!!! THIS ADVERT ISN'T TRUE TO LIFE?! YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING!! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!!

Love,

--
Sonikku

**MIG-31** · Jul 6, 2003, 06:04 PM

nothing you see on tv or any other media is true to life

Malus · Jul 6, 2003, 07:40 PM

Comedy goldmine.

NaumoJR · Jul 6, 2003, 09:24 PM

One of the most retarded things I've seen in a LONG time.

Judas · Jul 6, 2003, 09:27 PM

If i buy one copy... dammit, i'm going to use that one on all the computers that I own!

DriveEuro · Jul 6, 2003, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by generalstupid
well... ok. I'm convinced... i will no longer copy floppies...

For once I agree with you. I won't be copying floppies....

JavaFox · Jul 7, 2003, 02:11 AM

If you guys continue to copy floppies, and ignore my warning, it could be the END OF THE COMPUTER AGE!

eyeguy616 · Jul 7, 2003, 02:23 AM

Man, I gave so many copies of Doom and Rise of the Triad to friends.... thanks to the ol' parallel-port Zip-drive, not the damn floppy. Hah, "end of the computer age" I wish.
Funny-ass commercial-child-scare-tactic.....thingy.

Anyway, it's almost funnier than that old Zelda commercial advertising the first Zelda game on the NES. Now THAT was classic!

~eyeguy616

JavaFox · Jul 7, 2003, 05:40 AM

If that guy showed up on the screen and rapped his 6 minute song about piracy everytime you copied a game, nobody on the face of the earth would ever make an illegal copy of anything.

digerati · Jul 7, 2003, 07:31 AM

That was almost as bad as that jackie chan movie where the kids playing is little portable sega system (I forgot what it's called) and he's hittin the buttons and theres sound effects and he's all jumpin but yet there's no cartidge in

Judas · Jul 7, 2003, 07:34 AM

use your imagination MAN!

Stormy · Jul 7, 2003, 07:59 AM

that was just plain wrong!

Judas · Jul 7, 2003, 08:01 AM

LOL, i can think of even more things that would be "wrong" to you then....

Jul 6, 2003, 03:58 PM	#1
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Don't Copy that Floppy! This is a serious, serious commercial made in the 1980s. Watch it.

Jul 6, 2003, 04:25 PM	#2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	don't copy that floppy if thats what it takes for floppy's imagine what if they had the foresight about cd-rewriters and now dvd rewriters. dig the bill gates lookalike and the pornstar in the ad? __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jul 6, 2003, 04:38 PM	#5
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	not slow for me 9min vid. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jul 6, 2003, 05:50 PM	#8
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,717 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	ROFL jus saw it over hardocp! fucking hillarious shit, that guy with the coke bottle glasses looks hes a human product of NASA (GEEK!) __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

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MeesterKu DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: England Posts: 55 Rep Power: 0	A valuable lesson. This video was so powerful and its message so well delivered through its use of insane rap, repetition and patronising flickering lights that I learned TWO lessons from this: 1 - D-D-Don't copy that Floppy! 2 - The secret to winning games it to use one hand and constantly press the right key to win whilst your retarded, morally bankrupt friend bashes all the WRONG KEYS. Wait a minute, WTF is a GIRL doing playing games?! THEY DON'T DO THAT!!! THIS ADVERT ISN'T TRUE TO LIFE?! YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING!! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!! Love, -- Sonikku

Jul 6, 2003, 04:34 PM	#3
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Link slow for anyone else? Still waiting for it to finish.

Jul 6, 2003, 04:35 PM	Thread Starter #4
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	With Flashget, I pulled it down at 380K/s

Jul 6, 2003, 05:05 PM	#6
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	well... ok. I'm convinced... i will no longer copy floppies...

Jul 6, 2003, 05:24 PM	#7
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	OMFG

Jul 6, 2003, 06:04 PM	#10
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	nothing you see on tv or any other media is true to life __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

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Jul 6, 2003, 09:24 PM	#12
NaumoJR Paranoid Android Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Planet Telex Posts: 1,029 Rep Power: 0	One of the most retarded things I've seen in a LONG time.

Jul 7, 2003, 02:11 AM	Thread Starter #15
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	If you guys continue to copy floppies, and ignore my warning, it could be the END OF THE COMPUTER AGE!

Jul 7, 2003, 02:23 AM	#16
eyeguy616 ZZzzzzzzzzzz........... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 324 Rep Power: 0	Man, I gave so many copies of Doom and Rise of the Triad to friends.... thanks to the ol' parallel-port Zip-drive, not the damn floppy. Hah, "end of the computer age" I wish. Funny-ass commercial-child-scare-tactic.....thingy. Anyway, it's almost funnier than that old Zelda commercial advertising the first Zelda game on the NES. Now THAT was classic! ~eyeguy616

Jul 7, 2003, 05:40 AM	Thread Starter #17
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	If that guy showed up on the screen and rapped his 6 minute song about piracy everytime you copied a game, nobody on the face of the earth would ever make an illegal copy of anything.

Jul 7, 2003, 07:59 AM	#20
Stormy DH Mafia Don Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: DH Mafia Manor Posts: 296 Rep Power: 0	that was just plain wrong! __________________ AMD Barton 2500+ Gigabyte 7NNXP ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64mB w/ Catalyst 4.10 Windows XP Home Service Pack 2 Onboard Nvidia Audio Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM 32x10x40x CD-RW Drive 2x 512mb DDR Sticks

Jul 7, 2003, 07:31 AM	#18
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	That was almost as bad as that jackie chan movie where the kids playing is little portable sega system (I forgot what it's called) and he's hittin the buttons and theres sound effects and he's all jumpin but yet there's no cartidge in