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[tq][ni]B: Especially that this is what's already printed on the label.[/ni]
[br]KXA: Well, the option was called "print"...[/br]
[br]So maybe nothing was recorded on the disk, and just the label was printed.[/br]
[ni]B: A QR code on a floppy disk.[/ni]
[ni]That seems really anachronistic.[/ni]
[br]KXA: It could be worse.[/br]
[ni]B: ?[/ni]
[br]KXA: Imagine using the floppy disk as a punch card and just punching some holes in it.[/br]
[ni]B: It would become unreadable when the magnetic circle inside is rotated.[/ni]
[br]KXA: Maybe that's how you read it? Replace the magnetic head with an optical sensor and then detect the holes on a spinning disk?[/br]
[ni]B: But what about the holes which don't end up on the rotating part?[/ni]
[br]KXA: Use them for storing secret information because nobody will be able to read it![/br]
[ni]B: Ok, that's a really silly idea.[/ni]
[ni]What do we do with those disks now?[/ni][/tq]

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