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(DIR) Post #AtrWouUrsNdnL3OHXk by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-07T20:55:16Z
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people often ask me; "Foone, you're an amateur physical media historian, when is it spelled disc, and when is it disk?"Well it's simple!Discs grow down from the ceiling, and disks grow up from the floor.
(DIR) Post #AtrWyZd4Jh7FVwpmzI by anthony@bitbang.social
2025-05-07T20:56:59Z
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@foone disc if it's round (like a compact disc). Disk if it's in a sleeve (ie it's a diskette). That's what I've always understood
(DIR) Post #AtrX1YSr6Ts0lqTkFk by enkiv2@eldritch.cafe
2025-05-07T20:57:33Z
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@foone it's disc when you're in ancient greece and disk when you're in 1880s oklaholma. everywhere else? disque.
(DIR) Post #AtrXO80vbzO1OeBD5k by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-07T21:01:41Z
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@tulpenkiste baby disks. they grow up into full disks
(DIR) Post #AtrXRO9m3AUGKZs7vM by ann3nova@corteximplant.com
2025-05-07T21:02:13Z
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@foone From the Discus region of France...
(DIR) Post #AtrXWfTx3tvPVqpMH2 by hoco@sfba.social
2025-05-07T21:03:09Z
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@foone Disc golf. Never Disk golf. As for computer media? This homophonic nightmare is well-deserved by an industry that cannot agree on whether the end of a line is one or two characters. I'm not bitter. What was the question?
(DIR) Post #AtrXvdXLQoQwieJvTk by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-07T21:07:45Z
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disappointingly, the word for "floppy disk" in greek is δισκέτα, which is basically "diskette". I was really hoping it was just δίσκος, so the greeks would be calling them floppy discuses.
(DIR) Post #AtrYYa0CVTs93CO3bU by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-05-07T21:14:45Z
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@foone in 1986, I tried to make "disq" happen. My reasoning was that it was wrong in every language, and thus carried no cultural baggage.I should probably stop trying to make "disq" happen after 39 years of trying. And no, I'm not called Gretchen.
(DIR) Post #AtrYzfllAmY0kuYFKy by Thorsted@digipres.club
2025-05-07T21:19:36Z
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@foone @tulpenkiste I always thought it was when they joined together with other disks to form a 1950's female pop group.
(DIR) Post #AtrZJcIRnJ6VmDLnt2 by yuki2501@masto.hackers.town
2025-05-07T21:23:17Z
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@foone I was gonna make a joke about Greeks launching disks with their hands, but then I remembered TRON did it first.
(DIR) Post #AtrbVZCXKPjxYmPbPc by ticho@mas.to
2025-05-07T21:47:52Z
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@foone What do we call them if they keep growing and meet in the middle, though?
(DIR) Post #Atrc7c1nGbp7KaWpg8 by qwazix@bananachips.club
2025-05-07T21:54:14Z
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@foone we do call a hard disk σκληρός δίσκος however and 99% of the time we just say δίσκος disk. Or more funnily, σκληρός.
(DIR) Post #AtrcDZ0pOLIviRulu4 by qwazix@bananachips.club
2025-05-07T21:55:43Z
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@foone we do call a hard disk σκληρός δίσκος however and 99% of the time we just say δίσκος, (disk). Or more funnily, σκληρός (hard).
(DIR) Post #AtrcKtTZhs3fD4r8k4 by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-07T21:57:12Z
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@ticho magneto-optical
(DIR) Post #Atrdrn3ogDcip63eUq by libroraptor@mastodon.nz
2025-05-07T22:14:15Z
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@foone Disc if you side with Augustus over Alexandria; disk with Alexander over Ausonia.
(DIR) Post #AtreXtwfTOJeL1nJLs by renardboy@mastodon.social
2025-05-07T22:21:53Z
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@foone @tulpenkiste actually they are female disks
(DIR) Post #AtreniR22Gu3GzXOjo by renardboy@mastodon.social
2025-05-07T22:24:47Z
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@foone and if two connect to form a column it's a disck
(DIR) Post #AtrfDBtfdN1dt45464 by jbowen@mast.hpc.social
2025-05-07T22:29:19Z
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@fooneHey, this isn't @lowqualityfacts
(DIR) Post #AtrfJzUQA7ZbQxVrKS by geoffl@mastodon.me.uk
2025-05-07T22:30:32Z
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@foone Disk is the American spelling whereas disc is the correct spelling.
(DIR) Post #AtrfPijxLhw1DwVmKW by dusk@todon.eu
2025-05-07T22:31:38Z
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@foone As the saying goes, 3.5", sailor stays alive.5.25", sailor's taking a dive.
(DIR) Post #AtrgHS19jtumztB368 by _the_cloud@mastodon.social
2025-05-07T22:41:20Z
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@foone Software for the Apple II came on "Diskware," while software for the Lisa was on "Fileware." Apple tried hard to make those words happen in their documentation. The Macintosh, by contrast, took a "Microfloppy." And "Fetch" was a program you used for FTP access. No cap, fam.
(DIR) Post #AtrgiQHcIQYTR7jnt2 by roseandsigil@social.wub.site
2025-05-07T22:46:11Z
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@foone Clearly disc is from δισγος, though.
(DIR) Post #AtrhJeIp8QtTdE3MCO by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2025-05-07T22:52:58Z
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@foone I guess it's as simple really as "disks are round on the inside, discs are round on the outside"? I can't think of an exception immediately off the top of my head, but maybe there are still some?
(DIR) Post #AtriCSFRefDuAkbdh2 by gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe
2025-05-07T23:02:48Z
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@foone When they grow up from the floor, they're measured in megamites, when they grow down from the ceiling, they're measured in megatites.
(DIR) Post #Atrjix8yQAMVDLdhXU by anselmschueler@ieji.de
2025-05-07T23:19:50Z
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@foone disc is debatably complex instruction set computing, while disk is dolphin identity secret key
(DIR) Post #Atrk1dAQuvaolDEDaK by TheSunnyOne@eldritch.cafe
2025-05-07T23:23:16Z
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@foone it's only a disc if it's from the Sony Discman region. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling Diskette.
(DIR) Post #AtrkFyMYuQWUYGjxPk by DifferentDrummer@syzito.xyz
2025-05-07T23:25:52Z
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@foone Fnarr!
(DIR) Post #AtrkjCwhlk5oB5aPJo by 48kRAM@retrorewind.social
2025-05-07T23:31:08Z
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@foone I stick with the vertically-neutral disck
(DIR) Post #AtrkyPDcQBLGaKkDSq by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-07T23:33:51Z
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@ned good news
(DIR) Post #AtrmlZM5cdDwAPiIW8 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-05-07T23:54:20.349630Z
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@ned @foone And of course that one grows horizontally.
(DIR) Post #AtroDqloZEROEznNAm by woo@fosstodon.org
2025-05-08T00:10:15Z
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@foone 'Discs' are analogue, from the Greek "discus"; 'disks' are digital and may be virtual.
(DIR) Post #AtrploN45s1sbFycfA by glc@mastodon.online
2025-05-08T00:27:37Z
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@foone Sofia: This is what you call a floppy disk?Edward: Yeah.S: But it's square.E: Yeah, yeah, I know, but they call them floppy disks.S: It's not floppy either. It's stiff....Isabelle: They want to kill you.Thomas: Why?I: Because you know what's on these.T: Yeah? What the fuck are these?I: Floppy disks.T: Floppy what?I: Disks!T: But they're square.I: Shhh!T: And they're not floppy either, they're stiff.(https://www.jstor.org/stable/24777406)
(DIR) Post #Atrutek8H1RQpKKIUq by GutterPoetry@mastodon.me.uk
2025-05-08T01:25:01Z
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@foone Discs are better at being thrown/skimmed, like discus. Disks are usually bulky or not a good shape for throwing.
(DIR) Post #AtrwSxwSz50iSdUpoO by agnesmorales68@mastodon.social
2025-05-08T01:42:42Z
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(DIR) Post #Ats3YXhw8REoVsJ3y4 by mmu_man@m.g3l.org
2025-05-08T03:01:06Z
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@foone but what when the join?
(DIR) Post #Ats5fTcztwrPnOQkKW by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-08T03:25:45Z
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@mmu_man magneto-optical!
(DIR) Post #Ats5ymIUiIhFCR2m3c by SvenGeier@mathstodon.xyz
2025-05-08T03:29:17Z
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@fooneIt's disc as in DISCO when the lights are colorful, the sequins are sparkly and the boogie is flowing. It's disk as in DISKO when it's edgy and European and there's lasers and fog machines.
(DIR) Post #Ats6Z0rw0vZyoktn7Y by jbqueru@floss.social
2025-05-08T03:35:47Z
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@foone Greek has a lot of loanwords from French, this might be one of them.
(DIR) Post #AtsBRIxHNy1UMhXhUe by mcSlibinas@mastodon.social
2025-05-08T04:30:22Z
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@foone and when they meet in the middle they become just disck.
(DIR) Post #AtsIfpE6tgVsBdHnRg by SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange
2025-05-08T05:51:28Z
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@foone OR its Disc if it refers to the technologies developed by Philips and Sony.That’s LaserDisc, MiniDisc and Compact Disc. All trademarked.The only times it’s Disc. Whichever is easier to remember, I’m sure there’s a catchy mnemonic like stalagmites and stalactites.
(DIR) Post #AtsLU632pSnskGD1o8 by herrLorenz@chaos.social
2025-05-08T06:22:47Z
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@fooneOkay; but what about disque?
(DIR) Post #AtsPLCOYGIAVdkHWPw by eddlestonian@noc.social
2025-05-08T07:06:01Z
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@foone disc refers to media and disk to science or technology. The weird exception is spinal discs.
(DIR) Post #AtsWYNszY7EAiqkoYi by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-05-08T08:26:59Z
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@foone wait a minute. What about diskettes? Where do those grow from?
(DIR) Post #AtsaWEXPjY5iy2tJgW by Datenegassie@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-05-08T09:11:25Z
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@foone disks are Kiki, discs are Bouba
(DIR) Post #AtsoCdgLwApqW8cgy0 by Lapizistik@social.tchncs.de
2025-05-08T11:44:42Z
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@foone Oh, I'd have guessed because it's disco you use disc if music is involved? ;-)
(DIR) Post #AtszNl9bb32UN7oLD6 by ajn142@infosec.exchange
2025-05-08T13:50:02Z
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@foone what about disck
(DIR) Post #Att6SK8MBRSNhJLmoy by foone@digipres.club
2025-05-08T15:09:16Z
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@ajn142 this is a SFW account, I don't talk about that
(DIR) Post #Au1NA0cLG7hmRQuLB2 by buckyogi@mas.to
2025-05-12T14:54:08Z
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@foone I always use 'disc' because I find it to be more aesthetically pleasing.
(DIR) Post #Avz7heZxvu1jeATgBs by rbairwell@mastodon.org.uk
2025-07-10T08:35:37Z
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@foone They are called Discs if they are spun anti-clockwise ("as you would write a 'c'") and Disk if clocKwise. I'm sure @lowqualityfacts would back me up on this.
(DIR) Post #AvzIOmz1YrI5hoPEIq by shtrom@piaille.fr
2025-07-10T10:35:36Z
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@foone I'm really curious about your disc storage system.