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[Zanix]

Someone left a disk in this computer (at the lab at school), and I forgot to bring one from home. I need one to turn in a database project tommorow.

Should I just take this one? Doesn't have a name on it.


I've been here ~4 hours and nobody's shown up looking for it. Plus these things are dime a dozen.

Although stealing IS stealing, and if this person is careless enough to leave it in a lab pc, maybe they're careless enough to only make one copy of what they were doing: on this disk. Plus windows says the disk's not formatted, so I think this person was using it in a mac.


Edit: I'm emailing it to myself. I'll nab my own disks. There's always that odd chance that some beautiful, young, italian brunette is crying her eyes out because she lost her eleventy page paper and will come to thank me in ways I've never known. Oh wait. She'll never know I decided not to take it. *fantasy smashes*

 

[vtecluder]

Originally posted by: Zanix
Someone left a disk in this computer (at the lab at school), and I forgot to bring one from home. I need one to turn in a database project tommorow.

Should I just take this one? Doesn't have a name on it.


I've been here ~4 hours and nobody's shown up looking for it. Plus these things are dime a dozen.

Although stealing IS stealing, and if this person is careless enough to leave it in a lab pc, maybe they're careless enough to only make one copy of what they were doing: on this disk. Plus windows says the disk's not formatted, so I think this person was using it in a mac.

No

 

[FleshLight]

What kind of disk? Compact Disc? Digital Video Disc? Hard Disc?

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
What kind of disk? Compact Disc? Digital Video Disc? Hard Disc?

plain ol floppy

 

[yllus]

You would trust a person you don't know to do a good job on a project?

 

[Descartes]

If you have to ask you already know the answer.

 

[Pepsi90919]

don't copy that floppy.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Do it.

 

[JoeKing]

yeah do it!!

or just email it to yourself... dumbass

but I would still copy over the disk out of spite

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: Descartes
If you have to ask you already know the answer.

uh.. yes?

Descartes: Master of philosophy!

 

[eakers]

i don't even trust my own floppy discs to keep my data safe, let alone someone else's!

 

[nageov3t]

if there's nothing on the floppy, I'd do it.

but why not just e-mail it to yourself? it'd be faster than copying it to a floppy disk.

edit: if there is something on the floppy, I'd leave it. that could be someone's term paper or something, and for all you know, they had to run out of the computer lab in a hurry because their mom just died or something.

 

[illustri]

why can't you just use email and avoid this bullsh1t

/i'd take it

 

[Wallydraigle]

Finders keepers.

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: loki8481
if there's nothing on the floppy, I'd do it.

but why not just e-mail it to yourself? it'd be faster than copying it to a floppy disk.

I have to turn the project in on disk. I guess I could email it, go home, copy to floppy there, THEN add it to the project.. or just use this one, right now..

the dilemma, you see.

 

[z0mb13]

why cant u just email ur hw?? damn who uses floppy in this day and age??

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Zanix

Originally posted by: loki8481
if there's nothing on the floppy, I'd do it.

but why not just e-mail it to yourself? it'd be faster than copying it to a floppy disk.

I have to turn the project in on disk. I guess I could email it, go home, copy to floppy there, THEN add it to the project.. or just use this one, right now..

the dilemma, you see.

ah, so it's just laziness.

in that case, don't use the floppy.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

If the floppy is blank, use it.

 

[sniperruff]

save in email and then go out and buy your own. turn in floppy to whoever is watching lab.

just think... lets say you were in a rush and you left your project, the only copy, inside the lab computer. would you want some moron to steal the floppy for his little homework?

 

[Colt45]

just email it to yourself. floppies suck

 

[Zanix]

Many of you say don't take it, but all the votes say otherwise!!

 

[Zanix]

Originally posted by: Zanix
Many of you say don't take it, but all the votes say otherwise!!

Just email it to yourself and quit being a dingleberry.

People use disks because they need to. You've been to ATOT and know better.

 

[Bryophyte]

If it's blank, use it. If it's not, don't.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: eakers
i don't even trust my own floppy discs to keep my data safe, let alone someone else's!

 

[GoingUp]

Email your project to yourself or if you must, see whats on the damn disk. If its empty than just use it.