# Don't Copy That Floppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901 "2003-07-08T00:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/1 "2003-07-08T00:56:19Z")
[http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box\_id=51208&f\_id=723](http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=723) I have not the words…I’m just waiting for the RIAA or MPAA to do an updated version. (But seeing a screenshot of _Neverwinter Nights_ circa 1992 is kinda cool). ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/2 "2003-07-08T01:12:14Z")
I must say, though I don’t like hip-hop much, it beats the hell out of rap. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/3 "2003-07-08T01:24:50Z")
Waaaaaait a minute… So, if I buy a legitimate copy of software, I get a manual, a warrantee, and free phone tech support?!? Nah, I don’t believe it, not for a second. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/4 "2003-07-08T01:41:13Z")
Nor do I believe, for a second, that I’ll get upgrades. Not without paying just about as much as I did for the earlier version, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/5 "2003-07-08T01:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > **I’m just waiting for the RIAA or MPAA to do an updated version.** It’ll never happen. “CD-ROM” doesn’t rhyme with “Copy”. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Physiognomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@The\_Physiognomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Physiognomist)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/6 "2003-07-08T02:23:20Z")
Apparently _Neverwinter Nights_ circa 1992 was one of several early online games provided by AOL. I hear it was better then you’d expect from them, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/7 "2003-07-08T04:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*It’ll never happen. “CD-ROM” doesn’t rhyme with “Copy”. \*\* How 'bout “Don’t Go Rip That Silv’ry Disc” or “That DVD Must Not Be Freed”? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/8 "2003-07-08T04:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Physiognomist \* > \*\*Apparently _Neverwinter Nights_ circa 1992 was one of several early online games provided by AOL. I hear it was better then you’d expect from them, too. \*\* That makes sense – I knew the recent game had been in Development Hell for a long time, but 11 years seemed a bit much. Then again, when is _Duke Nukem Forever_ coming out again? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-copy-that-floppy/186901/9 "2003-07-08T06:42:26Z")
I didn’t watch the video just now, but I completely remember it from computer class in grade school. “Don’t Copy That Floppy” has been one of my catch phrases ever since.