Posted by FatKat on 09/02/05 13:42

Patient Zero 2.0 wrote:
> Do you guys torture your CDs and DVDs?? I read the article and it says
> normal care should help your CDs and DVDs last years...
>
I think I must have read that same article. When one of my CD stopped
working right after two years I thought, that article was right on the
money.
>
> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:m7SRe.73505$Hx4.71029@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> > "Don M." <newsreader@nospam4fineartsnospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:1125635036.f7b5f83a5138a13a3a12065c277df9af@teranews...
> >>
> >> "George Hester" wrote in message
> > news:0kQRe.49632$EX.41973@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> >> > "Loco Jones" wrote in message
> >> news:1125627226.49f594f32a76def481c583cbc124be5f@bubbanews...
> >> > > Not exactly "news" (the subject has been broached before), but just
> >> > > an
> >> > > observation on the transient nature of recordable media - cassettes
> > were
> >> > > once touted as the answer to degradable vinyl, until it was learned
> > that
> >> > > tape demagnetization/stretching posed a problem, as did faulty
> > transport
> >> > > mechanisms, and then compact discs were promoted as the
> > "indestructible
> >> > > alternative" (until that proved to be wishful thinking as well), and
> > now,
> >> > > consumers are being led to believe that "new media" (DVD/DVD+/-R) can
> >> > > withstand even the slightest abuse. Heh - it can't - big surprise.
> >> > >
> >> > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1854081,00.asp
> >> > >
> >> > > These days, even owning the "original" doesn't mean much. Renting,
> >> > > for
> > a
> >> > > limited time, is the best any consumer can hope for. Enjoy it while
> > you
> >> > > can! You'll be buying it, in another format, soon enough.
> >> > >
> >> > > - Loco -
> >> > > (Now Playing: Nothing Lasts Forever - Echo & The Bunnymen)
> >> > >
> >> > There is one media that lasts forever - 8 Tracks. Mine would still be
> >> > cooking if they hadn't buned. That is what happened to my New Clear
> > Days.
> >> >
> >> ============
> >>
> >> Stop cooking the stuff if you don't want it to bun.
> >>
> >>
> >> Don
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I didn't burn it. Someone from my church did. Literally. It was at his
> > house and it burned to the ground. I can cook without burning Don.
> >
> > --
> > George Hester
> > _________________________________
> >

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