Nonetheless, CD/DVD media has withstood the test of time, and it is still very popular. By now, it should have been replaced by something better - and less flaky. David Grossman > -----Original Message----- > From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Clint > Hamilton-PCWorks Admin > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:00 PM > To: PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PCWorks] Burning CDs > > > Correct, it "should not" damage it. It should just say the > typical "insufficient disk space". You just need to wait for > more input from Nero users, and from the person you got the CD. > > >I wonder how CDs got to be so popular > >when they are so delicate, fussy, > >fragile, problematic, and ornery. > > Because CD's were a totally new form of media at the time, > nothing else like them. They have NEVER been the way they > should be. A technology that never was ready for release due > to the problems, yet it was released. To this day the same > type of issues plague them. Partially to blame is flaky buggy > burning software that's always released years too early! Then > you have the crappy non-existent quality control of the disks. > Then also you have the idiot manufacturer's of the drives that > shove them out the door as fast as they possibly can, also > without any quality control, and with buggy firmware--and with > every new model release is a worse POS than the previous models > thanks to Ch*ina. Each new model is made worse, with more > problems, using cheaper garbage components from Ch*ina. > They'll never learn. All they care about is money and how many > unsuspecting victims buy them. > -Clint No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.6/1765 - Release Date: 11/3/2008 4:59 PM ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-