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High-Speed Burning Could Harm Pioneer Combo Drives

Posted by timothy on from the but-isn't-that-the-point-of-high-speed dept.

daffydory writes "Both New Scientist and The Register have articles about the Pioneer DVD writers (SuperDrives to us Apple users)." According to these articles, the drives "will bascially implode themselves with the new highspeed media that's coming out. Lovely. There's supposed to be a firmware patch to fix it, but it may be 'problematic' for users to install."

6 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. Error by jamespharaoh · · Score: 5, Funny

    /dev/hdc on fire

  2. Burning Could Harm Pioneer Combo Drives by N3WBI3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried burning my drive really slow and it still damaged it..

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  3. Warp 10 by kmahan · · Score: 5, Funny

    She kinna take it anymore, captain! She's gonna blow!

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    Invalid Checksum. Retrying.
  4. problematic? by Lxy · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's supposed to be a firmware patch to fix it, but it may be 'problematic' for users to install.

    Does problematic mean "I can't get to the machine to upgrade because there's shards of disc flying at me when I go near it!"?

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  5. Uh oh . . . by div_2n · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about extreme Digital Rights Management . . .

  6. Implode? by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...the drives "will bascially implode themselves
    CD/DVD drives are essentially centrifuges. As such, they are given to exploding at high speeds.

    If you have a centrifuge that's imploding at high speeds, there's nothing wrong with the device -- there's something amiss with physics in your point in space. Get out of house and contact your nearest physicist right away.