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CD-R Lifespan - Is It The Label?

Posted by timothy on from the it-is-the-taste dept.

sysadmn writes "Slashdot has discussed archival lifespan of CD-R media before. Fred Langa revisits the issue with a new twist: Are glue-on labels causing premature failure? Much more common than rain forest fungus! From Fred's informative LangaList newsletter."

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  1. Re:Storage by Leffe · · Score: 0, Troll

    There is a slight problem with that. Hard drives are not very portable. The main reason people use CDs is the portability.

    The penguin has a slight problem with CDs and HDs in general - you have to mount them manually(unless you use some desktop environment... bleh), Windows(r) really excels in that area.

  2. I don't read his stuff anymore by the_B0fh · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was the guy who sent him the info on %WINDIR% and all that info on what it is/how to use it, for his clean up scripts, and not only did he not credit me, but he even gave the credit to OTHER folks who wrote in in subsequent weeks. In other words, I sent him info, he used it without crediting me, then other folks send him more info, and he fucking credits those other people.


    Not reading his stuff anymore.

    -the B0fh