On Thursday 28 July 2005 00:44, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
What drive? What disc format? What program created them? If you haven't guessed, longterm DVD "reliability" is a technical interest of mine. Why? Because I've been using DVD as a backup for Linux since early 1998 -- yes, _1998_, on Linux!
(and no, the drive didn't cost me $10,000, it was $500, brand freak'n new, list price)
*sighs* BS level exceeded...
* The first DVD-R drives under $1000 did not appear until 2001. * The list price in 1998 was $17000 for the only available drive by pioneer. * DVD-R(G) was not even available until 1999 - so if you had a DVD-R(A) drive, then the media are not comparable to what is out now, and all your BS has no relevance about current media. * Linux DVD writing software did not appear until way after 1998 (growisofs, cdrecord patches, ...) so what software were you using?
Of course I could be wrong. If so, please tell me:
* What model of drive did you own? * What software you used to write to it. * Where you were even able to get your hands on a drive in early 1998 at that price.
9 times out of 10, when someone else is supposedly "sticking up for newbies, grannies, etc..." someone already has an agenda with me, and it's just the excuse. And then the so-called newbie _really_ gets to see what Linux is all about (bickering, right? NOT!).
Psychologically a very good idea to post that... Discount other's opinions before they even stated them... Too bad its wrong in this case. Most people that get into a long drawn out argument with you on this list do it because you're clearly wrong and as technical people, we just don't like incorrect statements.
Peter.