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| legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca>: Aug 03 11:03AM -0400 Two most regularly used optical drives recently stopped recognizing data DVD's that were created on these machines. There is no issue with CD media. The affected machines still recognize commercial 'film' DVDs from the public library. When attempting to recognize the media, the OS seems to completely bog down as explorer attempts to display the drive contents. Once in a blue moon, explorer succeeds in displaying the inserted disk, or even a directory on the disk - but further attempts to access the drive result in explorer crashing. Nero infotool and CDroller will also sometimes report presence and type of DVD - succesive running of tests usually report empty drives. After disassembling and cleaning one drive, it allowed normal operation for a few minutes, but reverted to previous state after disk ejection and re-insertion. They are both HT-LG brands, but are located in completely different PCs (PC-Chips homebrew and Lenovo ThinkCentre refurb), with different OS (W2K - W7pro)and different interconnection (IDE and SATA). The Sony, TDK, Philips, Maxell DVD-R media , both blank and previously written, are recognizable on two other, less-frequently used machines in the lab, neither having HT-LG hardware. Replacing the drives with similar types did not correct the problem.Replacement drives had other issues, which is why they were hanging around - sticky doors etc, but included one IDE drive purchased for this repair exercise) All of the LG drives, original and replacements, have labels dated before 2010. The other PC's that still recognize the media have similar dates of manufacture, but are Sony or Matsushita branded. Using the regular suggestions to manipulate the W7 operating system ( device manager, optical drivers, atapi drivers, disk management, registry upper/lower limits, sfc etc ) seem to have no effect. I've not reinstalled Nero, and haven't (recently) reverted to a Windows restore point.'restoring' didn't work the first time, so I don't expect it to work a second time. That is a bit of a rabbit hole. I have ordered (by snail delivery) some non-LG drive replacements as a last resort - but am still curious to know if this is a more widespread issue. Using DVD media for physical data back-up or transport doesn't seem to be common these days - but I've had large USB memory go bad on me lately, too. I also back up the OS on a USB-connected HDD. I'm discouraged by this experience with DVD media and hardware, for data. RL |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 03 08:29AM -0700 You need to understand that the recording medium on an R or RW DVD and on a commercially printed DVD are entirely different. The one is a dye that is 'burnt' by the laser, the other is quite literally stamped. Over time, the dye will deteriorate even by playing - which is via the laser at a lower power than when burning - and become less contrasting. At which point it becomes more difficult for the laser to read it. Not true of a stamped DVD. I have always taken the position that a DVD R or RW is a volatile storage medium, not for the ages, as it is chemical in nature. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| abrsvc <dansabrservices@yahoo.com>: Aug 03 09:38AM -0700 I would test the DVD player with a "stamped" DVD. If these also fail, I would suspect the optics that may be failing. DVDs will fail to read far sooner than CDs on the same player if the laser is starting to fail. |
| Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Aug 02 05:55PM +0100 >On 8/2/2020 5:49 PM, John-Del wrote: >> Our homeowner's association actually banned Landcruisers from our development. The sound of those things rusting in the night was keeping babies from sleeping through the night and suspected of poisoning ground water. >Sound of rusting? It was a humorous remark, Pimpom (I L'dOL anyway):-) |
| Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Aug 02 05:58PM +0100 On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:59:21 -0700 (PDT), Terry Schwartz >> cheers, >> MS >Is "reliablest" even a word? Only in N. America - the country that invented the ghastly "normalcy" in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. |
| Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com>: Aug 02 09:34PM +0100 In article <i1sdifpehqmp54l6eo1qic54riqjhl5s83@4ax.com>, curd@notformail.com says... > >Is "reliablest" even a word? > Only in N. America - the country that invented the ghastly "normalcy" > in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. Or, my favourite, "burglarised"! Mike. |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 03 06:57AM +1000 On 2/08/2020 10:19 pm, John-Del wrote: > Our homeowner's association actually banned Landcruisers from our development. The sound of those things rusting in the night was keeping babies from sleeping through the night and suspected of poisoning ground water. **Never seen a rusty Landcruiser. My next door neighbour sold his when it was around 15 years old. It was kept outdoors for it's entire life. We live on a (saltwater) river. No rust. Japanese cars don't rust (for the most part). You're thinking of European cars. They rust. That said: I hate Landcruisers. They are nonsensically huge and heavy. The have no place on city roads. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 03 07:01AM +1000 On 3/08/2020 2:58 am, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> Is "reliablest" even a word? > Only in N. America - the country that invented the ghastly "normalcy" > in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. **Oh, my favourite US idiocy is: 'anesthesiologist'. And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 03 07:02AM +1000 On 3/08/2020 6:34 am, Mike Coon wrote: >> in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. > Or, my favourite, "burglarised"! > Mike. **SNAP. 'Cept they spell it with a 'z'. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Aug 03 12:41AM +0100 On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 07:01:13 +1000, Trevor Wilson >> in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. >**Oh, my favourite US idiocy is: 'anesthesiologist'. >And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. Aloominum they say. And "nucular" - Dubya in particular made me shudder when he said that. |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 03 10:15AM +1000 On 3/08/2020 9:41 am, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. > Aloominum they say. And "nucular" - Dubya in particular made me > shudder when he said that. **There is no excuse for not pronouncing nuclear correctly, since Americans do manage to spell the word correctly. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| John-Del <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Aug 02 06:35PM -0700 On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 4:57:44 PM UTC-4, Trevor Wilson wrote: Japanese cars don't rust (for > the most part). You're thinking of European cars. They rust. Saying Japanese cars don't rust is equivalent to saying the earth is flat, and Toyotas are by far the worst of the bunch. Google Tacoma frame rot. The entire frame must be replaced. |
| Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net>: Aug 03 01:26PM +1000 On 3/8/20 7:01 am, Trevor Wilson wrote: >> in place of *normality* for no compelling reason whatsoever. > **Oh, my favourite US idiocy is: 'anesthesiologist'. > And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. Sorry, but the British used to call it Alumimum too - the original name - before deciding to change it to make it consistent with the other metals. Which is more correct? Who cares? |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 03 01:36PM +1000 On 3/08/2020 11:35 am, John-Del wrote: > Saying Japanese cars don't rust is equivalent to saying the earth is flat, and Toyotas are by far the worst of the bunch. > Google Tacoma frame rot. The entire frame must be replaced. **Typical American crap construction. The Tocoma was not a Japanese vehicle. Clearly Toyota should have been taking more care with their American workers. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>: Aug 03 03:56AM In <ItLVG.62934$hc5.20555@fx28.iad> Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> writes: [snip] >> And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. >Sorry, but the British used to call it Alumimum too - the original name >- before deciding to change it to make it consistent with the other metals. Eyup. Metals should end in "ium". Like chromium, thorium, uranium, iron, copper, manganese... Oooops. -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] |
| Pimpom <nobody@nowhere.com>: Aug 03 10:55AM +0530 On 8/3/2020 5:11 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> And, don't get me started on: 'burglarize' or 'aluminum'. > Aloominum they say. And "nucular" - Dubya in particular made me > shudder when he said that. I think at least *some* Americanisation of spellings are OK, like center, meter and *some* substitutions of s with z. Maybe there are subtle differences in the way they are pronounced that are lost on us non-native users. However, I find it hard to condone the widespread mispronunciation of proper names like Iraq as Eye-raq in modern times. Maybe saying 'Eye-talian' in WWII was understandable, but not in this age of instant global communication. |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 03 06:06AM -0700 OK - let us discuss the "British U" such as in colo u r and so forth. Which has been around for a very long time. But for the purposes of this specious argument, let us agree on 300 years as an arbitrary figure. a) Each printed U takes up space on paper, ink, space on the printing plate and so forth. b) That space has an associated cost. Again, being arbitrary, let us agree that each one hundred Us are worth one British penny, then and now. c) I believe that it would be fair to suggest that at least a billion extra Us were printed per year since 1700. https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1700?amount=1 That first year would be £417 in 1700 (240 pence to the pound). Over the last 300 years, the average earned interest rate is about 4.5%. Just for giggles, let us use that same £417 as a periodic deposit for the same 300 years. That is highly conservative as that £417 would be more like £26,271 today. Care to guess what those Us cost the British and Brit-speak economies over the last 300 years? https://www.calculator.net/future-value-calculator.html?ctype=endamount&cyearsv=300&cstartingprinciplev=417&cinterestratev=4.5&ccontributeamountv=417&ciadditionat1=end&printit=0&x=52&y=13 $5,259,278,881.34 And that is only if the first-cost is *as little as * £417 *. And you dare to criticize American spelling? Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com>: Aug 03 04:11PM +0100 In article <56a840f4-410d-43bf-b1fc-606a29de1162n@googlegroups.com>, peterwieck33@gmail.com says... > And you dare to criticize American spelling? > Peter Wieck > Melrose Park, PA And now we can add rubbish math! (To which we would always add at least an "s".) Mike. |
| Jeff Urban <jurb6006@gmail.com>: Aug 03 04:05AM -0700 Glad you like it. |
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