On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:55:41 -0800, Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is exactly what burnproof does. You can load the machine; you can >deplete the buffer. Rather than spewing the contents of the empty >buffer to the disc (creating a coaster), it suspends the write and >resumes when the buffer fills some more. Just imagine if the electronics of your hard drive spewed garbage to the platter if it ran out of incoming data for a bit. Or if your NIC broadcast random crap while the processor was attending to someone else. What a stupid way to build a device. I don't think the CD-R manufacturers are being stupid. I think they're being greedy. You have two essentially identical CD-Rs, a cheaper one with stupid firmware and one with proper firmware which is more expensive. So people buy the cheaper one, and then have to buy the more expensive one a bit later because the cheaper one is unfit for the purpose for which it was sold (Hit them with Trades Descriptions Act?) Or maybe the salesperson in the computer shop will con them into buying a whole new computer. Moral: never buy anything until it's been out for at least 2 years, and make sure you know exactly what you're buying before you go anywhere near a shop. Burn down Babylon Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
