6 Dec
2000
6 Dec
'00
3:26 p.m.
Eric Smith skrev:
"Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
wrote:
> Actually, I think CD-ROM deserves a nomination. It's an optical floppy
> /without/ any protection from outside forces whatsoever. It's actually
> quite horrible.
I find it amazing that someone would have a problem
with CD-ROM.
It's incredibly cheap (since it's a spin-off of
a consumer audio format).
So was cassette tape.
> /without/ any protection from outside forces
whatsoever.
I have no clue what you mean by that, but they built in
an absolutely
*huge* amount of error correction. CDs withstand more abuse than
any other data storage medium with which I'm familiar.
Leave it on my sandy floor and it will have a nice finish. If the CD were
built like the MD, I'd be very content.
> It's also a read-only memory.
You say that as if it was a bad thing.
Of course I do. Unless you're a games manufacturer, you, too should see why.
> but to write anything to a CD, you have to
> go through an intricate mastering process.
Since it was never designed to be writable, you're
lucky to be able to
write it at all. You've got to expect some hassle. You might just as
well complain that it's harder to write EPROMs than to read them.
True, but EPROMs haven't been emplyed on such a wide scale.
> At least cassettes usually had a simple user
interface.
You've lost me there. With cassettes you have to
worry about which
side and position to use. They're not generally random access devices.
They certainly aren't, and the sequentiality makes it a bit difficult, but
SAVE and LOAD work the same way, unlike the CD.
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