From Kid66606 Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 16:58
From Kid66606 Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 16:58
In a message dated 1/13/99 9:12:48 AM, you wrote: <<and this problem was caused by an error in manufacturing the discs>> now, how intenetional that error was is the million dollar (or however much yr cd collection is worth;) question....consumer electronics have many times been manufactured for future failure, lightbulbs arethe greatest example of this, lightbulbs have been made that would never (unles they were physically broken of course) been repleaced that just cost a bit more than normal ones to make but what what good would that do the lightbulb manufacturers? it's totally fucked and moreso the thought that as technology gets more and more "ideal or unexpirable" the same people responsible for that are probably being hired to make inherent "digital arthritis" in such products just to keep a market alive because with all the cost of starting up a new market (such as minidisc, or even cell phones) they have to stay in production for a lot longer than that product is actually needed is scary. not to sound to paranoid.. but when the option i sgiving to purchase something (like a dat or cdr burner) in either a "proffesional" or "consumer" model, I woudl always advice getting the pro model, it i smore expenisive upfront but that is for a reason....."pro's" like people in studio's or multimedia etc. actually use there equipment very often while consumers tend to not give there new electronic equipment as much use and a good percentage don't even figure out how to use it and they just end up in the garage...and the manufacturers know this! luv dr. kidmensa luv kid606