On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 02:28, Tim wrote: > >> On that note, why do people smear their fingers all over the optical > >> surface of discs? Or scuff them about on the desk? > > Les Mikesell: > > Because they don't come with handles? Or protective cases that > > remain on in use... It's a design problem. > > Yes, I've always thought that getting rid of caddies was a bad idea. > True, some of the caddies were a crap design, but if CDs had been made > like 3.5" floppies from the get-go (audio and data discs), we'd be in a > lot better position. Unless you are archiving data, USB flash or hard drives are a lot nicer. There are good reasons that so many people have ipods instead of carrying around a few hundred CD's in their brittle jewel cases. A big space on a network drive is even better for things like downloaded fedora install isos. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
