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Andy <nospam@> wrote in
news:ma67d7-2q7.ln1@fully.qualified.domain.name: 

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> FFS - just buy a 32GB thumb drive, copy the files to it and
> save yourself a day of fucking around.

Excellent suggestion.

>> The first thing that you have to be aware of is the
>> difference in the /claimed/ capacity and ACTUAL capacity.
>> A 700MB CD-R actually holds up to 734,003 KB, possibly
>> slightly more depending on manufacturer.
>>
>> I don't own a DVD burner so I have never looked into DVD 
>> "numbers", 
> 
> Not into 'cutting edge' technology, eh?

DVD is hardly "cutting edge". I own 2 DVD players which I only 
use to play MP3's on.

I never felt the need to use DVD's in computing. Perhaps once 
Blu-Ray passes the test of a longer period of time, and the 
CD/DVD/BR burners come down in price, I may venture there. There 
is something to be said about having 1 disc instead of 40 or 45, 
but 1 instead of 6 or 7 never /really/ seemed worth the bother.

BTW, I do not own a single USB device either!



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