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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked:

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

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Mikey, do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?
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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

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From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****)
Date: 1/20/05
Subject: Is a DVD-RW a CD-RW?

Erasable CDs (CD-RW) are much more likely to 'forget' over time
than write-once media. The higher the rated speed and the more
often erased, the shorter the disc's life in my experience, but
only the original blanks (writable only at 2x - no higher, no lower)

were free of increase in error rate during months of storage.
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'

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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
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Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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"Edward Diener No Spam" wrote in
message ink.net...
I foolishly threw $40 away on a new Samsung DVD Writer that does not work.
I stupidly bought an OEM version from NewEgg, rather than simply pay
another $8-10 dollars for the retail version, and now it will probably take
weeks for my to get a replacement from Samsung, if I can get any at all,
and I will no doubt spend some more money returning it to them, never mind
the turn around time to get a replacement.

Does anybody know of a reliable company selling a DVD Burner that will
work first time out of the box ? I am eager to get one quickly that
actually works and just forget about the lemon I bought.

If the burner didn't work from the beginning, Newegg WILL replace it. OEM or
not.
Even if worked for a short time and crapped out, contact them anyway.
There's a good chance they will still replace it anyway. Most of the OEM
stuff they sell has a standard 1 year warranty.
Doesn't hurt to try.

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

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Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****)
Date: 1/20/05
Subject: Is a DVD-RW a CD-RW?

Erasable CDs (CD-RW) are much more likely to 'forget' over time
than write-once media. The higher the rated speed and the more
often erased, the shorter the disc's life in my experience, but
only the original blanks (writable only at 2x - no higher, no lower)

were free of increase in error rate during months of storage.
======================

Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'

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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

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Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

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Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

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From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****)
Date: 10/18/04

You should use matching erasable media

Note that while it is sometimes possible to write to the wrong
category, error rates tend to be very high.
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'

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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
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Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB)
Date: 9/12/01

From my own results and from numerous reports, it is clear that
erasables have increasing error rates over time.

In my tests, only some high-quality, non-HS media did not show
painful increases in errors over six months or so of storage.

My tests were sufficient for my needs but not thorough enough
to report in detail.

[Covering up all your assholes, Asshole?]

The result is that I use erasables *only* for short-term storage
and write fixed-length packets only for testing. YMMV.
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'

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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

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Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Roxio ****)
Date: 9/16/04

the error rate on erasables increases with each erasure.
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'

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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB)
Date: 3/10/04

Writing an unrated (e.g., 2x or 1-4x) erasable in a High Speed or
Ultra Speed drive is sometimes possible, but I have always found
such writes to have high error rates even in my Plexwriters.
======================

Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'
-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how did you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below when you
don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB)
Date: 1/17/04

The high initial error rate of erasable media
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
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Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how would you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below
when you don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB)
Date: 12/16/03

Erasable media have proved unreliable.

the error rate is likely to be high
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Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'
-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin SOB) squeaked (8/29/05):

error rate begins to rise

Have you seen C1 errors since (8/10/05)?

-----------------------------------------------
Mikey, still digging C1 errors out of assholes?
-----------------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****) splattered (8/10/05):

James Perrett wrote (8/8/05):

Do you ever see any C1 errors with CDSpeed on your machines?

I recall having seen C1 errors on earlier versions of CDSpeed,

but I have run tests on several faulty discs on a number of drives
and can find no C1 errors any longer.

Perhaps the program has changed;
perhaps my drives (Plextor and Pioneer) are to blame.

Unfortunately, I'm not running Plextools and therefore have no further
information to offer.

Perhaps the Plextor used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps CDSpeed used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?
Perhaps Plextools used to pull the C1 errors out of thin air?

Anyhow, how would you get the C1 errors as you insinuated below
when you don't even have a drive reporting the C1 errors?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Slimy Friggin ****)
Date: 7/11/03

It is not wise to use erasable media except for test.
They tend to have higher error rates and to be unreliable.
======================

Perhaps you used to dig the C1 errors out of your assholes, Mikey?
'
-------------------------------
Wow! What a slimy friggin SOB!
-------------------------------

----------------------------------------
Mikey, you are the Slimiest Friggin SOB!
----------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)