Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(8a)

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( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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From: (Videoman)
Subject: What is Responsible for Packet Writing Instability?
Date: 6/28/01

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

There is an inherent problem in UDF, particularly with fixed-length
packets, which is the source of most of the problems reported. It is
that the directory information for the disc is held and modified in
RAM between loading the disc and ejecting it. Anything which precludes
a complete, valid package being written back risks the whole disc.

In other words, lack of true transactional semantics during the
crucial data transfer and filesystem update to the disc, creates the
highly non-zero possibility of severe data loss. It's not a question
of if, only a question of when. The more you use it, the worse your
odds become.

Because the information must be read and organized at insertion,
loading a complex disc is slow. Reading and writing are slow and
complex because the packets are *not* contiguous. If you stack up
writes and have concurrent file activity, there's a real chance that
the Windows filesystem will balk and fail to complete the write.
Again, a more complex disc and insufficient RAM increase the odds of
failure in my experience.

It's not the windows filesystem, it's the packet-writing software.

The most common cause of failure is the directory not being written
back correctly. That can happen on a system crash or power glitch;
a forced manual ejection; or simply a fault in the write of the
directory. Once a bad directory is written, not much can be done to
recover files. DCD 5 Scandisc, ISOBuster and CD-R Diagnostic are all
able to do something toward retrieving data from such a disc.

Of course, if the software was written _correctly_, none of this would
be an issue.

Most of the above is independent of the program used. In any case, if
compression is used, it increases the odds of failure and reduces the
chance of recovery - and usually doesn't improve storage
significantly. DCD has gradually decreased sensitivity to the
filesystem problems, but they're still there if you write a lot of
files concurrently. Again, that's essentially a Windows file
management issue.

The problems are all DCD's. Don't start to blame Windows for this one,
Mike.

I've used tape-as-a-removable-disk software, that _did_ implement
transactional semantics, and I never had the types of problems that
DirectCD exhibits. It's simply a matter that Roxio doesn't have a clue
how to code reliable software, in which a customer's precious data is
on the line.

Does the critical Windows hard-disk FAT16/FAT32 filesystem store the
entire FAT into RAM at startup, and only write out the changes again

at shutdown? NO! It updates it immediately, when there is a disk
update, to minimize the crucial window where data could be lost.

If the penalty for updating this often is too high (as it often is for
CD-RW media, both for speed and longevity reasons), then the proper
thing to do would be to maintain a write-buffer on the HD, with some
sort of logging filesystem, so that if there were an error on the disc
media, that the data could be easily recovered, and the entire disc
wouldn't be corrupted. I hope the new Mt. Rainier specification
addresses this problem, and buggy POS software like DirectCD becomes
the way of the past.
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[ No response from Mikey ]

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(iii)
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From: smh
Subject: Request for assistance regarding DirectCD and Windows 98
Date: 4/13/03

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:

Somehow, reading and then ejecting the DirectCD disk makes a regular
CD-ROM disk appear blank to the file system. Re-booting (or
crashing Windows Explorer) fixes the problem.


Did you eject the UDF disc with software? Even though the recent
versions of DCD should handle manual eject, I don't trust it.

Blame on manual eject for the bugs of DirectCD, Mikey?
Is DirectCD 2.5d a recent version, Mikey?

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From: DeepOne
Subject: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:

When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
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In article ,
says...
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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?

Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Gunther, saying *plonk*

Gunther wrote:

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )


Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.

Why are all worked up over crap?


Gunther, saying *plonk*

Yet another one?

How many assholes do you have, Asshole?

Gunther wrote:

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )


Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.

Why are you all worked up over crap?


Gunther, saying *plonk*

Yet another one?

How many assholes do you have, Asshole?

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(vii)
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From: Mike Richter (King Troll)
Date: 2/5,6/02

Fixed-length packets...maintain the directory information
in RAM while the disc is in use ...

When you remove a fixed-length packet disc after having
written anything to it, the directory information is written
back from RAM.
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Are you sure about that, Mikey?

If the computer's RESET button is pressed while the disc is in use, it
would then be a disaster, wouldn't it, Mikey?

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From: DeepOne
Subject: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
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Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(8a)
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From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Lost data on CDs - is it the CD or Roxio's Easy CD Creator
Date: 3/27/02

Even when all the data have been written, the write is not complete. For
reasons discussed in the primer at my site, the directory information is
not written until the disc is ejected.
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In that case pressing the computer's RESET button will surely result in
a disaster, won't it, Mikey?

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From: DeepOne
Subject: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
==========================================

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Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(9a)
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From: Mike Richter (King Troll)
Subject: System File Error 608
Date: 5/7/02

However, forcing a fixed-length packet disc to be released
with the button on the drive is an invitation to disaser.

It should always be ejected through software so that pending
writes including the directory are completed.

DCD 5.x allows hardware ejection, but even then it is
*very* bad practice.
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Hardware eject is a *very* bad practice, yet DirectCD 5.x allows it!
Do cRoxio programmers specialize in *very* bad practice?

One more reason to add that to the ****ty list:

****ty Programmers at cRoxio

How about pressing the RESET button, Mikey?

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From: DeepOne
Subject: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
==========================================

----------------------------
Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (i)
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From: smh
Subject: Does anyone rely on DirectCD for multi-session backups?
Date: 2/7/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:

Robert Harlow wrote:

... I would appreciate an indication of the background as to
why you consider that the *format* of fixed-length packets is not
reliable, discounting any merits or demerits implicit in any specific
software that uses fixed-length packets in a random access (on-demand)
manner.

There are several reasons, but one predominates. When you remove a
fixed-length packet disc after having written anything to it, the
directory information is written back from RAM. That means that at least
portions of the disc are "scrubbed" - rewritten many times. The disc is
supposed to tolerate 1000 cycles, but in fact read accuracy goes down
continuously with erase cycles and the 1000 number seems absurdly
optimistic from the experience of most.

[ Why does DirectCD use *SPARING* technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

"In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc."

Q. I know that CD-RW discs are good for approximately 1000 formats or
erasures. Since DirectCD 2.x will let me delete individual files and
recover that space on the disc for immediate use (random erase) does
that mean that the disc is only good for up to 1000 file deletes? Or is
it 1000 full formats of the entire disc?

A. DirectCD has built-in features to increase the longevity of your
CD-RW media. Any particular spot on on a CD-RW disc can be erased and
rewritten about 1000 times (soon to be improved to 10,000). After that,
that particular spot becomes unusable. However, DirectCD is designed
not always to write in the first available space on the disc, so you
won't be erasing and rewriting to the same physical location over and
over. If a spot should get "burned out", DirectCD can mark it
"unusable" and work around it (much the way bad sectors are managed on a
hard disk). In practical terms, you will probably never wear out a
CD-RW disc.


Mike Richter, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above?
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Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

GMAN wrote:
Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
and I will go after you in court.

It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (ii)
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[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

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From: smh
Subject: CD-RWs and DirectCD - computer crashed and rebooted.
Date: 6/26/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

Erasables are good for only a limited number of cycles. Although that's
nominally 1000, experience says that it's much less. Regardless, there's
a tendency (despite publishers' efforts to reduce it) for the directory
to be "scrubbed" by repeated use and effective life is reduced still
further.

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

Q. I know that CD-RW discs are good for approximately 1000 formats or
erasures. Since DirectCD 2.x will let me delete individual files and
recover that space on the disc for immediate use (random erase) does
that mean that the disc is only good for up to 1000 file deletes? Or is
it 1000 full formats of the entire disc?

A. DirectCD has built-in features to increase the longevity of your
CD-RW media. Any particular spot on on a CD-RW disc can be erased and
rewritten about 1000 times (soon to be improved to 10,000). After that,
that particular spot becomes unusable. However, DirectCD is designed
not always to write in the first available space on the disc, so you
won't be erasing and rewriting to the same physical location over and
over. If a spot should get "burned out", DirectCD can mark it
"unusable" and work around it (much the way bad sectors are managed on a
hard disk). In practical terms, you will probably never wear out a
CD-RW disc.

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]
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