9/15    I just got an old PS/2 (SCPH-30001R), and it works, except that it
        seems to take about 20 seconds for it to even start spinning the disk,
        let alone load the thing.  Is this normal?  Shouldn't it load the
        game right off?  -never owned a PS/2 before
        \_ More than likely you have a dirty lens on your laser.  If you open
           up the case you can then open up the disk tray (lots of tutorials
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3/30    Are CDR audio discs known to damage older stereos? A couple of CD
        players in my stereos died after playing CDRs. Maybe it's just because
        they were really old though (like a decade  old)
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1/11    http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060110/tc_pcworld/124312
        Why I don't backup anything on CDs and DVDs
        \_ http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-5.  -tom
        \_ I recently restored a lot of data from 9 track tapes that was
           between 15 and 30 years old. Much of it was no longer readable
           and much of what was readable was readable just once. The tape
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9/29    This looks pretty cool:
          http://archive.newyorker.com/index.html
        for $63 at AMAZONG. But it looks like you may have to
        swap DVDs a lot ... dunno if there is a way around that.
        Anybody know?
        \_ Copy the discs to your hard drive?
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2/26    What hard drives do you recommend?  To stay away?  Reliability is
        top priority.
        \_ regardless of brand, I've found a strong correlation between HDs
           that fail with enclosures that don't have good airflow. I've had 3
           consecutive WD-200 Caviar failures in 6 months on this particular
           computer while the same WD-200 Caviar didn't fail on any of my
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1/22    I've had netflix now for about 6 months now, and their turn-around
        time is slowing down; it used to be about a day or two, and now it's
        a few days. Has anyone else experienced similar service?
        \_ I've had netflix since 2001 and have noticed no slow down at all
           and have lived in 3 different places. It did get a bit rough when
           I started filling my queue with New Releases and freeing up space
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12/14   What's an easy way to create a DVD image out of a whole bunch of
        .vob/.bup/.ifo files I ripped straight from another DVD?  Been STFW
        for hours with no luck.  I'm looking for something I can mount
        on a virtual DVD drive under windows (like with d-tools) and watch
        with something like WinDVD, in lieu of schlepping the actual discs
        around.
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10/19   Have you ever purchased a photo cd when developing your pictures?
        What format, resolution, and size are the images?
        \_ A related question.  What's the difference between Photo CD and
           Picture CD?  Thx.
        \_ PhotoCD is the professional one, very expensive, maybe around $35
           per roll. They give you various resolutions for each picture, I've
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10/13   Here's a stupid question, can I copy playstation2 games using my
        DVD writer? DVD+R? -R? booktype?
        \_ I know DVD-R works but I think you need to get your PS2 modchipped.
           \_ So ps2 will not work with DVD-R or +R unless chipped?
              \_ I think there's some boot-disc hack also, but basically: yes.
        \_ You want to start at http://lik-sang.com--they at least used to sell
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8/13    I have a question. CDs that are burned using say 52x, when the
        data is read back, does the drive have to spin it up to 52x?
        ie, are there any differences between CDs that are burned using
        8x vs 52x? Are the data interleaved differently? What about
        DVD?
        \_ DVD players play at the same rate it needs to play any dvd
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