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  media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-18 04:00 -0800
    Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 08:15 -0500
      Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
        Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 13:03 -0500
          Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 00:03 +0000
            Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 04:59 +0000
              Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 12:53 +0000
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:51 +0000
              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:44 -0500
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:23 +0000
                  Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:42 -0500
                    Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:05 +0000
                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:51 +0000
              Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:49 -0500
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:38 -0500
            Re: media reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-19 17:12 +0000
              Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 11:45 -0800
                Re: media reliability Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-19 22:24 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 13:10 +1300
                  Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 17:14 -0800
                    Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 20:41 -0500
                      Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 18:11 -0800
                        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:15 +1300
                      Re: media reliability David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-02-19 20:32 -0600
                        Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:36 -0500
                          Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:51 -0500
                      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:33 +0000
                        Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 19:57 -0800
                          Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-20 09:44 +0000
                            Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:10 +0000
                              Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-21 10:23 +0000
                              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:33 -0500
                                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:33 +0000
                              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:51 +1300
                                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:09 -0800
                                  Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:30 +0000
      Re: media reliability isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-02-18 09:40 -0800
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:06 +0000
      Re: media reliability Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-18 19:31 -0500
        Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:38 -0500
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 13:55 +1300
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:17 +0000
            Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:02 +1300
              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:09 -0500
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:12 +1300
        Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:57 -0500
    Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
    Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:20 -0500
      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:33 +0000
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:15 +1300
          Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-18 23:22 -0800
          Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:39 -0500
            Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:21 +0000
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:46 +1300
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:04 +0000
                  Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:36 -0500
                    Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:32 +0000
                  Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:48 +1300
                    Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:08 -0800
                    Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:40 +0000
                      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 17:42 +1300
        Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:36 -0500
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:10 +0000
            Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-20 08:19 -0500
        Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:15 -0500
          Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:19 +1300
            Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:28 +0000
            Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 11:01 -0500
              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 15:03 -0500
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:57 +1300
                  Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 19:33 -0500
      Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 13:02 +0000
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:56 +0000
          Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:43 +0000
    Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-22 03:24 -0800
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 09:36 +1300
        Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 18:36 -0500
          Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 13:24 +1300
          Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 17:23 -0800
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 21:24 -0500
              Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 19:13 -0800
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 23:13 -0500
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 18:03 +1300
    Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-23 02:59 -0800
      Re: media reliability John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-23 07:00 -0800
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-24 09:13 +1300

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#69887 — media reliability

have  windows7 OS on Dell and OS-X v 10.9.5 on mac mini

Too many unsatisfactory experiences on both with reliability of CD and DVD disks.  Should I just discard remaining unformatted disks and use only flash drives?   Never have had one of them to fail;  weak link with them seems to hubs rather than the media.

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#69891

In article <00b0f691-513d-4347-ab03-398411e74f71@googlegroups.com>,
 Frank <gno52@windstream.net> wrote:

> have  windows7 OS on Dell and OS-X v 10.9.5 on mac mini
> 
> Too many unsatisfactory experiences on both with reliability of CD and DVD 
> disks.  Should I just discard remaining unformatted disks and use only flash 
> drives?   Never have had one of them to fail;  weak link with them seems to 
> hubs rather than the media.

People are moving away from optical media for sure. You can get an 8-gig 
flash drive for a couple of bucks, cheaper than a dual-layer DVD that 
will fail the first time anyway, and can't be re-written. I've got a few 
32-gig "sticks" that I bought online for under ten dollars.

Having said that, I've never had any real problems burning CD-Rs or 
DVD-Rs (other than the dual-layer ones), and I was notorious for buying 
cheap ones. They're just very small these days. I haven't burnt a dvd 
for a year or more. 

I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
my sister?"
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#69895

Warren Oates:
> I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
> my sister?"

My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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#69899

In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
wrote:

> Warren Oates:
> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
> > my sister?"
> 
> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."

Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#69907

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> wrote:

>> Warren Oates:
>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
>> > my sister?"
>> 
>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."

> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.

Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
not all that unusual.

-- 
http://2blog.kreme.com
This wasn't a proper land. The sky was blue, not flaming with all the
colours of the aurora. And time was passing. To a creature not born
subject to time, it was a sensation not unakin to falling. --Lords and
Ladies

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#69921

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:03:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
>> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
>> wrote:
>
>>> Warren Oates:
>>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
>>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
>>> > my sister?"

 "Sure, I'll send her one of the smaller memory cards, if I can find
one that's less than 32Gigs." 

>>> 
>>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."

 Ugh. I dislike dropbox a lot. 

>
>> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
>> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.

 Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
albums.
 And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
 Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 

>
>Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
>programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
>not all that unusual.

 I have *never* heard that, but I'm in England so we may have a
slightly different accent from you. Here it's "hurl" without the
"aitch" at the beginning. 
 Unless it's pronounced "linkie".
 But I suspect only I do that.
                                 J. 

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#69942

Okay, so one time? In band camp? John <Man@the.keyboard> was all, like:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:03:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>>Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
>>> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Warren Oates:
>>>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
>>>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
>>>> > my sister?"

>  "Sure, I'll send her one of the smaller memory cards, if I can find
> one that's less than 32Gigs." 

>>>> 
>>>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."

>  Ugh. I dislike dropbox a lot. 

>>
>>> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
>>> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.

>  Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
> so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
> albums.
>  And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
> are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
>  Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 

>>
>>Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
>>programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
>>not all that unusual.

>  I have *never* heard that, but I'm in England so we may have a
> slightly different accent from you. Here it's "hurl" without the
> "aitch" at the beginning. 

That's pretty much how Americans pronounce earl.

-- 
http://2blog.kreme.com
The person on the other side was a young woman. Very obviously a young
woman. There was no possible way that she could have been mistaken for a
young man in any language, especially Braille.

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#69981

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:53:13 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>Okay, so one time? In band camp? John <Man@the.keyboard> was all, like:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:03:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
>> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>

<<snipped>>

>>  I have *never* heard that, but I'm in England so we may have a
>> slightly different accent from you. Here it's "hurl" without the
>> "aitch" at the beginning. 
>
>That's pretty much how Americans pronounce earl.

 Really? I've heard it as "Ehrrrll" and "Ehrull" in "Law and Order"
but I don't think I've ever heard it as "URL".
 Now the name "Carl" (?) I have heard as "Krraaal", "Cuhrrl",
"Cahrroll"" and "Cahlll", all from the same character in a different
TV program but I put that down to piss-poor sound engineering and to
my ears being attuned to another accent. Another *set* of accents. 
 I wouldn't be surprised were you right, and you being a USALien are
vastly more likely to be right than I am so I'll consider myself
slightly more educated in the ways of furriners. Thank you.   
 
 I just wish you colonials would learn *proper* English ...
                                                           J. 
    

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#69947

In article <90raea10v837nm9at7qs9nnop4lp4n2giu@4ax.com>,
 John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

>  Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
> so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
> albums.
>  And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
> are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
>  Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 


Yeah but (and this isn't just about the SIL) a lot of people still have 
a CD player and a pretty decent amp and a pair of reasonable speakers 
and want to put the disc in the tray and have the music come out while 
they sit with a gin and tonic and peruse the info on the little jewel 
case.

In our house, everything is FLAC, because I like it and because I have 
disk drives just for that, and XBMC; but we still have a shelf of CDs 
(I've ripped the ones we listen to a lot).
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#69985

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:44:33 -0500, Warren Oates
<warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <90raea10v837nm9at7qs9nnop4lp4n2giu@4ax.com>,
> John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
>
>>  Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
>> so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
>> albums.
>>  And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
>> are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
>>  Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 
>
>
>Yeah but (and this isn't just about the SIL) a lot of people still have 
>a CD player and a pretty decent amp and a pair of reasonable speakers 
>and want to put the disc in the tray and have the music come out while 
>they sit with a gin and tonic and peruse the info on the little jewel 
>case.

 Very true. Probably always will be.

>
>In our house, everything is FLAC, because I like it and because I have 
>disk drives just for that, and XBMC; but we still have a shelf of CDs 
>(I've ripped the ones we listen to a lot).

 Why, apart from your preference, FLAC? 
                                            J. 

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#70010

In article <e3adeal777kdnjacebc7pgtoq04jg57qmg@4ax.com>,
 John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:44:33 -0500, Warren Oates
> <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >In article <90raea10v837nm9at7qs9nnop4lp4n2giu@4ax.com>,
> > John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
> >
> >>  Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
> >> so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
> >> albums.
> >>  And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
> >> are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
> >>  Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 
> >
> >
> >Yeah but (and this isn't just about the SIL) a lot of people still have 
> >a CD player and a pretty decent amp and a pair of reasonable speakers 
> >and want to put the disc in the tray and have the music come out while 
> >they sit with a gin and tonic and peruse the info on the little jewel 
> >case.
> 
>  Very true. Probably always will be.
> 
> >
> >In our house, everything is FLAC, because I like it and because I have 
> >disk drives just for that, and XBMC; but we still have a shelf of CDs 
> >(I've ripped the ones we listen to a lot).
> 
>  Why, apart from your preference, FLAC? 
>                                             J. 

Lossless. Although, I'm aware that the 320 MP3s are indistinguishable. I 
like everything the same, I guess. FLAC is a real standard.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#70049

On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:42:38 -0500, Warren Oates
<warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <e3adeal777kdnjacebc7pgtoq04jg57qmg@4ax.com>,
> John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
>

<<snipped>>

>> 
>>  Why, apart from your preference, FLAC? 
>>                                             J. 
>
>Lossless. Although, I'm aware that the 320 MP3s are indistinguishable. I 
>like everything the same, I guess. FLAC is a real standard.

  Okay. Thank you.
                     J. 

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#69992

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
> In article <90raea10v837nm9at7qs9nnop4lp4n2giu@4ax.com>,
>  John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

>>  Most of those will fit onto a 1Gig card. If you can still find a card
>> so small. I doubt I have any of those so I'd just send her a *lot* of
>> albums.
>>  And maybe a film or two, and some astronomy or science images that
>> are pretty and maybe a mail-reader or two and a Unix ISO and ...
>>  Oh, and a self-extracting textfile that lists everything. 

> Yeah but (and this isn't just about the SIL) a lot of people still have 
> a CD player and a pretty decent amp and a pair of reasonable speakers 
> and want to put the disc in the tray and have the music come out while 
> they sit with a gin and tonic and peruse the info on the little jewel 
> case.

I just airplay from my phone to my speakers. Or from my phone to the Sonos.

All (nearly) of my music is 256K AAC, undistinguishable to human ears
from 24 bit 192kHz "HD" music.

-- 
http://2blog.kreme.com
Eyes the shady night has shut/Cannot see the record cut And silence
sounds no worse than cheers/After earth has stopped the ears.

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#69948

On 2015.02.18 23:59 , John wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:03:54 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
> <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
>>> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Warren Oates:
>>>>> I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs.
>>>>> You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for
>>>>> my sister?"
>
>   "Sure, I'll send her one of the smaller memory cards, if I can find
> one that's less than 32Gigs."
>
>>>>
>>>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
>
>   Ugh. I dislike dropbox a lot.

For my part I use it personally and professionally.  Pretty much 
seamless.  I've only had issues a couple times and it's a great way to 
share date with ... well anyone.

And their 'Events' (keeping so many previous edits of files) has saved 
my butt a couple times with munged up Excel files.

-- 
"Your net worth to the world is usually
  determined by what remains after your
  bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
                                   Benjamin Franklin

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#69945

In article <slrnmeaa4h.2n49.g.kreme@kreme.eternal-september.org>,
 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was 
> all, like:
> > In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> > wrote:
> 
> >> Warren Oates:
> >> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> >> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
> >> > my sister?"
> >> 
> >> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
> 
> > Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> > rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
> 
> Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
> not all that unusual.

I know, I say it sometimes. I was just being mean. The SIL is a good 
lady, she just lives in a different world than most.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
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#69955

On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was all, like:
>> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
>> wrote:
>
>>> Warren Oates:
>>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
>>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
>>> > my sister?"
>>> 
>>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
>
>> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
>> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
>
> Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
> not all that unusual.

I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.

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I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#69960

In article <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was 
> > all, like:
> >> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> >> wrote:
> >
> >>> Warren Oates:
> >>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> >>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
> >>> > my sister?"
> >>> 
> >>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
> >
> >> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> >> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
> >
> > Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> > programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
> > not all that unusual.
> 
> I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.

In my entire life, I've only ever heard one person pronounce "URL" to 
rhyme with "girl" or "earl". That person was my paternal grandmother, 
who had about as much clue about computers and the internet as I have 
about the finer points of contract law in Pakistan. Everybody else I've 
ever heard say it has pronounced it "you are ell".

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#69967

In article <mc5eb2$584$1@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
wrote:

>In article <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> was 
>> > all, like:
>> >> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >
>> >>> Warren Oates:
>> >>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
>> >>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this for 
>> >>> > my sister?"
>> >>> 
>> >>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
>> >
>> >> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
>> >> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
>> >
>> > Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
>> > programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
>> > not all that unusual.
>> 
>> I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.
>
>In my entire life, I've only ever heard one person pronounce "URL" to 
>rhyme with "girl" or "earl". That person was my paternal grandmother, 
>who had about as much clue about computers and the internet as I have 
>about the finer points of contract law in Pakistan. Everybody else I've 
>ever heard say it has pronounced it "you are ell".

Snap.

I've never heard anyone say it any other way.

-- 
Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on
a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web,
when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee

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#69969

In article <mc5eb2$584$1@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
wrote:
> In article <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com>
> > > was 
> > > all, like:
> > >> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Warren Oates:
> > >>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> > >>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this
> > >>> > for my sister?"
> > >>> 
> > >>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
> > >
> > >> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> > >> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
> > >
> > > Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> > > programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
> > > not all that unusual.
> > 
> > I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.
> 
> In my entire life, I've only ever heard one person pronounce "URL" to 
> rhyme with "girl" or "earl". That person was my paternal grandmother, 
> who had about as much clue about computers and the internet as I have 
> about the finer points of contract law in Pakistan. Everybody else I've 
> ever heard say it has pronounced it "you are ell".

And if you're using Microsoft Explorer, then "you are *in* 'ell".  ;-)

Most normal people simply call it a "web[site] address".

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#69971

In article <200220151310069849%YourName@YourISP.com>,
 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <mc5eb2$584$1@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
> wrote:
> > In article <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net>,
> >  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> > > On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > > > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com>
> > > > was 
> > > > all, like:
> > > >> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> Warren Oates:
> > > >>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the 
> > > >>> > CD-Rs. 
> > > >>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this
> > > >>> > for my sister?"
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
> > > >
> > > >> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> > > >> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
> > > >
> > > > Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> > > > programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it 
> > > > is
> > > > not all that unusual.
> > > 
> > > I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.
> > 
> > In my entire life, I've only ever heard one person pronounce "URL" to 
> > rhyme with "girl" or "earl". That person was my paternal grandmother, 
> > who had about as much clue about computers and the internet as I have 
> > about the finer points of contract law in Pakistan. Everybody else I've 
> > ever heard say it has pronounced it "you are ell".
> 
> And if you're using Microsoft Explorer, then "you are *in* 'ell".  ;-)

<snerk> Too true :) 

> 
> Most normal people simply call it a "web[site] address".

Even though that's only just barely correct, and only when it starts 
"http://" or "https://".

Ferinstance, when's the last time you met a "web[site] address" that 
started "news://" or "ftp://" or "telnet://" or "magnet://" or (need I 
continue? Didn't think so...)

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