Well - in the case of CDs/DVDs/LDs they are actually called "Discs" - that's what the makers call them. And every "Disk" you listed is called "Disk" by the manufacturer as well.
So pat yourself on the back, you got it right! Now there are only 3,469 similiar tests to pass before you qualify to learn the truth about saturated fat and the moon "landing". ;^) Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Storage formats and spelling > > > I was just labeling some CDs and realized something. I spell > the name of the media differently based on its shape. > > Rectangular objects are disks -- floppy disks, hard disks, > zip disks, jaz disks. Round objects are discs -- compact > discs, digital video/versatile discs, laser discs, frisbee discs. > > Anyone else have this (or a similar) quirk? > > > --Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
