This is [social] because it's not about the software, it's about hte hardware (CDs). OO.o itself doesn't ship CDs.
On 1/23/06, heyubob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rigel wrote: > > >Okay. This message has gotten way off track. I'm changing it > >CD-Storage and moving it to the social list, if no one minds? No > >reason to clutter up the discuss list with non OOo related info. > >Regardless of whether OOo ships CD's, once they get to the consumer, > >it's out of our hands how they store them really. > > > >On 1/24/06, Rigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On 1/24/06, Robert Derman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Rigel wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>No wonder they call it the "golden age" :) > >> > >>Rigel > >> > >> > >>>>Actually the CD's last longest in paper sleeves. This minimizes air > >>>>movement and reduces oxidization. Storing CD's verticaly typicaly > >>>>prevents the CD itself from moving around itself. The spindle in the > >>>>case can over time warp the CD if it's stored horizontaly. Not sure > >>>>why though. I'll see if I can find a web site :) > >>>> > >>>>It seems to me that with a paper sleeve there would be no spindle or > >>>>tensioned keeper holding the disk in place and constantly putting > >>>>pressure on the edges of the center hole, therefore stressing the disk > >>>>and possibly causing air to enter the plated layer causing damaging > >>>>oxidation. I suspect that due the the differences in composition CD-R > >>>>may also outlive CD-R/W in archival storage. BTW I have some Scotch > >>>>reel-to-reel tapes that are well over 50 years old that still play! > >>>>Perhaps that just says something about mid-century US quality. > >>>> > >>>>Rigel > >>>> > >>>>On 1/23/06, Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Chad Smith wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Burned CDs last longer when they are stored vertically. If you had > >>>>>>indeed > >>>>>>read my previous email and checked the links I sent, you'd know that > >>>>>>already. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>I read your claim about vertical storage in your previous email. > >>>>>My response then was the same as it is now: WTF? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > -- -hackmiester
