Sunday, December 12, 2004 ;
4:18 PM
I learnt one very interesting thing today. It's about CDs. You see, i did say that i need blank CDs so i went to this CD shop in Sunway Pyramid. The shop assisstant is very friendly so i took up this chance to talk a bit. She said that now there are 4 types of CDs ( and i thought there was only one type ), black base, blue base, platinum base and silver base. The silver base is the type where we usually use for the past few years. Now these new types invaded the market. What are the differences actually ? Well, she said generally it is how long-lasting each type is. However, the black base CDs have 6 layers of dye while the others have 5 layers, That extra layer is meant to prevent environmental stuff like scratches and cuts to destroy the data. Blue disc and platinum disc are : their long-lasing ability with the blue based coming up tops below black based. Interesting, i opt to try for the blue based since i'm going to use it for animes, so i rather want one that can last quite long and affordable. I bought 120 CDs for RM80, so it works out to be 67 cents for each. Not bad, considering that a guy offered me another standard type for RM75/100 pcs. Ok, nice thing and i brought this whole pack home. So, switched on my PC, i start to burn. First disc, error, ok nevermind, such things do occur. So i tried with another disc. Good ! Done then the next. Perfect. This time i went to double-check the 2 disc. Then this horrible thing happened, it can't be read. Oh man. What happened. I took out several others to try and still the same thing happened. So much for better disc, it doesn't work. I'm going to have them exchanged the next time i go back there. Until then, the legacy of slow computing continues.
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