WTF (meaning Weird, True and Freaky - OK?) about KDE3

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 19:23 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 04/10/2010 18:42, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 17:34 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >    
> >> On 02/10/2010 03:46, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>      
> >>> Me, I don't like wasting even one CD, and the fact that K3b
> >>> could write ~something~ to the disc, enough to bugger it up, is
> >>> maddening. Ric
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Thanks, Ric, but I checked and the 'user' *is *a member of the 'cdrom'
> >> group.
> >>      
> > Oh... shucks. I STILL don't see how K3B can write something to the disk,
> > if only enough to destroy it just enough to make it unusable, and not
> > write the data. Blows my 'ittle mind. I just can't figure that one
> > out. :( Ric
> >    
> 
> Yeah, I know. The mind boggles. I have no ready answer to this.
> 
> All I can say is that we ARE dealing with computers...... :-) .

The computer merely does what it is told to do. It could be said that it
lacks "genuine consent". :) Ric


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