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waider ([personal profile] waider) wrote2004-03-01 03:11 pm
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recording CDs

It amuses me that "coaster" seems to be the universally-accepted term for a failed CD burn.

[identity profile] tyggerjai.livejournal.com 2004-03-01 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Shirley that's a historical hangup from floppies? We used to call failed floppies coasters because they, well, have an uncanny physical resemblance, and because we'd use them as such once they'd failed. And, of course, they had a pretty high failure rate.

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