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From: Rod Speed on 31 May 2010 14:09
John Turco wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Frank Williams wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote
>>>> me wrote
>>>>> Bob Willard <BobwBSGS(a)TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote
>>>>>> me wrote

>>>>>>> Looking for recommendations for a brand of DVD/CD reader/writer.
>>>>>>> Seems like all those I've purchased, regardless of name brand,
>>>>>>> die in a coupe years. Are there any that last longer? I see
>>>>>>> some LG & Samsung for low prices, are they junk or just as good
>>>>>>> as the rest of the crowd?

>>>>>>> FWIW, this is for an IDE interface.

>>>>>> All CD/DVD devices are prone to die due to dirt & dust, which can
>>>>>> coat the lens. If your environment is not air-conditioned, or
>>>>>> if people are allowed to smoke, then your optical devices are
>>>>>> likely to die early.

>>>>> Are you suggesting that a simple lens cleaning might restore errant devices?

>>>> Yes, with smokers.

>>>>> I don't have smoke,

>>>> Then that isnt your problem.

>>>>> but I do have dust, and a "test" device causing issues right
>>>>> now (the subject to be replaced) that I could run a pilot on.

>>>> Wouldnt hurt to try cleaning the lens, but it isnt likely to help if you arent a smoker.

>>> Its not possible to clean a Smoke Damaged Laser Assembly,

>> The problem aint damage, its just a film of the smoke residue on
>> the lens and its perfectly possible to get that off with isopropanol.

>>> as it get on more parts that you can get at,
>>> like the Mirror and the bottom of the Lens.

>> It doesnt matter unless its in the optical path unless the levels are very bad.

>>> I should know as I fixed many CD/DVD Players..

>> But dont understand the basics.

>>> Smokers even kill TV's

>> Not very often.

> "Frank Williams" has "ru" (for Russia), in his message headers.
> That would make sense, as TV sets in the former Soviet Union
> were long noted for their shocking tendency to catch fire.

That was the vodka they kept spilling over them.

> In those cases (pun intended), the "boob tubes" could kill their owners!

Happened with one of ours too.

And a few little kids have been killed by modern TVs being pulled own on them too.


From: Rod Speed on 31 May 2010 14:11
John Turco wrote
> gumby wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote

>>> You'll get to pick his nursing home if it doesnt get him first.

>> Oh, he passed away three years ago and not from smoking
>> either so it never "got" him. Pneumonia did though.

> Sorry, to hear that.

> However, pneumonia is often merely the "coup de gr�ce" and the underlying
> cause is actually another disease (or tobacco, as the case may be).

Yeah, smoking can cripple the immune system and allow pneumonia to get you.


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