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From: Mike Rosenberg on 22 Oct 2006 20:08 Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Mike suggested using CD/DVD lens cleaner or trying a different brand of > CDs to avoid the error message. I don't know which option is preferable. It's not a matter of preferable, it's a matter of which, if either, will resolve your problem. If the lens is dirty, cleaning it is the only solution. There's no way to know without trying, though. If the lens is clean but those discs and your burner's laser aren't a good combination, changing discs is the only solution. There's no way to know that without trying, either. And if the drive itself has gone bad (it's not uncommon to be able to read discs but not to be able to burn them), only replacing it will fix the problem. This is strictly a trial and error type of problem. -- <http://designsbymike.biz/macconsultshop.shtml> Mac-themed T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/musings.shtml> Mostly muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.biz/prius.shtml> Prius shirts & bumper stickers <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gift
From: Dave Balderstone on 22 Oct 2006 20:53 In article <453C02D4.A13FAD4A(a)address.com>, Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Dave Balderstone wrote: > > > > In article <michelle-C316F2.15303922102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, Michelle > > Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > In article <453BC0EC.A0B189B1(a)address.com>, > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It shouldn't be a case of using the wrong media, because they're > > > > Apple DVDs. > > > > > > > > This is a tough case to solve. > > > > > > One question still remains (unless I missed the answer): Does your > > > drive support burning DVDs? > > > > At this point (it's tough to keep track) the answer appears to be "yes". > > > > It now remains to try to get a straight answer out of Tony about his > > software configuration. > > I'm using Disk Burner. > > Mike suggested using CD/DVD lens cleaner or trying a different brand of > CDs to avoid the error message. I don't know which option is preferable. > > Tony You cite me, yet quote nothing I wrote. Why do you do this?
From: Steve Hix on 22 Oct 2006 21:58 In article <453BFD13.61526E97(a)address.com>, Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > > > > > Also, people here use slang like "luser" and "troll," which is not > > > > > proper English. > > > > > > > > Your use of single quotation marks is incorrect, as is putting the > > > > comma outside the quote. Someone else can correct you on the use of > > > > "like." > > > > > > Putting the comma outside the quote, and using single quotation marks > > > are both correct usage. Your 1972 grammar is out of date. > > > > > > I wonder, do you write I.B.M. and A.T.T. instead of IBM and ATT? > > It depends on how lazy I feel. You're more correct when you're lazy, in the case of IBM; *they* don't use I.B.M. Note that AT&T use AT&T, not A.T.&T. > > both my AMA and AP Style books both say punctuation is usually omitted > > from abbreviations constituting compound words or phrases. Thus, ATT and > > IBM would be correct. The exception would for those that aren't usually > > capitalized. Thus, freight on board would be f.o.b. > > The AP style book is for jouralists. So? They need more help than the rest of us 'cause they're hanging out in the breeze in front of all and sundry. Not that all "jouralists" follow the AP style book.
From: Kurt Ullman on 23 Oct 2006 01:04 In article <453BFD13.61526E97(a)address.com>, Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > > > > > Also, people here use slang like "luser" and "troll," which is not > > > > > proper English. > > > > > > > > Your use of single quotation marks is incorrect, as is putting the > > > > comma outside the quote. Someone else can correct you on the use of > > > > "like." > > > > > > Putting the comma outside the quote, and using single quotation marks > > > are both correct usage. Your 1972 grammar is out of date. > > > > > > I wonder, do you write I.B.M. and A.T.T. instead of IBM and ATT? > > It depends on how lazy I feel. > > > both my AMA and AP Style books both say punctuation is usually omitted > > from abbreviations constituting compound words or phrases. Thus, ATT and > > IBM would be correct. The exception would for those that aren't usually > > capitalized. Thus, freight on board would be f.o.b. > > The AP style book is for jouralists. > Okay, my Chicago Manual of Style, My St. Martin's Handbook and my Webster's Compact Writer Guide, also agree. The latter cover business styles and (since I am in a rather compulsive mood today) term papers. So there pffftt.
From: Tony Winston on 23 Oct 2006 11:23
Kurt Ullman wrote: > > In article <453BFD13.61526E97(a)address.com>, > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > > > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > both my AMA and AP Style books both say punctuation is usually omitted > > > from abbreviations constituting compound words or phrases. Thus, ATT and > > > IBM would be correct. The exception would for those that aren't usually > > > capitalized. Thus, freight on board would be f.o.b. > > > > The AP style book is for jouralists. > > > Okay, my Chicago Manual of Style, My St. Martin's Handbook and my > Webster's Compact Writer Guide, also agree. The latter cover business > styles and (since I am in a rather compulsive mood today) term papers. > So there pffftt. Yes, that's the current fashion. But I'm using the style I was taught in the '60s and '70s. Tony |