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wollsmoth
on Sept 13, 2022
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The last person standing in the floppy disk busine...
burning dvd/cds was fun. Figuring out how to burn a dvd that could run on a dvd player was fun. Now it's all just done via chromecast. Convenient and less wasteful, I have to admit.
Koshkin
on Sept 13, 2022
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And the Germans had fun naming their software "Nero Burning ROM."
ljf
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I used Nero for years and 'got' the joke about Nero and Burning, but totally missed the ROM/Rome/German spelling of Rome.
How did I miss that! Thanks for making the joke complete for me ;)
dj_mc_merlin
on Sept 13, 2022
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I never got that, it's amazing. Was a teen when I was using it and hadn't learned enough Roman history. Thanks.
yazantapuz
on Sept 13, 2022
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22 years later I find out there's a joke behind the name. Thanks HN.
sph
on Sept 14, 2022
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Nero was dope, then it started being bundled with CD and DVD drives and it became a monstrosity of useless features.
akolbe
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I remember that. :) And I remember buying a 1 Gigabyte hard disk for £1,000 ...
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