Posted September 16, 2013
Doesn't matter whichever OS i have had or system, the disk drive still has absolute power to disable the computer.
The reason i am asking this question today, is because last night my TV CD player did not like a movie disk i put in and totally froze. I pressed eject but it would not, so i switched it off and the off message appeared on the display but it did not turn off! And no the disk was not a pirated copy, but it was a bit old.
So my question is this... Why the hell can a computer/player be so fixated on an iffy disk that it won't accept any further commands from the user?????
I mean, why do we need viruses? If you want to crash computers, all you have to do is sneak into a store and scratch a few disks!!!
At the start of any war, whoever has a spy near a vital computer, will win,,,, doesn't matter how powerful all your fire walls are, all they have to do is shove a crappy disk in the drive and down she goes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it is ridiculous.
As of 2004, the fastest transfer rate commonly available is about 52× or 10,400 rpm and 7.62 MiB/s. Higher spin speeds are limited by the strength of the polycarbonate plastic of which the discs are made. At 52×, the linear velocity of the outermost part of the disk is around 65 m/s.
Scratches change the balance of a disc. After all, you've removed some material from it, and even a milligram of material can cause enough imblanace when you're spinning at 10,000+ RPM. Imagine a wobbly disc smacking into the delicate internals of a computer at 65 meters a second, and you can see why that has priority over other operations currently running.
I'd also note that there's a difference between a TV OS (which are not notable for their robustness or user-friendliness) and an actual computer OS. I'm relatively certain you can't crash a real computer with a wobbly CD. If you can, that OS has other problems. :P
And all considered, to the rest of you, every one of you started out without much knowledge of computers and OSes. How about you assume that mystikmind2000 is, perhaps, uninformed instead of treating him with hostility from the very first comment? I'd like to believe that civility is a touchstone here in the forums at GOG.com, and you've been pretty farking rude.
If mystikmind2000 has a history of posting aggressive and trollish things, I could understand your behavior (although still not approve), but he seems to be a victim of random drive-by dickishness. Be better, people, or else it will be your fault if the forums become a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
