> Like light bulbs, I seem to be replacing DVD discs nearly every day, and
> I'm getting really sick and tired of it.
>
> Given that the discs themselves appear to be virtually pristine AFAICT,
> and that I have ... lemme count ... *47* DVD players (mostly PC drives),
> it makes me wonder exactly what the Hell is going on with these discs.
>
> The latest victim is Blade Runner (the original DVD release, not the
> REDUX). There's some barely perceptible wear at the outer edge, but
> nothing serious. It just won't play, at all, in *any* of my drives.
>
> Another case of "disc rot" perhaps?
>
> That's it. From now on I'm ripping *every* disc I get to an ISO file on
> the server. Just think, the UK government are considering making ripping
> *illegal* (like...

> ____/ Tim Smith on Tuesday 15 January 2008 04:40 : \____
>

>>
>> Mary Lou Jepsen is one of the main people behind the OLPC (see
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Jepsen> for details). She posted
>> to Slashdot to refute the FUD, which Roy is spreading in several places,
>> that olpcnews.com is an Intel shill site:
>>
>> <http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=416106&cid=22017038>
>>
>> Roy's evidence? Someone who write at olpcnews.com is a director of a
>> division of IESC (<http://www.iesc.org/>) that has done some projects
>> with Intel (and, among others, the Peace Corp, Africare, and Helen
>> Keller international).

>
> At least 5 sources that I read said it was an Intel guy. Thanks for the
> correction, which obviously came after some original article (not mine) had
> the Net poisoned with disinformation.
> ...