C ME P ON PC (rant)

[GuyJean]

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!.. I f*cking HATE PCs!!

I just spent 2 hours trying, unsuccessfully I might add, to burn a simple f*cking CD on a Video Toaster!.. I guess I'm spoiled by my insert-blank-CD/press-1-button/burn-new-CD-Mac.

Why does it have to be so f*cking difficult? It's a computer, fer fucksake; how hard should burning a CD be on a turnkey, 3Ghz, 2GB RAM, HP box o shit?!

OK.. Feeling better... Give me Mac and smile anyday..

Ya'll can keep your crates o' silicon freezin', IT job securin', Windows oligopilizin' world.

Please, don't even bother helping me troubleshoot. I'm out of time, and one PC should not waste the precious time of 5 men.. or women.

Back to work-offing.

GJ

(PS.. There are SOME things I like about PCs; don't get me wrong.. I just can't think of any right now)

[GuyJean]

My cat can burn a cd in Windows. :P

Where does your cat work?

Dude, I have no idea why it's not working.. I've tried 3 different programs.. nada. Two different PCs... 4 different disks.. etc, etc, etc, etc..

No worries; I just loaded the huge file on a shared drive; the fuckers can wait for their lame ass photos to transfer..

GJ

[Neo-Rio]

You seem to be suffering a sever case of "PC Rage".

Now, before you freak out, have a nice lie down on the couch and tell the doctor all your problems.........

[GuyJean]

..have a nice lie down on the couch and tell the doctor all your problems.........

Who? Norton?

I'm better now. I think Apple has destroyed my perception of how things should work..

GJ

[GuyJean]

Nero was one of programs that failed me!

I wonder if my company would mind some on the job pussy.. Your cat looking for work?

GJ

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

You cat has the same cable modem as I used to have.

[Big Booger]

http://www.deepburner.com/

Free CD burning/authoring tool.. perhaps 3 clicks is all you need.

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=support&pr=htguides

How to guide above...

What type of file are you trying to burn?

[mr. sparkle]

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!.. I f*cking HATE PCs!!

are you sure you aren't a "Dean-i-ac"?

I just spent 2 hours trying, unsuccessfully I might add, to burn a simple f*cking CD on a Video Toaster!..

someone actually bought one of those?
bring back the amiga version!

I guess I'm spoiled by my insert-blank-CD/press-1-button/burn-new-CD-Mac.

Don't you have a TiBook? Couldn't you just burn the CD there? If not--perhaps it's time to get one. They are SO freakin' handy!

Why does it have to be so f*cking difficult? It's a computer, fer fucksake]

I like them for playing games and for surfing. That's about all I like 'em for. Pretty good with 3D software too. Not bad for Photoshop and AE too.

OK.. Feeling better... Give me Mac and smile anyday..

I'm with you brotha'!

Windows oligopilizin'

Now that was hilarious!

[quote="GuyJean"](PS.. There are SOME things I like about PCs]

the only thing i like is that they're cheaper to buy.
if you're an idiot like me, they suck to maintain.

Keep in mind--Cupertino is my home town. Been huffin' 'Tino fumes a long time!

I can do that task in ONE click! heh heh!

[GomiGirl]

My cat sends me emails to my phone when I stay at work too long!! (am not kidding I have the evidence to proove it!!)

Funnily enough, she uses the free email accounts at Hello Kitty Web-page

BTW I don't have one of these accounts myself, but our own gomichild says it is a great service for free email accounts - lots of storage space and no spam.. hhmm I wonder if it is gomichild who is really sending the emails?

[GuyJean]

Thanks for helping calm me down.. and for all the information.. Still doesn't work, BTW.

There must be something wrong with the hardware..

Tried cocksucking Roxie, shit-eating Nero, and pool-o-piss CD Wizard.. Nothing..

My Macs at home; where all the real work is done..

Thanks again, guys. Don't worry about trying to help anymore.. It's a lost cause.

GJ

[GomiGirl]

Thanks for helping calm me down.. and for all the information.. Still doesn't work, BTW.

There must be something wrong with the hardware..

Sounds like it...

[cstaylor]

Post the error so we can troubleshoot. I'm much cheaper than Ultra's cat, only 150,000JPY/hour.

[GomiGirl]

It's probably not a hardware problem, unless...Are you sure your machine has a CD-R/RW drive? Maybe it's just a ROM drive. :P

I had that question written down, but I edited it before I posted..

surely that is the first thing a smart cookie like GJ would check..

Not a driver issue? OS incompatibility of the driver?

[cstaylor]

USER ERROR/INEPTITUDE

That's my guess too. "What? This mouse has two buttons? Arghhhhhhh!!!!"

[GuyJean]

[quote="cstaylor"]Post the error so we can troubleshoot. I'm much cheaper than Ultra's cat, only 150,000JPY/hour. ]
CD Writing Wizard: "There was an error in the writing process. The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable."

Roxio: "Easy CD Creator has detected that there were errors during the recording, or that these are errors on your new CD"

E80041882; CD error- power calibration area error - (03/73/03)
E80041925; TrackWriter error - Command retry failed - (T7118)

Fun, fun!

GJ

[mr. sparkle]

Post the error so we can troubleshoot. I'm much cheaper than Ultra's cat, only 150,000JPY/hour. ]
CD Writing Wizard: "There was an error in the writing process. The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable."

Roxio: "Easy CD Creator has detected that there were errors during the recording, or that these are errors on your new CD"

E80041882; CD error- power calibration area error - (03/73/03)
E80041925; TrackWriter error - Command retry failed - (T7118)

Fun, fun!

GJ

dang dude,
you coulda gone back home burned the CD on yer iMac [and a coupla bowls] faster than this!

[GuyJean]

What's a 'floppy'?

GJ

[GuyJean]

you coulda gone back home burned the CD on yer iMac [and a coupla bowls] faster than this!

Tell me about it... But that would mean less time to waste at work..

GJ

[GuyJean]

Another thing that can cause that type of error is cheap blank media or media incompatibilty with your CD-RW drive. Do you have another brand of disc you can try?

I know that much.. Tried TDK, Sony, my foot, etc..

GJ

[cstaylor]

I bet it's the writer.

What brand is the CD writer?

[GuyJean]

I bet it's the writer.

What brand is the CD writer?

HP DVD Writer 300n

[cstaylor]

Well, there's your problem right there. I've never had any issues with my external QPS Que-Fire drive, which is just a Plextor CD-RW in a firewire enclosure.

Thought about asking the company to buy you one? It's portable both Mac and Windows, and it just works. Can be found for less than $200.

[GuyJean]

Has anyone ever burned a cd on this machine before?

Not me personally, but it was configured by the Toaster guys, who signed off on the machine.

Do you have DMA mode enabled?

Yup.

Is your burner the Master on the Secondary IDE channel?

Looks like it.. It's similar to your screen shot.

GJ

[GuyJean]

I've never had any issues with my external QPS Que-Fire drive, which is just a Plextor CD-RW in a firewire enclosure.

That's the external I have at home.. It even comes with Toast.

[cstaylor]

Hey, are you going to be busy Monday night?

[GuyJean]

Are you sure your machine has a CD-R/RW drive? Maybe it's just a ROM drive. :P

Come on, now..

[GuyJean]

Hey, are you going to be busy Monday night?

Why? You wanna troubleshoot my burning drive?

I hope so, but what time? I'm here on my own at the moment, meaning I come in early and leave late..

GJ

[cstaylor]

Man, don't you ever read your PMs or TokyoDV email anymore?

[GuyJean]

Yeah, stick with Plextor or Pioneer.

Has anyone ever burned a cd on this machine before?

Not me personally, but it was configured by the Toaster guys, who signed off on the machine.

Well, that probably means no. So, it could definitely be a fundamental hardware problem. Defective drive, bad cable, wrong jumper, etc.

Wasn't that my guess 2 pages ago?
Not bad for a Mac side of the brain thinker..

Thanks everyone.. Really appreciate it.. But I still feel like this box is starting to look a lot like a urinal.

GJ

[GomiGirl]

Not bad for a Mac side of the brain thinker..

Sorry, it's hard to guess what a Mac-head would and wouldn't think to check on a Windows system. :P

Ask CSTaylor about the stupid Windows mistakes I have made recently..

But then I have never claimed to have any coding skills.

Admittedly not all my fault - my windows machine seems to munge text file attachments for reasons known only to itself. But it takes an age to figure out why something is not broken.

oh and P.S. Don't run a shell script on a wireless device with an active WAN connected to your MAC network because you will do horrible things to your server and scare the shit out of yourself!!