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However, optical media is declining. I'm probably not representative, but I haven't burnt a disc in years. It may be the right time to overload the term.
by pygy_ 16y ago
However, optical media is declining.
I'm probably not representative, but I haven't burnt a disc in years. It may be the right time to overload the term.
- dkersten 16y agoNeither have I, but I think its still much too soon to reuse the word. I think it'll be a few more years yet before people disassociate burn with writing to optical media.
- sophacles 16y agoFurther, burning a disc has certain internal logic to it: Oh, the laser changes the medium's colour (like a sun burn, or a fire). This use of burn for a torrent doesn't really make sense to me. Why not grind or chop? (as in make a bunch of little pieces). Or maybe dice... this opens the door for silly puns quite nicely too.