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Also: those cd burners were 1x so it was a whole painful endless hour to burn a single CD-ROM!

therein 8y ago
An epiphany I once had as I was waiting for that endless hour to come to an end was Nero has a logo of the Colosseum on fire. It is a circular structure, like a burning CD and it is on fire because "Nero set Rome on fire".
- tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
  Also, the full name was "Nero Burning ROM". It came from a German company, and Rome is spelled Rom in German.
  - zokier 8y ago
    And if we are reminiscing Nero, these track (and others like it) might bring up some memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWAmgwQvOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWAmgwQvOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovnD-yI68U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovnD-yI68U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u39ZqQYOHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u39ZqQYOHM
  - Waterluvian 8y ago
    I realised all the rest but never that. Thanks for sharing.
  - kayamon 8y ago
    OMG I just got it after all these years.
- aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
  The Colosseum was built after the reign of Nero...
  - cgriswald 8y ago
    ...on land depopulated by Nero's fire. So, if the Colosseum as a symbol of Rome and an iconic circle isn't poetic enough for you, there is also the metaphor of destruction/fire leading to creation as in "CD burning."
    - aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
      While you're technically correct, you're still incorrect. The area devastated by the Great Fire (allegedly started by Nero) was used to build Nero's Golden House (Domus Aurea) first. After his death, most of the Golden House complex was demolished and it was only then that the infilled artificial lake of the Golden House was chosen as the site for the Colosseum.
      - therein 8y ago
        You learn something new every day. :)
- rootsudo 8y ago
  Wow.....
RHSeeger 8y ago
To be fair, when the first 2x burners came out, you had to burn at 1x anyways to avoid a buffer underrun and a garbage disk.
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
And you'd better not bump your desk during that time.

An epiphany I once had as I was waiting for that endless hour to come to an end was Nero has a logo of the Colosseum on fire. It is a circular structure, like a burning CD and it is on fire because "Nero set Rome on fire".

tgsovlerkhgsel 8y ago
Also, the full name was "Nero Burning ROM". It came from a German company, and Rome is spelled Rom in German.
- zokier 8y ago
  And if we are reminiscing Nero, these track (and others like it) might bring up some memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWAmgwQvOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDWAmgwQvOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovnD-yI68U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovnD-yI68U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u39ZqQYOHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u39ZqQYOHM
- Waterluvian 8y ago
  I realised all the rest but never that. Thanks for sharing.
- kayamon 8y ago
  OMG I just got it after all these years.
aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
The Colosseum was built after the reign of Nero...
- cgriswald 8y ago
  ...on land depopulated by Nero's fire. So, if the Colosseum as a symbol of Rome and an iconic circle isn't poetic enough for you, there is also the metaphor of destruction/fire leading to creation as in "CD burning."
  - aaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
    While you're technically correct, you're still incorrect. The area devastated by the Great Fire (allegedly started by Nero) was used to build Nero's Golden House (Domus Aurea) first. After his death, most of the Golden House complex was demolished and it was only then that the infilled artificial lake of the Golden House was chosen as the site for the Colosseum.
    - therein 8y ago
      You learn something new every day. :)
rootsudo 8y ago
Wow.....

RHSeeger 8y ago

To be fair, when the first 2x burners came out, you had to burn at 1x anyways to avoid a buffer underrun and a garbage disk.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago

And you'd better not bump your desk during that time.