Today's pedantry...

DoneADougalOnSofa · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:32

So one of today's special offers from OCUK is a DVD writer drive for a very reasonable price.

"Convert your DVDs and CDs to digital with this awesome 24 speed Optical drive!"

Convert them to digital? Ummm.... :confused:

mrk · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:41

They've just rehashed the broken English from the manufacturer's wording most likely.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:09

I had a marker pen once which bore the warning: "Do not insert into children"...

manic111 · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:09

I always chuckle when I walk past a sign which says "This building is alarmed"...

DoneADougalOnSofa · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:12

Or the fire exit in one of my local pubs, "To operate, kick black knob towards door".

pitchfork · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:14

dougal1331 said:
Or the fire exit in one of my local pubs, "To operate, kick black knob towards door".

Leroy was most ****ed off when the fire alarm went off I bet.

Atlas23 · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:22

manic111 said:
I always chuckle when I walk past a sign which says "This building is alarmed"...

Lolled

Cosimo · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:25

The proof reader must be on holiday.

Arsonist · 8 Oct 2013 at 15:57

I sometimes like to add an I to various To Let signs, and then watch confused tourists tug at the doors in desperation.

DanielMMS · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:19

And is it truly "awesome"?

Merlin5 · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:28

I bought a bag of mixed fruit and nuts the other day and on the back it actually says "May contain traces of nuts".

Raumarik · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:34

Merlin5 said:
I bought a bag of mixed fruit and nuts the other day and on the back it actually says "May contain traces of nuts".

Was it also made in a factory which also makes products which contain nuts?

MooMoo444 · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:36

Those new SSD drives are awesome, you should get one. They're much better than those HD drives.

Kosmiche · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:41

Yes.

A CD or a DVD is not digital, it is a physical object. Digital means something which can be stored on a hard drive. So convert to digital is correct.

Dunks · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:44

Halfmad said:
Was it also made in a factory which also makes products which contain nuts?

I'd assume so, since it was mixed fruits AND nuts, not just fruit

Dan Dan · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:45

Eames said:
Yes.

A CD or a DVD is not digital, it is a physical object. Digital means something which can be stored on a hard drive. So convert to digital is correct.

Digital versatile disc... Its in the name

dowie · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:47

Eames said:
A CD or a DVD is not digital, it is a physical object. Digital means something which can be stored on a hard drive. So convert to digital is correct.

Is a hard drive not a physical object?

WTF are you talking about :confused:

d_brennen · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:49

Dan Dan said:
Digital versatile disc... Its in the name

It's still physical, something you can hold and takes actual space on a shelf. Rip it to hard drive and bin it, you have a net gain in space, as the digital copy occupies no more physical space than if it were not made. /pedant

DogsBody · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:51

Eames said:
Yes.

A CD or a DVD is not digital, it is a physical object. Digital means something which can be stored on a hard drive. So convert to digital is correct.

so is the data stored on the disk in analogue format then ?

just in case you are not sure, the answer is no.

DanielMMS · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:55

Eames said:
Yes.

A CD or a DVD is not digital, it is a physical object. Digital means something which can be stored on a hard drive. So convert to digital is correct.

Eh? You are not converting the physical CD or DVD to anything. You are merely copying the already digital information from one form of physical media and storing it on another.