->>  PM> I've just noticed that my ever increasing pile of non
->>  PM> working CD-ROM drives are nearly all Creative brand.

->>  PM> Would there be a good reason for this?

->>  Could be they were creative in their MTBF reports?

 TW>  I suspect a lot of it is related to the massiave shifting
 TW>  of production to China. While not all their stuff in junk
 TW>  they are still developing their Quality Control
 TW>  Infrastructure. Althouhg soem think it is a Communist Plot
 TW>  to destroy this country. Like the Plot by Miscosoft to get
 TW>  the Military to use Windows in their weapons Control
 TW>  Systems. Now that is Scarry!!!!
 TW> "Sorry Sir we cannot fire until we Re-Boot!!"   :-)  :-)

 Ok, that's one of the best I've seen yet.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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