"Voting is almost never a way to reach consensus. Rather, it acknowledges that consensus has not been reached and side-steps further constructive attempts to reach it."
-- Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian project leader (original post)
This statement is a beautiful summary of one of the big misconceptions about what democracy truly is! Click the "Read more" link if you want to see my personal comments. For once in this post I am not talking about technical stuff...
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Back of unreadable CD-R, 1 | 336.14 KB |
| Back of unreadable CD-R, 2 | 270.98 KB |
| Front of unreadable CD-R | 393.86 KB |
| Type of still readable CD-R | 40 KB |
During the last few months I repeatedly came across CDs in my music collection that were no longer readable. Today I made an effort to go through and check the entire collection. The result: Between 20 and 30 CDs have deteriorated so much that they have become unusable. The CDs in question are all Sunstar CD-R media that I have burned 12-15 years ago. Click the "Read more" link to see some images...
