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Jun 12, 2003, 2:00:12 AM6/12/03
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Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(8a)
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======================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Re: Lost data on CDs - is it the CD or Roxio's Easy CD Creator
Date: 3/27/02

Even when all the data have been written, the write is not complete. For
reasons discussed in the primer at my site, the directory information is
not written until the disc is ejected.
======================

In that case pressing the computer's RESET button will surely result in
a disaster, won't it, Mikey?

==========================================
From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
==========================================

----------------------------
Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

Tim Kroesen

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Jun 12, 2003, 1:34:33 AM6/12/03
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participate and complain the faster the job gets done.


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Shart

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Jun 15, 2003, 12:36:13 PM6/15/03
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Pardon my butting in...but I'm just curious:

What exactly is this whole "smh -vs.- Mike Richter" thing about?

Reading some of SMH's posts (and the pages the links contained within them
point to)...it seems this "spat" may have started over Mr. Richter's
assertion(s) about the capabilities of CDRWs/drives and smh's disapproval of
the content of Richter's claims. I don't know though.

Is Mike Richter employed (or otherwise compensated) by Roxio? I ask because
smh refers to him as a "shill" (among other things) in some of the posts.
Was Richter's original post that started the flaming an honest mistake
(assuming it actually was a mistake) or an attempt to market some
product/service...or something else? What did smh take exception to and why
does smh care so much?

I am not interested in taking sides...only trying to become educated on this
thread (and its offspring) because I find it sorta entertaining and kinda
interesting...that's all.

smh

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Jun 15, 2003, 1:18:08 PM6/15/03
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--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

========================================================
Who Is Mike Richter and
Why Are They Saying All These Horrible Things About Him?
========================================================

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3CE83D5C.B6CEDFB%40mindspring.com
(Messages 23 -- 45)

Mike Richter, Any Material Connection w/ Roxio-Adaptec?

Apologize for Mike Richter's Lying? (major bug)
Apologize for Mike Richter's Lying? (critical bugs)
Apologize for Mike Richter's Lying? (early/often in beta)

Mike Richter & "Readily Acknowledge"
Mike Richter & "Heard of None"
Mike Richter Dishonest?

Wife Beating Stopped, Mike Richter?
Frauds by Mike Richter (1 of 2)
Mike Richter got Big Balls !!!

Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec (i)
Shitty In-House Testing at cRoxio-Acraptec (DAE)
Frauds by Roxio-Adaptec (1 of 2)
Mike Richter's Gobbledegook
Frauds by Mike Richter (2 of 2)
Mike Richter & "Once is not enough"

Mike Richter & Enhanced CD (i)
Mike Richter & CD Extra - SAO/TAO ?
Mike Richter & CD Extra (ii)

Mike Richter & ASPI (i)
Mike Richter & Unstable Galore & ASPI

Mike Richter & "Lethal for archiving"

What an Asshole !!!

smh

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Jun 15, 2003, 1:19:10 PM6/15/03
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--------------------------------------


Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio-Adaptec?)

> >> I'm brand new to all this. What exactly do you mean by lies?
> >
> > There are too numerous, but some are collected here:

> I am missing something in undersanding the info at that link.
> What is Mike Richter's connection with Roxio/Adaptec?

That's a million dollar question.

(Videoman used to be a regular here until this spring. Very
knowledgeable.)

Videoman knew that Mike Richter was JUST a beta tester and not WORK for
cRoxio-Acraptec, and that Richter made no secret of that fact - nemerous
times even when such statement was not called for. Yet he asked:

Will you state for the record whether you are or are not
a stockholder/investor in either Roxio or Adaptec?

Why and what prompted Videoman ask the question?

There was no response from Mike Richter, in stark contrast to his piping
in --even when such statement is not called for-- with "just a beta
tester...not work for" drivel that's seemingly oozing out from all his
orifices. Wonder why not.

Relevant to the above question is this:

FTC GUIDES CONCERNING USE OF ENDORSEMENTS AND TESTIMONIALS IN
ADVERTISING

§255.5 Disclosure of material connections.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/endorse.htm

smh

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Jun 15, 2003, 1:35:04 PM6/15/03
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Shart wrote:
>

=========================================================
Roxio, What a Joke (FRAUD) - "0.9x" DAE Speed Bug Returns
=========================================================

cRoxio, what's the excuse now? Was it Microsoft, El Nino or God?

------------------------------------------------
From: smh
Subject: Re: TEAC W552E EZCD6
Date: 5/4/03

2pods wrote:
> Are there any reported issues with the above ?
> I'm having bad audio extraction rates (i.e. x1) reported.

Don't tell me the infamous "0.9x" DAE Speed bug returned!

============================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (dae)
============================

Easy Coaster Creator 4.0 was released with the following bug:

Major bugs fixed in 4.02 (in 3/00, 7 months after its release):

System Tests for Digital Audio Extraction. Copying audio tracks from
CD to hard disk or CD-R gave much slower results in version 4 than
version 3.x for some CD-ROM drives, so with some systems it was
impossible to copy audio tracks directly from CD to CD-R.

[ In plain language, the System Tests gives "0.9x" as the DAE speed
of most, if not all, CD drives. (Acraptec tacitly acknowledged
that ALL IDE CD drives were affected by the bug.) ]

The reason why Ezcd 4.0 was released with such a bug is this:
=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: Re: Acraptec Gibberish 101 and === More LIES ===
Date: 4/7/00

The DAE issue did not show up until after shipping of 4.00.
During beta testing all the testers reported DAE speeds in 4.00
similar to what they got in 3.5c.
======================

The beta testers did not discover the bug despite having a "significant"
beta program:
======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: EZ Creator 4. 0 - True it has MAJOR bugs ?
Date: 9/2/99

They had a significant beta program ...
=====================

Imagine having a "significant" beta program, yet cannot even find an
'impossible not to detect' bug!

[ See the end why it's an 'impossible not to detect' bug.]

Mikey Richter's weasel excuses why beta test did not find the bug are:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/6/02

> What is the point of beta testing at all
> if you do not use representative sample of burners in use.

Not all beta testers use Plextors or SCSI, but while I was testing
for them, many of us did. In general, beta test is for functionality
rather than diversity - that is, the company wants competence in
determining and reporting performance, not variety of hardware.
Hardware testing requires many drives, firmware versions,
motherboards and so on. It is generally done by the manufacturer
(alpha level) because they have the hardware.

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/7/02

> ... beta testing is used to find hw
> incompatibilities as well. It just strikes me as odd that a
> significant problem with ide dae could get pass any
> reasonably diligent testing program.

Beta testing finds whatever the testers turn up. Given the variety of
hardware on which CD recording depends, that means that compatibility
per se is examined at alpha or through public beta. AFAIK, neither
Adaptec in the past nor Roxio more recently has ever conducted a
public beta. With a manageable base of external testers, there's
little hope of turning up hardware incompatibilities so the
publisher does whatever it manages at the alpha level.
======================

What a weasel mumbo jumbo Mikey spins!

The fact is one beta tester, GMAN, was using a cd-rom that a user
reported getting the "0.9x" DAE:

======================
From: (GMAN)

i have been using a Panasonic 24x scsi drive...
[ I had approx 8x DAE ]
======================
From: jerry r

EZ creator 4 tests show my [Panasonic] CDr508 [24x] scsi drive
at .9x for DAE.
======================

( Is it possible the same drive gets "0.9x" on one system while
it gets "8x" on another system? See: "GMAN is a LIAR" )

Regardless whether beta test is only for functionality and not for
hardware incompatibility, this bug is 'impossible' to miss:

=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: smh is wasting bandwidth again
Date: 4/14/00

the program insists that [System] tests are run on drives
when it is first run...
=======================

System Tests has to be run when Ezcd is first used! That is, hardware
testing is forced.

Mikey Richter's weasel excuse that beta testing did not find the
"impossible not to detect" bug because beta testing is not for hardware
incompatibility is an unadulterated, unmitigated LIE (FRAUD).

----------------------------
Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
----------------------------

------------------------------------------------

Andy Yee

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Jun 15, 2003, 3:50:49 PM6/15/03
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I find it irritating after going on so long, so those thread are all
plonked. It pollutes the newsgroup.

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Corollary: When such a reference is made, it is generally
recognized that the poster has LOST the argument.

smh

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Andy Yee wrote:
>
> I find it irritating after going on so long, so those thread are all
> plonked. It pollutes the newsgroup.

The only plonk you know is the sound you hear when a pile of coasters
pops out of your ass.


----------------------------
Roxio is a LIAR (sparing)(v)
----------------------------

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

The above is a LIE, according to none other than a cRoxio Shill:

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: 11/6/02

The nominal 1000 cycles has appeared to be a fiction
to all of us who used fixed-length packets.

Unfortunately, the first area to go (for understandable reasons)
is that of the directory.
======================

With a Shill like this, cRoxio doesn't need any critics!

--------------------------
cRoxio, Eat Your Heart Out !!!
--------------------------

GMAN

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Jun 17, 2003, 5:13:06 PM6/17/03
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In article <0bc913a3481ffee5...@news.sonicnews.com>, smh <smh...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Shart wrote:
>>


Use my name without my permission one more time SMH, and I will go after you
in court.

Mike Richter

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It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
effective, if not in stopping its lying, at least in keeping it from
being addressed to a person in the Subject line.

I wonder what its ISP said to him?

Mike
--
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http://www.mrichter.com/

Tim Kroesen

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I'd suggest you ask the 'point man' himself Mike...<g>


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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> >
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH, and I will go after you
> > in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,
>
> at least in keeping it from
> being addressed to a person in the Subject line.

Did you say anything for these, Mikey?

-------------------------------------


smh is wasting bandwidth again

and SMH has once again ignored important stuff that is not convenient to
his arguement

Inappropriate for Adaptec to be in this thread when SMH does not like it

SMH is going too far

Sam Hong being a Troll again

Is Sam Hong being a hypocrite

The Troll Sam Hong

Sam has already posted his response elsewhere........

Sam Hong, the pirates friend

Sam Hong the Troll

Sam Hong being a Troll yet again

Trash Begats Trash (Or Sam trashing himself)

Sam Hong proves once again that he misses out anything that he does not
like.

Trash Begats Trash (repost by SMH because he wants to annoy even more
people than last time)

Time to correct Sam Hong, yet again!

Sam needs to apologise to Mike now

Has Annyone Noticed? - Sam can not get his facts straight.

Where's YOUR Beef, Sammy???
-------------------------------------

Any guess who wrote the above, Mikey?

---------------------------------------
how HUGE are your BALLS, Adrian Miller?
---------------------------------------------
Only a trashy company like cRoxio or Acraptec
let loosed in Usenet this utter trash
---------------------------------------------

smh

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Mike Richter, were you born with
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--------------------------------------
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( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH, and I will go after you
> > in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?
It must be a trick only the King Troll pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=====================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (wife beating)
=====================================


Wife Beating Stopped, Mike Richter?

=====================================

Could you take a time off from your pontificating and explain the
"discrepancy" between your posts of (10/31/99) and (3/23/00)?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)
Subject: Re: Take Two Boot Disk
Date: (10/31/99)

> I cannot create an Emergency Boot Floppy disk for Take Two...
> Windows 98 2nd Edition

Take Two has problems with its boot disc in NT4;

I'm not surprised if it is also true in Win98 SE ... <=== Not Always

Then beat up on them for letting it out in that condition. <=== Beat Up

======================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)
Subject: Re: Adaptec Take 2 Restore problem
Date: (3/23/00)

smh wrote:
> Does Take Two now make boot disk properly?

Take Two always made a valid boot disc for Win9x ... <=== Always

Does your question not read like the classic:

Have you stopped beating your wife? <=== Wife Beating
Like that one, yours cannot be answered simply.
======================

----------------------
Mikey, you are a Scum!
----------------------

Tim Kroesen

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?


It must be a trick only the King Troll pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

======================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (critical bugs)
======================================

---------------------


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: hybris
Date: (5/15/01)

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated
---------------------

Get a load of what Mikey Richter said -- or not said -- about the
critical bugs on (3/18/01). The troll must have played tricks to turn
"critical" bugs into "speculative complaints", then back to "critical"
bugs!

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Re: DirectCD and VCD questions
Date: (3/18/01)

> ... Remember that EZ-CD has been out for
> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Again, the troll must have played tricks to turn "critical" bugs into
"speculative complaints", then back to "critical" bugs!

smh

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?
It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

( Should I consult an attorney, Mikey? )

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (major bug)
==================================

---------------------


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Cannot rename file with EZCD 5.01
Date: 4/19/01

It's a major bug, reported to Roxio by the beta team.
---------------------

Get a load of what Mikey Richter said -- or not said -- about the

major bug on (3/18/01). The troll must have played tricks to turn
a 'major' bug into a 'speculative complaint', then back to 'major'
bug!

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)
Date: (3/18/01)

> ...Remember that EZ-CD has been out for


> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Again, the troll must have played tricks to turn a 'major' bug into
a 'speculative complaint', then back to 'major' bug!

smh

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Mike Richter, were you born with
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--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?


It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (nda limit)
==================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

No kidding! Hasn't your precious NDA limited you in what you say?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)

Subject: Re: A Message to Roxio, Adaptec, Adrian Miller
Date: 11/17/00

> > Mike Richter stated yesterday that HE does the beta testing for
> > Adaptec / Roxio.
>
> Yes, he said that many times in the past. If I was one, though, I
> wouldn't exactly go around telling people that I was one

I have never made a secret of the fact - in part because it limits me in
what I can say.

Those who are not subject to an NDA are free to invent and to speculate.
=====================

Big Dog

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smh

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--------------------------------------
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( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?


It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

============================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (nda)
============================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

No kidding! Have you been violating your precious NDA, Agreement
and Word all these times, Mikey?

=============================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Adaptec TakeTwo: === Response to Mike Richter ===
Date: 11/28/99

Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill) wrote:
> smh wrote:

> > When you returned after a hiatus (or an exile as somebody called it),
> > you shouted very excitedly what a wonderful product Take Two is and
> > further added that it alone is worth the price of ECDC4, and it did
> > backup your system just wonderfully. When Adaptec fucked up almost all
> > the functionality of ECDC4, your suggestion that Take Two is bug free
> > was hard to take.
>
>
> Sorry about that. I report what I know and what I can subject to NDA.

You can take the NDA and shove it up to you know where.

>
> ... I will not violate my word in the NDA on beta results ...

One more time: Take that NDA and shove it up to you know where.

> >
> > Both you and Adrian should have challenged "not me" and disproved it
> > with a statement that there were no reports of it either by the beta
> > testers or from internal tests.
>
>
> Should I? In spite of my agreement? I don't know whether you consider
> your word of no value, but I value mine - highly. That has nothing to do
> with the sanctions that are imposed in the NDA, by the way.

What agreement is this? If it is what I think it is, then the comment I
made earlier about the NDA should apply to that also.

> >
> > ...There were reports! And you knew about the Registry corruption.
> > 'There "may" be ... ' my foot. There were! And there will be.
> > They ought to skin you alive.
>
>
> I have no comment to offer in violation of my agreement - my contract,
> if you prefer - with Adaptec. If you expect me to go back on my word
> with them, you will be frustrated.

I thought you knew nothing, but here you are insinuating that you know
something but ... My, how noble of you, though!
=============================

Mikey:


When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs. I make no secret of either my
success or my complaints with it.

----------------------------

Big Dog

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smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading?


It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

============================


Mike Richter is a LIAR (dae)
============================

Easy Coaster Creator 4.0 was released with the following bug:

Major bugs fixed in 4.02 (in 3/00, 7 months after its release):

System Tests for Digital Audio Extraction. Copying audio tracks from
CD to hard disk or CD-R gave much slower results in version 4 than
version 3.x for some CD-ROM drives, so with some systems it was
impossible to copy audio tracks directly from CD to CD-R.

[ In plain language, the System Tests gives "0.9x" as the DAE speed of
most, if not all, CD drives. (Acraptec tacitly acknowledged that ALL
IDE CD drives were affected by the bug.) ]

The reason why Ezcd 4.0 was released with such a bug is this:

=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: Re: Acraptec Gibberish 101 and === More LIES ===
Date: 4/7/00

The DAE issue did not show up until after shipping of 4.00.

During beta testing all the testers reported DAE speeds in 4.00
similar to what they got in 3.5c.
======================

The above slimily implied:
(1) the POS would not have been released had the bug discovered
before the release; and
(2) the "0.9x" DAE bug would be fixed in no time.

The beta testers did not discover the bug despite having a "significant"
beta program:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: EZ Creator 4. 0 - True it has MAJOR bugs ?
Date: 9/2/99

They had a significant beta program ...
=====================

Imagine having a "significant" beta program, yet cannot even find an

"impossible not to detect" bug. [See the end of the post why it's an


"impossible not to detect" bug.]

Mikey Richter's weasel excuses for not finding the bug are:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/6/02

Nobody_of_Consequence wrote:
>
> ... What is the point of beta testing at all if


> you do not use representative sample of burners in use.

Not all beta testers use Plextors or SCSI, but while I was testing for
them, many of us did. In general, beta test is for functionality rather
than diversity - that is, the company wants competence in determining
and reporting performance, not variety of hardware. Hardware testing
requires many drives, firmware versions, motherboards and so on. It is
generally done by the manufacturer (alpha level) because they have the
hardware.

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/7/02

Nobody_of_Consequence wrote:
>
> Thanks for reply, but beta testing is used to find hw


> incompatibilities as well. It just strikes me as odd that a
> significant problem with ide dae could get pass any
> reasonably diligent testing program.

Beta testing finds whatever the testers turn up. Given the variety of
hardware on which CD recording depends, that means that compatibility
per se is examined at alpha or through public beta. AFAIK, neither
Adaptec in the past nor Roxio more recently has ever conducted a public
beta. With a manageable base of external testers, there's little hope of
turning up hardware incompatibilities so the publisher does whatever it
manages at the alpha level.
======================

What a weasel mumbo jumbo Mikey spins!

The fact is one beta tester, GMAN, was using a cd-rom that a user
reported getting the "0.9x" DAE:

======================
From: (GMAN)

...i have been using a Panasonic 24x scsi drive...


[ I had approx 8x DAE ]
======================
From: jerry r

EZ creator 4 tests show my [Panasonic] CDr508 [24x] scsi drive
at .9x for DAE.
======================

( Is it possible the same drive gets "0.9x" on one system while it gets
"8x" on another system? See: "GMAN is a LIAR" )

Regardless whether beta test is only for functionality and not for
hardware incompatibility, this bug is 'impossible' to miss:

=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: smh is wasting bandwidth again
Date: 4/14/00

...the program insists that [System] tests are run on drives


when it is first run...
=======================

System Tests has to be run when Ezcd is first used! That is, hardware
testing is forced.

Mikey Richter's weasel excuse that beta testing did not find the
"impossible not to detect" bug because beta testing is not for hardware

incompatibility is a LIE.

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (no secret)
==================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

Did you, Mikey?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: (3/18/01)

> ...Remember that EZ-CD has been out for
> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Did the above make no secret of these critical bugs, Mikey?

---------------------


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: (5/15/01)

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated
---------------------

----------------------------

Big Dog

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Report all of his postings to:

abuse@abuse@usenetserver.com
and
ab...@mindspring.com


smh

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Big Dog (aka Jedi Master, Beach Boy, Charles Putnam),

Isn't "'nuf said" not enough, little brain?

===================================
From: "Dimitri"
Subject: Re: Mike Richter is a LIAR (cd-extra/single-session)
Date: 5/1/03

"Big Dog" wrote...
> "Dimitri" wrote...
> > Big Dog wrote:
> > > Dimitri wrote:
> > > > "Big Dog" wrote...
> > > > > smh wrote:
> > > > >
================================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (cd-extra/single-session)
================================================
> > > > >
> > > > > Your slanderous newsgroup posting has been forwarded on to
> > > > > Giganews with a request they terminate your account.
> > > >
> > > > Big Dog, little brain.
> > > > Learn the definition of "slander" before you use it.
> > > >
> > > > And besides, it's not defamatory in any way as Mike Richter *is*
> > > > lying scum, as well as being a worthless, ignorant, asshole.
> > > >
> > > > Of course, you should know that since you seem to have your
> > > > tongue firmly ensconced therein.
> > > >
> > > > You going to report me now too?
> > > > Ohhh, I shiver in anticipatory fear.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dimitri - Care to go toe to toe?
> >
> > Ohhhh.
> > Now I'm specially frightened
>
> Killfiled - deemed usless

Oh I'm so sad.

As far as "running for cover" there's no running to do. If you were
present in front of me, I would gladly stick a broken beer bottle so far
up your ass that I'd be able to grab your eyeballs from behind.

As it is, you're a pathetic geek, who thinks someone can go "toe to toe"
on a newsgroup. There's hardly any point in bothering with you do you
think?

Why don't you just go back to having your mommy suck you off so you know
you're "loved" in a special way.

Not that you'll read any of this since I've suffered the fate of being
"killfiled" by you. So of course, there's no way you'll ever reply.

LOL
===================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

================================================
Mike Richter & Enhanced CD (Half-Baked Research)
================================================

======================


From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: EZCD 5.02b Enhanced CD mode
Date: 8/28/01

There is no Enhanced CD Mode
- so, no, people have not used it.
======================

Wonder what's this "Enhanced CD" doing here then?

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/ecdc/version_history.html

... When creating an Enhanced CD ...
... while burning an Enhanced CD ...

The above Mikey's statement is the fruit of ITS so-called "research":

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Mixed Modes - and similar
Date: 5/30/01

After doing the research, I have prepared a page on the combination
modes and posted it in the primer at my site. Though one expert has
reviewed it, I look forward to comments from anyone with experience.
======================

So much for the Mikey's so-called "research" and
so much for the so-called "expert" who reviewed it.

[ Any chance to reveal the identity of this so-called "expert?" ]

Big Dog

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I think I'll just unsubscribe to this newsgroup. There's nothing usefull
here.


smh

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Big Dog (aka Jedi Master, Charles Putnam) wrote:
>
> I think I'll just unsubscribe to this newsgroup. There's nothing usefull
> here.

-------------------------
From: "Charles Putnam"
Subject: I'm outa here!!!!
Date: 12/11/01

-------------------------

smh

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--------------------------------------
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( ...my thanks to Tim... )

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (enhanced-cd/cdr-faq)
============================================

Mikey pontificated - read "lied" - on (8/28/01):

"There is no Enhanced CD Mode - so, no, people have not used it."

Then Mikey spinned this incredulous yarn -- read "lie": Now the
supposedly non-existent Enhanced CD is PRACTICAL!

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Easy CD Creator makes CD-Extra disc with no track titles
Date: 9/16/01

> As stated in my original message, I did search Usenet and Roxio's site
> before I made my post, as evidenced in my original message.

And first prize also for not reading after a search, or at least for not
searching in what would seem the obvious place, the FAQ for CD
recording. In that, you'll find a subhead with this paragraph -
presuming that you will read instead of merely griping:

[ Subject: How do I put audio and data on the same CD? ]
[ http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq03.html#S3-14 ]

"A common question is how to write the audio in the first session
without gaps between tracks, because you can't use disc-at-once
recording. (If you did use DAO recording, the disc would be closed, and
you wouldn't be able to write the data track). With the right hardware
and software, you can do "session-at-once" recording to write the audio
without gaps. For example, if you're recording with Nero and SAO-capable
hardware, you just select disc-at-once mode but don't select "finalize
CD". "

While the example there is Nero (which I don't know), the process is the
same in ECDC.

It happens that the FAQ makes a COMMON MISTAKE in that section,
confusing "Enhanced CD" with its predecessor, "CD Extra" ...

Roxio's information is correct for CD Extra,

but may not cover the
unspecified but more practical "Enhanced CD";

I'm not responsible for
the content of the site in whole or in part. By the way, I repeat the
answer to the question you asked (not, of course, to the one you meant):

You cannot write multiple tracks without intertrack gaps in CD Extra.
======================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

=========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (cd-extra/cd-text)
=========================================

Easy CD CreMator does not support CD-Text in SAO, only in DAO:
----------------------
From: Adrian Miller (cRoxio)
Subject: Re: EzCD 4 and CD-TEXT
Date: 11/23/00

> ... is ezcd4 supposed to support CD-text in
> SAO or does it only work DAO? As soon as I uncheck DAO, the
> option to write CD-Text is greyed out.

Think we only have it on DAO mode.
----------------------

Supporting CD-Text in DAO only means that Easy Coaster Creator cannot do
CD-Text in CD Extra -- because CD Extra is two-session by definition:
----------------------
From: Sybren
Date: 2/20/01

...ECDC can't do CD-Text in CD-Extras.

(No challenge from Mike Richter or Adrian Miller)
----------------------

But then here are Mikey's unadulterated, white lies why Ezcd does not do
CD-Text in CD Extra:


======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Easy CD Creator makes CD-Extra disc
with no track titles

Date: 9/15/01

> ...when I just burned my first
> CD-Extra disc -- the program did not transfer track titles or
> publisher or artist information to the disc. I am using the latest
> upgrade, v4.05, of Easy CD Creator.

If you want to do a true CD Extra, you have to comply with the rules
for CD Extra - which means TAO and no titles.

======================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: CD Extra and Enhanced CD
Date: 9/16/01

There is a specification for CD Extra which defines it as a
single session containing audio tracks followed by a data *track*.

...The session is written TAO.
======================

Here's cRoxio description of SAO and CD Extra:

<http://www.roxio.com/en/common/gloss2.html> (link invalid)
<http://www.osta.org/technology/cdr.htm#s> (same as above)

Session-at-Once is...used for CD Extra.

In Session-at-Once recording, a first session containing multiple
audio tracks is recorded in a single pass, then the laser is turned
off, but the disc is not closed. Then a second (data) session is
written and closed.


How one can stoop so low just to weasel out Ezcd bugs!

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (cd-extra/sao/tao)(i)
============================================



=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: Easy CD Creator makes CD-Extra disc
with no track titles
Date: 9/15/01

Bob Jones wrote:
>
> I found out about that and something else when I just burned my


> first CD-Extra disc -- the program did not transfer track titles
> or publisher or artist information to the disc. I am using the
> latest upgrade, v4.05, of Easy CD Creator.
>

> Is there any way to make a CD-Extra disc and get the track
> information on it?

If you want to do a true CD Extra, you have to comply with
the rules for CD Extra - which means TAO and no titles.

ECDC and anything else which complies with the standard will
comply with the standard.

I know that's hard to accept, but try - real hard.
=====================

Perhaps, it's Mike Richter who should try - real hard?

Session-at-Once is...used for CD Extra.

In Session-at-Once recording, a first session containing
multiple audio tracks is recorded in a single pass, then
the laser is turned off, but the disc is not closed.
Then a second (data) session is written and closed.

----------------------------

GMAN

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In article <r789jvgmtbkfce8bc...@4ax.com>, Robin Banks <rbn_...@REMOVEvector11.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 03:27:16 GMT, Never anonymous Bud <the...@san.rxyzr.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Just filter him out, and DO NOT waste time and space replying,
>> OR talking about his posts at all.
>
>Yes please, 'cause those of us that long ago filtered him get really sick of
> seeing others mentioning him. I've even killfiled some
>regulars here that just can't seem to stop replying to him or otherwise
> mentioning him. <sigh>
>
>Some folks just can't learn, I guess.
>
>
>~~R.Banks
I can see where you are coming from Robin and i respect that but to turn a
blind eye just makes matters worse. I'd much rather F*&k him over with his
ISP/newsserver of the week.

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

(Should I consult an attorney, Mikey?)

================================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (cd-extra/single-session)
================================================

----------------------


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Subject: CD Extra and Enhanced CD
Date: 9/16/01

There is a specification for CD Extra which defines it
as a single session containing audio tracks followed
by a data *track*.

----------------------

The above Mikey's cockamamie drivel that CD Extra as single session by
definition, no less, is to weasel out the Easy Coaster Creator bug -
Easy CD CreMator makes CD Extra in single session:

=======================
From: "Brad Knust"
Subject: CD Extra Problem
Date: 3/3/00

I'm running win2k, Easy CD Creator 4.01...
I've been trying to burn a CD Extra disc, and when it's done
(created "successfully", I might add), it's unreadable in my
recorder and cd-rom drive.

=======================
From: Tim Kroesen
Date: 3/3/00

Your printout [CD-R Diagnostic report] clearly indicated that
you did not produce two sessions on the disc...

A CD-Extra contains Two Sessions, the first of which contains
audio and is closed SAO. The Second session has Data...
=======================

[Note: Mikey did not "correct" Timmy's definition of CD Extra as
two-session even though IT participated in the thread.]

[Note: Adrian Miller acknowledged the bug as the "error".]

Here's what cRoxio itself says about CD Extra in the glossary:

CD Extra
A multisession disc...

How one can stoop so low to the extent of spewing totally opposite
definition -- just to weasel out Ezcd bug!

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/winme)(i)
--------------------------------------

===========================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Digital reading is impossible
Date: 10/20/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> > Have Liteon 24x10x40 IDE CDR, WIN WE system.
> >
> > I have upgraded the ASPI layer to version 4.7 using an update from
> > Adaptec but I wasn't aware ASPI was required for IDE anyway.
>
> ... install a current, consistent copy such as Adaptec's ...

ASPI on Win ME, Richter?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: ASPI Layer and Adaptec/Roxio CD software - Help
Date: 4/6/01

the ASPI layer should not be installed in WinMe.
=====================

===========================================

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )


( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

======================================
Mike Richter is a= LIAR (aspi/winme)(ii)
=======================================

========================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Feurio Aspi problem
Date: 7/4/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> > > > > > > I'm running:
> > > > > > > Windows ME and Feurios 1.65
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > and when ever I star Feurio I get this error message:
> > > > > > > Error at program start: Could not load ASPI-driver!
>
> A component of 4.60 will not install over one of 4.71. Deletion will be
> necessary to downgrade or 4.71 may be installed over the remnants of
> 4.60.
>
> Note that some devices will have older ASPI components (often modified)
> with dates later than those of the version you want to install. In that
> case, all old versions will need to be removed for a clean install even
> of 4.60.
>
> The above applies to the Adaptec ASPI layer; I've not used any of the
> alternatives which may install "older" files over newer ones.

ASPI on Win ME ???!!!

==========================================
ASPI Kills Win ME - Adrian Miller (cRoxio)
==========================================

======================
From: Adrian Miller (cRoxio)
Subject: The Adaptec ASPI layer on Windows 2000 and Me
Date: 7/4/01

I have plenty of evidence to prove that
installing the Adaptec ASPI into Me can wind up killing the OS ...

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Re: ASPI, W2K, and the truth
Date: 8/2/01

... but he [Adrian Miller] does provide reliable information
when he has it in my experience.

( I have seen some of the reports Adrian has of disaster in WinMe
and would not trust it in that OS - if I trusted the OS at all. )
=====================

Whatever happened to the reports of disaster in Win ME, Mikey? Did El
Nino wash them all away, Mikey?
========================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/win2k)(i)
--------------------------------------

==========================================
From: smh
Date: 12/1/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> > Operating System is Windows 2000 Professional
>
> Here's the procedure I recommend.
> 3. Run your ASPI installer ...

Install ASPI on Win 2K, Richter?

=====================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: still need to know about aspi layer pleez, no smh
Date: 7/2/01

ASPI doesn't 'belong' on Win2K and

programs which *use* the ASPI layer
can create serious instabilities.
=====================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=======================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/win2k)(ii)
=======================================
Mike Richter & ASPI (Unstable Galore)
=====================================

==================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Roxio suing Gracenote... - Leave system unstable &
Date: 6/26/01 Get unstable?

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>
> In my
> experience, the ASPI layer itself can exist in Win2K - Adaptec does not
> say anything about that. Some programs use it without doing any damage;
> others leave the system unstable.

What are these programs that leave the system unstable, using aspi?

But then you just wrote:
----------------------


From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: Roxio suing Gracenote...
Date: 6/25/01

Nonsense. I use the Adaptec ASPI layer on my Win2K machine in spite
of it not being supported there and in spite of some applications
which use it being unstable in the OS.
----------------------

What are these applications that become unstable, using aspi?

Do these programs get unstable themselves and at the same time make the
OS unstable, just by using aspi?

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/win2k)(iii)
========================================

========================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Do I need ASPI?
Date: 2/26/03

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>

> I believe Nero contains what it needs of the ASPI layer

Nero never did "contain" aspi.

> (as does ECDC
> for those OS's which do not provide a native interface).

Does Ezcd 4.02+ use aspi for the OS without the native interface,
Mikey? Do these say so, Mikey?

======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Date: 6/30/00

ECDC 4.02 does not use ASPI anymore.

=====================


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: 4/6/01

ECDC from 4.02 on does not use the ASPI layer.
=====================

Does Ezcd 4.02+ use the native interface if available, like Win 2K,
Mikey?
========================================

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=====================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/plextor)
=====================================

===========================
From: davejohnson12


Subject: Re: ASPI Layer and Adaptec/Roxio CD software - Help
Date: 4/6/01

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>
> ASPI layer should not be installed in WinMe.

A tech support person at Plextor told me to install
the newest version of the ASPI layer

======================


From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Date: 4/6/01

You were misinformed and I am blind-copying this to Plextor so they
may verify it with Roxio and inform their tech support staff.
=====================

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/winme)(i)
--------------------------------------

=====================


From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Date: 10/20/02

> Have ... WIN WE system.


>
> I have upgraded the ASPI layer to version 4.7 using an update
> from Adaptec

install a current, consistent copy such as Adaptec's

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(i)
==========================================

==============================
From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE). I've watched the disc write lights on my
Plextor drives when ejecting a DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive
never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased, I pressed
the computer's RESET button. After the computer restarted, the CD-RW
disc was fine, and all the files I had just written were fully
accessible.
==============================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(ii)
===========================================

=================================
From: (Videoman)
Subject: Re: What is Responsible for Packet Writing Instability?
Date: 6/28/01

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

> There is an inherent problem in UDF, particularly with fixed-length
> packets, which is the source of most of the problems reported. It is
> that the directory information for the disc is held and modified in
> RAM between loading the disc and ejecting it. Anything which precludes
> a complete, valid package being written back risks the whole disc.

In other words, lack of true transactional semantics during the
crucial data transfer and filesystem update to the disc, creates the
highly non-zero possibility of severe data loss. It's not a question
of if, only a question of when. The more you use it, the worse your
odds become.

> Because the information must be read and organized at insertion,
> loading a complex disc is slow. Reading and writing are slow and
> complex because the packets are *not* contiguous. If you stack up
> writes and have concurrent file activity, there's a real chance that
> the Windows filesystem will balk and fail to complete the write.
> Again, a more complex disc and insufficient RAM increase the odds of
> failure in my experience.

It's not the windows filesystem, it's the packet-writing software.

> The most common cause of failure is the directory not being written
> back correctly. That can happen on a system crash or power glitch;
> a forced manual ejection; or simply a fault in the write of the
> directory. Once a bad directory is written, not much can be done to
> recover files. DCD 5 Scandisc, ISOBuster and CD-R Diagnostic are all
> able to do something toward retrieving data from such a disc.

Of course, if the software was written _correctly_, none of this would
be an issue.

> Most of the above is independent of the program used. In any case, if
> compression is used, it increases the odds of failure and reduces the
> chance of recovery - and usually doesn't improve storage
> significantly. DCD has gradually decreased sensitivity to the
> filesystem problems, but they're still there if you write a lot of
> files concurrently. Again, that's essentially a Windows file
> management issue.

The problems are all DCD's. Don't start to blame Windows for this one,
Mike.

I've used tape-as-a-removable-disk software, that _did_ implement
transactional semantics, and I never had the types of problems that
DirectCD exhibits. It's simply a matter that Roxio doesn't have a clue
how to code reliable software, in which a customer's precious data is
on the line.

Does the critical Windows hard-disk FAT16/FAT32 filesystem store the
entire FAT into RAM at startup, and only write out the changes again

at shutdown? NO! It updates it immediately, when there is a disk
update, to minimize the crucial window where data could be lost.

If the penalty for updating this often is too high (as it often is for
CD-RW media, both for speed and longevity reasons), then the proper
thing to do would be to maintain a write-buffer on the HD, with some
sort of logging filesystem, so that if there were an error on the disc
media, that the data could be easily recovered, and the entire disc
wouldn't be corrupted. I hope the new Mt. Rainier specification
addresses this problem, and buggy POS software like DirectCD becomes
the way of the past.
=================================

[ No response from Mikey ]

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(iii)
============================================

======================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Request for assistance regarding DirectCD and Windows 98
Date: 4/13/03

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>

> > Somehow, reading and then ejecting the DirectCD disk makes a regular
> > CD-ROM disk appear blank to the file system. Re-booting (or
> > crashing Windows Explorer) fixes the problem.
> >
>
> Did you eject the UDF disc with software? Even though the recent
> versions of DCD should handle manual eject, I don't trust it.

Blame on manual eject for the bugs of DirectCD, Mikey?
Is DirectCD 2.5d a recent version, Mikey?

------------------------------------------


From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>
> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.

------------------------------------------

======================================================

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(iv)
===========================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: UDF, Packet Writing, and Backups
Date: 4/27/01

In fact, the overwhelming majority of the complaints about any UDF
software are about the format, but the format is seen through the
software which gets the blame. Thus: "the software lost my data"
becomes "my data were lost when Windows crashed".

That's because the directory information for fixed-length packets
is held in RAM.
=====================

Imagine the "format" specifying the directory information to be held in
RAM!

Sure, Mikey:

==========================================


From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.

==========================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(v)
==========================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: DirectCD 3.05 blues...
Date: 12/19/01

If you're writing fixed-length packets (to an erasable),
you may have discovered as most others have that
the format is very fragile and unreliable.

Note that you must eject such a disc with software,
not force it out with the button on the drive.
=====================

Must not with the eject button?
How about the computer's RESET button, Mikey?

===========================================


From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill) wrote:
>
> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.

===========================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(vi)
===========================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Re: What is reason for eject button inhibition?
Date: 12/20/01

a fixed-length packet disc will have its directory written
only when it is ejected.

If you force ejection manually or have a power glitch, you
may lose the directory and with it some or all of your data.
=====================

How about pressing the computer's RESET button, Mikey?

==========================================


From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>
> When you load a fixed-length packet disc, the directory information
> is read from the disc and translated in RAM. When you write to the
> disc, the data are recorded immediately but the directory is updated
> only in RAM. When you eject the disc or shut down Windows properly,
> the directory information is transformed and written back to the disc.
> Therefore, from the time you change something in the (RAM) directory
> until that writeback, you can lose the directory if you have a
> failure. That failure can be a power transient or a system lockup or
> even forcing the disc to eject (in spite of the lock) using hardware.

I don't believe this is true with the latest versions of DirectCD (I'm
using 2.5d with Win98SE).

I've watched the disc write lights on my Plextor drives when ejecting a
DirectCD CD-RW disc, and the drive never does any writing at that time.

Once, in an attempt to prove this, I wrote a bunch of files to a
DirectCD CD-RW disc. As soon as the write pulses ceased,

I pressed the computer's RESET button.

After the computer restarted, the CD-RW disc was fine, and all the files
I had just written were fully accessible.
==========================================

----------------------------

Gunther

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In article <3F3FFB05...@mindspring.com>, smh...@mindspring.com
says...

> . --------------------------------------
> Mike Richter, were you born with
> "Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?

Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Gunther, saying *plonk*

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Gunther wrote:
>
> > --------------------------------------
> > Mike Richter, were you born with
> > "Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
> > --------------------------------------
> > ( Reduced to living off the trash? )
> > ( ...my thanks to Tim... )
> >

> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for


> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.

Why are you all worked up over crap?

>
> Gunther, saying *plonk*

Yet another one?

How many assholes do you have, Asshole?

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:


>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(vii)
============================================

======================


From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Date: 2/5,6/02

Fixed-length packets...maintain the directory information
in RAM while the disc is in use ...

When you remove a fixed-length packet disc after having
written anything to it, the directory information is written
back from RAM.
======================

Are you sure about that, Mikey?

If the computer's RESET button is pressed while the disc is in use, it
would then be a disaster, wouldn't it, Mikey?

==========================================
From: DeepOne
Subject: Re: CD-RW Disc broken on DirectCD
Date: 7/9/00

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(8a)
===========================================

======================


From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Re: Lost data on CDs - is it the CD or Roxio's Easy CD Creator
Date: 3/27/02

Even when all the data have been written, the write is not complete. For
reasons discussed in the primer at my site, the directory information is
not written until the disc is ejected.
======================

In that case pressing the computer's RESET button will surely result in
a disaster, won't it, Mikey?

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===========================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/eject)(9a)
===========================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: System File Error 608
Date: 5/7/02

However, forcing a fixed-length packet disc to be released
with the button on the drive is an invitation to disaser.

It should always be ejected through software so that pending
writes including the directory are completed.

DCD 5.x allows hardware ejection, but even then it is
*very* bad practice.
=====================

Hardware eject is a *very* bad practice, yet DirectCD 5.x allows it!
Do cRoxio programmers specialize in *very* bad practice?

One more reason to add that to the Shitty list:

Shitty Programmers at cRoxio

How about pressing the RESET button, Mikey?

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (i)
=============================================

===========================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Does anyone rely on DirectCD for multi-session backups?
Date: 2/7/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> Robert Harlow wrote:
>
> > ... I would appreciate an indication of the background as to
> > why you consider that the *format* of fixed-length packets is not
> > reliable, discounting any merits or demerits implicit in any specific
> > software that uses fixed-length packets in a random access (on-demand)
> > manner.
>
> There are several reasons, but one predominates. When you remove a


> fixed-length packet disc after having written anything to it, the

> directory information is written back from RAM. That means that at least
> portions of the disc are "scrubbed" - rewritten many times. The disc is
> supposed to tolerate 1000 cycles, but in fact read accuracy goes down
> continuously with erase cycles and the 1000 number seems absurdly
> optimistic from the experience of most.

[ Why does DirectCD use *SPARING* technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

"In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc."

Q. I know that CD-RW discs are good for approximately 1000 formats or
erasures. Since DirectCD 2.x will let me delete individual files and
recover that space on the disc for immediate use (random erase) does
that mean that the disc is only good for up to 1000 file deletes? Or is
it 1000 full formats of the entire disc?

A. DirectCD has built-in features to increase the longevity of your
CD-RW media. Any particular spot on on a CD-RW disc can be erased and
rewritten about 1000 times (soon to be improved to 10,000). After that,
that particular spot becomes unusable. However, DirectCD is designed
not always to write in the first available space on the disc, so you
won't be erasing and rewriting to the same physical location over and
over. If a spot should get "burned out", DirectCD can mark it
"unusable" and work around it (much the way bad sectors are managed on a
hard disk). In practical terms, you will probably never wear out a
CD-RW disc.


Mike Richter, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above?
===========================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (ii)
==============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

================================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: CD-RWs and DirectCD - computer crashed and rebooted.
Date: 6/26/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> Erasables are good for only a limited number of cycles. Although that's
> nominally 1000, experience says that it's much less. Regardless, there's
> a tendency (despite publishers' efforts to reduce it) for the directory
> to be "scrubbed" by repeated use and effective life is reduced still
> further.

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

Q. I know that CD-RW discs are good for approximately 1000 formats or
erasures. Since DirectCD 2.x will let me delete individual files and
recover that space on the disc for immediate use (random erase) does
that mean that the disc is only good for up to 1000 file deletes? Or is
it 1000 full formats of the entire disc?

A. DirectCD has built-in features to increase the longevity of your
CD-RW media. Any particular spot on on a CD-RW disc can be erased and
rewritten about 1000 times (soon to be improved to 10,000). After that,
that particular spot becomes unusable. However, DirectCD is designed
not always to write in the first available space on the disc, so you
won't be erasing and rewriting to the same physical location over and
over. If a spot should get "burned out", DirectCD can mark it
"unusable" and work around it (much the way bad sectors are managed on a
hard disk). In practical terms, you will probably never wear out a
CD-RW disc.

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]
================================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (iii)
===============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

===================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Packet writing software for Windows XP
Date: 8/13/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> The effective lifetime of the disc is better measured in ejections than
> in erase cycles. Despite specification numbers of the order of a
> thousand cycles, experience has suggested a practical limit at least an
> order of magnitude less.

Do you know more than cRoxio?

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

Q. I know that CD-RW discs are good for approximately 1000 formats or
erasures. Since DirectCD 2.x will let me delete individual files and
recover that space on the disc for immediate use (random erase) does
that mean that the disc is only good for up to 1000 file deletes? Or is
it 1000 full formats of the entire disc?

A. DirectCD has built-in features to increase the longevity of your
CD-RW media. Any particular spot on on a CD-RW disc can be erased and
rewritten about 1000 times (soon to be improved to 10,000). After that,
that particular spot becomes unusable. However, DirectCD is designed
not always to write in the first available space on the disc, so you
won't be erasing and rewriting to the same physical location over and
over. If a spot should get "burned out", DirectCD can mark it
"unusable" and work around it (much the way bad sectors are managed on a
hard disk). In practical terms, you will probably never wear out a
CD-RW disc.

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]
========================================================

----------------------------

Gary I.

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Ditto


++++Jack++++

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (iv)
==============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

============================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: tdk 40/12/48 rw trouble
Date: 10/30/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> Erasable media wear out, particularly with the sort of use
> fixed-length packets usually give them.

Is cRoxio lying?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (v)
=============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use *SPARING* technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

===========================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: cd-rom wont eject cd-r/w disks but will eject cd-r disks
Date: 11/7/02

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>

> ...The nominal 1000 cycles has appeared to be a
> fiction to all of us who used fixed-length packets. Unfortunately, the
> first area to go (for understandable reasons) is that of the directory.

------------------------------------


From: smh
Subject: Re: tdk 40/12/48 rw trouble
Date: 10/30/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> ... Erasable media wear out, particularly with the sort of


> use fixed-length packets usually give them.

Is cRoxio lying?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

------------------------------------

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]

===========================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (vi)
==============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

==============================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Problem with Direct CD 3.05
Date: 11/23/02

Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> Difficulty in formatting an erasable is most often due to the medium,
> not to the software or drive hardware. During a full format, each sector
> is written and read back; if the error rate is excessive, the sector is
> retried, then retired ...
>
> Note that errors increase with erase cycles; the practical limit is far
> less than the theoretical 1000 cycles.

Is cRoxio lying?

--------------------------------------------------------


From: smh
Subject: Re: tdk 40/12/48 rw trouble
Date: 10/30/02

Mike Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>
> ... Erasable media wear out, particularly with the sort of use
> fixed-length packets usually give them.

Is cRoxio lying?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc.

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]

--------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (vii)
===============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

=========================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Can't rewrite
Date: 12/29/02

Mikey Richter (King Troll) wrote:
>
> It could be an erasable wearing out. Don't believe the manufacturer's
> claims about number of cycles; users typically find less than a hundred
> erase cycles before losses show and packet writing uses more erase
> cycles in the directory area (where your problem originates) than many
> believe.

If that's the case, how could cRoxio claim this? Is Roxshit lying,
Richter?

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

============================================

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]

----------------------------

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

================================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (viii)
================================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

==================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Problems with EZCD 5 Platinum and UDF
Date: 3/31/03

Mikey Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>
> The nominal life of an erasable is 1000 erase cycles, but that has not
> been realized in practice for many reasons. One is that critical areas
> of the disc are "erased" every time you modify one and eject it.

If that's the case, how could cRoxio claim this? Is cRoxio lying?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

====================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (ix)
==============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

============================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: What causes a failed burn on RW media to result in a
coaster? Any fixes?
Date: 4/2/03

Mikey Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:
>

> Erasable media have proved both failure-prone and short-lived. I
> recommend using them only for test. It has never been clear how one
> should interpret the quoted life of 1000 erase cycles, particularly
>
> since UDF means erasing of specific bytes and sectors, not full discs.

What kind of a cockamamie are you now spewing, Mikey? The last time I
checked UDF means Universal Disk Format.

BTW, whatever happened to the directory and critical areas?

The nominal 1000 cycles has appeared to be a fiction to all
of us who used fixed-length packets. Unfortunately, the first
area to go (for understandable reasons) is that of the directory.

packet writing uses more erase cycles in the directory area
...than many believe.

The nominal life of an erasable is 1000 erase cycles, but that
has not been realized in practice for many reasons. One is that
critical areas of the disc are "erased" every time you modify one
and eject it.

Also, have you heard of 'SPARING' technology, Mikey?

Also, what do you say to this, Mikey?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]
============================================================

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (x)
=============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

============================================================
From: smh
Subject: Re: bad sectors on cdrw not marked when formatting?
Date: 5/6/03

Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

> -=outlaw=- wrote:
> > Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill) wrote:

> > > Another factor is that not all sectors can be moved aside;
> > > I believe there are parts of the TOC which must be located
> > > where the hardware looks for them. If those start to wear out,
> > > you can get the same result.
> > >
> > > The answer is: replace the disc.
> >
> > only 2% or less seems to be unreadable :\
>
> It takes less than that if the faults are in the directory, which is the
> most "scrubbed" region on an erasable whether quick- or full-formatted.

Is the "directory" of fixed-length packet cd at a fixed location, Mikey?

If that's the case, how could cRoxio claim this? Is cRoxio lying, Mikey?

lordy

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> ALL I DID WAS BLOCK THE IDIOT... got sucked in because you two posted to
> him..


Get a newsreader that can score/kill by References.

Lordy

smh

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. ---------------------------------------
how HUGE are your BALLS, Adrian Miller?
---------------------------------------------
Only a trashy company like cRoxio or Acraptec
let loosed in Usenet this utter trash
---------------------------------------------

lordy wrote:
>

Are you drunk again?

==============================
From: (Lordy)
Subject: Re: Adaptec ECD & DCD
Date: 7/26/00

Adrian Miller (Acraptec)) wrote:
>

Adrian, please don't take offense, I'm drunk (yes again, yes at home,
yes it's sad)

You signature is long and your sigdashes has been visited by Outlook :)
One is forgivable, but both ?:)

==============================

smh

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--------------------------------------
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

==============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (xi)
==============================================

[ Why does DirectCD use SPARING technique? Why the bother, Mikey? ]

======================


From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Subject: Re: UDF, Packet Writing, and Backups

Date: 4/30/01

Videoman wrote:
>
> > Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
> > >

> > > That's because the directory information for fixed-length
> > > packets is held in RAM.
>

> An utterly stupid design, IMHO.

Unfortunately, it's unavoidable. The problem is that the information
cannot be written back every time or the directory area would be worn
out very quickly. Each change to the directory would necessitate
rewriting some material - even if only a pointer to where the changes
were located. Scrubbing that region would exceed the (nominal) 1000
rewrites very quickly.
======================

If that's the case, why does DirectCD even bother to use SPARING
technique, Mikey?

If that's the case, how could cRoxio claim this? Is cRoxio lying, Mikey?

DirectCD for Windows Technical FAQs
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/dcdwin/dcdwinfaqs.html

" In practical terms, you will probably
never wear out a CD-RW disc. "

[ Mikey, should you not have cRoxio rewrite the above? ]

----------------------------

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

===============================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (directcd/sparing) (xii)
===============================================

======================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Re: Rewrite CD's repeat spec
Date: 12/20/02

> How many times can CD RW disks be rewritten.

In theory, 1000-2000 times. In practice, a few dozen.

smh

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:
>
> GMAN wrote:
> > Use my name without my permission one more time SMH,
> > and I will go after you in court.
>
> It's easier to go after it with its ISP. That also appears to be
> effective, if not in stopping its lying,

( Lying, Mikey? How the hell do you know that *without* reading? )
( It must be a trick only the King Troll can pull off! )

Are you now pathetically reduced to inciting others, Mikey? There is no
need for that, Mikey. You can do that yourself. All you need to do is
to point out the lie(s). Could you point out the lie(s) in the
following, Mikey?

=======================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (aspi/win2k)(iv)
=======================================

Unstable galore with aspi on win2k:

=====================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Subject: Re: still need to know about aspi layer pleez, no smh
Date: 7/2/01

ASPI doesn't 'belong' on Win2K and

programs which *use* the ASPI layer
can create serious instabilities.
=====================

Recommend install aspi on win2k:

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Date: 11/30/02

> Operating System is Windows 2000 Professional

Here's the procedure I recommend.
3. Run your ASPI installer
=====================

Back to problems/unstable galore with aspi on win2k:

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Re: Easy CD Creator 4 and Win2K
Date: 8/23/03

You may also have chunks of an ASPI layer installed,
which alone is enough to create problems galore
=====================

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Anyhow "crap" is doing a service, according to Mikey:

=========================================
Mike Richter & Timmy Kroesen's Abuse Crap
=========================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Date: 9/21/01

Gerhard Beulke wrote:
>
> Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") says...
> >
> > < snip Abuse Crap >

> May you please stop posting hundreds (or probably
> thousands) of your abuse crap into the NG's!
> We know it now and nobody is interested downloading this
> rubbish and wasting time and bandwidth.

Unfortunately, newcomers to the newsgroup do not recognize a troll by
its spoor unless someone flags the stench for them. In that sense, Tim
is doing a service. In addition, repeating the post to the ISP and
encouraging others to do the same may eventually get the troll pulled
out from under our bridge.
=====================

----------------------
Mikey, you are a Scum!
----------------------

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

=====================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (wife beating)
=====================================
( Wife Beating Stopped, Mike Richter? )

Could you take a time off from your pontificating and explain the
"discrepancy" between your posts of (10/31/99) and (3/23/00)?

======================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)
Subject: Re: Take Two Boot Disk
Date: (10/31/99)

> I cannot create an Emergency Boot Floppy disk for Take Two...
> Windows 98 2nd Edition

Take Two has problems with its boot disc in NT4;

I'm not surprised if it is also true in Win98 SE ... <=== Not Always

Then beat up on them for letting it out in that condition. <=== Beat Up

======================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)
Subject: Re: Adaptec Take 2 Restore problem
Date: (3/23/00)

smh wrote:
> Does Take Two now make boot disk properly?

Take Two always made a valid boot disc for Win9x ... <=== Always

Does your question not read like the classic:

Have you stopped beating your wife? <=== Wife Beating
Like that one, yours cannot be answered simply.
======================

Tim Kroesen

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--------------------------------------
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( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

======================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (critical bugs)
======================================

---------------------


From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Date: (5/15/01)

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated
---------------------

Get a load of what Mikey Richter said -- or not said -- about the
critical bugs on (3/18/01). The troll must have played tricks to turn
"critical" bugs into "speculative complaints", then back to "critical"
bugs!

=====================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: (3/18/01)

> ... Remember that EZ-CD has been out for
> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Again, the troll must have played tricks to turn 'critical' bugs into
'speculative complaints', then back to 'critical' bugs!

Johnjohn

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>Usenet Abuse- Stalking and Harassment, Repetitive posting of same
>material SPAM
>
>ab...@usenetserver.com
>


Sigh, doubt this will do much good. As others have requested, please
stop responding to smh with you net-abuse posts. All you are doing is
reminding those of us who have killfilled him that he is still posting
his drivel.
I won't bother asking you again. Next time you post this nonsense you
will also go in my killfile.

Tim Kroesen

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Make it so. I don't need anyone's anon attention and furthermore
cannot find a single bit of service you've ever added to this group.
Will I miss you; not even.

How's life been up on Walton Mountain lately... Lonely, I'd guess...<g>

Tim K

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--------------------------------------
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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (major bug)
==================================

---------------------


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Cannot rename file with EZCD 5.01
Date: 4/19/01

It's a major bug, reported to Roxio by the beta team.
---------------------

Get a load of what Mikey Richter said -- or not said -- about the

major bug on (3/18/01). The troll must have played tricks to turn
a 'major' bug into a 'speculative complaint', then back to 'major'
bug!

=====================
From: Mike Richter (King Troll)

Date: (3/18/01)

> ...Remember that EZ-CD has been out for


> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Again, the troll must have played tricks to turn a 'major' bug into
a 'speculative complaint', then back to 'major' bug!

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (nda limit)
==================================

=====================


From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)

Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

No kidding! Hasn't your precious NDA limited you in what you say?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill)

Subject: Re: A Message to Roxio, Adaptec, Adrian Miller
Date: 11/17/00

> > Mike Richter stated yesterday that HE does the beta testing for
> > Adaptec / Roxio.
>
> Yes, he said that many times in the past. If I was one, though, I
> wouldn't exactly go around telling people that I was one

I have never made a secret of the fact - in part because it limits me in
what I can say.

Those who are not subject to an NDA are free to invent and to speculate.
=====================

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

============================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (nda)
============================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

No kidding! Have you been violating your precious NDA, Agreement
and Word all these times, Mikey?

=============================
From: smh
Subject: Re: Adaptec TakeTwo: === Response to Mike Richter ===
Date: 11/28/99

Mike Richter (Acraptec Shill) wrote:
>
> smh wrote:
> > When you returned after a hiatus (or an exile as somebody called it),
> > you shouted very excitedly what a wonderful product Take Two is and
> > further added that it alone is worth the price of ECDC4, and it did
> > backup your system just wonderfully. When Adaptec fucked up almost all
> > the functionality of ECDC4, your suggestion that Take Two is bug free
> > was hard to take.
>
> Sorry about that. I report what I know and what I can subject to NDA.

You can take the NDA and shove it up to you know where.

>
> ... I will not violate my word in the NDA on beta results ...

One more time: Take that NDA and shove it up to you know where.

> >
> > Both you and Adrian should have challenged "not me" and disproved it
> > with a statement that there were no reports of it either by the beta
> > testers or from internal tests.
>
>
> Should I? In spite of my agreement? I don't know whether you consider
> your word of no value, but I value mine - highly. That has nothing to do
> with the sanctions that are imposed in the NDA, by the way.

What agreement is this? If it is what I think it is, then the comment I
made earlier about the NDA should apply to that also.

> >
> > ...There were reports! And you knew about the Registry corruption.
> > 'There "may" be ... ' my foot. There were! And there will be.
> > They ought to skin you alive.
>
>
> I have no comment to offer in violation of my agreement - my contract,
> if you prefer - with Adaptec. If you expect me to go back on my word
> with them, you will be frustrated.

I thought you knew nothing, but here you are insinuating that you know
something but ... My, how noble of you, though!
=============================

Mikey:


When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs. I make no secret of either my
success or my complaints with it.

----------------------------

Folk

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On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:29:38 -0400, "Tim Kroesen" <tkro...@nccw.net>
wrote:

>Make it so. I don't need anyone's anon attention and furthermore


>cannot find a single bit of service you've ever added to this group.
>Will I miss you; not even.
>
>How's life been up on Walton Mountain lately... Lonely, I'd guess...<g>
>
>Tim K

God, you're just as bad as the smh asswipe.

<PLONK>

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

==================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (no secret)
==================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

Did you, Mikey?

=====================


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: (3/18/01)

> ...Remember that EZ-CD has been out for
> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Did the above make no secret of these critical bugs, Mikey?

---------------------
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Date: (5/15/01)

My own recommendation was to withhold release
until all critical bugs were exterminated
---------------------

----------------------------

smh

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( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

======================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (no secret)(ii)
======================================

=====================
From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Is EZCD As Bad As Some Say?
Date: 9/28/02

When I tested for them, I said "bad" things about it
by reporting bugs.

I make no secret of either my success or my complaints with it.
=====================

Did you, Mikey?

=====================
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Date: (3/18/01)

> ...Remember that EZ-CD has been out for
> short time and very few people have it, and we already heard more than
> enough problem reports.

You have heard three sorts of problem reports:

1) Installation troubles
2) Specific inconveniences and stupidities on a relatively minor level
3) Speculative and uninformed general complaints, notably from one troll
who acknowledges that it has never run ECDC.
=====================

Did the above make no secret of this major bug, Mikey?

---------------------
From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Cannot rename file with EZCD 5.01
Date: 4/19/01

It's a major bug, reported to Roxio by the beta team.

smh

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Gunther wrote:
>
> Jeebus H. Kreist! I've been away from this ng for
> over a year, and your crap was one big reason I left.
> Here it is a year later and you're STILL a prick!
> Why can't you just STFU and stay home?

Why are you all worked up over crap?

Is this only crap, not libel?

============================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (dae)
============================

Easy Coaster Creator 4.0 was released with the following bug:

Major bugs fixed in 4.02 (in 3/00, 7 months after its release):

System Tests for Digital Audio Extraction. Copying audio tracks from
CD to hard disk or CD-R gave much slower results in version 4 than
version 3.x for some CD-ROM drives, so with some systems it was
impossible to copy audio tracks directly from CD to CD-R.

[ In plain language, the System Tests gives "0.9x" as the DAE speed of
most, if not all, CD drives. (Acraptec tacitly acknowledged that ALL
IDE CD drives were affected by the bug.) ]

The reason why Ezcd 4.0 was released with such a bug is this:

=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: Re: Acraptec Gibberish 101 and === More LIES ===
Date: 4/7/00

The DAE issue did not show up until after shipping of 4.00.

During beta testing all the testers reported DAE speeds in 4.00
similar to what they got in 3.5c.
======================

The above slimily implied:
(1) the POS would not have been released had the bug been discovered
before the release; and

(2) the "0.9x" DAE bug would be fixed in no time.

Note 1: The bug was finally fixed seven (7) months later and
the fix was only *partial*.
Note 2: Incredulously, this bug *reappeared* in Ezcd 6!

The beta testers did not discover the bug despite having a "significant"
beta program:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: EZ Creator 4. 0 - True it has MAJOR bugs ?
Date: 9/2/99

They had a significant beta program ...
=====================

Imagine having a "significant" beta program, yet cannot even find an
"impossible not to detect" bug. [See the end of the post why it's an
'impossible not to detect' bug.]

Mikey Richter's weasel excuses for not finding the bug are:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/6/02

> What is the point of beta testing at all if
> you do not use representative sample of burners in use.

Not all beta testers use Plextors or SCSI, but while I was testing for
them, many of us did. In general, beta test is for functionality rather
than diversity - that is, the company wants competence in determining
and reporting performance, not variety of hardware. Hardware testing
requires many drives, firmware versions, motherboards and so on. It is
generally done by the manufacturer (alpha level) because they have the
hardware.

======================


From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)

Subject: Re: Shitty Beta Testing at Roxio-Adaptec
Date: 4/7/02

> ... but beta testing is used to find hw
> incompatibilities as well. It just strikes me as odd that a
> significant problem with ide dae could get pass any
> reasonably diligent testing program.

Beta testing finds whatever the testers turn up. Given the variety of
hardware on which CD recording depends, that means that compatibility
per se is examined at alpha or through public beta. AFAIK, neither
Adaptec in the past nor Roxio more recently has ever conducted a public
beta. With a manageable base of external testers, there's little hope of
turning up hardware incompatibilities so the publisher does whatever it
manages at the alpha level.
======================

What a weasel mumbo jumbo Mikey spins!

The fact is one beta tester, GMAN, was using a cd-rom that a user
reported getting the "0.9x" DAE:

======================
From: (GMAN)

...i have been using a Panasonic 24x scsi drive...
[ I had approx 8x DAE ]
======================
From: jerry r

EZ creator 4 tests show my [Panasonic] CDr508 [24x] scsi drive
at .9x for DAE.
======================

( Is it possible the same drive gets "0.9x" on one system while it gets
"8x" on another system? See: "GMAN is a LIAR" )

Regardless whether beta test is only for functionality and not for
hardware incompatibility, this bug is 'impossible' to miss:

=======================
From: Adrian Miller (Acraptec)
Subject: smh is wasting bandwidth again
Date: 4/14/00

...the program insists that [System] tests are run on drives
when it is first run...
=======================

System Tests has to be run when Ezcd is first used! That is, hardware
testing is forced.

Mikey Richter's weasel excuse that beta testing did not find the
"impossible not to detect" bug because beta testing is not for hardware
incompatibility is a LIE.

Tim Kroesen

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Timmy Kroesen ("net-Trash") wrote:
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> Usenet Abuse - Continuing Stalking, Harassment, Libel
> and SPAMMING via
> repetitive posting of the same material Thousands of times.

Why wasn't there a charge of repeated response of the same content to
this, Timmy?

(Haven't you asked Mikey for the examples of supposed "misquotes",
Timmy? Those examples would actually substantiate your charge of
libel.)

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Funny you mention "repeated", Timmy.

That's exactly what Mikey did in this very thread with "misquotes":

=====================
From: Mike Richter
Date: 8/16/02

The creature's database of
misquotes and inventions is remarkable

=====================
From: Mike Richter
Date: 9/4/03

It is true that a particular troll...
misquotes me and misrepresents me.
=====================

Didn't Mikey tell you about the supposed "misquotes", Timmy?
Didn't Mikey give you examples of the supposed "misquotes", Timmy?

Wonder why Mikey didn't provide Timmy with the examples of the supposed
"misquotes", considering that such examples would surely prove at least
one of the following is a libel:

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Who Is Mike Richter and
Why Are They Saying All These Horrible Things About Him?
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