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by byankno1 on February 13th, 2010

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Why did Microsoft decide to use destructive words when referring to CD-creation(burn) and CD-copying to computer(rip)?

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on February 13th, 2010

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    I don't think Microsoft invented either word. In the case of burning CDs, that is a fairly literal description of the technology of early CD Roms: the head of a focussed laser darkens the material it hits, making a pattern of marks which can be read by the same laser at lower power. And, like burning, the process was irreversible. Ripping, I surmise, was derived from the concept of pulling something off another thing, like ripping off a plaster or tape. The music us "pulled off" the CD into the computer. In both cases, Microsoft tools simply use the buzzwords that the community invented.

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  • by Brian I on February 13th, 2010

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    I don't think you can lay this at Microsoft's door.

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