At least, Canon has room for improvements here. Of course it isn’t that much of a hassle to maybe insert two CDs to get the correct one, but it’s anything but optimal…
Given that you’d want a particular language, which if these two “EOS DIGITAL Solution Disks” would you pick? Do you spot the difference?
(Click for large view.)
Short and sweet:
My little poll about “Do you play computer/console games – and on what system?” here in the sidebar on the right has been closed – there were 47 participants, three of which chose multiple options, resulting in 51 total votes. This is the result:
For the time being, there will be no new poll, I didn’t have a viable idea, and the sidebar is a little less cluttered this way, too…
A JavaScript-animated dancing kitten in Ascii art [?] – here’s half a freeze-frame:
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,,
,caTAAs
,CRRRRRRC
, ,RRRRRRRRc
,, cRRRRRRRRTCc
,,,, ,TRRRRRRRTCs,
CRRRRRTc,,,,, ,,,,,,,, ,,,, TRRRRRRRAaccc,
cARRRRRRRRRRRa, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,, ,RRRRRRRRRAac,cc,
,sTRRRRRRRRRRRATTs,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,, ,CRRRRRRRACs,,cac
,CTARRRRRRRRRRRRRTc,,,,,,, ,,,, , , sRRRRACc,,,sAs
,CCCTARRRRRRRRRRRRCc,,,,,, ,,, ,,, ,csaCCCc,,,aAa
,asccsCTARRRRRRRRTacc,,,, ,, , , , ,,,cc, ,c,,
cACc,,ccaCARRRRTsccc,,,,,, , , ,, ,,,,,,,,aTc
sRTc,,,ccaTRRAacccc,,,,,,,,,,, , ,,,,,, , ,,,,,,cCTc
sRAs, ,,csssssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc
,sCTa, ,,ccsccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
,aac,,,,ccssccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,ccc,,
cacccsssscccc,,,cccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sTAARRAac,cccc,
,aCscssssccc,,cccccc,,,,,,,,,c,,,,,,cTRRRRRRAccc,ccsc
,sCscccccccccc,cccccTATscc,,,,,,,,,csccaARRRRcc,,,cccc,
saccccccccccc,ccCRRC,CRRsc,,,,,,,,,cTRRRRRRa,,,,,,,cccc,
,saccccccc,,c,ccsARRC CRRCc,,,, ,,TRRRRRAc,,,,,cc,,,cc
,TTacc,,cccccccccsTRRRRRRTsc,, , ,,ccccccc,
,TTasc,,c,,,,,,,,csCTRRRRsc,, ,,ccccccssc
,caTCascc,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,sTac, ,sCc,,,,,,,,ccssccsas,,
cAATCacccc,cc,,ccccccc,,,, , ,,, ,TAa,,,,,,,,,caTCacc,
cTTCascccc,,,c,,c,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,,,,,ccccccaCCc
cTATTTCCasccccccccccccsssasscc,,,,,cccccccccccccsc,
cTTaCTTCasccscssccccccssaaaasccccccccccsscccccsccc
,aTCCCCCCCCCCaaassscccccsccccccccsssscssaCCs
,CAATTTTTTTTTTTTTCCaCaaaaaasssaaaCCAAARa
cccccc,,aARAAAAAAAATTTTTTTATATATACCCCTc
cTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCaTTTCTCCasccccc,,
,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccscsscccccccccsc
,,,,,,c,ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
,c,,,,,,cccccccccccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,
,cc, ,,,,ccccssccccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,
,aCc,, ,,,,,,,csassccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ccc,c,
,ss,,,,,,,,,,,ccssscc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cc,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sascc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
See the whole kitty on this Russian page (you can change the text size in the select box). If I interpret Altavista’s translation correctly, the title means “for dear friends” and the text “Watch it when you’re sad… remember the best” or something like that.
(via Bastie.Silke via Bloggerei.de)
As you know, there are laws in many countries forbidding the circumvention of copy protection/
Wellington Grey now has a nice little presentation about the consequences of applying this stupidity to physical objects instead of media data, with the example of a CD-ROM sleave’s silly seal, the breaking of which would result in accepting the contract that’s contained on the CD inside…
(via Wil Wheaton)