[Novalug] Running without a hard drive?

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Ed T. Toton III wrote:

> Thus spake James Ewing Cottrell 3rd:
>
>> But seriously, a CD *is* a disk. Or rather, it is treated like one. 
>> At least at the higher levels. So is a flash drive. And so is ROM in 
>> embedded systems, which is pretty much what a flash drive is.
>
>
> Generally, I see CDs as "discs", until they're used as a live-CD, at 
> which point I'd consider it to also be a "disk". :)

If you know me at all, and by now you ought to, you will realize that I 
define Reality to suit my tastes and desires. I once struggled with the 
ambiguity between "disk" and "disc", but upon further reflection have 
decided to banish the latter word from my lexicon.

This is not the most radical decision I have ever made. Visiting 
dictionary.com and looking up both words tends to indicate that disk is 
now the dominant term

Of course, most CD readers have the word "disc" in their logo, so that 
word will be around for awhile.

> Although, doesn't "disk" imply read/write access? :)

Disk is a noun. "Read/Write" and "Read Only" are adjectives that might 
be applied to them. So are "Magnetic" and "Optical".

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JIM