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You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 135 points 11 months ago (7 children)

There was a program call "Nero burning ROM". A pun I understood much later

[–] PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well fuck me, that's a name I haven't heard for close to 20 years and it didn't twig until just now.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

My pa had it on his PC and by then it looked archaic.

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ah fuck, I remember Nero, and I know why it is called Nero (because Nero and the burning of rome), but I never connect the ROM to ROME.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The logo was literally the colosseum on fire...

[–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh I know about that, just the connection of Rom and Rome.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 11 points 11 months ago

Ah, ok. Makes even more sense knowing that Nero is a German company, and the city is literally spelled Rom in German.

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Exact same sentiment. Mind blown

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What is the pun in NERO omg

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Emperor Nero is rumored to have cause the great fire of Rome in 64 AD that burned over 2/3rds of the city

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

and legend had it as he watched Rome burn, he played the fiddle

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did he cause the fire, or did a fire happen while he was the leader and he completely ignored it?

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yes

[–] HappySashimi@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Nero, the Roman emperor, burned Rome.

[–] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

You made me say oh my god out loud and facepalm pretty harddd…

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ok I never thought I would need this info about CD burning but this is genuinely a cool revelation about my childhood

[–] Starbuck@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Go look up the loading screen for Nero. It was a burning colosseum. Such a cool branding job.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And now I just got it too lol

E: never let it be said I am not slow on the uptake. 🙄

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 points 11 months ago

Core memory unlocked!

[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still have a copy of Nero Express on a DVD in my bookcase.

Not that I use it very much - if I ever need to burn an iso Ill use xfburn or brasero or something like that, as I run Linux now. It's more if I need to burn data onto disk's to get it off an older PC.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 8 points 11 months ago

Adaptec Easy CD Creator. Then I got a copy of Nero from a friend and never looked back.

[–] anonymouse@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

And these things called optical drives.