On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:55, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Oct 7 2007 10:50, Randall R Schulz wrote: > >On Sunday 07 October 2007 10:41, ken wrote: > >> ... > >> > >> What does "GM" signify? > > > >Typically, "golden master," the instance of a software package or > > s/golden/gold/. Whether it's actually gold depends on the type of > coating and pigment used in the disc layer. May as well be azo, > cyanine or phthalocyanine. Really golden discs like in the old days > (1995) are rare these days (most switched to azo around '98, and then > to phthalocyanine during the inet boom) because cyanine is unstable > over the years.
Huh? Of course it is not gold (a precious and expensive metal), but it is "golden" (of the highest quality). It's all metaphor anyway, since said "masters" only exist a the pressing plant for stamped discs. (And I don't see why gold could ever have been used—it's too soft. Gold's only really useful properties are high electrical and thermal conductivity and resistance to corrosion.) The "golden master" we speak of and care about is just (just?) a collection of bits. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
