Talk:Spelling of disc

message: Are they solid state disks or discs?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.127.6.125 (talk) 07:16, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You took the words right out of my mouth. --Trakon (talk) 05:11, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: They don't contain any disks (or discs), so technically they're neither -- just "drives". 79.183.69.152 (talk) 12:03, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good point (no disks, just drives), which is interesting because probably the only reason the word "drive" was applied to memory devices to begin with (such as hard drives) was that they contained rotating parts. Which means that the coining of the term "flash drive" is a probable instance of the natural development of a misnomer. Not that that means that the vocabulary will be revised—just that it "suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong". Quercus solaris (talk) 20:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Solid state drives

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. The spelling differences are the topic of the article, which means that the preference for choosing a variant isn't an issue here. Dekimasuよ! 06:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: in his article it talks about a disc jockey beign one of records, yet in the article on Disk Jockeys it says disc is for CDs and disk is for records...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.171.199.63 (talk) 10:36, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  clarification 

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.
*Support: The spelling difference in the title is unnecessary. Reginmund 06:29, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Had to take out this sentence from the first paragraph - "Disc with a hard 'c' is for software. Disk with a hard 'k' is for hardware related disks."
No idea what kind of misbegotten assumption this was based on, but it makes zero sense.  Both "discs" and "disks" are hardware devices that can be used to store software. 82.80.137.100 (talk) 01:54, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaningless gibberish removed 

message: "...(note that kappa in Greek is usually transliterated by c rather than k)" 
Is it true that kappa is typically transliterated as a "c"?  The information at the article "kappa" has a slightly different take.  Zujua (talk) 11:39, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transliteration of "kappa" 

message: How on Equestria is "it'd better be about CDs, DVDs, or eyeballs if it's spelled with a 'c'" a mnemonic?
A mnemonic is not what you're trying to remember; it's a clever way of storing information to make it easier to recall.  The "mnemonic" here is just a list of things to remember, without any rhyme or reason (both figuratively and literally speaking) to aid in recognition or recall. TricksterWolf (talk) 18:45, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: But how is it even an aid? And where is the evidence that anyone uses it? I'm going to remove it. Adpete (talk) 00:46, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hi. I missed the posting of the 2014 comment at the time. The word means exactly what I think it means and exactly what you said (we agree): "a clever way of storing information to make it easier to recall." The phrase is a mnemonic because it's much easier to remember "it'd better be about CDs, DVDs, or eyeballs if it's spelled with a 'c'" than it is to remember all of the components of "For ophthalmologic terms, use disc (eg, optic disc); for other anatomical terms, use disk (eg, lumbar disk). In discussions related to computers, use disk (eg, floppy disk, disk drive, diskette) (exceptions: compact disc, videodisc)." As the article on mnemonics says, a mnemonic device "is any learning technique that aids information retention. Mnemonics aim to translate information into a form that the brain can retain better than its original form.... such as ... short poems, acronyms, or memorable phrases." Nota bene the latter; emphasis mine. A mnemonic doesn't have to be a rhyme, poem, acrostic, or acronym. A memorable phrase is a mnemonic, too. CDs, DVDs, and eyeballs are all about looking at things and watching things, and there's only 3 list items to remember instead of 6 to 10, depending on how you count the things mentioned in the AMA quote. You guys are talking about this with a tone kind of like "Geez, how could you think X?"—but to me, typing out the explanation, it feels like, "Isn't this already obvious without an explanation?" I think we're even, in terms of incredulity. As for who uses it, well, if you edit documents in the health care field and are charged with knowing AMA style, then you eventually will likely have occasion to broach the subject. If you never do such editing, then no, you will not come across it. Quercus solaris (talk) 00:49, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You've (sort of) answered my first question, but haven't answered my second: where is the evidence that anyone uses it? Without evidence (i.e. a reference), it should be removed. Adpete (talk) 06:22, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: @TricksterWolf hii 2409:4051:208D:5C96:0:0:EF8:40A4 (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I do not think that word means what you think it means.