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DVDs do not last forever!

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DVDs do not last forever!
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RE: DVDs do not last forever!
July 20, 2015 at 3:32 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 2:52 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote: Sure, those abbreviations just came out of nowhere. The same way FBI means just FBI and CIA means just CIA. Right...

No, it did not come out of nowhere, but the "meaning" has shifted about:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#Etymology

The origin need not be the current use, as in this case.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 19, 2015 at 4:25 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by Pyrrho - July 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 19, 2015 at 4:41 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by rado84 - July 19, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by Rev. Rye - July 19, 2015 at 4:58 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 19, 2015 at 5:08 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by SteelCurtain - July 19, 2015 at 6:11 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by rado84 - July 19, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by Aractus - July 20, 2015 at 10:20 am
DVDs do not last forever! - by KUSA - July 19, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 19, 2015 at 6:24 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by rado84 - July 19, 2015 at 6:33 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by Rev. Rye - July 19, 2015 at 11:39 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by SteelCurtain - July 19, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 19, 2015 at 6:40 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 20, 2015 at 12:18 am
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by IATIA - July 20, 2015 at 12:22 am
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by rado84 - July 20, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by Pyrrho - July 20, 2015 at 3:32 pm
RE: DVDs do not last forever! - by rado84 - July 20, 2015 at 3:50 pm

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