• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 days ago

    I’m no lepidopterist, but from context I’d guess that it is indeed Nero.

    A much maligned Roman emperor, Nero supposedly (but almost certainly not actually) haughtily played some instrument or the other during the Great Fire of Rome.

    Hence, “burning a CD-ROM” is easily associated with him even though the story is almost certainly not true and “ROM” (read only memory) was the suffix of the CDs that COULDN’T be burned 🤷