Comments | sigma7: Write once, read many, explode once

sigma7

Write once, read many, explode once

Aug 20, 2005 09:24

Ganked from foenix: Why are there no 52x CD-ROM drives? Because some CDs explode at that speed. Witness digital media's breaking points: PowerLabs High Speed Exploding CDs! The video is great -- especially the fishbowl.

boom, geekery, evil, doom

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davidgoldfarb August 20 2005, 21:21:36 UTC

Huh. I just happened to decide to browse querldox's friends page, and came across your post here...the second reference to exploding CD-ROMs I've seen today. The first was this post by lilairen. So be warned: this stuff really happens.

kateshort August 20 2005, 22:53:24 UTC

Goldfarb! OMG! That's a blast from the past...

kateshort August 20 2005, 23:06:46 UTC

(and as a side note to David, in case he pops back this way-- dude, go friend 15000pages and 50bookchallenge ... if you read and listed 66 books from last year, you might want to read these two book-reading challenge communities.)

davidgoldfarb August 20 2005, 23:52:29 UTC

Hi, Kate!

I'm almost to 50 books already this year, having read a number of short ones earlier. (I'm about to make up for it by starting Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, though.) Haven't been keeping track of page counts....

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cptn_oblivious August 20 2005, 22:35:24 UTC

This is why I'm not allowed to have a Dremel.

aardy August 21 2005, 01:08:54 UTC

This was covered on an episode of Mythbusters. (Episode #2: "Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering." "...Finally, we'll learn once and for all if high-speed CD-ROM players can really shatter a compact disc." They ruled it plausible, but couldn't get it to happen with an average CD-ROM drive.

(Here's a description of their experiment and some followups, including a reference to the Dremel test you mentioned; as well as some comments of personal experiences from the Mythbusters fan board)