CD Eating Fungus?

From: Brian Chase <bdc_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Jun 19 07:57:06 2001

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:

> > I recall those arguments...it was also one of the reasons it
> > was said that MO disks were superior to CD-R media. As far as I
> > recall, it was said to also get into the disk by going between the
> > sandwhich layers and it appeared on an affected disk as black spots.
> > Couldn't a fungus attach itself to the adhesive used to bond the
> > various layers of a CD-R? If not a fungus, it certainly seems
> > reasonable that the aluminum surface could possibly oxidize after a
> > while.
>
> Yes, but "leaving nothing behind." NOTHING? Hard to believe.

Yeah, imagine if this were to be let loose in the citys and towns of the
US. All those homes with aluminum siding, all those soda cans. Why, it
has the makings for a good Hollywood disaster film.

-brian.
Received on Tue Jun 19 2001 - 07:57:06 BST