CD Eating Fungus?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Jun 19 18:56:43 2001

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Brian Chase wrote:

> 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.
>

And worse yet, imagine being scatter-bombed with luggage and the bodies
of passengers as their airliners evaporated - leaving NOTHING behind.

                                                 - don
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