Rumor has it that Chad Fernandez may have mentioned these words:
>I was bending a cd-r because for some reason I wanted too. I had the
>tips almost touching each other when it broke. I now have created
>something I have to vacuum :-( It was kind of cool seeing all the
>coating flake off :-) I didn't know it would do that :-)
I've known for years that they can do that - especially the early ones. My
ex-boss (who was a frelling idiot) told me "there was nothing I could do to
a CD-ROM that would cause a drive not to read it." (this was back when 4x
was king, and CD's were made one helluvalot tougher... ROM drives could
read thru a lot more scratches back then)
I took the disk in 1 hand, flexed it until the tips touched, pushed just a
little harder, and ***Pow***! The thing sounded like a firecracker, and
literally *shattered* like glass.
My response: "I *really* wanna see you get the data off of that disk now."
-- I still to this day don't know if he actually *needed* the data from the
disk... ;^>
but he probably did, as he turned 72 shades of purple... ;^>
>The coating isn't dangerous like that is it?
Well, I wouldn't eat it if I were you... ;-P
IIRC, the "gold" disks which are actually gold probably wouldn't hurt you,
but the "silver" disks contain aluminum (I think) which would be poisonous
to plants, and I think some of the dyes used in the green/blue disks might
contain unhealthy components.
I have *no* clue what CD-RW disks use - other than it's a really, *really*
cool shade of gun-metal gray... (gray is my favo[u]rite color.)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 13:49:26 GMT