Obsolecence (Was RE: OT: PC Motherboard with a vacuum tube)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Sep 9 15:57:00 2002

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Anyone here see the "first appearance" of CDs on the British TV show
> "Tomorrow's World"? "And it even works if I smear strawberry jam all over
> it"... The guy demoing the CD player smears jam all over the *label* side of
> the CD, plays it, wipes it clean then plays it again. It would have been far
> more impressive if he had coated the data side of the CD in jam. I know CDs
> certainly won't work when there are fingerprints comprised mostly of Nutella
> (chocolate and hazelnut sandwich spread) all over the playing side. I found
> that out when my brother pilfered one of my CDs and got Nutella all over it.

It is generally a LOT easier to wipe jam, Nutella, etc. off of a CD than
it is to disassemble and clean tape.

Neither one works well while the jam is on it.
Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 15:57:00 BST