Write once, read many, explode once

[sigma7]

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.

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[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Whoa! The rac.* alumni are crawlin' out of the woodwork, aren't they? Awesome!

I was saddened that the response to lilairen's incident is stunned disbelief. I believe. Now that I know it can happen, in fact, I find an air of paranoia every time I open the drives....

[davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I'd call myself an alumnus -- I'm still active on Usenet, though I don't post to rac* nearly so much as I used to.