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When Spun Really Fast, CDs Explode

Posted by chrisd on from the vinyl-wouldn't-hold-up-very-well-either dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "Ever wonder why cd-rom/cd-rw drives are not getting any faster? Wonder why they heat up? This page has a rather amusing experiment where they put various CD's into something that can spin up to 30,000RPM and found that most cd's explode at just around 28,000RPM. Oh and they seem to like using Corel CD-ROM discs for their experiment." Update: Yep, it's a dupe...

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  1. REPOST by GoRK · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    REPOst repost repost repost

  2. Re:52X by jsse · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;unmou nt;sleep

    You forgot to kiss. You insensitive, inconsiderate bastard.