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Presenting The CDR-ROM

Posted by chrisd on from the don't-give-aol-any-ideas dept.

nachoboy writes "Here's a cool new idea: the CDR-ROM. Allows a portion of the CD to be written and them mass produced, leaving the remaining area recordable by the user. It may sound funny, but if AOL started sending out CD's like this I might just start keeping them around."

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  1. What would be better by sulli · · Score: 4, Funny

    would be for AOL to use CD-WOM (Write Only Memory) technology.

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    1. Re:What would be better by countzer0interrupt · · Score: 3, Funny
      would be for AOL to use CD-WOM (Write Only Memory) technology.
      What, so then you couldn't read the data?
    2. Re:What would be better by PD · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, in case the filesystem on /dev/null gets corrupted, you have a backup.

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    3. Re:What would be better by worst_name_ever · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can't anyone post to Slashdot these days without spreading around more FUDD?

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    4. Re:What would be better by alexburke · · Score: 4, Funny
      would be for AOL to use CD-WOM (Write Only Memory) technology.

      Elmer Fudd would approve.

      /me ducks

  2. So I'll get an AOL cd by r_arr · · Score: 2, Funny

    with not only aol software but MSN also.

  3. Copyright by geogeek6_7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not a big jump till we get to the C-DRM or CD-MCA huh? :P

    ~geogeek

  4. what?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    how is it a cool new idea to uncheck the 'finalize cd' button?!

  5. Send AOL cd's back? by dance2die · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh yeah, what is that place where you could donate AOL cd's too? he he he I need URL

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  6. Overload.. by _marshall · · Score: 4, Funny

    So let me get this straight:

    We've come so far ahead in technology that we now have Recordable Read Only Memory!?

    Maybe I should invest in that frozen hell stock after all..

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  7. Different demographics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) People who would use AOL.
    2) People who actually know how to burn a CD.

    You'd have more success packaging foie gras with Milwaukee's Best.

  8. Re:good idea by Jondor · · Score: 4, Funny

    yeah, and then we collect them, fill them up with porn and let them lay around in places.. Maybe we can even take bets on howlong it will take for the first lawsuit accusing AOL of distributing pr0n..;)

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  9. AOL cds? NOOOOOOO by DrStrange66 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If AOL used this technology getting by AOLS auto-run installation would not be worth getting to any files burned on them.

  10. Great for hiding porn! by Jonny+Ringo · · Score: 4, Funny

    No one wants to touch an AOL cd. ewww.

  11. It would be best if AOL just sent me blank media. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I miss floppies. Never have any nowadays.

    PS- AOL, love the little tins. Keep those coming, too.

  12. Good Plan, But You Forgot A Step! by Myriad · · Score: 3, Funny
    1) Release CD of Music, Software, etc.
    2) Place in computer and run program
    3) Program reads BIOS, Hardware config, Windows GUI, etc.
    4) Program writes this data to CD-R portion
    5) Use CD on a different machine -- whoops data doesn't match calling "Piracy Police"

    Good plan, but you forgot the most important part:
    6) Profit!!

    (sorry)

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  13. What? by LordSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't use the flood of AOL discs as a renewable source of drink coasters?

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  14. Re:A few stupid ideas by Boss,+Pointy+Haired · · Score: 2, Funny

    runs off the disk

    Runs off the disk? That went out of the window with the BBC Micro.

    I've not been in programming for a while, but apparently it is no longer possible to write a program that does not require "installing", and the creation of about 6 bazillion registry entries. :(

  15. Re:Why would AOL do that? by Squareball · · Score: 2, Funny

    *whew* and I feared it would be used for something annoying