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Investigating Angular Velocity

Posted by michael on from the young's-modulus dept.

mbreitba writes "Sam Barros is at it again, Some may know him for his Railgun research, and some may know him for his homemade cannons. But now he's found a use for all those old CD's you don't need anymore. Personally, I couldn't think of a better use for them."

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  1. they've been lying to us by gfody · · Score: 5, Funny

    52x isn't the max its 172x!
    I don't care if the cd could come out of my burner fly across the room and explode into a billion pieces, I wanna 172x burner!

    seriously though, why do they only try to spin the cd faster. why not spin the laser in the opposite direction the cd is spinning in?

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    1. Re:they've been lying to us by qqtortqq · · Score: 4, Funny

      Make the whole computer spin, and leave the cd stationary.

    2. Re:they've been lying to us by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, no, no; then your computer will be unusable while you use the CD. Instead leave the cd stationary but make the rest of the universe spin. The computer will still be spinning, of course, but since you'll be spinning too, you can still get your work done.

  2. yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copyright © 2002 by Sam Barros. All rights reserved. Removing any material from this site for display without consent from its author consists in an infringement of international copyright laws and can result in fines up to $50000 per infringement, plus legal costs. So ASK ME before you remove anything from here.

    Oops, if anybody visited the site and it was all blank, sorry, that was me after I removed his content! I'll put it right back.

    I love reading all the different ways people threaten in their copyright notices.

    But wasn't a better version of this concept posted here like last year? A guy put the CD in a real high-speed, high-torque moter (not a dremel) and watched it shatter on the spindle.

    This guy is just spinning them fast on a dremel tool and watching them shatter when they hit the ceiling, not quite as impressive!

  3. Whooopie by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoopie, another story for Power Labs. What's their slogan again ? "We know just enough science to wreck something, then we call it an experiment."

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  4. AOL by Zelph · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dang! Where are all those AOL CDs when I actually WANT them?

  5. Jackass for geeks by shaneb11716 · · Score: 5, Funny

    'nuff said.

    -Shane

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  6. Hmm... by rgoer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess I should call Big Broth^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Ashcroft at T.I.P.S. to let them know that AOL has apparently been engaging in some very suspect "terrorist-like" activity, filling my mailbox with potentially dangerous explosives for years.

  7. While watching the movie... by Flounder · · Score: 4, Funny
    was just waiting for a perfect example of why you should always wear eye protection when doing something extremely dangerous at extremely high speeds.

    You'll shoot your eye out!

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  8. This guy is going to get pissed by Playboy3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last time this happened his site was slashdotted and consquently due to bandwith caps wasnt up till 3 weeks later. Wait till he finds that he has been put on the front page again. Better start looking behind our back's for some guy with a dremel and a couple of AOL cd's.

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  9. From the blog of Sam Barros... by ites · · Score: 4, Funny
    Tuesday, 5am.

    I keep having these dreams about things exploding. Tonight it was my microwave. I filled it with AOL CD's, set it to 'Aggressive Defrost', and sat down with a beer. The explosion took off the roof of my house and sent it into space. This dream gave me another great idea I can't wait to try: sending cargo into space by blowing up AOL CDs.

    Wednesday, 7pm.

    It did not work. The neighbour wants back his microwave, and my son is asking me where his music collection went to. Well, that's one positive angle, anyhow.

    Thursday, 5am.

    That dream again. My subconscious is trying to tell me something. Maybe I was using the wrong brand of microwave...

    Friday, 8pm.

    I think I've cracked it. Instead of just one microwave, you have to imagine a Beowulf cluster of the things...

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  10. Here's the MPEG by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny
    For those who can't get the MPEG video from the site:

    0000000 0000 ba01 0021 0001 8001 5d16 0000 bb01
    0000020 0c00 1680 055d ffe1 e0e0 c02e 20c0 0000
    0000040 be01 dc07 ff0f ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
    0000060 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
    *
    0004000 0000 ba01 0021 0a01 8031 5d16 0000 e001
    0004020 f307 2e60 0031 9601 1107 0100 917e 0000
    0004040 b301 0014 c4f0 ffff b8e0 0000 b801 0880
    0004060 4000 0000 0001 0f00 f8ff 0000 0101 f96b
    0004100 19ee 4cc7 5b59 835a f211 55fe 3761 f1f4
    0004120 5c46 bd6b 9624 0f52 6aed 4c33 6ecd d3fa
    0004140 4ad5 78f5 93b2 72db 5375 c5c0 e386 3f6b
    0004160 9225 8e50 ef2c 8677 86f9 7fa4 71b5 2357
    0004200 9c55 19ac 9fb3 5ddc 1878 cc1c dc3a 8f37
    0004220 0df2 bb48 8d4e b6cc 114a efd9 03a0 ca1d
    0004240 4ae8 1003 ef91 59bf d78e 0911 d2e4 9190
    0004260 608b 6caf 2903 721f 4b90 232f 9d6f 5277
    0004300 1143 a8c7 ce5d 8c80 f4da 9824 db82 3ff4
    0004320 15b1 56d2 7f64 eb83 bc9c d007 84aa f912
    0004340 38c3 b97e f6d1 4fdb edef 2fb9 faac 90d0
    0004360 ae25 4b5f 8f14 bff1 e970 f751 dfb9 ad0e
    0004400 fbb8 b2ed e179 ea84 56d2 5004 155c 8d78
    ...more of the same

  11. Re:Freeze the CD... by apdt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, that should be "pedant of the year"

    Do I win it now?...

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