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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. You don't need that much speed by Lossenelin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I once had a CD explode in a 56x CD-ROM drive.
    (that happened to anyone else?)

  2. Re:Full Text... poor server... by jussikin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Actually CD-rom drives could be lotta faster. Just stick more reading heads on em. putting to lasers on em should double the transfer rate. So 100x drive could be feasible.

    --
    jk