Sanyo Develops Corn-Based Biodegradeable CD

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Sanyo Develops Corn-Based Biodegradeable CD

Posted by timothy on Monday October 20, 2003 @10:58PM from the for-your-temporary-backup-needs dept.

Recoil_42 writes "PC World has an intriguing article about one way to help ease a growing problem: computer waste. Sanyo, with the help of Dow, has created a biodegradeable disc made of corn. The discs take 50-100 years to degrade, well within acceptable limits, and should come to market by the end of this year. The speedbump, of course, is the projected price: 3 times that of a normal plastic disc, but that cost is expected to be reduced to 1.2 times as (if?) the discs become more popular."

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First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-20 23:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First post :-)
Re:First Post by unshaven23 · 2003-10-20 23:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey, no fair, I get -1, Troll, while this guy isn't even first post and doesn't get modded down at all.
Re:WOMEN ARE EVIL! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-20 23:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Feeling low? There's someone else out there that's having a worse day than you. Trust me.

Yeah, my little kitten just got run over. I think your roommate was driving the car.

Let's kill him!
PYRAMID TROLL SCHEME!! (because Timothy's a homo) by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-20 23:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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All you have to do is copy this troll onto two to four of the discussion threads of your choice! That's right! Just copy this into a new message and click "post anonymously." That's all there is to it! * Timothy sucks dicks and likes it.

Tired of that idiot talking about geek culture! Stick one of these babies on it! And it's good for the economy!

Marge Gentry of Cambridge, Minnesota participated, and the next day she received a large fruit basket outside of her door from a secret admirer. Unfortunately, Marge was hit by a truck the next day, so she didn't get to the Granny Smith apples.

Commander Taco of Hole-in-the-ground West Virginia didn't participate, and he was violated by a group of raging homosexuals. Since the gang was headed by Jon Katz, Taco had no recourse to the law because the entire town knew about their previous relationship. The unfortunate outcome is enshrined forever at goatse.cx.

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Re:Cob by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-20 23:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

We don't pay them, that's what slave niggers are for!
Re:WOMEN ARE EVIL! by TeknoHog · 2003-10-21 00:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I agree that women are evil. In fact, I have found a wonderful proof for it, which this margin is just big enough to contain:
Women require time and money:
Women = time * money.
Time is money:
Women = money^2.
Money is the root of all evil:
Money = sqrt(evil). Hence money^2 = evil
Conclusion: Women = evil.

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Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.