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CDs May be Less Immortal than We Thought

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the trusting-the-media dept.

Zordak writes "The near-immortality of CDs, sometimes used as an excuse by record companies as an argument for their high cost, may not be as eternal as touted. An article at CNN describes the problem of CD Rot rearing its head to deny you access to your music and data. The article also describes related problems with CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs."

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  1. I heard some amazing news! by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The idea is that you package bread in plastic bags already sliced. Saves lots of time. Oh yeah...I also heard a news report that someone has come up with the idea of making wheels round. Apparently the ride is much smoother than with other shapes. Of course it could just be hype...

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    Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
  2. Soviet Russia by hhg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, the CD Rots you!

  3. Dream by YoJ · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I just had this bizarre dream. I floating in empty space, bored, so I decided to check Slashdot to relieve the monotony. But all the stories were duplicates! Even the comments were just cut and pasted from old stories. That's when I realized, I was dead and in hell.

    Luckily I woke up and escaped the tedium... OR DID I???