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New Blu-ray Disc to be Made of Corn
aws910 writes "I've often thrown away a CD and wondered how long it will take to biodegrade. Pioneer has developed a blu-ray disc that is made of corn. If this disc is widely used, it may be the only easily biodegradable computer part/accessory (with the exception of pizza). Now I wonder what would happen to one of those new discs if you put one in the microwave for 5 seconds." While the idea of a corn disc isn't new, it's the first Blu-ray version of it.
And best of all, it stays crunchy in milk!
Fritz Pisot!
Mom says my
Now I wonder what would happen to one of those new discs if you put one in the microwave for 5 seconds.
Would that be a popcorn disc?
So what happens when the computer gets hot?
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
Let the corny jokes commence.
Oh wait...
Is the middle of the disc called the "corn hole"?
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I'm glad you included pizza; They don't call rackmount servers "pizza box" servers for nothing ;) ... fit a mini-atx nicely :D
Made with corn... ...but filled with porn!
The cost? Your first born.
Thank you. I'm here all week.
Does this mean that /.-ers will start storing their pr0n on their cr0n?
If you get your finger stuck in the spindle hole, does that constitute being cornholed?
"Hey man! You said these disc were made of corn, right?"
*crack*
*scream*
Let me know when they make a 64-bit processor out of polenta.
Man,
That's gonna be thousands of tons of corn diverted away from making nachos.
Make those discs out of egg plant instead. Nobody will miss them.
Mmmm... Nachos.
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Now I wonder what would happen to one of those new discs if you put one in the microwave for 5 seconds.
He writes that knowing full well what happens to current discs when you put them in the microwave.
That is.... Awesome lightshow caused by arcs between the thousands/millions of pits and hills on the disc's surface.
I highly recommend it, but suggest:
a) Not using your own microwave
b) Not using a disc you like to watch...
In case you can't resist,
c) Not putting it back into your own DVD player afterward.
Indy Media Watch-Proctologist of the Internet
24 comments already and no bad jokes using the word "kernel". I'm proud of you all.
I'm sort of worried about bit rot.
I think this is a potentially a very cool thing, but you have to admit it's immensley funny if you think about it.
Five Pioneer R&D guys sitting at a table, thinking what they are going to do with Blu-Ray. One of them looks down at his bag of nacho's... look's up at the picture of the DVD, then back at the Nacho's.
The rest is history.
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The last digit of pi is four.
Well, say it contained some crucial evidence to some nefarious plot. You could simply break it into 4 or 5 pieces and munch it down with some salsa and guac.
Let the corny jokes commence.
Atkins dieters are eagerly awaiting the Blu-ray disc composed of pork rind.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Now I wonder what would happen to one of those new discs if you put one in the microwave for 5 seconds.
You get...pop music!
Seedy Rom.....
I don't think they are going to do anything that displeases their masters in the red states. We are going to have ugly, bad for the economy corn subsidies for a long time.
So what happens when the computer gets hot?
It smells like corn tortillas, of course.
What I want to know is, can you make nachos from the discs that end up as the inevitable coasters?
Mmmmm, blu-ray disc nachos...
R(k)
I'm waiting for the day when AOL starts sending me free breakfast in mail, everday! :)
My other dog is a Wienerschnitzel.
Keep your eyes to the sky.
"Let the corny jokes commence."
Why didn't CmdrTaco bring us this story?
Somebody ought to force AOL to use this technology. Then, far from having to act their way to a free seedy ROM, there would be a plentiful supply for the bums to eat and, as a side-effect, AOL would actualy be doing something useful for once.
Resistance is futile. Reactance buggers it up.
It's all a conspiracy by **AA to guarantee short shelf life.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Why throw them away? Get out the salsa and recycle them.
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I can't see these things replacing cobs in the outhouse.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Don't fret I think we've been storing data on biodegradable media which can last for thousands of years if stored right.... it's called paper.
Ingredients:
* AOL
* corn disks
* Computer cookery 5000 with Intel Pentium Prescott (TM) as the heat source.
What do you get?
FREE POPCORN!
After all, it would make AOL's idiotic discs very welcome in third-world countries.
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around.
...by "archives", you mean "porn", right? :-)
This reads like the recipe of most of the stuff I've tried to eat while in the US.
Non-Linux Penguins ?
I mean, say you're a some geek bachelor--but alas, I repeat myself.
Mark Twain. He's back. And this time he's out for revenge. Revenge.... on every third rate mangling of his humorous quotes. Once he's spotted you.... there's no escape.
(Clip.. voice of Mark Twain); "Viewer, suppose you were a mangler of the work of Mark Twain. And suppose you were someone who was going to die by having their bowels ripped out through their throat. But I repeat myself."
Twain; The Revenge. At cinemas on Friday, rated 18.
(At this point, the author of this post is killed by the ghost of the real Mark Twain, pissed off that his quote got mangled again).
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What, have you no faith in post-apocalyptic pr0n?
You mean, like mutants with three breasts or two penises?
Or both, on the same person...
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