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From: Rob McNicholas
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 13:01
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1992 13:01
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God, the music industry really succeeded with that PR campaign, didn't they? So many people have bought into this myth about CD's lasting forever. I've actually seen people throw them around like frisbees because "it's ok, they're not like records, THEY'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE!" In reality, the more a CD is handled, the more likely it is that it will develop a scratch that will cause it to skip. And even if you handle them carefully, and avoid getting smudges or scratches on them, I'VE HEARD (sorry, i don't have any references) that the aluminum-based discs (which most cds are, although one can also get gold-plated discs as well, e.g. the CBS Masterworks series) oxidize, so that they will slowly degrade over time. So, yes, it does matter (to me, anyway) how often the CD has been played, insofar as it is an [admittedly indirect] measure of how much it has been handled. -Rob -- Rob McNicholas Computer Systems Support Group, EECS, U.C. Berkeley robm@ataraxia.berkeley.edu ....!ucbvax!ataraxia!robm Work: 510/642-8633 Home: 510/339-1514
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1000af,a8a67c07e65393a5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1000af,public X-Google-Thread: 1111cf,a8a67c07e65393a5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1111cf,public X-Google-Thread: 102937,a8a67c07e65393a5 X-Google-Attributes: gid102937,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-15 07:06:36 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!agate!robm From: robm@ataraxia.Berkeley.EDU (Rob McNicholas) Newsgroups: su.market,ba.music,alt.rock-n-roll Subject: Re: CD's FOR SALE Date: 15 Jun 92 13:01:07 Organization: Computer Systems Support Group, U.C. Berkeley, Berserkeley, CA Lines: 25 Distribution: ba Message-ID: <ROBM.92Jun15130107@ataraxia.Berkeley.EDU> References: <1992Jun12.053933.18823@leland.Stanford.EDU> <3e39LB2w165w@goonsquad.Spies.COM> <k5clq6-.bryanw@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ataraxia.berkeley.edu In-reply-to: bryanw@netcom.com's message of Fri, 12 Jun 92 17:02:15 GMT