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SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
10/20/09

In reply to Turn On the Quackie CD Player By Stroking Its Beak
Seems dangerous to me...I mean, touch a high rotation disk. And without mention that a poorly construct disk could shatter without any particular reason. #quackiecdplayer
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nutbastard
10/20/09

@SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!:

modern cd's don't shatter easily. in the early days the plastic was more brittle, but it's been pretty flexible for a decade or longer.
as for high rotation, cds spin at 500rpms. that's 6.25 fps at the edge. which isn't enough to do any real damage. also they're essentially torqueless, and would likely stop very quickly upon contact with the edge.
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(Starman) Starman
10/20/09

In reply to Turn On the Quackie CD Player By Stroking Its Beak

Im more worried about damaging the CD from contact with it at such a high speed rotation. o_o

And now for the spectacular…

Information: Now you will die.

Kill, kill, kill, kill… #quackiecdplayer
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Bos'un's Mate
10/19/09

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Wow, this would have been really cool back in 1993. #quackiecdplayer
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Xagest
10/19/09

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Wait, you can put music on CDs? #quackiecdplayer
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blash
10/19/09

@Xagest: What's a CD? #quackiecdplayer
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SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
10/20/09

@blash: Stop making me feel like an old fart. #quackiecdplayer
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MaceWandru
09/01/09

In reply to How to Build Your Own Iconic Muji CD Player for Way Less Than $178
This may become my first DIY ever. I could see this being very practical in a bath/shower.
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philibuster
09/01/09

@MaceWandru: If you wrap it in a plastic bag.
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fuchikoma
02/23/09

In reply to Kenwood DTS Bookshelf CD Player Promises Surround Sound Over Two Channels
I'd imagine these are already out there, but I wonder if it's going to use that technology that sends out a focused beam of sound - you can't really hear it well when it's not pointed at you, but if you get in front of it you hear it fully, and if it hits something, it sounds like the sound is coming from the point of impact. In theory that could turn your back wall into a pair of virtual speakers...
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frigg
02/22/09

In reply to Kenwood DTS Bookshelf CD Player Promises Surround Sound Over Two Channels
What does "surround sound" even mean if it's coming out of two speakers (that are, by the way, so close together it's basically one speaker anyway)? Are they shifting phase to create a wider stereo spread?

True surround sound is when you can wallpaper your room with thousands of tiny membranes that literally surround you with direct sound from all directions, and can replicate virtual acoustic reflections of any room.
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