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more about #opticalmedia valkilmerisawful: Has he been chewing on marbles? more » frigg: there are systems that will artificially accelerate aging used to test products. wonder if he ever tried to use one of those? I rest easy knowing my ... more » Tarv: Now I can rest easy knowing I can bury my pr0n collection with me when I die. Then at zombie apocalypse, I will be set! more » Bertone77: How about just sticking the info on a couple TB HDD... then stick the HDD in a magnetically shielded box and be done with it? Info on a HDD if not tur... more » Geisrud: I want the purple one on the left for my wife. She'll love it...or serve me with divorce papers. Hmmm... more » OMG! Ponies!: That's okay. DVD-Obama will protect us. more » SegamanXero: I would totally buy one if they are at a reasonable price. more » DeLarge: 1. In order to play music it has to spin counterclockwise. 2. The head will follow an arc instead (just like an old turntable) of a straight line (lik... more » Kaiser-Machead: It will always be incomplete, unless CD's start coming in paper sleeves. more » discounteggroll: sony had to offload their surplus of MD's somehow... more » Dr. H. F. Danger: Aaaah MiniDisc, great with recording...but also a major pain in the ass. more » frigg: the only way this thing could be successful is if there were some sort of user-fee tacked on whenever you bought one, in addition to the price, and ev... more » MartinLeGood: Ok, this idea is stupid. But there is a lot to improve on flsh drives more » strider_mt2k: Indeed. Covered with feces. Go bury it under a tree. more » Serolf Divad: Wow, this thing makes about as much sense as purposefully getting yourself infected with herpes to see what it's like. Probably make you about as popu... more » ZaxxonQ.com: AWW! But it's so tiny and CUTE!!! ^_^ more » @prixdc: Looks like a smaller version of a MiniDisc, another format (albeit audio) that failed miserably. more » OMG! Bacon!: Wow, this is sad....unless it has substantially better read/write time than SDHC or the mini version....this is a total waste of time. Why the hell d... more » -
#storage
DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
Problem: Optical media like DVDs eventually die. Solution, according to Barry Lunt: Actually carve data into a disc composed of magic hard "persistent" materials with a laser. More » -
#art
CDs Team With Insect World to Battle MP3 Threat
We hoped it wouldn't come to this. In a moment of passion, a series of AutoCAD templates has converted various optical media into a (deadly?) swarm of flies. May God have mercy on us all. [CNC Forum via MAKE] -
#cds
CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
Pete Verrando has himself some CD turntables and, as you can see in the images, these beauties are patent pending. More » -
#badideas
Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
So what exactly is a Vmedia disc? Well, it's pretty much the worst idea ever. More »
