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- From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
- Message-ID: <22763@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 21:45:32 GMT
- References: <14mdkjINNb4m@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> <1992Jul24.203724.22543@rchland.ibm.com>
- Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
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- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.audio, jsimon@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Gerald Simon) writes:
- >This may sound stupid but, when I look at the back side of a CD (the side
- >the music is on), the light reflected back in the first part of the CD
- >(usually less than 1/4 inch from the outside) differs from the light reflected
- >back from the rest of the CD. I've always assumed that's the portion of the CD
- >where the music is recorded. If that assumption is correct, than there is
- >a LOT of space left over for additional music over the rest of the CD....How
- >wrong am I?
-
- Only a little. CDs are backwards from LPs. They start in the center and work
- outwards. The small outer section is the blank part, the large inner section
- is the music.
-
- Curt Welch
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- Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
- Bethesda, MD
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