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- From: rob@wzv.win.tue.nl (Rob J. Nauta)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
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- Date: 25 Jul 92 13:42:45 GMT
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- jsimon@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Gerald Simon) writes:
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- >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?
-
- >Jerry
-
- A CD stores music from the inside to the outside ! Thus you are wrong.
- This is why 3" CD's work - the player doesn't care that an unused piece
- of plastic is missing, the music is on the inner circle.
-
- Rob
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