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- From: tim@rri.UUCP (Tim Buck)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Life after CDs
- Message-ID: <505@rri.UUCP>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 12:35:05 GMT
- References: <14mdkjINNb4m@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> <1343@eouk9.eoe.co.uk> <1992Jul24.203724.22543@rchland.ibm.com>
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- In article <1992Jul24.203724.22543@rchland.ibm.com> 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?
- >
- CDs are recorded from the inside out -- the small portion on the outer edge
- where the reflected light differs is the empty space.
-