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- From: wichers@husc4.harvard.edu (JJJJJust JJJJJohn)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: CD Legends
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.185939.18874@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:59:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec25.122232.21686@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec25.122232.21686@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >I bought a couple of CD's the other day, and noticed some strange things
- >about them.
- >
- >The other, the new Nine Inch Nails album, has just six tracks listed on
- >the cover, but continues to play through empty tracks 7 through 97 before
- >finishing with an additional two songs on tracks 98 and 99.
-
- Actually, it's not the new one ('Fixed'), but the one before that, 'Broken'.
- It has the same gap on the tape, which is even more annoying than on the CD.
-
- >I saw a post on one of the newsgroups about a band whose last CD track
- >was lyrics, played at 2400 baud ASCII and transcribable somehow.
-
- 'Hack' by Information Society, I believe. This and the above topic have both
- been covered in rec.music.industrial...
-
- >Anyone have any interesting CD stories not involving green markers, or
- >know someone who does?
-
- Well, you should know that it's a good idea to cover up the little window in
- your CD player (if it has one, of course). Otherwise, random light leaking in
- can be interpreted as part of the signal, affecting the sound quality. Honest.
- =8^)
-
- --John "Head like a hole, black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you
- correct information" Wichers
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