On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:25:11 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I was wondering how a cd could break into pices in a cd drive? >
Modern fast CD drives do spin the cd very fast indeed (IIRC the peak speed on an audio player is around 600rpm, and while the 52x of a 52 speed drive is relative to the _slowest_ speed of a player, it's still 1000's of rpm) so if there was a small flaw in the edge it could easily fly apart. The problem of going above 52 speed is that the CD stretches of the order of 1 track pitch at that speed James -- James Tappin, O__ "I forget the punishment for using [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- \/` Microsoft --- Something lingering http://www.tappin.me.uk/ with data loss in it I fancy" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
