On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:32:34 GMT, "Brad Hogan" put finger to keyboard and composed:
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>> Did anyone see the one about spinning CDs till they shatter?
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>Yeah, they said that they cracked the CD's but then they still didnt explode
>at normal CD's.
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>I had a cracked CD that I didnt want to play but I was going to copy it at
>a low rpm's. But I forgot to lock the speed down, and it went kaboom at
>40X.
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>The myth busters said it only happened a few times with extremely cracked
>cd's..
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>NOT TRUE .. it can occur after a very slight crack has appeared in the
>inner rim of the CD..
>Once its started, the crack "runs" ...
I haven't tried this with a CD, but you can prevent a crack in a PCB from running by drilling holes at the endpoints.
- Franc Zabkar