-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:31:45AM -0600, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> I would not put a cracked CD into any drive. That's flying, >> plastic shards waiting to happen. Especially since most drives >> now are 32x or faster--they are spinning very fast. 52x is 10k >> rpm, 65m/s linear velocity on the outer edge. That's a lot of >> force for a cracked disk to have to withstand. > > I'm pretty sure they did this in a Mythbusters once. I really > think you should copy the CD before it explodes.
I rarely use my original cds since I ripped them to mp3 long ago. I'm getting them out to re-rip them to flac so there's no loss of quality. I lost the last track, but everything else was fine. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknc6kMACgkQx0pgn74qrcIT3ACfc5HLPbKtmxkY1s4YsLUqQEvl sJMAn1O8WCzALB0aHZL+1yFENl1Yvp1J =zKlS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */