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02 Dec 04 - 08:09 PM (#1345869) Subject: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Plastic records needed a hole in the middle, to fit on the spindle of the record player, but cd players have a slot that they fit in, so waht are the holes in the middle of cd's for then? |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:14 PM (#1345873) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: PoppaGator nostalgia or, maybe, neuralgia. |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:23 PM (#1345880) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Clinton Hammond "cd players have a slot that they fit in" Ummm... no they don't... a CD is spun by fitting a 'spinner' into the centre hole... (gross! LOL) |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:27 PM (#1345884) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Amos I believe it is for driving them round and round at a controlled rate of speed, without which they could not be read. The centering and driving device on some CD players is a cone-and-cup combination that sandwiches the CD through the hole. See also How do CD Players Work A |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:31 PM (#1345888) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Amos And also the picture on http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/cd4.htm which shows the cup deal for the center hole. The CD has a variable rate of speed depedning where the reader is on the long spiral groove or series of bumps that makes up the data. A |
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02 Dec 04 - 08:38 PM (#1345892) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Dead Horse So you can see through to the other side, stoopid! |
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02 Dec 04 - 09:08 PM (#1345907) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Bill D and....it saves on plastic |
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02 Dec 04 - 09:49 PM (#1345930) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: open mike for target practice... and to hang them in the cherry tree to keep birds away from the fruit |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:25 PM (#1345942) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Rabbi-Sol So it can be snapped into the jewel case. SOL ZELLER |
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02 Dec 04 - 10:31 PM (#1345945) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST One should always know the answer to these questions before you ask them, noHj! It makes you look less of an idiot. ROTFLMAO |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:03 PM (#1345953) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Dani So you can put them on your bulletin boards with push=pins. Very considerate design. Dani |
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02 Dec 04 - 11:05 PM (#1345954) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Joe Offer Hey, I didn't know the answer, either. I know that some CD players have spindles, but I didn't know the ones with drawers had 'em. -Joe Offer- |
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03 Dec 04 - 12:50 AM (#1346000) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace CDs don't wear drawers. The go around neked. |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:29 AM (#1346133) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Splott Man It's for your finger |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:36 AM (#1346139) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Skipper Jack Presuming that the grooves on a CD (if indeed there are grooves?) and the laser?? works on the same principle as the old needle for LP's. Then, it is to be supposed that when it arrives at the hole in the middle, it stops!! |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:46 AM (#1346143) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Paco Rabanne Why are CD covers called 'jewel cases?' |
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03 Dec 04 - 06:49 AM (#1346176) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Grab "My cassettes just fit in a slot and play. Why do they need this tape stuff inside them - after all, they play without me needing to touch the tape?" |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:05 AM (#1346186) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: matai So you can see through them. |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:10 AM (#1346188) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Dave Hanson To let the air out. eric |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:11 AM (#1346189) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Sttaw Legend It was modelled on the elephant hole |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:45 AM (#1346205) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Pied Piper As pointed out above CD's work in essentially the same way that Records do in that the information is recorded sequentially as the disc revolves and read off in the same manner. I recently acquired some dead CD ROM drives to obtain motors for making BEAM robots. There are 3 Motors, one to rotate the disc, one to move the heads, and one to eject the CD. PP |
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03 Dec 04 - 10:32 AM (#1346364) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,Art Thieme ...so they might be used as a male contraceptive diaphragm. Art Thieme |
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03 Dec 04 - 10:35 AM (#1346370) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,Art Thieme ...or as a not very effective contraceptive for Catherine the great !! Art (yet again) |
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03 Dec 04 - 10:38 AM (#1346376) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,leeneia The hole allows scratchy sounds and thk sounds to escape out the back of the player. That is why CD's are superior in purity of sound to LP's. |
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03 Dec 04 - 10:46 AM (#1346380) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,Blowz at work Is it so you can put string through them and hang them on your Christmas tree? |
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03 Dec 04 - 10:59 AM (#1346393) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: McGrath of Harlow the long spiral groove As I understand it, unlike with real records, the grooves in CDs aren't a spiral, they are concentric circles. |
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03 Dec 04 - 11:11 AM (#1346406) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Cluin Holes are in the centre of our CDs so that extra laser light can be bled off the CD before it harms the information on it. The spinning of the disc pools the excess photons from the laser in the centre, where they are easily collected by the Tachyon Gremlins which reside in our CD players. They bale up the excess light bits and trade them to the Tachyon Sprites who live in our camera flash units in exchange for fingerprints collected off the bezels of the flash. It's a mutually satisfying trade arrangement, though it results in strangely appearing fingerprints on our CDs and red-eye effects on our photos, but that's just a couple of things we have to put up with in our technologically advanced world today. Next question? |
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03 Dec 04 - 11:18 AM (#1346414) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace Huh? Like, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? |
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03 Dec 04 - 11:38 AM (#1346444) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Bill D Cluin...you can't fool me, Little Hawk wrote that explanation for you! |
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03 Dec 04 - 11:40 AM (#1346447) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace OK. I went, had a quick toke: Cluin, RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. |
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03 Dec 04 - 11:56 AM (#1346467) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Pauline L That's where all your money goes. |
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03 Dec 04 - 12:31 PM (#1346496) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: darkriver GUEST of 10:31 PM: jOhn never looks like an idiot. His job is to provide provocative questions and play the fool, and he does it very well. Remember the phrase A fool is wise in his folly. doug |
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03 Dec 04 - 12:44 PM (#1346509) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: MudGuard Skipper, unlike old time records, data recorded on a CD starts at the center and end at the outer edge. McGrath, it is one spiral. And the main purpose of the hole is for the spinning motor - it is also used for centering the CD in the drive mechanism. |
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03 Dec 04 - 01:06 PM (#1346530) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: MMario I think I like leenia's and cluin's answers... minidisks of course have great sound because there isn't ROOM on them for the hisses and scratches and pops... |
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03 Dec 04 - 01:28 PM (#1346545) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Carly If you stick a dowel through that hole you get a nicely-balanced drop spindle, an update of one of the earliest tools known. |
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03 Dec 04 - 04:43 PM (#1346708) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Amos Kevin: From one of the How Do They Work links up above: "A CD has a single spiral track of data, circling from the inside of the disc to the outside. The fact that the spiral track starts at the center means that the CD can be smaller than 4.8 inches (12 cm) if desired, and in fact there are now plastic baseball cards and business cards that you can put in a CD player. CD business cards hold about 2 MB of data before the size and shape of the card cuts off the spiral. What the picture on the right does not even begin to impress upon you is how incredibly small the data track is -- it is approximately 0.5 microns wide, with 1.6 microns separating one track from the next. (A micron is a millionth of a meter.) And the bumps are even more miniscule..." A |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:12 PM (#1346727) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Joybell I'm glad you asked Sir jOhn. It's a question many did not dare to ask. We need you for the really tricky problems. NOW! What do they do with the holes when they remove them? Can I buy some? If I could, how would I know that I didn't just have a big bag of nothing? Joy |
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03 Dec 04 - 05:48 PM (#1346756) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River The guy that started this flippin' thread has goota be the stupidest person in the whole FLIPPIN' WORLD! What an idiott. |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:29 PM (#1346829) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: The Fooles Troupe But just think how many utterly clueless fools he has got to join in over time! And you think HE's a fool? I'm probably going to have to leave Mudcat eventually - just too much competition... Fooles Troupe |
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03 Dec 04 - 07:32 PM (#1346833) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Yeh? Don't try and outsmart me, Fool's troop. I know others that tried, eh? |
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03 Dec 04 - 08:01 PM (#1346858) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST,the old pooperoo "what do they do with the holes when they remove them?" really, joybell! why don't you THINK? look at any CD. it has a hole in it. the holes have not been removed: they have been INSTALLED. if you want to get a bag of holes, you have to find a hole retailer, or go straight to the hole manufacturer. and i think you'll find that they are not just useful in CDs. i've found hundreds of uses for them around the house. you may have to do a bit of shopping around, tho, to make sure you get good-quality holes. the shoddy ones wear out after a while, especially if they get a lot of wear. o.p. |
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03 Dec 04 - 08:21 PM (#1346873) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Joybell Hmmm Off to find a HOLE EARTH catalogue. How do they install them in smoke then, Smarty-Pants? Where do they make holey smoke anyway. Holey ground - now I've seen that. You can install holes in the ground your ownself. I like to do that. Don't remember where I got the holes from beforehand though. Then there's the mystery of "the hole in one". One what? What do they wrap holes in when you buy them? Still puzzled. |
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03 Dec 04 - 09:24 PM (#1346910) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace They wrap holes in the same material they use to contain the universal solvent. The holes are there because without them it would make CDs look like donuts that have no holes: ridiculous. What's a donut with no hole for the love of Pete? It's just a stuffed pastry; a bun filled with jam or pudding, and IMO, that ain't a donut. Besides, when's the last time you even SAW a CD filled with jam? Oh, yeah, Pearl Jam, but like--anyway, I have lost my train. |
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03 Dec 04 - 09:28 PM (#1346912) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace Of thought. So, when the holes get centered, what stops the hole manufacturererers from making the holes square or triangular or dodecahedrononon shaped? Nothing! That's right, NOTHING. Same for Tim Horton. That's all I have to say about the Golden Age of Steam. Glad I got the train back on the road. |
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04 Dec 04 - 12:40 AM (#1346969) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Pauline L Someone recommended finding a good retailer to buy holes from, but you can get them much cheaper if you buy them holesale. |
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04 Dec 04 - 03:50 AM (#1347032) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Dave Hanson Ther are four thousand of them in Blackburn [ Lancashire ] very small but they had to count them all. eric |
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04 Dec 04 - 11:21 AM (#1347223) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Mrs.Duck We have a number of CDs that over the years have had jam in their holes. If you are very careful it can be cleaned off without detriment to the contents so long as they don't insert it into the player. Insertion of jam covered toast is what caused the demise of the VCR so they invented DVDs which of course won't allow even a thin slice in. You will note that since Tescos started baking on the premises Dixons have had to withdraw all VCRs from the shelves! |
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04 Dec 04 - 12:03 PM (#1347247) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Fergie The hole is there so that you can convert them into clocks Fergus |
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04 Dec 04 - 02:00 PM (#1347328) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: el_punkoid_nouveau The truth lies in the fact that the CD was invented by Phillips, a Dutch company. At that time, the Dutch used the Gilder as their currency, and was subdivided into Cents (or something similar). And a ten (or was it twenty, or even twenty five) cent coin fits perfectly into the hole - well, actually, the hole fits perfectly round the coin. So the hole is for all these wealthy Phillips executives to carry their money in! epn |
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04 Dec 04 - 02:50 PM (#1347370) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace And what about the hole on the outside, huh? |
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04 Dec 04 - 02:51 PM (#1347371) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Cluin That's what we used before indoor toilets. |
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04 Dec 04 - 06:10 PM (#1347548) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Joybell The holes on the outside!!(Brucie's CD-outside holes, not the outdoor kind.) Now they are BIG. You could fall in one of them! Black holes! Doorways into the other dimension! Scary! Off to stare into the mirror. If you fall into that at least you can see where you're going. Joy |
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04 Dec 04 - 06:15 PM (#1347550) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace Indoor toilets? Gettin' real citified back east, aren't ya? All hoity-toity and everything. I suppose you got double-ply toilet tissue, and ya call it that, 'stead of bum wad like the rest of us. HUH! I'm from the sixties. Them's grey holes, Joybell, grey. |
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04 Dec 04 - 06:41 PM (#1347571) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Peace I've got it. The holes are for the guys on the "singles" thread. |
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04 Dec 04 - 07:16 PM (#1347598) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: The Fooles Troupe It's so Religious Musica can be stored on 'holey discs'.... |
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04 Dec 04 - 08:37 PM (#1347677) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Cluin Indoor toilets? Gettin' real citified back east, aren't ya? Not all of us. Done plenty of meditation time on a two-seater, mid-winter with the freezing updraft chilling my byootocks. Could almost reach around and snap it off `stead pinching off then. My buddy's pa-in-law had his own way of dealing with the season's leavings in the camp kybo. He claimed you needed to drop a roadkilled animal in there to get things working and broken down. We said lye would work better, but he claimed nothing beat a truck-smucked skunk. Of course, he IS an idiot. |
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04 Dec 04 - 09:48 PM (#1347707) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Jim Dixon So people won't use them as coasters. (Actually, some HAVE been used as coasters.) So you can put a nail through them and shingle your roof with them. So you can thread a piece of yarn through them and use them as Christmas-tree ornaments. (I've actually seen this done, in the window of a record store.) |
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05 Dec 04 - 09:45 PM (#1348441) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull eric-at least they know how many holes it takes, to fill The Albert Hall. |
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05 Dec 04 - 10:14 PM (#1348469) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Joybell Last year I stupidly got myself 200 Christmas decoration CDs. (don't ask! It was a painful experience) Fortunatly they all had "JOY" stamped on them. Cheers, Joy |
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06 Dec 04 - 01:26 PM (#1348981) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Dani I've got one in my bucket, dear Liza. Dani |
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07 Dec 04 - 11:41 AM (#1349963) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: el_punkoid_nouveau Then mend it, dear Dani... |
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07 Dec 04 - 08:13 PM (#1350475) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: The Fooles Troupe With WHAT I mend it... |
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07 Dec 04 - 11:43 PM (#1350592) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Cluin Just throw the f*ckin' thing away and get a new one. Geeziz... |
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08 Dec 04 - 01:56 AM (#1350666) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: GUEST But where shall I buy it dear Liza dear Liza? |
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08 Dec 04 - 07:09 AM (#1350822) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: The Fooles Troupe That's just the trouble with this modern throw away society! |
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09 Dec 04 - 05:28 AM (#1351794) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull if you put cd's in the microwave, it makes sparks, like fireworks, i saw it on telly. |
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09 Dec 04 - 08:20 AM (#1351894) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: The Fooles Troupe ... and can damage the microwave - if it's yours... |
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15 Dec 04 - 06:43 AM (#1357412) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: matai Hamsters |
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15 Dec 04 - 12:05 PM (#1357678) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Little Hawk jOhn, have you tried wanking with one? That might be what the hole is there for. Or you could rig up an "alien" mask and use 2 CDs for the eyes. |
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15 Dec 04 - 01:15 PM (#1357746) Subject: RE: BS: Whats the Holes in CD's for then? From: Tannywheeler DEAR Fooles, you are non-pareil. It's why you fit. Please don't go away. Tw |