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BS: the CD is 25 years old today

18 Aug 07 - 01:02 PM (#2128627)
Subject: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Mr Red

200 billion sold apparently

and some that shouldn't have been - discuss.


18 Aug 07 - 01:12 PM (#2128639)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Bill D

aren't YOU willing to start the discussion?


18 Aug 07 - 04:54 PM (#2128777)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: McGrath of Harlow

Happy birthday.


18 Aug 07 - 08:45 PM (#2128889)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Barry Finn

CD's can be considered weapons, they are not allowed in many of the country's prisons. They're afraid that the inmates will display bad taste in music & brake the CD's & use the shape edges to cut up those that sound flat.

Barry


18 Aug 07 - 09:44 PM (#2128920)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Bill D

I always KNEW music should be recorded on doughnuts, instead!


18 Aug 07 - 10:07 PM (#2128928)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Barry Finn

Great Bill, we could eat music, talk about internalizing our music.

Barry


19 Aug 07 - 09:42 PM (#2129419)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Alice

Wow. Time flies. Seems only yesterday.
But then, my son is 20 today. Wow. Time Flies. Seems only yesterday...


19 Aug 07 - 09:46 PM (#2129422)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: SINSULL

Seems only yesterday I got my reel-to-reel state of the art contraption. Got my first CD player two years ago. I don't see switching from VHS any time soon.


19 Aug 07 - 11:45 PM (#2129458)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Joe Offer

I keep reading articles about how the CD is outmoded and will be replaced soon. I dunno. It's a nice size, and the sound is (or can be) as good as anyone could possibly want. Why not keep it around for another fifty years?
-Joe-


20 Aug 07 - 07:49 AM (#2129562)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Mr Red

When MP3 machines of Gb capacity (solid state) the question of medium will be sorted. The problem of retrival changes somewhat.

Then there is jpg storage and then movie.

Parkinson's Law was universal. Work expands to fill the time alloted for it's completion.

roads, storage, spending, pub opening hours - it all fits.


20 Aug 07 - 09:25 AM (#2129616)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Liz the Squeak

Remember when they drove a tractor over one and it still played perfectly (Tomorrow's World, BBC TV)?

I had dreadful trouble getting a CD to play at the weekend... a single cat hair was the fault.

LTS


20 Aug 07 - 10:01 AM (#2129641)
Subject: RE: BS: the CD is 25 years old today
From: Cats

I'm just catching up with cylinders!