From Tim Moss Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 13:46
From Tim Moss Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 13:46
"Jeremy A.Smith" wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote: > > > > > changed to something closer to the current formula in the 40's. we > don't > > > have any 50 year-old cd's yet, so the durablity problem remains to be > seen > > > > unfortunately, most CD's aren't going to last (at original quality) for a > > whole lot longer than 10 years. from what i've been told by > > preservationists and archivists, the only CD's that last are ones burned > > on gold sandwiched between glass. no joke. makes me want to cry and > > seriously consider throwing down for a turntable. > > You know, the bigger joke is that the price difference between gold layers, > and aluminium layers, is about 3 pence per CD?(I know - gold is more > expensive but aluminium, but it's more dense, and the layer is so thin the > amount of gold used is negligible). > > So let's stop and ponder for a minute, the logic of an industry burning > 1000 10-year CD's at 6000 pence, instead of 1000 1000-year CD's at 9000 > pence, just to save 3000 pence - a saving of 3 pence per #12.99 CD. Great > idea, industry guys, but think of the long-term... > > Jeremy. > > PS. My numbers may be faulty. I think the industry guys *want* you to have to buy the CD's again in the future. cf. ladies nylons - a type of weave was thought up when these first came out that meant they were virtually indestrcutible - well the didn't suffer from "runs" anyway - however if they never "ran", apart from the average female's genetically built in desire to shop, why would they every buy any more? Demand for the things would quickly tail off.... Tim ________________________________________________________________________ |Tim Moss SCO Client Integration Development Phone:+44 (0)1223 518034| |Software Vision Park Cambridge CB4 9ZR Fax : +44 (0)1223 518001| |Engineer WWW: http://www.premier.sco.com Mailto:xxxx@xxx.xxx | |______________________________________________________________________|