From Jeremy A.Smith Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 13:18
From Jeremy A.Smith Sent Wed, Jan 13th 1999, 13:18
> 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.