Actually (Off-Topic)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, May 04, 2015, 13:03 (3297 days ago) @ Beorn

Totally forgot that Compact Disc was a thing :P

Probably for the best. Easily scratched and stolen discs maybe wasn't our finest technological feat of all time...

Actually, the Compact Disc is a pretty remarkable invention. The idea of using lasers (lasers!) in a consumer product a couple years before I was born is kind of crazy to me.

And you say "easily scratched," but a CD has a fair amount of redundancy built-in (for Red Book, it was 8 bytes of error correction data for every 24 bytes of actual data), which means it was a frak ton more reliable than other media of the day. Remember broken tapes clogging your player? Yeah, that was fun.

They could have 8 yottabytes of error correction and it wouldn't help them not get stolen...

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When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 04:01
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Up North 65, 2015-05-04, 05:23
  - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 11:49
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Kahzgul, 2015-05-04, 05:40
  - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 11:52
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Chewbaccawakka, 2015-05-04, 06:34
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - scarab, 2015-05-04, 08:14
  - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - stabbim, 2015-05-04, 13:12
    - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Vortech, 2015-05-05, 18:01
      - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Quirel, 2015-05-05, 18:55
        
        When was the last time you burnt a CD? - stabbim, 2015-05-05, 19:09
        
        Well? Did you? I'm on the edge of my seat! - Ragashingo, 2015-05-05, 19:41
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Funkmon, 2015-05-04, 10:41
- This ought to let you know how long its been... - Monochron, 2015-05-04, 10:57
  - What's a Compact Disc? - Blackt1g3r, 2015-05-04, 11:13
    - It's like a Laser Disc, but much smaller. - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 11:49
      - It's like a MiniDisc but bigger and without a cartridge - Vortech, 2015-05-05, 18:02
  - This ought to let you know how long its been... - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 11:53
    - Actually - Beorn, 2015-05-04, 12:19
      - Actually - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 12:36
        
        Actuallytry not to. - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 13:06
      - Actually - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 13:03
        
        You're just a fount of knowledge today. - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 13:09
        
        Sorry. Won't happen again. - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 13:09
        
        Make sure it doesn't. Or else: - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 13:13
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - JDQuackers, 2015-05-04, 11:34
  - When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 11:45
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - marmot 1333, 2015-05-04, 12:34
- I thought it was "burned"... - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 12:42
  - I try not to. - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 13:00
  - I thought it was "burned"... - stabbim, 2015-05-04, 13:15
  - Serves you right, you no-good, dirty grammer Nazi. - yakaman, 2015-05-04, 15:42
    - No you were right. Can confirm, am both. - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 15:43
      - Also: - iconicbanana, 2015-05-04, 15:47
        
        Farther more: - Ragashingo, 2015-05-04, 17:17
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - stabbim, 2015-05-04, 13:09
- When was the last time you burnt a CD? - Cody Miller, 2015-05-04, 14:02
- Actually... - Morpheus, 2015-05-04, 16:27

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