On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:50:07 -0500, you wrote:

>Bob Blick writes:
>
>> Clearly it's your fault, you over-revved the CD and the centrifugal force
>> blew it apart :)
>
>As an aside, the reason that 52x cdrom drives were only produced for a
>short period of time is because this was happening far too
>frequently.  At those speeds just a slight instability can lead to
>oscillations which will shatter the disc.

..of course there are a few other fun ways to shatter CDs, especially when you have a high-speed
video camera to play with.....
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/fastdestruct.html

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