Now they tell us: CDs aren't forever after all
CD deterioration may start with a smattering of pinpricks or what appears to be rust creeping inwards from the edge of the disc. Certain tracks jump or emit clicking noises. Eventually, the CD loses all data and is better used as a shiny coaster. [Hah!] 


Music lovers may need to haul their dusty record players out of retirement. It seems records really do keep spinning right round, baby.
In fact, vinyl records can be played even without a record player or electricity.
All it would take is a horn of paper with a needle on the end, and a pencil in the record's hole to keep it spinning (...)
[Meu Deus...]




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Zabriskie disse…
Good that I have Dark Side of the Moon and Animals on vinyl already...
28/7/04 16:05
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