20 Jan
1999
20 Jan
'99
12:31 a.m.
> What makes some of today's technology fragile
is simply the density, or
> equivalenty, the lack of redundancy in a given area.
Take a look at the specification for how CDs are formatted. You may be
suprised to find out that a good chunck (more than just a few percent) is
dedicated to error correction! That is why you do not hear all of the
scratches in poorly handled CDs.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net