17 Oct
2005
17 Oct
'05
1:52 p.m.
Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:20:31 -0700
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
On 10/17/2005 at 1:06 PM Roger Merchberger wrote:
Actually hardening and annealing with extreme cold or heat has a measurable
effect on metals. There is _some_ rational basis there.
However.. local temerature changes (environment) affect the metals used
to a greater extent through expansion and contraction.
FYI: it was tested by dupont years ago that nylon (as in pantyhose) treated
with a LN2 dunk had a better wear characteristic. No memory of why that was
found to work.
OMFG! Freezing CD's makes 'em sound
better?!?!? And what the heck is
Cream-Electret -- nevermind - I don't wanna know after all. <:-O
Roger, brass musicians of the same mindset have been paying big money for
years to have someone dunk their instrument in a dewar of liquid nitrogen,
waxing euphoric about the way the instrument response changes. Of course,
there's no real basis in science and most of the victims overlook the
"prep" work that's part of the package and really makes the big difference.
Mark my words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking
CD's in liquid N2 any
day now...
Did it, they smash far better, louder too! (Those pesky AOL CDs).
Can't say that they play better though.
Allison
17 Oct
17 Oct
1:58 p.m.
Allison wrote:
My preferred method of AOL CD disposal is to play frisbee with it for a
little while (just until it's good and scratched), then run it over with
the car a couple of times, then cut it into pieces, put it in a
container of gasoline, burn it, then take the remaining residue, clean
it, and bury it.
I believe in being thorough. 8-)
Peace... Sridhar
Mark my
words--the audiophile fringe will be dunking CD's in liquid N2 any
day now...
Did it, they smash far better, louder too! (Those pesky AOL CDs).
Can't say that they play better though. 
4:01 p.m.
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Allison wrote:
FYI: it was tested by dupont years ago that nylon (as
in pantyhose) treated
with a LN2 dunk had a better wear characteristic. No memory of why that was
found to work.
YIKES!
Did they consider the issue of how uncomfortable it must be to wear them
that cold??
Did it, they smash far better, louder too! (Those
pesky AOL CDs).
Can't say that they play better though.
I made a handle, and tried using them as pizza cutters. No good.
There is NO known use for them!
4:11 p.m.
I made a handle, and tried using them as pizza
cutters. No good.
There is NO known use for them!
There is a company in Japan that makes a novelty transcription turntable
so you can make lo-fi recordings on CDs. They also make a cylinder cutter,
so you can record on syrofoam cups.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
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