[sdiy] OT: CD explosion

[Andre Majorel]

On 2003-08-26 19:15 -0600, Ian Fritz wrote:

> On Thursday, June 19, 2003, a compact disk (CD-R) being used in a
> CD-ROM drive at NASA Ames Research Center shattered and was ejected
> explosively from the drive. The cover and door of the CD drive were
> blown off and landed about six feet away from the front of the CPU.
> Pieces of the disk were found in a pattern that extended about three
> and a half feet out from the CPU.

Years ago, I read somewhere that the reason CD-ROM drives
stopped getting faster at 50x is that the centrifugal force
would exceed the strength of the polycarbonate.

-- 
André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/