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06-28-2012, 12:57 PM | #32 |
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Next thing you know they will be printing them on toilet paper so you can read right before you wipe.
Attempts to sell deliberately-disposable media products have typically not gone over well. People who don't want to keep these things around choose to rent rather than buy. |
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06-30-2012, 09:29 AM | #33 | |
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I recall having read someone developed DVD coating which got damaged by the reading laser. The outcome was you would end up with a disc you are able to guaranteed read once, but would damage the more, the often you would play it. As if old style vinyl records would be of extra soft, matter and get destroyed faster by the needle. Note to the youngsters: the line above is deliberately left blank to give you time to look up the ancient audio tech in Wikipedia |
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06-30-2012, 02:06 PM | #35 |
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We use these as Frisbee.
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They were never made afaik. I just read that some guy developed and patented that crap.
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My bet is they all turn blank before they are sold and no one ever tries this again.
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And to think, Bradbury was mad about ebooks! Why doesn't the book just self-ignite?
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At least if you disliked the reading material, it is then used appropriately...
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You got it in one! We'd have at least a couple of dozen floating around our dorm suite in college being used as coasters, frizbees and non-lethal shurikens.
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It is an anthology, which is something I'm more likely to reread.
Plus, am I the only one that likes rereading before I get the author's next book? That way I get back in the mindset of that author's style and stories. |
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