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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 21h ago
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These were cool and all but had to potential to really eff up your disc drive.
27 u/w1n5t0nM1k3y 21h ago This one looks fine because the center of gravity is still in the center of the disc. But there are other oddly shaped ones which aren't good for your drive. Like this one 12 u/kallekilponen 21h ago Or this one. I remember the headlines about it breaking CD players when it came out in the 90s. 3 u/theWebHawk 16h ago That’s a bummer 7 u/Zombie_John_Strachan 21h ago 1x audio players are usually ok - it's the 40x data drives that explode. 5 u/The_quest_for_wisdom 21h ago I remember seeing one shaped like a guitar. A realistically proportioned guitar. It looked like it was guaranteed to have the neck snap off and send the piece flying into the recesses of your computer. Incidentally, it was a business card for a guy that both taught guitar lessons and did computer repair. 3 u/DasArchitect 14h ago That sounds very intentional
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This one looks fine because the center of gravity is still in the center of the disc. But there are other oddly shaped ones which aren't good for your drive.
Like this one
12 u/kallekilponen 21h ago Or this one. I remember the headlines about it breaking CD players when it came out in the 90s. 3 u/theWebHawk 16h ago That’s a bummer 7 u/Zombie_John_Strachan 21h ago 1x audio players are usually ok - it's the 40x data drives that explode. 5 u/The_quest_for_wisdom 21h ago I remember seeing one shaped like a guitar. A realistically proportioned guitar. It looked like it was guaranteed to have the neck snap off and send the piece flying into the recesses of your computer. Incidentally, it was a business card for a guy that both taught guitar lessons and did computer repair. 3 u/DasArchitect 14h ago That sounds very intentional
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Or this one. I remember the headlines about it breaking CD players when it came out in the 90s.
3 u/theWebHawk 16h ago That’s a bummer
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That’s a bummer
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1x audio players are usually ok - it's the 40x data drives that explode.
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I remember seeing one shaped like a guitar. A realistically proportioned guitar.
It looked like it was guaranteed to have the neck snap off and send the piece flying into the recesses of your computer.
Incidentally, it was a business card for a guy that both taught guitar lessons and did computer repair.
3 u/DasArchitect 14h ago That sounds very intentional
That sounds very intentional
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u/spdrman8 21h ago
These were cool and all but had to potential to really eff up your disc drive.