Yes, it's very true. I'm no physics geek, but at 52x the angular velocity (?) is great enough to tear CD's apart. I forget the numbers, but basically you've got some ridiculous amount of force at the outer edge of the disc, basically trying to pull it apart. At 52x (or even 48x) with a flimsy disc (low quality, weak, defective, or broken somehow), this is likely to happen. Congratulations though, I've never actually seen it done! On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:34, Matt Murphy wrote: > > The "mythbusters" show on discovery channel investigated this one, > the myth that 52x+ CD-ROM drives can shatter cheap/damaged discs, and > they found it to definitely be true. Careful what you stick in those > drives! > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Randy > Clarksean > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:17 PM > To: tclug > Subject: [TCLUG] OT: Exploding CDROM > > > Had a very interesting experience this past week. My son and > wife were using the computer. All of a sudden the CDROM > apparently shatters and flies out of the CDROM drive (door > closed of course). It knocks the CDROM door off (10-15 ft > away and throws small pieces of CDROM across the room as > well. One did hit my son in the face and surprised him, > luckily no one was seriously hurt (nothing in the eyes, etc.). > > I have never heard of this before and would not have believed > it had I not been there myself. Just an FYI. > > Randy > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list