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How many engineers does it take to open a DVD package?Today I bought a pack of blank, recordable DVD discs. I got them home and went to open one. As I struggled with the obnoxious packaging everyone loves to hate, it suddenly occurred to me -- wait a minute, wasn't this Fort Knox plastic wrap supposed to make it hard to steal CDs and DVDs with recordings on them? Why do I need to fight for five minutes to open the packaging on a BLANK disc? The disc itself is worth less than a dollar!
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Comments: 5
Michael [26 June 2005 04:07 AM]
Extra precaution to keep the dust out ;-)
Alex Chauvin [26 June 2005 06:19 AM]
Old enginner technic: "always go to a known situation prior any new action"
Maybe this can help: http://www.videowatchdog.com/home/claw.htm
Marc Hedlund [26 June 2005 07:37 AM]
Alex, you're right, once a solution was in place for "loaded" CDs, momentum carried the same solution to places it doesn't really belong. The "DRM-encoded silent songs" on iTunes, and Clay Shirky's inability to copy a DVD of himself talking are two other examples of the same kind of ridiculousness. Expect more!
Michael Wells [27 June 2005 02:46 PM]
Worse yet, you're probably paying for that plastic. In the early 90's (I'm sure it's cheaper now), CD manufacturers charged 25 cents per disc to shrinkwrap the jewel case.
Ruckus [ 6 February 2006 12:03 PM]
yes
the DUST is main reason