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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Old enginner technic: "always go to a known situation prior any new action"
Maybe this can help: http://www.videowatchdog.com/home/claw.htm
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!
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.
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Michael [06.26.05 04:07 AM]
Extra precaution to keep the dust out ;-)