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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 03/17/06 21:35
On 3/16/2006, Richard Crowley managed to type:
> "Steve Guidry" wrote ...
>> Do you write on them with a Sharpie ?
>>
>> If so, then that's likely the culprit. The ink eventually leaches through
>> the plastic into the dye layer. It's best to use a printable disc if
>> you're writing on them directly. Or use a label.
>
> No, they failed even before I labeled them(!) I have never
> applied a stick-on label to a DVD, handwritten or printed
> only. Rember that the data layer of DVD discs is sandwiched
> between two rather thick pieces of polycarbonate. It is
> virtually impossible to affect the data layer by doing anything to the top
> (label) surface. (Short of cracking the
> whole disc, etc.) Of course labels causing the disc to
> imbalance at high RPMs are a different matter and that is
> the reason I avoid stick-on labels on DVDs.
>
> Many discs appear to be manufactured by some special
> process from pure fecal material. Dunno how they get it
> to look like polycarbonate? See the "C list" and "D list"
> here: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Your are confusing 'polycarbonate', a high quality plastic, with
'pollycarbonate', a plastic made from parrot guano. Note the number of
l's.
When it comes to puns, I just don't know what comes over me! Although
in this case, I found your comment about 'pure fecal material'
inspiring :-)
Gino
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