Posted by JoeBloe on 10/01/06 15:03

On 29 Sep 2006 22:03:48 -0700, "gerry" <gerrytwo@hotmail.com> Gave us:

>What are you talking about? Phonographs records have spiral grooves of
>varying depths which affect the output of the magnetic pickup. CDs has
>pits (and lands), which are the physical equivalents of zeros and ones.
> See the article extract below.
>

Fuck the article. The grooves on a LP are EXPOSED. The pits on ALL
optical disc mediums are SEALED inside the disc.

I thought the "pits" you were referring to were any surface
scratches that the disc may have had on it when the wax hit it.

Since it appears that you were referring to the data pit, I'd have
to say that you are a bit loony. The freezing idea is good, but no,
there is no wax in the data pits.

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