Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
by femto on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:08AM
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The whole CD doesn't shatter, but the edges of the break do. To see this effect on steroids, put a CD through a shredder: a common security procedure. You're playing Russian Roulette with your eyeballs if you don't wear eye protection when doing this.
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Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
by Gordonjcp on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:18AM
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What on earth are you doing that's causing this? I've never seen a shredded do anything other than chop a CD into little strips.
Re:Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]
by AndyJames on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:13AM
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I personally broke many CDs, it's kinda hard to do but when they snap small bits from broken edges fly off everywhere. I even saw CD that broke inside of drive. Granted it was put in with a crack in the middle but still it broke. Maybe it's just my feeling but I think that CDs back in the days was made out of a bit less flexible, ticker and more brittle plastic. Those produced today I can bend in half and they don't snap as easily as 20 years ago