I meant to say 'disk'

[AJF]

Hmmm

I would say that the diameter is now about 3 1/2 inches. Is that bad?

I think I really should buy the repair kit.

Again, think of this as "dick" and not "disk". Still brilliant.

[Buraito Supāku]

Hmmm

I would say that the diameter is now about 3 1/2 inches. Is that bad?

I think I really should buy the repair kit.

[I_am_awesome]

I am not quite sure what you mean.

Mini discs have a diameter of 2.5 inch, so since the disc is still an inch bigger it should work just fine.

[One]

http://www.ganggarrison.com/forums/index.php?topic=25422.0;topicseen

same question.

Are you latino? Sounds like an easy error to make if you speak spanish (s and c same)

not necessarily; only in cases where "c" precedes I or E (like English).

though i actually do make the error of replacing "s" with "c" sometimes, mostly when i can't see my keyboard or something. I don't usually type with the home keys.

this thread is pure gold also

[A-Chan]

Hmmm

I would say that the diameter is now about 3 1/2 inches. Is that bad?

I think I really should buy the repair kit.

Again, think of this as "dick" and not "disk". Still brilliant.

[Buraito Supāku]

I am not quite sure what you mean.

Mini discs have a diameter of 2.5 inch, so since the disc is still an inch bigger it should work just fine.

Let's assume for a moment that you aren't trolling...
How do you think the data is stored on disks? Magic?
If the CD changed shape in any way whatsoever(bended, broken in half, melted, sliced, transformed, burnt, evaporated, dematerialized, etc.), you can only use it as cheap christmas decoration. If it only has some scratches on the bottom half, you can fix it.
Any other damage ruins it.

[AJF]

I am not quite sure what you mean.

Mini discs have a diameter of 2.5 inch, so since the disc is still an inch bigger it should work just fine.

Let's assume for a moment that you aren't trolling...
How do you think the semen is stored in your dick? Magic?
If your dick changed shape in any way whatsoever(bended, broken in half, melted, sliced, transformed, burnt, evaporated, dematerialized, etc.), you can only use it as cheap christmas decoration. If it only has some scratches on the bottom half, you can fix it.
Any other damage ruins it.

[I_am_awesome]

I am not quite sure what you mean.

Mini discs have a diameter of 2.5 inch, so since the disc is still an inch bigger it should work just fine.

Let's assume for a moment that you aren't trolling...
How do you think the data is stored on disks? Magic?
If the CD changed shape in any way whatsoever(bended, broken in half, melted, sliced, transformed, burnt, evaporated, dematerialized, etc.), you can only use it as cheap christmas decoration. If it only has some scratches on the bottom half, you can fix it.
Any other damage ruins it.

Either you are incredible naive, stupid or are trying to make me believe some sort of fairy tales.

I know for a fact that mini discs are only 2 1/2 inches in diameter. And since I am not stupid, I can conclude from that, that you don't need more than 2 1/2 inches of the cd to save the data on it. I am not quite sure why the standart CDs are 4 3/4 inches in diameter though, since you can apparently just leave out the outer 2 1/4 inches, or mini discs wouldn't be possible. the outer inches are probably to make sure that it properly fits in the drive and therefore preventing the disc from sliding around, which might result in errors.

[AJF]

I am not quite sure what you mean.

Mini discs have a diameter of 2.5 inch, so since the disc is still an inch bigger it should work just fine.

Let's assume for a moment that you aren't trolling...
How do you think the data is stored on disks? Magic?
If the CD changed shape in any way whatsoever(bended, broken in half, melted, sliced, transformed, burnt, evaporated, dematerialized, etc.), you can only use it as cheap christmas decoration. If it only has some scratches on the bottom half, you can fix it.
Any other damage ruins it.

Either you are incredible naive, stupid or are trying to make me believe some sort of fairy tales.

I know for a fact that mini discs are only 2 1/2 inches in diameter. And since I am not stupid, I can conclude from that, that you don't need more than 2 1/2 inches of the cd to save the data on it. I am not quite sure why the standart CDs are 4 3/4 inches in diameter though, since you can apparently just leave out the outer 2 1/4 inches, or mini discs wouldn't be possible. the outer inches are probably to make sure that it properly fits in the drive and therefore preventing the disc from sliding around, which might result in errors.

You're an idiot. Mini CDs can store half as much data.

[I_am_awesome]

That doesn't even make sense to begin with.

The surface of a 4.75 inch disc is ~457.07 cm², however the surface of a 2.5 inch minidisc is only ~126.6cm². As you can see, a cd should be able to hold almost 4 times as much data as a minidisc, not twice as much, therefore you initiate assumption is wrong and everything else you say is wrong as well. My 'selfmade' 3.5 inch disk should be able to theoretically hold almost twice as much data as a minidisc, if I apply your theory here, since it has a surface of 248.16cm². However I didn't substract the little hole in the middle, which would make the 3.5 disc more than twice as large.

Q.E.D you dubm

Also the fact that you throw insults shows that you have no idea what you are talking about and have no intellectual means to defend your position in an argument.



So, uh, is there anything I should look out for, when I buy the repair kit?

[AJF]

That doesn't even make sense to begin with.

The surface of a 4.75 inch disc is ~457.07 cm², however the surface of a 2.5 inch minidisc is only ~126.6cm². As you can see, a cd should be able to hold almost 4 times as much data as a minidisc, not twice as much, therefore you initiate assumption is wrong and everything else you say is wrong as well. My 'selfmade' 3.5 inch disk should be able to theoretically hold almost twice as much data as a minidisc, if I apply your theory here, since it has a surface of 248.16cm². However I didn't substract the little hole in the middle, which would make the 3.5 disc more than twice as large.

Q.E.D you dubm

Also the fact that you throw insults shows that you have no idea what you are talking about and have no intellectual means to defend your position in an argument.



So, uh, is there anything I should look out for, when I buy the repair kit?

Um. When I said "Half" I actually meant "150mb" - 4 times less. I wasn't thinking straight.

[I_am_awesome]

minidiscs can have more than 1GB

it doesn't look like you aren't thinking straight, it looks like you aren't thinking at all

[AJF]

minidiscs can have more than 1GB

it doesn't look like you aren't thinking straight, it looks like you aren't thinking at all

I said Mini CD not Minidisk

Minidisk != Mini CD

Minidisks are magneto-optical

[Phantom Brave]

I can punch a hole in a random part of a CD where there's no data and it will still work.

[AJF]

I can punch a hole in a random part of a CD where there's no data and it will still work.

Exactly.

So I_am_awesome doesn't think I'm lying, I'll explain this:

Data starts at the innermost part of the disk. if you only use 25% of the disk, obviously the outer 75% is empty and can be discarded.

edit: oh god how did I misread his post. I seriously thought he didn't understand how CDs worked. I'm sorry I_am_awesome, but please wareya, give it a break