asciilifeform: it is germane if it illuminates the hypothesis of 'can't quietly flip a bit on this'
asciilifeform: but let's posit an enormous tube. you will need to use excimer laser, i suspect. disk - will warp.
asciilifeform: there is a reason why cd-r uses dye rather than metal for the burn layer.
asciilifeform: it has good thermal conductivity. i can't make so much as a dent in aluminum foil with 40W co2 tube.
asciilifeform: (incidentally this is a first-class bitch to do with aluminum, esp. if you want the result to be visually inconspicuous, and not, say, a hole through the WHOLE disk sandwich.)
asciilifeform: it is not enough to burn an extra hole with gigantic laser, if that is what you were thinking.
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: they aren't simply 'different sized holes', there is reed-solomon encoding
asciilifeform: if you can connect any external disk, you can connect cdrom reader.
asciilifeform: and what 'cd drivers.' modern drives plug through usb and enumerate as mass storage std.
asciilifeform: and 'The timing of Saturday's announcement is slightly awkward for the White House. On Friday, security researcher Ashkan Soltani revealed that he was denied a security clearance to work there as a senior advisor to U.S. CTO Megan Smith. While Soltani declined to speculate on the government's reason to refuse the clearance, he previously worked with the Washington Post on analyzing documents from NSA leaker Edward Snowden.'
asciilifeform: such as: microshit in charge of 'computer education'
asciilifeform: mod6: not unless it could somehow exist separately
asciilifeform: phf: now, instead of the multiple arrows, which really don't convey any useful info, it would be interesting to vary the ~thickness~ of the lines based on the 'weight' of the change.
asciilifeform: phf: spiffy diagram, quite like what i had in mind originally in fact
asciilifeform: 'Stallman, though, thought that it would be better discussed in private: "This a sensitive issue; it is best to discuss it without an audience."' << sad.
asciilifeform: jurov: this is sorta like 'save-lisp-and-die' in the cl world
asciilifeform: mod6: at the very least, all of the stuff presently loaded from www, could easily go on cd
asciilifeform: re: the hardware pr0n link earlier, it is a good example of what i call an ~iridium toilet~ - as DISTINCT from a golden toilet, it is a device that is build with 1) price is no object 2) NOT FOR showing off and playing idiot tlp rolex status games.
asciilifeform: it isn't as if the dependencies will EVER change !
asciilifeform: in fact i think it ought to be abolished and replaced with pressed silver cd.
