Re: Something to try, if you dare

[Kim Flint <kflint@chromatic.com>]

At 12:43 PM 11/21/96 -0800, you wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Ray Peck wrote:
>
>> >Another idea my friend suggested was microwaving cd's. Supposedly the
>> >plastic on the disc develops a network of spider-web cracks. I never 
>got
>> >around to trying this, but I'm intrigued by the idea again.
>> 
>> It's darn cool (and arcs like hell in the microwave).  We used to do
>> this with obsolete CD-ROMs at work.  They make very nice xmas tree
>> decorations.  ;-)
>
>Don't you run the risk of frying the innards of the microwave itself by 
>bouncing the waves off of the reflective surface of the CD?  This is why 
>using metal cookware ina microwave oven in a big no-no.
>
>Just asking,
>
>--Andre
>

That's why you do it at work.....  ;-)

kim
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