[geeks] Software Bloat

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n2vip at yahoo.com writes:

>Trick question, how many grooves on a record, given that the record has an
>outside diameter of 12 inches (let's say) and the music stops at 2 1/2
>inches out from the center? Further, the disc travels at 33 1/3 RPM, and it
>takes 24 minutes from start to finish?

>Anyone?

Smartass answer: variable. Usually one, occasionally two (most famously
done by Mad Magazine, but that wasn't unique), occasionally many (there
are records that are laid out like a disk - 500 2 second tracks per side,
or something like that).

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