[geeks] Software Bloat

[Ken Hansen]

"Back in the day" national radio ads were sent out to
radio stations on records where afte each 30 second
spot, the record hit a "ring" that went around ontop
of itself, just like the end of a conventional record.
The idea was the DJ would drop the needle at the
beginnig of track 8 (say), and after the commercial
finished playing, the needle was "stuck" in a ring
that prevented it from going to the next commercial /
PSA...

Ken

--- dave at cca.org wrote:
> 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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=====
Ken
n2vip at yahoo.com

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