You miss so much if you put it in a CD-ROM : antiquememesroadshow

[+] Ypsilenna@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago

Envelopes, the ultimate encryption. Just break the adhesive on the back and use a similar adhesive to reclose it. Most people don't pay attention to things, you could probably just use a gluestick lol

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

The lick-able envelopes can be opened and resealed with the steam from a kettle.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

So you're saying that they're tamper proof in the US?

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Funny joke… but you do happen to be talking to a tea drinker who lives in the US… we have three kettles…

[-] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is that what parent meant? Who doesn't have a kettle?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

US people are traditionally supposed to rely on the microwave. Or so it goes.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Bring back wax seals and signets

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Ive done so before, but I rarely send letters now

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Send more letters. On fancy heavy parchment. With illuminated letters on the first line, and your signature at the end in obnoxiously large cursive preceded by seven titles of escalating pretentiousness.

It's the only way to really get their attention.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I shall, lol

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

I mean it's not hidden just very small

[-] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

the wonderful story of henry sugar?

[-] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 month ago

In contrast to me who only reads data gay off disks

[-] ODuffer@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Non-binary?

[-] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 17 points 1 month ago

[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Easier to use the butterflies

[-] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago

C-x M-c M-butterfly

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago

This is what you had to do back in the day if you were too poor to afford a CD-ROM drive for your PC.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only person who probably could read a CD/DVD with their naked eye is Cyclops from X-Men. Still need his visor to control the laser's power tho.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Didn't that teen drama Roswell High with the aliens have one of them "listen" to a cd?

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, you can listen to CDs if you put them in an audio CD player but is just awful noise

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago

You must be thinking of cassette tapes.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

What discs are those? I can't make out the label.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I bet Spock could do that if he felt like it. He just never felt like it.

[-] Sirius006@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Can somebody tell me where the battlestar Galactica is parked? I just hope I get there in time.

[+] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

💿💿🥜

[+] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -8 points 1 month ago

They're using them as mirrors

[-] Sailing7@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago

Woosh

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Whooooshwith4os

[-] waz@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Actually if you have some experience at burning CDs you can tell if the data burned is music or images or video. This is very practical! Unfortunately contrary to what some people might claim, it's impossible to tell how much data has been written or if a writing session is closed or not. Now you have a full picture.

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah you can see the different textures on a CD that has written data, but it's likely they're using them as mirrors and I think that's clever

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's impossible to use CDs as mirrors. This is due to bright lasers used for burning. Wait – actually it can be done, but only with pressed CDs, not CD-Rs.

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Does the laser burn your eyes 🤣. Im recalling my experience with CDs from decades ago (both from CDs from the era now and me interacting with CDs back then)

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's possible that the wavelength used to burn it was invisible to your eyes, but that's not universally the case. Please be careful when handling CDs.

[-] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That's why I scratch CDs to neutralize them

[-] mcz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That could work!

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