Tom Walker wrote:
 
-------------exploding CDs
 
-> > They'd like to change that. Remember DIVX? The
-> > "pay per viewing" DVD-like gizmo? When you bought
-> > a disk, you got some number of "free" viewings.
-> > But only on *your* machine. Try playing it on a
-> > friend's and you had to use a credit card to pay
-> > for it and "authorize" it.
 
->  That's interesting -- I hadn't heard of that
->  specific one before. Here's another example along
->  those lines.
 
> That one frotunatly died it's deserved Death.
 
 I think it was laughed off the stage when word
 of it got out. The article I read about it was
 hilarious -- with all the ridiculous rationalizing
 bull**** by the executives involved.
 
> But the Pheonix Rises again. This time it is in
> the From of "Self Destructing" DVD's. They come in
> a sealed container. When the Container is opened
> the Air starts the decaying chemical action. you
> have so many days to view the DVD before it is
> no longer playable.  All this is about the Cost of
> Re-Stocking Rental DVD's in Stores.  By
> eliminating that cost the The Price of the Rental
> goes down (Not really Likely) or the Profit Goes
> UP!!!
 
 LOL!
 
 Amazing. There's no end to these schemes. There
 must be a back room somewhere in the sleazy part
 of the universe where a group of bright lights
 [NOT!] come up with this stuff.
 
 

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