Phil Marlowe wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

> It's funny that in that sense vinyl is _more_
> robust than CDs are...

PM> Did I just see an ad for -vinyl- CDs? [Looked... can't find it.]

PM> What kind of plastic are CDs supposed be anyway?
PM> Someone mentioned it but my memory chips are defective.

I'm not sure,  but polycarbonate comes to mind.

PM> With the prices of some of them, they should be recorded on gold. 
PM> Looked at a 6 CD set of Lester Young in a store last month -- 
PM> supposedly on sale -- and I thought: Hey, just what I need -- til I
PM> turned it around and saw the price tag -- $219.99.

Heh.  I've seen some which were more than that.  We were in a bookstore the
other day,  and my granddaughter noticed that one shelf in the music/video
section had glass in front of it.  You needed to get a clerk to open that
one up for you.  I think the price you mention is about the lowest of what
was in there,  some of the stuff was over $300!  I'm not that much of a fan
of any of those tv shows or whatever that I'd pay that kind of money, 
unless I had *way* more on hand than I needed...

> Yeah, the record companies probably look at this as a way to sell 
> more stuff.  But once you've bought a copy, you have the right to 
> enjoy it, right?

PM> Well, I have no problem admitting that the convenience is 
PM> remarkable, depending on your CD player: choosing cuts, repeating 
PM> cuts, making a selection of cuts to to play, etc. -Enjoy- is the
PM> operative word all right.

Yep.  Convenient as heck when you store 'em on a computer,  too.  I'm not
there yet,  but I'm headed in that direction...

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