New Blu-ray Disc to be Made of Corn 358
aws910 writes "I've often thrown away a CD and wondered how long it will take to biodegrade. Pioneer has developed a blu-ray disc that is made of corn. If this disc is widely used, it may be the only easily biodegradable computer part/accessory (with the exception of pizza). Now I wonder what would happen to one of those new discs if you put one in the microwave for 5 seconds." While the idea of a corn disc isn't new, it's the first Blu-ray version of it.
Corn CDs... (Score:5, Funny)
And best of all, it stays crunchy in milk!
Fritz Pisot!
I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
Would that be a popcorn disc?
Corn? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh boy. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait...
Middle? (Score:5, Funny)
Pizza (Score:5, Funny)
Made with corn... (Score:5, Funny)
The cost? Your first born.
An interesting thought... (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you. I'm here all week.
Warning: Pun! (Score:3, Funny)
I wonder.... (Score:2, Funny)
Imagine... (Score:3, Funny)
*crack*
*scream*
Who Cares (Score:4, Funny)
Nachos (Score:5, Funny)
That's gonna be thousands of tons of corn diverted away from making nachos.
Make those discs out of egg plant instead. Nobody will miss them.
Mmmm... Nachos.
Microwaves (Score:5, Funny)
He writes that knowing full well what happens to current discs when you put them in the microwave.
That is.... Awesome lightshow caused by arcs between the thousands/millions of pits and hills on the disc's surface.
I highly recommend it, but suggest:
a) Not using your own microwave
b) Not using a disc you like to watch...
In case you can't resist,
c) Not putting it back into your own DVD player afterward.
Re:Warning: Pun! (Score:5, Funny)
wow (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Who throws away dics? (Score:1, Funny)
CornDisc (Score:5, Funny)
Five Pioneer R&D guys sitting at a table, thinking what they are going to do with Blu-Ray. One of them looks down at his bag of nacho's... look's up at the picture of the DVD, then back at the Nacho's.
The rest is history.
Re:Who throws away dics? (Score:3, Funny)
Not a corny joke (Score:5, Funny)
Atkins dieters are eagerly awaiting the Blu-ray disc composed of pork rind.
I've got one... (Score:5, Funny)
You get...pop music!
Mmmmmmmm......... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Argh. Corn? (Score:4, Funny)
Nachos are served (Score:3, Funny)
So what happens when the computer gets hot?
It smells like corn tortillas, of course.
What I want to know is, can you make nachos from the discs that end up as the inevitable coasters?
Mmmmm, blu-ray disc nachos...
AOL, are you listening. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh boy. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh boy. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Feedstocks! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:AOL, are you listening. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh boy-King Taco. (Score:4, Funny)
Why didn't CmdrTaco bring us this story?
Re:Watch out for hobos.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:so a biodegradable archival medium huh? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Who throws away dics? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:3, Funny)
It'll never catch on... (Score:3, Funny)
Biodegradable storage. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh great, my dogs already like to grab the popcorn flying out of the air popper... now they'll be hot to trot for my data as well!
Still, I suppose this will be better than finding bits of shiny plastic in the doggie doo-doo:
Five-year old daughter: Papa, have you seen my toy?
EricMe, staring at colorful deposit in backyard: Umm, no...
Why the Vioxx recall reduces spam [ericgiguere.com] (humor)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Made with corn... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:1, Funny)
First it was a fuel source, now a form of recordable media. It's also a damn fine source of carbohydrates.
And with the Computer Cookery 5000.... (Score:2, Funny)
* AOL
* corn disks
* Computer cookery 5000 [207.44.153.198] with Intel Pentium Prescott (TM) as the heat source.
What do you get?
FREE POPCORN!
maybe some good will come of this (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:5, Funny)
My biggest question is what do they do with the corn shells?
Re:AOL, are you listening. (Score:4, Funny)
Disc of corn? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Who throws away dics? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Longevity? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:AOL, are you listening. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to make "corn starch plastic" at home... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Corn CDs... (Score:3, Funny)
Mark Twain hates you, and you are going to die... (Score:3, Funny)
Mark Twain. He's back. And this time he's out for revenge. Revenge.... on every third rate mangling of his humorous quotes. Once he's spotted you.... there's no escape.
(Clip.. voice of Mark Twain); "Viewer, suppose you were a mangler of the work of Mark Twain. And suppose you were someone who was going to die by having their bowels ripped out through their throat. But I repeat myself."
Twain; The Revenge. At cinemas on Friday, rated 18.
(At this point, the author of this post is killed by the ghost of the real Mark Twain, pissed off that his quote got mangled again).
Re:uhh, I don't know about you ... (Score:3, Funny)
You mean, like mutants with three breasts or two penises?
Or both, on the same person...