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Abusing the standard to put songs in gaps was such a bad idea. I have no idea how they got a patent for such a thing and, even worse, anyone ever did it on act
by snvzz 2y ago
Abusing the standard to put songs in gaps was such a bad idea.
I have no idea how they got a patent for such a thing and, even worse, anyone ever did it on actual commercial discs.
- ssl-3 2y agoWhy? Are easter eggs like this harmful to consumers or something?
- snvzz 2y agoIt's abusing the standard, which can break compliant implementations. Especially bad since most Audio CD players are opaque hardware without update-able firmware.
- ssl-3 2y agoHas this been shown to be actually-problematic in the three decades since Willy Nelson's album contained a song in the pregap of track 1?
- zarmin 2y agoof course not.
- lampiaio 2y agoYes, there's been a serious issue recently reported. Apparently, it has triggered bureaucrats on the internet who can't acknowledge something innocuous that's never caused any problem for decades.
- thelastparadise 2y agoLink?
- egypturnash 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40922903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40922903
- zarmin 2y agoYou're right. We should start a letter-writing campaign to President Bush. Maybe it will make the nightly news. Sent from my Discman