This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours.

[Trei, Peter]

> 	Major Variola (ret)[SMTP:mv at cdc.gov]
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> That is the warning The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS - news) will issue
> this August when it begins to "rent" DVDs that after two days become
> unplayable and do not have to be returned.
> 
> [Of course computer tinkerers can't prevent it from rusting, but
> chemical tinkerers will have fun.
> Or are inert gasses to be banned under DMCA?  Hmmm, a hermetic
> case-mod..]
> 
...or keep them in the freezer between viewings.

The thing to do is to get the Greens screaming about the
eco pollution factor of zillions of disks filling landfills.

Peter