On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:50:37 +0200, clipka wrote:

> Am 12.09.2011 17:23, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:05:27 +0200, clipka wrote:
>>
>>> Am 12.09.2011 06:55, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>>>
>>>>>>> The size was standardised. That's why all tray-load CD drives have
>>>>>>> 2 wells, one at 120mm and another at 80mm. A disk any other size
>>>>>>> wouldn't fit into the smaller well properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, Dr. Wikipedia disagrees with you.
>>> ...
>>>> Ah, yes, the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc
>>>
>>> Read more carefully, particularly this section:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc#Disc_shapes_and_diameters
>>
>> I was looking at the second paragraph, which states that they have
>> varied in size.
> 
> That they did indeed vary in size doesn't mean there's no official
> standard size.

I don't think I said that there wasn't one (if I did, my mistake), just 
that they do vary in size.

Seems a silly thing to be arguing about, though. :)

Jim

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