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So bud comes over bringing a burned copy of some movie or album, and being not particularly sensitive to the needs of the poor people who can't afford to buy originals from the store or are bravely showing defiance to the oppression of the entertainment industry, you feel a bit put upon to play the thing
or put it into the place of honour that said bud obviously thinks it deserves.
The Optical Bin-Drive looks and acts like a regular CD/DVD player for the most part, but upon tapping out a secret code on the front it will, after playing the disc for 5-10 minutes, shield the lens, spin the drive up to flywheel speed and shatter the disc into a million pieces which are then collected in a handy tray at the bottom, for disposal or return to your friend with a sheepish smile and a"sorry man, here let me make it up to you, have an AOL disc".
Note that the thing won't decide for itself what's pirated and what's not... that would simply make it a regular CD/DVD player.
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Wouldn't it be a bit suspicious that the drive is
able to conveniently cope with shattered discs?
However it could provide a respectable way to
deal with pirated nonsense. |
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Why not just up the laser power and burn the pits out? |
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//a bit suspicious that the drive is able to conveniently cope with shattered discs?//
good point, perhaps the drive could "die" theatrically, then you wait 'til your idiot friend has left, distraught that he's broken your equipment (though in my experience such people may offer to pay for it but coincidentally will never actually have money, or will offer you a piece of junk that "only needs a little work", or a "good deal" on a hot drive), before cleaning it out. |
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//burn the pits out//
good idea and the least amount of work, but it will smell and be obvious that it was the fault of your drive, not a poorly constructed disc. |
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Ah, so, not a distant relative of Osama Bin-Laden, then? |
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