A FEW WORDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CD
December 13, 2009
Compact Discs (or CDs for short) were developed primarily for 2 reasons. First, to allow a sound recording to last for 74 minutes, thus making it possible for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to run nonstop without the bothersome and often damaging stacking and flipping of phonograph records. Secondly, with the increasing popularity of giving and receiving sound recordings, Santa Claus requested that the people at Sony and Phillips laboratories develop a smaller, lighter, and more stocking-stuffable format.
At a press conference with Santa Claus, Sony president, Norio Ohga reported: “Our development people consulted with St. Nick, and we found that the average Christmas stocking has an opening of 11 cm, stretchable to 13-14 cm. Thus, the 12 cm Compact Disc was born. We are all very pleased.”
Santa concurred: “Yes, this is just so much better; these things are not just easier to stuff into stockings, but they are lighter and easier to transport. In flight tests, the reindeer and I have decreased rooftop-takeoff-and-landing times up to thirty percent.”
Andy’s discs, and for Santa, infinitely lighter MP3s are available at CDBaby.
