Kurt Hamster wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:26:33 +0000, Ian Molton used
to say...

unless the disc in question was made of sandpaper or something then yes,
hes talking nonsense.

Why would sandpaper make a difference?

Oh sorry I thought you meant it would wear down the laser beam!

Hm. well assuming you got the joke, I can only think you're *trying* to
be argumentative, but...

1) bits of grit may fall into the lense assembly
2) if its sufficiently warped, it might wear away the mechanism.

Im sure there are other possibilities...

but as I said, I was joking.