Should I microwave my SEIV disk?

[geoschmo]

Why, frame it and hang it on your wall of course.

If you need attack disks you can get scads of AOL cd's. They are giving them away by the millions at grocery stores now. You don't even have to wait for them to come in the mail.

[Loser]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
They are giving them away by the millions at grocery stores now.

And at Burger King. It said "Free. Take one.", so a friend of mine took one, approximately two hundred times, in parallel.

Not sure what he did with them, he's kind of an artistic type.

Originally posted by Atrocities:

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Originally posted by Loser:
It would be bad for the Microwave.

I would think the microwave would be honored to nuke this fine disk.

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Trust me. Microwaving a CD makes a neat little light-show, as the tiny lightning arcs across the surface of the disc. It also leaves this interesting jagged spiderweb pattern on the disc itself, as the current tears through the obstructing pLastic coating and burns the layer of foil.

But every time you do it, you take away from the lifetime of the Microwave. If you do it enough, the Microwave won't work as well, or just won't work.

Metal in the Microwave it a bad idea. Larger metal objects in the Microwave will start fires.

All of this information is from personal experience, this is the kind of thing you learn in a house full of young bachelors. Marshmellow and eggs are also not something to put in the microwave, though they just make a big mess (unless the raw egg blow up real good).

[Kamog]

Make it into a CD Disco Ball! Cut up the CD into 1/2 inch squares and glue them to the outside of a ball. Hang the ball from the ceiling and shine lights on it.

[geoschmo]

Reminds me of the story my coworker told me. She swore it really happened. Apparently her 6 year old daughter had recently figured out how to use the microwave. She was in the other room and heard the microwave start up. "What are you cooking honey?" she asked. "Kitty got wet." was the reply.

She said fortunatly she was able to get there and stop it before the cat was killed. But the animal was "never quite right" aftewards.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Kamog:
Make it into a CD Disco Ball! Cut up the CD into 1/2 inch squares and glue them to the outside of a ball. Hang the ball from the ceiling and shine lights on it.

Forget the cutting into squares. Use the cd's intact. Little glue and some stiff wire for a frame.

[Tigbit]

Okay, I know I will be in hot water for this but it has to be said, because there are more than just one that thinks and feels this way. They are just too afraid to say anything, and rightfully so because if they do and do not conform to the majority they will be fried alive by that same majority. If you are Canadian you already spent $70 on that cd. Then an additional $60-$65 for the Gold. In total you have spent $130-$135 for a game. Well if you are American you can do the math and get about $100 or so. Is that not just a little high for a strat game? Is every penny REALLY worth it? You know, because basically the first Version has been rendered useless, effectively giving that first $70 to Malfador for nothing. Okay, so you got a bit of gaming enjoyment out of it and all that, but let's face it that physical cd you bought when you were all starry-eyed about the retail Space Empires is a lemon and one cannot help but feel a little cheated. Perhaps you were a betatester and then this is not a real issue because you didn't pay anything at all for it. This is about those of us who were duped into buying the first retail SE4 when we could have waited for the Gold (which by-the-way was promised to be an upgrade not a retail) and have spent half the money on it.

Now to part 2 - the frying of Tigbit begins, and let's all face the fact that it's not fair that a personal view be the result of a forum lynching. The Last time this was brought up in a forum environment the response was just that. Those of us who feel cheated still feel cheated and the reasons are just as valid as your reasons for feeling every penny was worth it. We do not feel the Gold Version was enough of an upgrade to warrant a retail release. Now the argument of Aaron needing to feed mouths comes in and this is understandable, but there is a little thing called honor that is no longer held valuable. When you promise something deliver it as promised. Don't change your mind halfway through because you see the opportunity to double your money.

*braces for the bLast*

And that's just my opinion.

[Loser]

*Loser starts putting marshmellows on sticks and sits down about five feet from where Tigbit is standing.*