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Re: [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs
On 14/01/06, steven c wrote:
> Even if a microscope of high enough power was used, all that would
> be visible are the pits in the surface...and any information they
> carry can only be accessed by taking the apparent information and
> applying a computer algorithm to it, but only the CORRECT such
> algorithm.
The coding and error correction used in CDs is well documented.
> This is something like trying to figure out how a software program
> works by looking at the ones and zeroes that make up the program
> file (and that is only one of several files that operate together
> to accomplish any tasks!) without knowing the details of the
> machine language of the computer that ran it...
But we do know.
Regards
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Don Cox
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