Scratchless CD blanks keep data from touching your desk
Scratchless Discs are blank CDs with small raised bumps around their perimiters that keep the disc's data from coming into contact with your desk when you set it down, reducing the likelihood of scratches that render discs unreadable. The discs have some other clever features, like a bevelled edge to make it easier to lift them off of flat surfaces. The manufacturer claims compatibility with 99 percent of CD burners and says that the remaining one percent (PDF merely have some problems ejecting the discs.
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Cory Doctorow
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