Re: syntax question (liner notes)

[Marvin <physchem...>]

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Subject: Re: syntax question (liner notes)


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> In a message dated 9/12/02 11:36:04 AM, AGREENBA (at) aol(dot)com writes:
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> << Okay, I'll vote:
> "on" sounds right to me. You have recorded pieces onto a disk, on an
album. I
> think a photo album has photos "in" it but a recording as tunes "on" it.
> Adrianne >>
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> I'm with Adrianne -
> 'on' - even though the grooves on a CD have been laser cut 'in' to the
> plastic! (Just like old vynal records)
> I guess you could equally argue that they are therefore not with 'in' the
> plastic itself but 'on' the surface!   . . . .

Actually, the pits are in a thin plastic layer that is parft of a structure
made up of (from the top) the label, a reflective aluminum layer, a plastic
layer with thepits, and a thicker protective plastic layer.  They are not on
a surface.  Reference:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cd/mediaConstruction-c.html.
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senior rambling moment -
> Sounds like a question one would poise to a Yeshiva bocher!!!!
> correct syntax - in.
> Alan Falk
> Nefesh Klezmer Band
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