response 125 of 126:

Nov 24 23:41 UTC 1999

The software for some reason started out by showing me the opening posts 
in this topic from back in January, to which I'm moved to respond:

1) I have held, in my own hand, commercially released vinyl acetate 
cylinders from circa 1910. They existed.

2) The particular speeds at which records spun, as opposed to other 
similar speeds, were chosen because they happened to fit common 
motor/gear ratios.

3) I've never heard of burning a vinyl recording (not all forms of oil 
burn easily), but you can sure melt one slightly, with amusing playback 
results. Even more amusing playback can be obtained by drilling small 
holes in a CD. A friend of mine tried that with some dreadful thing he'd 
been given as a present.