about some inaccurate reporting in the news media. See “Do gold CD-R discs have better longevity than green discs?
http://www.mscience.com/faq53.html. http://www.cdpage.com/dstuff/BobDana296.html has a very readable description of CD-R media error testing that leaves you with a numb sense of amazement that CD-Rs work at all. It also explains the errors that come out of MSCDEX and what the dreaded E32 error means to a CD stamper. Highly recommended. Kodak has some interesting information about their “Ultima” media. See http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/cdrMedia/index.jhtml, specifically the “KODAK Ultima Lifetime Discussion” and “KODAK Ultima Lifetime Calculation” white papers (currently in PDF format). The last page discusses the Arrhenius equation, which is used in chemistry to calculate the effect of temperature on reaction rates. The Kodak page defines it as: t = A * exp(E/kT) where ‘exp()’ indicates exponentiation. ‘t’ is disc lifetime, ‘A’ is a time constant, ‘E’ is activation energy, ‘k’ is Boltzmann’s constant, and ‘T’ is absolute temperature. The equation allows lifetime determined at
