Happy Birthday CD!

The compact disc turns 25 this week. And while CDs have been the preferred format of sound recordings since 1988 when they first outsold records, it's hard to say whether or not they'll be around to see 30. It's strange to think that a metal disc, encased in plastic, that's read by a laser beam could be obsolete, but here we are.
So enjoy it while you can CD. Who knows if you'll get another chance at a milestone!

PHOTO: Pieter Kramer poses for photographers in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Monday Aug. 13, 2007. Kramer was a leading engineer on the team that developed the CD, which was launched 25 years ago this Friday, in a joint project by Royal Philips Electronics NV and Sony Inc. of Japan. Kramer is holding a show model of the Compact Disc player, which was introduced in August 1982. AP photo