The Pits Are Getting Bigger

Compact discs aren't supposed to skip, but try telling that to anyone who owns a car CD player. Potholes and speed bumps can wreak havoc on playback. A CD skips when the reading laser is jolted so hard the beam cannot track along the spiral of pits moulded into the disc. When you consider that each pit is just half a micron wide, it's surprising CD players don't skip at the slightest bump. Whether or not a disc skips sometimes depends on how the disc was made. Discs made at home on a computer burner or a CD