http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/ Engadget Comments for Apple patents 8cm to 12cm disk adapters http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/My macbook's slut loading drive won't accept mini-disc... which is odd because my Wii does. When I put it in, it got kind of stuck, so I did some improv origami and got it out.]]>Nov 30th 2007 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/

time to upgrade]]>Nov 30th 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpokomon]]>Nov 30th 2007 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Mac: Searching alternative sex...]]>Dec 1st 2007 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 2nd 2007 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 2nd 2007 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/How did you get the mini disc out, mine is stuck??]]>Dec 17th 2007 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/There are also some still cams that take Mini CD-R and DVD-R...]]>Nov 30th 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
This partly explains why all Japanese singles since 1999 come as 12-cm rather than 8-cm discs (well, a few 1999 issues were still released as 8-cm, but they were surely the last of their kind).]]>Dec 1st 2007 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 3rd 2007 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-CD-Adapter_W0QQitemZ180187245181QQihZ008QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting]]>Dec 1st 2007 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Nov 30th 2007 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
But what about the drives that are in computers older than the Wii? Do you want a magical fairy upgrade that will make them accept smaller discs? Ya I do too, but it won't happen, so what we have here is an adapter.

Yes the adapter is not a new idea and has been around for nearly 20 years, everyone older than 16 should know they are not new.

What seems to be new is the idea of collapsible adapter that you can either fold or piece together.


The article discusses how although putting the smaller discs in packaging would be more practice, that fact they have to put standard size adapters in nulls out that fact. If you have a collapsible adapter you can reap the benefits of the smaller discs while still providing compatibility for older slot loading drives that do not support the smaller discs.]]>Dec 1st 2007 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
http://www.amigaforever.com/classic/ppaintcd70_picture.html
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But ... I doubt we'll be seeing companies shipping drivers & misc software on flash drives any time soon, nor musicians putting their music on flash drives. But you remember back in the day when AOL used to send a floppy every couple months? Format it, and you got yourself a free floppy. :D

Not to mention the operating system installation ... thus the reason for having a DVD drive in my computer.]]>Dec 1st 2007 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
Tony Faddell is the same age as me, so MUSt have seen these CD single adpators at the time.]]>Dec 1st 2007 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
Apple works just like every other large tech company, including the one I worked for where I sat on the patent committee and watched others vote in their buddies' worthless patent ideas. If a high level manager submits an idea, no matter how dumb, the committee trolls approve it. This Apple one is just about as bad as I've seen, but I've seen worse. I've actually watched as an inventor mocked the committee and stated that his own "patented" ideas couldn't possibly work (but the money spent well). Some people have no problem committing patent fraud, and this example proves that Apple employees are no different.

The sad thing isn't how pitiful this application is, it's that it could very well get approved (and that Engadget and others would report it as interesting news). The fact is that no company in their right mind would ever implement this. It will not be cheaper, it will not be user friendly, and it introduces the possibility of drive damage when that idiotic collapsible adapter comes apart at high speed while spinning inside the drive. Conventional drives have always supported smaller discs. Apple chose to do without that capability and it doesn't hurt them having done so.]]>Dec 1st 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
Regardless, my comment wasn't about why Apple pursues patents, it was about why Apple pursues totally meaningless patents. Patent groups inside companies work off of patent quotas and some companies even place quotas on individuals. No one in their right mind would consider this patent application to have any merit, yet Apple pursued it. It's interesting to understand why. I believe that the lead inventor being a high level manager is a clue.]]>Dec 1st 2007 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/Dec 1st 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/30/apple-patents-8cm-to-12cm-disk-adapters/
Good catch Engadget. Such interesting news should never be missed.]]>Dec 1st 2007 11:07AM