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I was given a webcam and when I went to install the drivers I noticed something funny about the CD.

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  1. Jules ♂ ♪ with Nerf balls says:

    Knock-off.

  2. Marius says:

    That disc is off the hook!

  3. Ms B ♥ says:

    So nice, they had to punch it twice.

  4. 100 says:

    My roflcopter goes soi soi soi.

  5. bo3rn says:

    space saving win :D

  6. Ms B ♥ says:

    They’re getting a little carried away with the anti-piracy methods.

  7. Fugo says:

    This still could work if the data is only on the inner part of the CD- that’s the case if it contains a low amount of data.

  8. A Noun says:

    Reminds me of the time AOL packaged floppies with refrigerator magnets attached.

    • Michaelcj5 says:

      They were so cool looking they thought people would want to display them somehow?

      • A Noun says:

        By then, that’s all they were good for.

        (For the kiddies who wouldn’t remember – floppies were what data came on a long, long time ago. If you put a magnet next to a floppy disk, you’d scramble or erase the data. Tossing a magnet in with your AOL floppy wasn’t the brightest move.)

  9. Gustav says:

    The boring thing is that the cd will still work. Data is burned from the middle of the cd and out towards the edges. If it dosent contain more data then what can be placed before the second hole it will run smothly with no problems.

  10. Michaelcj5 says:

    This is not funny you guys. This person clearly has a mental disability.

  11. Michaelcj5 says:

    How does the rating system work? If 5 thumbs down is a good thing, then how did this failed fail get so many?

  12. pisuke says:

    es de ser inútil!!!

  13. smadge1 says:

    The hole may not affect the data, but it would be unstable in the drive (one side is slightly heavier than the other) it would definitely void your warranty.

  14. Phaet says:

    That is actually pretty cool. Now you can hang this CD anywhere!

  15. Eddie Going says:

    This is fake. It’s a piece of cardboard. I hate fake Fails…

  16. The Moomin says:

    The 80s called, they want their shape discs back.

  17. lol says:

    Hey!

    Did it work ?

  18. EpicFerrets says:

    Data may still work if there’s not that much on the disk…. your drive might even be able to compensate for the funky balance issues…

    But… I have to wonder about the efficiency fail. Was it really easier to punch a hole through a disk in such a manner that it doesn’t crack it rather than just make the plastic wrapping a half an inch bigger?

  19. finster71 says:

    If there was porn on that CD I’d find a way to play it.

  20. Scott says:

    Not a big deal. Driver install packages don’t take much disk space and the CD reads from the inside out.

    Lots of room on the CD before it reaches the hole.

    • thaurfea says:

      I’ve seen rectangular CD-ROMs about the size of credit cards. If the data doesn’t take up the whole disc, there’s not really any reason for it to be a full-sized, solid circle.

  21. Aja says:

    Reminds me of the holes you cut in C64 floppy disks to make them double-sided.

  22. Ryan says:

    this could be a WIN. if the data does not go beyond the space where the hole is, then this is a great idea for hanging the CD from a shelf…

  23. Chichon says:

    There a toons of CDs with holes or with different shapes than a perfect disc and all of them work just fine. This is it not a fail at all.

  24. -jha- says:

    looks like photoshopped….

  25. unDave says:

    You FAIL at FAILING, what about those “original” CD’s with just 100 mb of info?

    -by unDave™

  26. smokslyboltx says:

    someone got drunk i gues XD

  27. cyxap says:

    It’s an aerodynamic hole… boosts the spinning speed… and the recording, too… up to 104x ;)

  28. bigvoo says:

    The CD probably works fine. This isn’t a fail.

  29. ElDavid says:

    That does not render a cd unusable. It just limits the capacity, and drivers usually don’t take up that much space. I say FAIL denied.

  30. Philistine says:

    You dorks. It’s a photochop.
    a) There is no way to manufacture a CD that way.
    b) You would spend a lot of Rupees getting the packaging folks to line up the holes properly rather than just dropping in the disk.
    c) nothing stopping the disk from rotating in shipment and voiding all the hard work of your assembly folks.
    d) the extra hole is not center of the envelope, or the disk, thereby eliminating the possibility that machines created this monstrosity
    e) there is no way to do this without machines
    f) therefore, the comments are the only fail.

  31. Aaron says:

    How else do you expect them to hang it on the shelf?

  32. Scott L says:

    Unlike a vinyl record, CDs are written from the inside toward the outside. If the amount of data on the CD isn’t too much, it still might be perfectly usable.

    I’d try it out first in a CD-ROM drive you don’t care about. That hole might throw it out of balance to the point where it wobbles around and comes off the spindle, trashing both the disc and the drive it’s in.

  33. Millie85 says:

    This isn’t funny at all. That CD is perfectly usable.

  34. Millie85 says:

    This isn’t funny at all. That CD is perfectly usable.

    www[dot]shapecd[dot]com

  35. MILF lover says:

    This is fake! There’s no hole in that CD. Its a small piece of cardboard on top of it. You’ve been fooled by the color of the table.

  36. kavatzas says:

    this is fake and gay

  37. The Mysterious Mr. Rius says:

    Title: Simpson’s reference WIN.

  38. Andrew Ong says:

    CD CARNAGE!!! One hole in a CD = TOTAL FAIL!!! (Rendered Useless.)

  39. Smarter Than You says:

    You’re all failures.

    First, it’s not fake. I’ve seen similar things before, mainly as driver discs for cheap-ass hardware.

    Second, it’s not cardboard. You can very clearly see the reflection off the plastic and the grain of the wood below it.

    Third — and this is the kicker — THIS CD WILL STILL WORK. CDs are read from the inside-out; that is, from the hub towards the edge. Since this disc is clearly some kind of driver, there’s very little data on it. Based on the position of the hole there’s easily enough physical space for about 100MB of data before the drive encounters that hole. No driver takes up that much space so, yeah, this CD will work.

    TIP: When you post a fail, MAKE SURE IT’S A FAIL.

    • carp says:

      It’s true, this CD could work, any unused storage space on a CD translates to a useless plastic rim around the edge that you can do whatever you want with. Evidence? Those mini CDs that are about 1/2 the diameter of a regular CD, I’m sure you’ve all seen them somewhere…

      This CD isn’t technically a fail, it’s just retarded-looking.

  40. drewzyfbaby says:

    that is a piece of cardboard on a same colored table?

  41. boo kitty says:

    what the hell are you talking about666


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