Am I the only one whose first thought was "that can't be good for my CDs"?
Ah, spoken like a true CD nut! I had a similar reaction, until I thought that being in the non-living state somewhat limits the enjoyment from my CDs, anyway.
My computer is at leg level, so unless it severed a major artery, I probably wouldn't die. However, that's beside the point. I was worried that, even in the cases where CDs don't disintegrate, the stresses put on them would shorten their lifespan.
Perhaps that's an anti-ripping copy-protection scheme; make CDs really flimsy, so that they disintegrate if spun above 1x. Someone should suggest it to Sony or Universal.
I guess I'll forget about ordering the 72 speed CD-ROM I was -that- far away from gettting from Japan, then. I have no desire to die with little shiny bits of prismatic plastic stuck in my face, as avant-garde as it may be.