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October 17, 2003

My brain hurts

Alexei Kosut @ 10:58 pm

EP stands for Extended Play. LP stands for Long Play. This is true of both record albums and VHS videocassettes. An EP album is shorter than an LP album. An EP videocassette recording is longer than an LP recording. Gah!

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  1. Also, did you know a CD is 74-minutes long because the guy who lead the innovation team at Philips only wanted some particular symphony (i forget which one) of Mozart’s to play uninterrupted?

    Comment by rax — December 15, 2003 @ 10:13 am

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