i saw the mythbusters episode too. I thought that experiment was very unscientific (like most of their other experiments). The computer they used was to slow to read data at a 52x rate, so the drive wouldn't spin up all the way. So instead, they put the CD on a 120V woodworking router plugged into a 240 volt outlet to get the RPMs up. the problem i see with this is in order to attach the CD they had to tighten it down with a nut. i would think this puts extra stress on it.
