Father of the CD, Norio Ohga, Dead At 81

lightbox32 writes "Norio Ohga, who was Sony's president and chairman from 1982 to 1995, died Saturday at the age of 81. He has been credited with developing CDs, which he insisted be designed at 12 centimeters (4.8 inches) in diameter to hold 75 minutes worth of music — in order to store Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in its entirety."

Sayonara, Ohga-san

[MrKevvy]

"After a private ceremony, Mr. Ohga will be microwaved."

Good thing he wasn't a Wagner fan!

[Atmanman]

Good thing he wasn't a Wagner fan!

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[magnusrex1280]

I've found it to be incredibly difficult to locate LSD in the last few years. I'm glad to see someone is having better luck than I.

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[marcello_dl]

"After a private ceremony, Mr. Ohga will be microwaved."

-1, tasteless

Try adding soy sauce.

Re:Sayonara, Ohga-san

[Anonymous Coward]

All this has him spinning in his grave

52x that is