X-ray pulsar that spins fast enough to become a millisecond pulsar once it has consumed its accretion disc.

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The PlayStation 4's Blu-ray disc drive is three times as fast as the PlayStation 3's.

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Researchers at Nippon Hoso Kyokai are working with engineers at the Science and Technical Research Laboratories (STRL) to create an "optical disc recording system based on consumer Blu-ray disc technology that can spin as fast as 15, 000 RPM" without worry of a disc experiencing a complete meltdown and shattering within the drive.

ENGADGET: NHK's 15k RPM optical disc recording system utilizes Blu-ray technology

Once upon a time, people assumed that Macs' lack of Blu-ray was a delay, not a permanent decision to fast-forward past it.

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Ray Kroc, for instance, didn't invent the fast-food phenomenon back in the 1950s.

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The X-ray emissions observed as the star rotates indicate that for its size, V1647 is spinning as fast as it can without shredding itself to pieces, the scientists said.

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