leo -
I looked at my putie today - I wonder if some of the laser light got reflected off of the shiny surface of the disk, and then got scattered out ot the tiny crack at the edge of the slot.
Light passing through a slit is actually scattered fanwise, as you know.
What wavelengths of light do the lasers in 'puter DVD drives use?
"We all gonna die!!"
Seriously though, if there is leakage from drives it is a danger that needs to be addressed.
HB