Jewel Theft

I'm in the process of ripping all my cds to my hard drive. I use iTunes and I run with a small Rio Sport mp3 player and I'm also in the early stages of preparing for a 60 gig iPod to be purchased later. Stay with me while I go off on a tangent - I'll bring it all together at the end. I'm also reading a book right now entitled First Shot which is about the use of mini subs in the attack on Pearl Harbor. As you can see...I lead a very exciting life. Anyway, the book briefly goes into the history of the submarine and says that early tests were being done in 1870 for underwater travel. That's not a typo, 1-8-7-0 is correct. Where am I going with this? This is a doozy. I ask you, how on Earth can somebody be building and testing a submarine in 1870, yet in 2006 we can't make a jewel case that won't break at the hinges when the least amount of pressure is put on it? I mean REALLY. Are we trying hard enough? Could the nipple that fits in that little hole BE any smaller? REALLY? My God. I ripped about 10 cds today and the hinges were disfunctional on 8 of them. So far I've ripped about 80 cds and I bet 50 had hinge issues. The cases were all different, from all years, from all labels. You can classify most of these issues into 3 categories. 1. Nipple broken off 2. Hole split to edge 3. Entire corner broken off. Yes, we as Americans want cheap products, but damnit, we want quality too. Ok, so I can buy 100 empties at Wal Mart for $5. Why doesn't Williams-Sonoma come out with empty jewel cases that never break and cost $35 for 100. They have a toaster that costs $400, why can't they do this? Ok, I'm done. But really, c'mon, the design is 20 years old and it sucks. It has always sucked. it sucked in the beginning. It sucked 10 years ago. I think it sucks worse now. With cd burning and now dvd burning....can't one company...ONE...come out with a better design? Now I'm done. Really.