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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks all...will delve into this a little deeper
soon thanks to all of the great suggestions. --R</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jim.kinney@gmail.com href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">Jim
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ale@ale.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ale] DVD ripping tools
& distro of choice?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Scott Castaline <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:skotchman@gmail.com">skotchman@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
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<DIV class=im>On 03/23/2010 03:55 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:<BR>> Scott, I
have heard that a light coat of mayonnaise and wipe down of the<BR>> disk
can allow recovery of scratched DVDs (or at least CDs). Supposedly<BR>>
the optical characteristics of the oil+egg yolk+vinegar is pretty<BR>>
similar to the plastic of the CD.<BR>> GC<BR>><BR></DIV>And if that
don't work, I do have ham and swiss in the fridge,,,,<BR>But on a more
serious note I seem to remember seeing that somewhere. I'm<BR>also thinking
of getting one of those scratch removing machines like at<BR>Fry's or
MicrCenter. Anyone use one of those or are they a waste of
money?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Waste of $$ on the game disk my son tried it on. The scratch was on
the "data" side and only went into the clear covering and NOT into the bits
area. The gizmo slowly spun the disk while running a fast buffer wheel
which basically replaced the entire shiny surface with a dull haze.
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