[ale] DVD ripping tools & distro of choice?

[Scott Castaline]

On 03/23/2010 03:55 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
> Scott, I have heard that a light coat of mayonnaise and wipe down of the
> disk can allow recovery of scratched DVDs (or at least CDs). Supposedly
> the optical characteristics of the oil+egg yolk+vinegar is pretty
> similar to the plastic of the CD.
> GC
>
>
Greg, just to let you know, the mayo didn't work in my case, neither did 
the ham & swiss, kinda hard to byte,,,,,,,,,
Since Jim Kinney advises against those scratch removers, I gues 
Hollywood will get more of my limited funds in the near future for the 
same item. Which by the way has anyone seen the ruling from that Ca. 
Judge in regards to all of this? He says that owning the original you 
are allowed to have a backup copy, but can't create or use software to 
make that copy.