Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:01:53 -0700 From: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: robust copy program required Message-ID: <F1021yEXUIEAOeIiGXi00021c41@hotmail.com>
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Some 'models' of Turtle Wax work great on CDs if you have alot of spare
time.
> >Jud <jud@operamail.com> types:
>[snip]
> >> Yeah, there are commercial *mild* abrasives you can buy that are
> >> supposedly made especially for CDs, but toothpaste is certainly in
>the
> >> Open Source (in this case, an opened tube - or do you use the
>pump?)
> >> spirit.
> >>
> >> Of course you'll likely just ruin it anyway, and then your son can
> >> demonstrate his home science project.
> >
> >How many CDs have you ruined this way? I've tried it on three. In two
> >of the cases, the problem went away. In the third, the amount of noise
> >was reduced. In no case has the quality ever suffered.
>
>O Ye of Little Faith department: I was joking, but since I'd never tried
>the Toothpaste Gambit, I experimented on my one unplayable CD
>("Officium," Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble). I carefully
>cleaned the CD beforehand, then polished away with toothpaste (gel,
>actually; perhaps not as effective, but it's what I had). The CD looks
>worse - lots of small scratches - but now plays through, whereas before
>it would not.
>
>Thanks for saving me the $20 or so on a replacement CD.
>
>Jud
>
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