From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 12 1:15:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-31-201-166.mmcable.com [65.31.201.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FFCE37B41A for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 01:15:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 54261 invoked by uid 100); 12 Jan 2002 09:15:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15423.65187.282331.186446@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 03:15:15 -0600 To: Jud Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: robust copy program required In-Reply-To: <8630549@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: "Mike Meyer" X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.43 (Python 2.2; freebsd-4.4-STABLE-i386) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jud types: > 12/28/2001 1:30:14 AM, Cliff Sarginson > wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 10:05:32PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> rene@xs4all.nl types: > >> > Hi. I have several CDROMs with some scratches etc. > >> > >> Have you considered trying to polish the scratches out? I've rescued > a > >> few with toothpaste and elbow grease. > > > >Mmm, seriously ? > >Don't laugh at me, I have a Supertramp CD that I would love to stop > my > >son from putting into a Microwave oven (he assures me the effect is > >spectacular). > > 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. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message