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AmateurScientist said:
Indeed. This is all strictly anecdotal, but I have seen several rental DVDs with smudge marks and scratches all over them. Here's what I recommend and what I have done successfully in the past (it can't hurt, but it may or may not work all of the time):

Carefully handle the DVD by the edges, take it to your kitchen sink, and run some warm (not hot) water over it and put a little bit of non-abrasive dish-washing liquid (the kind you use in the sink, not in the automatic dishwasher) on it. Gently wash both sides of the DVD with your clean fingers, and make sure you get all the smudges and soap off. Fling as much of the water off while holding the DVD, then gently blot the rest of the water off with a soft terry cloth towel, but do not rub it. Blot it only.

Once the DVD is dry, you can safely insert it into your player. In many cases, this will solve the hanging or skipping problem. In others, it may not. In any event, assuming the thing already has scratches and/or smudges, it shouldn't harm the DVD further.

Good luck.

AS
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At least it's something to try the next time I have a problem. It is probably more constructive than hurling the DVD across the room, which I have been tempted to do more than once.

Thank, AS.
 
CFLarsen said:
This leads nowhere. You are clearly not interested in providing evidence of your claims. You are clearly not interested in looking at the evidence. You are definitely not interested in considering if you could be wrong or not.
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Now I get it- you're just talking to yourself all the time.
 
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Diogenes said:
Guess it depends on what you consider evidence...


Ever hear about the towns that Wal-Mart killed twice ?

http://www.sprawl-busters.com/search.php?readstory=2058

The 1st time when they moved in, the 2nd when they moved out...

'Course it wasn't Wal-Mart's fault.. It was those greedy consumers and cheap help ..
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Evidence? Please include data on population and business trends there for, say, the 20 years prior to Walmart locating there. Your article proves absolutely nothing, anecdotal at best.

eta: According to the census (dial-up warning - 9 mb pdf file) Sumter County, where Livingston is located, has been losing population since at least 1960. And this is caused by Walmart moving in in 1980 how, exactly?
 
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WildCat said:
Evidence? Please include data on population and business trends there for, say, the 20 years prior to Walmart locating there. Your article proves absolutely nothing, anecdotal at best.

eta: According to the census (dial-up warning - 9 mb pdf file) Sumter County, where Livingston is located, has been losing population since at least 1960. And this is caused by Walmart moving in in 1980 how, exactly?
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Sorta missed my point ..

I'm sure it was me...


The Hearne, Texas story is really funny..

And again, it wasn't anything Wal-Mart did, besides show up ...

Could it ever possibly be, just the right thing, for Wal-Mart to leave little dying towns alone, to die on their own ?
 
Thanz said:
I am perfectly willing to consider that I am wrong. I have read your articles, and none of them address whether people could program VCRs when they came out or not, despite your repeated bluster. I have invited you more than once to quote one of them and show that I am wrong. Yet, despite the bluster, you refuse to do this and hide behind an empty claim that I haven't read your articles. If you had any integrity, you would either post a quote that shows I am wrong or admit that your articles do not address the point.

As to whether it leads nowhere, well, I lay this at your feet as well. It is you who refuses to admit you may be wrong - on this thread, and many others as well. I keep thinking that maybe one of these days you will sya "Huh. Guess I was wrong about that. Sorry for arguing for 10 pages for an untenable position."

Back on topic, my final point is this: Beta may have had one superior aspect (video quality) but it was deficient in others (length of recording time, and later, availablility of content). Your assertion that it was a superior product based on the one aspect (video quality) is erroneous when one considers the whole product and the features that consumers wanted. Beta dying out is not an example of dumb consumers ignoring a superior product - it is an example of the market showing what the more important features of the product are, no matter what your choice may have been.
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O......K.

I was hoping for something relevant to the issue, but you choose to round off with a few extra strawmen, plus a couple of personal attacks.

Oh, well.
 
CFLarsen said:
O......K.

I was hoping for something relevant to the issue, but you choose to round off with a few extra strawmen, plus a couple of personal attacks.

Oh, well.
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Sounds like someone blew a big wad of cash in 1978 and is still bitter...
 
CFLarsen said:
O......K.

I was hoping for something relevant to the issue, but you choose to round off with a few extra strawmen, plus a couple of personal attacks.

Oh, well.
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You realize that you are not fooling anyone, don't you? People here can read and comprehend that it is you, not I, who is avoiding the issues and questions.

You have accused me more than once of not reading your articles. You claim that they support your argument, but when asked to quote from them to show this, you clam up. Either retract your accusations or post a quote. Put up or shut up.
 
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