Its retarded. I had a question that said " how do i fix a scratched cd?" and it was given a thumbs down! Why even have a stupid rating system if everyone just gives thumbs down to inoccent questions?
P.S. If you give this question thumbs down that means your admiting you eat little puppy dogs entrails.
2006-08-17 13:29:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Shut your mouth Joni I know you rated this a bad question
...Puppy eater
2006-08-17 13:33:29 · update #1
How is finding out how to fix a cd unintelegent?
2006-08-17 13:34:19 · update #2
I agree with you -- the system is abused - MORE than it is honoured. As for your question, you can fix CD's a dozen ways,
but it depends on where the scratches are - you did not say where.
The TOP of the CD is where the information is, so that if you hold the CD up to a light and see scratches in the silvered layer on the top, you are in serious trouble, since the missing data cannot be recovered in the scratched area. HOWEVER, there are programs that reconstruct the files, filling in the missing areas with cleverly designed data ( nonsense data, ) that matches the CRC ( Cyclic Redundance Checking ) error detection used by DOS and programs to make certain that a file is correct or valid, and then
the files are " useable ". IFF the files are non- sensitive to the missing data, like in a picture, where a section should be grass and trees, in a corner, but the data is gone. so that you see the REST of the picture, or in a SONG, where you hear a POP where the data is gone, but the rest of the song plays, then you are OK. However, iff the missing data tells the software how to open the file or is part of an EXE command, you just get errors.
You can HELP some top layer problems by putting a black layer on the CD top, sometimes - I have tried this, and on pin hole punctures it has allowed the OS ( windows, DOS, etc. ) to at least READ the data in the first place without giving " UNABLE TO READ FILE " errors. There are other tricks as well, but TOP layer problems are tricky... success is low.
You can try a number of Software programs to try to recover TOP LAYER problems as I stated above, ... - it is the easiest to use.
BOTTOM layer problems are more common, since lazy people just throw the CDs around on the desk or floor or whatever, and the labels when they come out of the CD unit are on the top, so that the bottom of the CD hits the desk.
This is just an OPTICAL problem, since the ENTIRE thickness of the CD is between the bottom and the DATA.
There are several ways to clean up the sctaches on the bottom. One is to use a filling compound of clear, wax like substance to fill in the rough areas, so that the disk is smooth, so that the laser shines straight up, and does not bend all over the affected area.
This is experimental.
There are many CD grinding repair kits that have 3 4 or 5 different grinding compounds that you grind down the rough areas
with, getting finer and finer, until the last grind is a shiny polish.
This has worked for me. No matter how you recover the data,
SAVE TO HARDDRIVE, and burn another disk !!!!
Now, as for the idiots who give a really good question a thumbs down, I would susped that they are try to get GOOD scores for their friend's score, or, by using multiple sign in names, increase their own rating. Other people are just deliberately abusing the system and I continually find answers like
"I have no idea, thanks for the 2 points"
or " dont know " etc.
Just hope that you find someone that knows what they are talking about and gives you a great answer... what else can you do...
If you don't get a real answer, ask again later - it is all based on chance, and people only look at the recent questions....
good luck
2006-08-17 13:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by robert g 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of questions are pointless and sometimes offensive. But hell, if I'd seen your "cd" question, I wouldn't have given it a thumbs down. I wouldv'e told you to get some scratch repair (from a place like best buy or circuit city), or try alcohol for a temporary fix.
2006-08-17 13:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by not2nite 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's unintelligent because she's unintelligent. This whole Answers thing is just a big joke sometimes.
BTW, does that P.S. message mean I can message Joni and tell her that she eats puppy entrails?
2006-08-17 13:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by Justin G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about others, but I give thumbs down to rude and inconsiderate questions such as questions on people having sex with animals...
2006-08-17 13:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by tyreanpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never mind. I guess some people give thunbs down just because they are mean or they think the answer wasn't very good.
2006-08-17 13:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by skris 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people are just jerks, but sometimes it is nice to be able to give a thumbs down to a hateful or dumb question.
2006-08-17 13:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because it's eather a stupid question or has already been asked a million times.
2006-08-17 13:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about what others think... That's a good question because you didn't know if you can fix a cd or not. ...so poop on them.....
2006-08-17 13:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe everyone thinks its really easy to fix a cd
2006-08-17 13:35:26 · answer #9 · answered by jake 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The more important question is: Why do you care about it so much?
Maybe someone was trying to give you a thumbs up and their hand slipped.
Hell, why would someone give a thumbs up to a question? "Wow, this guy is asking about scratched CD. That is, without a doubt the question of the year!"
2006-08-17 13:34:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋