My game library is in bad shape, mostly due to the ever unrelenting torrent of abuse dished out by my younger siblings. Shiny things + them = not good. My copy of MW2 is cleanly split down one half, my Batman: AA disc is on its last legs due to a shallow split on an ever so small but vitally important location, and a host of other Xbox originals and Wii games are scratched to the point where they aren't working at all or won't be much longer.

Most all-knowing OP, I'm looking for any knowledge from personal experience you can give me, as well as any conjecture. Is there hope of retrieving information from damaged game discs such as these by copying the information onto a hard drive and then burning the information onto another disk so I can play them/play them without errors? If so, can I use standard copying & burning software/hardware or do I need to use ones that are especially designed to do these things? If it's the latter, do you have any personal recommendations on what software to use?

Any other ideas on information retrieving/saving approaches on this matter are welcome, too.

also, health no longer regenerates, which is stupid. if you're in a fire fight with someone, you're gonna take a few bullets no doubt. unless u find a health pack, ur in bad shape for the next fire fight.babybinky

[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="MgamerBD"] Last time I checked the real Santa aka Saint Nick never lived in the North Pole. I'm just stating facts...MgamerBD

[QUOTE="twitchmonkey399"][QUOTE="frostybanana"] No that's still blowing it out of proportion. He's not saying this person is his soul mate. He's saying he was interested in her. They're not going out, they're not in a relationship and he's not turning her down because of her braces at all. If braces aren't a turn off for you, then I'm sure there is something that is a turn off for you that other people don't really mind. That's called being a human being. He would still go out with her despite the braces. That's not shallow at all. Like I said before, if a girl had a goiter jutting out of her neck, you wouldn't be physically attracted to her, and if you are, well then you're just a weirdo aren't ya? That has nothing to do with her personality obviously, and he likes her enough to look past it. Physical attraction is part of life. Don't pretend you're not superficial in the least bit because everyone is in their own way. frostybanana

Yes, it can change, but it shouldn't change to the degree that he sees her as a considerably less desirable option. And no, I'm not giving him credit for looking past a minor facial differences that happen to be temporary.

You reserve the right to use extreme examples? I welcome you to quote, recall, or mention in way one single sane person who thinks braces are a bigger deal than a goiter when it comes to attractiveness. Now please realize that I'm not posing this question to you in a way that I become guilty of argumentum ad populum. I'm not saying that since all people think it, it's true. I'm saying that since all people think it, it's safe to think that the TC thinks it, too.

Finally, I'd appreciate it if you responded to my example. It puts what you're saying to the test, and you avoided it. Why?

[QUOTE="The_Weird_Guy"]Notice how he starts by saying a girl he "liked", as in past tense. He liked her until she got braces which made her physically unattractive in his opinion. The fact that he uses the term "liked" shows that he doesn't like her any more. And the fact that he doesn't like her any more because she is "physically unattractive" is what makes him shallow. End of story.frostybanana

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MY GOD PEOPLE! HE DIDNT SAY IT RUINED IT FOR HIM. HE SAID HE SHE IS STILL A DATING OPTION. YOU GUYS NEED TO SHUT UP

The_Weird_Guy

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This person speaks the truth no one here can say that they are not shallow

Ok throw the first rock you who always care about people only by what's inside and never EVER care about outiside, it doesn't matter if it's a stinky, obese couch potatoe he is kind and you'll fall inlove with him.,...come on....throw it....you know who you are....
See??

as this person said we base our opinion of someone based on looks first and then on emotions. Humanity establishes the criteria of judging a person within the first 30 seconds after the eye contact. We are ALL shallow...not only TC....we are humans....we are that badfrostybanana

The TC said he liked her and knew her before, and is obviously past the 30 second mark, so your rule about humanity doesn't apply here.

Our opinions will be shallow when we see someone for he first time, true. Their looks are all we have to go off of at this time, after all. But a wise person will build and modify their opinion of the person as he/she gets to know him/her.

People here are calling the TC shallow not because he made the initial judgement by looks that most everyone makes, but because he knew her and liked her before and now doesn't because of a petty cosmetic difference.

You're blowing what he said out of proportion, as is everyone here. He did not say he wouldn't date this person and even said she's still an option, which means he willing to look past it even though he's not attracted to braces. That must mean he's very attracted to her personality and that's 100% OK to me. Moreover, he's asking how other people feel about braces and not if he's being shallow or not. So stop judging this guy, he's not doing anything wrong.

I'm blowing it out of proportion? The fact that he thinks braces is a change that warrants considering her to be less of an option is what everyone is talking about.

I have to say I should have said "he likes her less so because of braces," instead of "and now he doesn't." My mistake. But my opinion remains constant.

I commend the man...but you can't physically come in contact with people under 18 in the sense he did if your his age...isn't it considered assaulting a minor or something?..

Xx_Hopeless_xX

He should have called the cops. If he was going to tackle one of them, he should have stayed on his property. He left his property to pursue this one teen, correct? If so, then that's where he failed. It's too bad though.Elian2530

Nope, article said the tackling took place in the man's yard.