Our local library already buys games for young children and let's you borrow them for several days for free! The first time we found out about this my kids were ecstatic when they saw the selection of well known childrens character based games (ie Dora the Explorer...etc..), but when we got home and tried to play them the crying began.... not even one of the games we borrowed was usable... every single disc was scratched horribly. I was able to repair one myself using the toothpaste trick, but all the others were beyond repair. Totally useless. What a waste of money. I took them back and asked the library about the problem. They were pretty much indifferent, and actually just put the same damaged games back on the shelf ready to disappoint another batch of children! Wasted money and toothpaste, emotional trauma... there was nothing good about this.
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This is a little too convenient I think. I wouldn't be surprised if this "find" eventually turns out to be much smaller than originally estimated.
Our local library already buys games for young children and let's you borrow them for several days for free! The first time we found out about this my kids were ecstatic when they saw the selection of well known childrens character based games (ie Dora the Explorer...etc..), but when we got home and tried to play them the crying began.... not even one of the games we borrowed was usable... every single disc was scratched horribly. I was able to repair one myself using the toothpaste trick, but all the others were beyond repair. Totally useless. What a waste of money. I took them back and asked the library about the problem. They were pretty much indifferent, and actually just put the same damaged games back on the shelf ready to disappoint another batch of children! Wasted money and toothpaste, emotional trauma... there was nothing good about this.
I would like the right to name the element to goto the highest bidder and all proceeds of the auction to goto charity. See the auction at http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220432828283
I have setup en ebay auction for this. I don't know if it will work because the scientists have agreed to nothing, but if we get a big enough bid maybe they will consider it. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220432828283
They should auction the right to name it off to the highest bidder. Use the proceeds for further research or donate it to charity..etc..