How do I stop my mac from trying to eject a DVD thats stuck in there?

So I've dented where my dvd goes in. I put a dvd in since i thought it would try come out (Stupid idea) now my macbook is just trying to constantly eject it. Is there anyway to stop it from doing that like a terminal code?

Okay - i just looked up yahoo questions on this problem - apparently apple - in their somewhat arrogant wisdom - have decided we all get this whether we want it or not - every time we load a track onto our ipods. I DON'T WANT GAPLESS PLAYBACK! It take HOURS to go through my music library EVERYTIME I LOAD A TRACK and I CAN'T STOP IT! Apparently the only way to fix this is to uninstall itunes quote: "itunes *****" unquote - and just drag and drop music files straight from your computer files into your ipod files. I will be doing this - a friend of mine got so annoyed that she threw her ipod in the bin, went out and bought herself a creative zen - and bought three for her kids as well. Creative Zen does not have this very annoying problem - AND she had no trouble loading her itunes library to her Zen player. (PS - astericks above are apple's idea not mine - apparently su_c_ks is a dirty word :))
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Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
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Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that this Internet criminal has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing, has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
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Okay - i just looked up yahoo questions on this problem - apparently apple - in their somewhat arrogant wisdom - have decided we all get this whether we want it or not - every time we load a track onto our ipods. I DON'T WANT GAPLESS PLAYBACK! It take HOURS to go through my music library EVERYTIME I LOAD A TRACK and I CAN'T STOP IT! Apparently the only way to fix this is to uninstall itunes quote: "itunes *****" unquote - and just drag and drop music files straight from your computer files into your ipod files. I will be doing this - a friend of mine got so annoyed that she threw her ipod in the bin, went out and bought herself a creative zen - and bought three for her kids as well. Creative Zen does not have this very annoying problem - AND she had no trouble loading her itunes library to her Zen player. (PS - astericks above are apple's idea not mine - apparently su_c_ks is a dirty word :))
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