How to get a mini disc out of the drive?

Hi all. I have just made the stupid mistake of putting a mini disc inside my G4 and i cant get it out by ejecting. It is not even detected by the system. People have recomended restarting the system and holding down the mouse button, but that did not help. Others have recomended sliding a business card into the slot, however I'm reluctant to try that due to fear of damaging my system. Is there any safe way to professionally remove this disc? Any help is much appreciated.

The absolute safe pro way is to pull the drive and open the top. Sorry a pain I know.
There are other ways, some more dangerous than others
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-200014.html
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Well can't post on your original because it is "answered".
The ultimate way to remove a disk is to remove the optical drive and take the top off of it.
I just saw this on the web but can't seem to find the URL now.
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