Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

[aimeeandbeatles]

Google failed me again. I have a list of YouTube links. Is there a way other than to manually open them all to validate that they are all up? (e.g. not taken down by user or TOS violations or whatever). Rather not go into coding if possible and I kept getting stuff about validating YouTube embeds or something.

 

[cardgame]

you could write a script for it I guess. Manually is probably the best way really, unless it's like ~100+ links

 

[Cutlass]

Put them in one folder and open all in the folder.

 

[GoodGame]

Put them in one folder and open all in the folder.

Sounds like that might cause the processor to hang.



Is this for a website? Isn't there a simpler automatic way of detecting if a server and file are existant?

Here's a non-google one: http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/link-checker.shtml

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

thanks. they are not on a web page though they are in bookmarks.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

The thing about youtube links is even if the video is down the links are still valid.

 

[Bratmon]

Anyone here code in Python?


What's your favorite IDE for it?

I just use idle.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Eric4 is also worth trying.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

does defrag reduce file size at all (even a few bytes)? I was thinking it may reducing slack space.

oh yes, and is there a way to tell how much disk space is being wasted in slack space? just wondering.

 

[Turner]

does defrag reduce file size at all (even a few bytes)? I was thinking it may reducing slack space.

oh yes, and is there a way to tell how much disk space is being wasted in slack space? just wondering.

Your answers can be found here.

And before you say it's not working for you, I used your terms in your question and found answers within literally 60 seconds.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I keep getting stuff about databases.

 

[Turner]

And before you say it's not working for you, I used your terms in your question and found answers within literally 60 seconds.

C'mon, aimee. You keep trying different things until you get it. Figure out the keywords and search for that.

 

[civ_king]

I'm trying to make this file have the squares at exactly 1" by 1" on a 42" plotter and it's giving me no end to grief, (note the plotter prints things at 90° counter-clockwise) anyone have ideas on how to cut this into two pieces so every square is 1" by 1" anything that's easier than a hack job in paint?

 

[Mathalamus]

i have a major issue with my computer.

sometimes it fails to boots and restarts. sometimes it does boot but there are major issues which require a restart anyway. it happened shortly after i installed itunes, and i doubt that's the issue. neither is steam.

i cannot find the issue, and i cannot reinstall windows 7.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Download the recovery disc here, i think it can replace damaged system files:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

This is probably a dumb question: Suppose you live in the US with the DMCA. Is it illegal to download DVD Decrypter for legal purposes? (e.g. suppose you have a non-DRM'd DVD that is scratched so you can't make a backup -- DVD Decrypter, IIRC, can sometimes get the files anyways).

I did wiki it, but its unclear:

In the noted "321" case, Federal District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California,[5] ruled that the backup copies made with software such as DVD Decrypter are in fact legal but that distribution of the software used to make them is illegal. As of the date of this revision, neither the US Supreme Court nor the US Congress has taken definitive action on the matter.

I looked at the source, though, and it said it was only an injuction on one company. so now Im extremely confused.

 

[Aramazd]

This is probably a dumb question: Suppose you live in the US with the DMCA. Is it illegal to download DVD Decrypter for legal purposes? (e.g. suppose you have a non-DRM'd DVD that is scratched so you can't make a backup -- DVD Decrypter, IIRC, can sometimes get the files anyways).

I did wiki it, but its unclear:



I looked at the source, though, and it said it was only an injuction on one company. so now Im extremely confused.

No, the DMCA make distribution illegal (in the us).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

doesn't "distribution of the software" mean downloading it, though?

 

[Genocidicbunny]

No. Uploading it is though.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

OK, now I think I understand. So you can legally download DVD Decrypter but you can't email it to a friend or put it on a webserver or something?