Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread

[aimeeandbeatles]

The cable sorta disappears into the HDD mounting brackets. I tried getting a closer look and bumped my head on the desk.

Tomorrow it's gonna be opened up to clean the fans anyways, so I can check then.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does anybody know another freeware program for encoding VOB files into AVIs? I tried both AutoGK and avi.NET which gave me errors (trying AutoGK running as admin, will edit if it works). It'd be appreciated if it could let you choose a custom size (the site I want to upload it to only wants 100 mb) but I can do it in another program anyways.

I just spent an hour and a half encoding only to get an error. Needless to say, I'm very pissed.

Thanks.

Edit: Got AutoGK to work! Yay!

 

[lndm]

Off Topic

Needless to say, I'm very pissed.

That always makes me laugh (Sorry ) Over here that means you're drunk. Of course that's not the case.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

That always makes me laugh (Sorry ) Over here that means you're drunk. Of course that's not the case.

LOL! For one, I'm underage. Two, bad things can happen if I combine alcohol and my medications. Third, I hate the smell of alcohol.

 

[LucyDuke]

You want to protect a sensitive file? Put it on a flash drive and unplug it from your computer. Done. Protected. Ain't no one getting to it. At least over a network.

Is there an easy way to keep bookmarks private? Password-protected or something other than just putting 'em in a mislabeled folder. Preferably password-protected.

 

[nonconformist]

Is there an easy way to keep bookmarks private? Password-protected or something other than just putting 'em in a mislabeled folder. Preferably password-protected.

I put 'em in the most boring sounding folder possible; something like "Internet connection protocol codings" or something.

 

[Souron]

Is there an easy way to keep bookmarks private? Password-protected or something other than just putting 'em in a mislabeled folder. Preferably password-protected.

There are a number of online bookmarking services, that have password protection. Some are available with Firefox plugins. Chipmarks is an example, though I've had problems with it when I have multiple windows open. Google bookmarks was one of the others I considered, but did not try.

 

[lndm]

There are a number of online bookmarking services, that have password protection.

Of course, this depends upon from whom they are to be kept.

The traditional way to keep privacy from others that have access to your computer is to have your own user account (not user accounts on earlier versions of windows). This does depend on the skill level of those people.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Is there an easy way to keep bookmarks private? Password-protected or something other than just putting 'em in a mislabeled folder. Preferably password-protected.

This may not be the easiest way, but A small Truecrypted volume with a couple of HTML files that have your bookmarks would work. Of course, you'd have to mount it every time you want a bookmark.

The best passive way is to simply have multiple user accounts or to password protect your only one. That way, when you leave you can lock it. Some people may be smart enough to look at the bookmark backups though which Firefox automatically stores.

 

[LucyDuke]

Well my laptop has only one user account that's password-protected so I probably shouldn't worry, I'm just paranoid and I wanna keep the stuff double-protected so even if somebody else is usin' it or if I'm showing somebody something that this stuff doesn't show up like OOPS. None of these suggestions (I think) are as easy as I'm aiming for. Like a regular folder in the firefox bookmarks but when you hover over it it says HEY YOU NEED A PASSWORD TO SEE THIS.

(But thanks dudes, y'all are helpful always. Not as helpful as Till but still superawesome.)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I just read on another forum that if your processor is running at full capacity (e.g. media encoding) and it quickly stops, it can cause damage. Is this true?

 

[Zelig]

I just read on another forum that if your processor is running at full capacity (e.g. media encoding) and it quickly stops, it can cause damage. Is this true?

No.
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[aimeeandbeatles]

I guess either I misunderstood it or the guy was talking crap.

 

[lndm]

There is logic in it but if it were the case with actual processors, I'd have to call it faulty engineering. I would say that it would shorten its life though (even though it would probably be thoroughly insignificant).


@LucyDuke, check these out. Only just googled them but they look promising.
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/hidelinks/
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-password-protect-and-hide-urls-or-links/
http://www.hidelinks.com/hidelinks/default.asp

 

[kibbles]

What do you think of these:
http://www.digilinkcomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_28&products_id=1248
http://www.digilinkcomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_27_59&products_id=1273
There both very reasonably priced and I am wondering if there is anything I am overlooking...

 

[Cutlass]

Well my laptop has only one user account that's password-protected so I probably shouldn't worry, I'm just paranoid and I wanna keep the stuff double-protected so even if somebody else is usin' it or if I'm showing somebody something that this stuff doesn't show up like OOPS. None of these suggestions (I think) are as easy as I'm aiming for. Like a regular folder in the firefox bookmarks but when you hover over it it says HEY YOU NEED A PASSWORD TO SEE THIS.

(But thanks dudes, y'all are helpful always. Not as helpful as Till but still superawesome.)

Maybe you could use a second browser, have only "safe" stuff linked in one of them for the public and all your regular stuff in firefox, and don't have an icon to launch firefox anywhere that people will see it unless they go hunting for it.

 

[Souron]

Like a regular folder in the firefox bookmarks but when you hover over it it says HEY YOU NEED A PASSWORD TO SEE THIS.

Chipmarks creates a menu that can require you to login before looking at your chipmarks. You can log out too.

I think Google bookmarks work similarly.

 

[Macha]

Is there any program(s) to rip/convert dvds that doesn't take longer than just watching it? ATM, I'm getting (length of movie) for original rip and 40 mins for conversion for iPod.

 

[Macha]

Does anybody know another freeware program for encoding VOB files into AVIs? I tried both AutoGK and avi.NET which gave me errors (trying AutoGK running as admin, will edit if it works). It'd be appreciated if it could let you choose a custom size (the site I want to upload it to only wants 100 mb) but I can do it in another program anyways.

I just spent an hour and a half encoding only to get an error. Needless to say, I'm very pissed.

Thanks.

Edit: Got AutoGK to work! Yay!

If you don't mind them being in different parts, you can rename them to .mpg s and use the program of your choice to convert them.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Is there any program(s) to rip/convert dvds that doesn't take longer than just watching it? ATM, I'm getting (length of movie) for original rip and 40 mins for conversion for iPod.

I use either DVD Decrypter or SmartRipper for the ripping part.

For encoding to AVI -- this is what takes so long, I've found AutoGK to be fast. avi.NET is slower but also good in case AutoGK doesn't like you. There's also MediaCoder but I don't know how long it takes.

For iPods -- I don't know, I don't use an iPod.