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 Posted - January 16 2010 : 11:21:04
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Question: Kathy asks, "I have some DVDs I made from a VCR tape. Can I copy those DVDs to an external hard drive and burn copies from there?"
Answer: Great question, Kathy. If you have the DVDs already, you can use the CD/DVD burning software you got with your computer to make an image of the DVD as a single file. That file's called an image. You can then turn around and burn that image to as many blank DVDs as necessary. For listeners that don't have an external hard drive, you can still do this by using your burning software to copy the DVD. Choose the number of copies to make, and your software will take an image of the original DVD and prompt you to swap discs as often as necessary to make the copies you want to make. That image is deleted when you finish making the copies, so it doesn't take up a bunch of space on your hard drive when you're done.
Cool Site: Watchman Fellowship: Have you ever wondered what defines a cult? Have you ever wondered how a particular set of beliefs differs from orthodox Christianity? What about people you may know who believe differently than you? What's their eternal destiny? What do you need to say to help them know the truth so that truth can set them free? Watchman Fellowship can help. They are at www.watchman.org and on their website you'll find a wealth of information about cults and less-than-orthodox belief systems. Being in a cult doesn’t necessarily have a negative connotation. Here's what they say, "By using the terms "cult," "occult," and "New Age," Watchman Fellowship is in no way implying that the followers or leaders are necessarily evil or immoral people. It simply means that such groups seem to promote doctrine or practices which may be considered outside the realm of historic Christianity." There are articles on Scientology, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Moonies, and many others. I found articles on Star Wars, Oprah, Mitt Romney, Dan Brown, and that's not all. Some of the articles are in PDF form, so you'll need a PDF reader program like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader, my own personal preference. If you are a Pastor of a church, they have a Pastor's Packet they'll send you. If ministry to cults is where your heart is, Watchman.org is a site where you can go to get started.
Cool Gadget: Western Digital USB3.0 MyBook: When USB came out, it was all about universality. About being able to connect anything and have it be recognized and "just work". But it wasn't as fast as FireWire, which did a lot of the same things. USB 2.0 came along and the speed limit jumped from 12 megabits per second to 480 megabits per second. USB 3.0 runs up to 10 times faster than that: 5000 megabits per second. Western Digital has a line of their MyBook USB hard drives that uses USB 3.0. The drives come in 1 and 2 terabyte sizes and you can get them with or without a USB 3.0 adapter. It is compatible with USB 2.0, but then you won't get the speed.
Eddie: What kind of speed can you get?
David: According to Western Digital, you can transfer a 24-gigabyte HD movie in 13.3 minutes over USB 2.0, but with USB 3.0, that 13.3 minutes becomes 2.7. That's seriously fast. And you should have enough space to backup every computer in the house. They run $179 for the 1 Terabyte model without the USB 3.0 card, to $279 for the 2 Terabyte model including the USB 3 adapter, but those are list prices. Street prices should be a little less. Just be sure whether you're getting the package with the adapter or not – depending on what you want.
It's All "Geek" To Me: Screensaver: This week's word is screensaver, and they were created to prevent a problem with CRT monitors. If you leave any image on a CRT screen too long, it will eventually be permanently burned into the screen's phosphors, so that you can see it nearly all the time. The screensaver is intended to help prevent this by constantly changing the image on the screen, often in entertaining ways. It can also be used to secure your computer when you have to walk away for a bit, if you set it to require a password to go away. Screensavers aren't really all that necessary nowadays because monitors turn off after a while, or don't exhibit the problem.
Links
Watchman Fellowship:
http://www.watchman.org
Cult Index:
http://www.wfial.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=archives.index#top
Western Digital USB 3.0 MyBook on Gearlog:
http://www.gearlog.com/2010/01/my_book_delivers_super_speed_w.php
USB 3.0 MyBook on Western Digital:
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=776
Screen Saver Defined:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Screensaver&ei=DfxOS9XdEoiINrfKpJIJ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAkQkAE
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