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It started with books: Again and again, when I wanted to buy a copy of one of my favorite books as my gift to a friend, it was "out of print". (That's a much bigger problem in a small language, like Norwegian with about 5 mill native speakers, than in English.) So nowadays, I buy a couple extra copies of my most valuable books, so that I have them available as gifts even when out of pring.
I started buying DVDs before video streaming was commonplace, and I still buy my movies on DVD/BD. Whenever I see lists of new movies available for streaming, I look through the list of discontinued movies, and brighten up every time I can say: Fortunately, that movie is still available in my bookshelf! (It happens all the time.)
A number of movies, documentaries etc. are not available on DVD/BD; the only way to see them is on internet - usually for a limited time. If they were available, I would have bought them. I download them to make sure they are as permanently available as if I had bought a physical copy. Several times, I have had a downloaded copy for a couple of years when the movie finally comes out on DVD/BD, and I buy a physical copy.
Sometimes I am too late: Last Friday, I watched on YouTube a great concert with a favorite group of mine, deciding that I would preserve it. It was late at night, so I postponed it until Saturday. On Saturday, the concert was taken off YouTube due to copyright violations. A significant number of YouTube video copies I've got are no longer available online; sometimes there are copyright issues, but most often they are simply gone. I am happy to have my own copies.
Also, my own copies can be played where I do not have an internet connection. That happens quite often, when vacationing, when visiting friends etc. I show a lot of my movies to a friend who has an internet connection, but not where we watch movies (in another house on the property). I am in the planning stage for a home movie theater, and I still haven't seen any good reason for installing an internet connection there (it is unsuitable for wireless). So I will continue moving physical copies from my PC to my movie player.
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I'm sorry, I did not read your post. Too many words.
It is also a little disturbing to me at least, that you are dumping your brain onto the screen like this, over such a trivial thread.
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Would you accept a video version of my post? Or would that be too intellectually demanding as well?
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Careful. YouTube could give you a strike. Three strikes, and you're out!
I use DVDFab to create backups of videos on youporn youtube.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I just came across the two threads ("What you like / do not like about me") in your profile ... What a blast in the past, those many people who once were on the site and left .. Paul, Shog, Chris(s), Trollslayer, Corinna ... I feel old, and I miss quite a bunch of them !
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Yeah, those were my formative years, when people were first learning that they really might want to consider fearing me.
I think my favorite memory was the dude that insulted himself to save me the trouble. I think he posted an article about the Koran/Quran/whatever. It was way back when CP first introduced the idea of registered users. I've tried to find it again, but to no avail. Only Chris has the keys to that particular vault.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Only Chris has the keys to that particular vault.
I also lost access to some real gems after the CP database update. Chris is sitting on a treasure of punchlines
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I feel there is no longer the need to download YouTube videos. Being always online, just watch it there, on YouTube.
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That is until the video gets removed. Besides, what if I want to take a video and edit it. The whole motivation for my post is that I want to download the video of the dog saluting Hitler, but want to trim it down to the few seconds where the dog is actually saluting.
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How convenient that you show up just in time to save the day.
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Thanks, will fix.
Sorry, unable to handle videos that aren't available to the general public.
/ravi
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Thats a neat app! Thanks
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Thank you!
/ravi
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Why not just contact the uploader and ask if they can give you a url for the download?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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My favorite place to go to download videos is OffLiberty. It is simple, quick and easy to use. All you do is go to the site, paste in a URL, like a YouTube URL, then click the button and off it goes! Offliberty - evidence of offline life[^]
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I use FF59 for personal browsing, because I don't like to be coupled to Google 247, especially when I spend much of my leisure time on YouTube. With FF, I use the following downloaders: Flash Video Downloader, Flash and Video Download, and YouTube Video and Audio Downloader. I use Flash Video Downloader the most and if I want to download from YouTube, or even Putlocker, GoMovies, or any other website, I typically get what I want.
modified 22-Mar-18 2:01am.
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It looks like my Yahoo Mail page has changed, with there being a big panel on the right that is empty (I think I have an existing Yahoo Mail adblocker). Yahoo gives me a dialog box asking if I want to add this Wider Mail extension, or pay $3.49 per month. This makes me think that this extension is a sneaky, evil way to somehow spam or spy on me, etc. I have tried searching for information, but the only source I can find is controlled by Yahoo, of course that is not trustworthy.
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And to think there's people still using Yahoo mail. Or any product by a company called "Yahoo." Beam me up, Scotty!
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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OK, I get the feeling that Yahoo is now considered by the k3wl crowd to be as L7 as AOL.
What is a "better" E-mail system? Google? Outlook?
That said, it does concern me that I've got so much stored stuff @ Yahoo, as moving over to a new system would be a PITA.
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swampwiz wrote: OK, I get the feeling that Yahoo is now considered by the k3wl crowd to be as L7 as AOL.
I've have a retired customer in his 70's who uses an AOL email address. Doesn't use AOL to access the internet but way back when he did.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Marc Clifton wrote: nd to think there's people still using Yahoo mail.
As opposed to what ? Their mail client is great, no issue in the last 20 years, available everywhere in the world. I honestly do not know why I would change.
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Rage wrote: Their mail client is great, no issue in the last 20 Just 15 years ago the mail client was horrible. Their search engine was terrible. Thank goodness google beat the tar out of them.
Are they good now? No idea, I gave up on them about 15+ years ago (probably) when they were horrible.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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