>>> Wrong.  Cygwin comes with sshd based on openssh, and it costs nothing.
>>
>> It seems rather silly to install an entire Unix emulator just to run one
>> tiny application... but sure, I guess that works.
>
> You don't need to install the whole thing, installing sshd + the cygwin
> DLLs is sufficient (the installation is quite granular).

Presumably I still have to create a folder called "etc" containing a 
folder named "sshd" containing a file named "sshd.conf" though. (?) And 
somehow tell Cygwin where the hell that folder is...

>>> A PC that's hooked up to a TV to play audio/video.
>>
>> Perhaps the part I don't understand is "why would you ever want to do
>> this?"
>
> Because you have a collection of video files that you want to watch on
> your TV?

Where would you get these files from?

> Because maybe you want to rip your DVD collection to a digital format so
> you can access them all without having to take them out of the case? (I
> know people who do that - it's the same reason one might rip a CD to MP3s
> - some do it so the original media won't be damaged or worn through use).

This is the only source I can think of - and I'm the sort of person who 
would play the actual physical disks rather than the lower-quality 
recompressed versions.

Besides, aren't all DVDs copy-protected anyway?

>> Then again, I also don't understand why anybody would ever buy "digital
>> picture frames"...
>
> I guess you're just old-fashioned and would prefer paper that
> deteriorates over time, or if you want to change a picture you're
> displaying, take it out and put another one in. ;)

I guess it's more that I'm the kind of old-fashioned person who doesn't 
actually have any pictures I want to look at. (Apart from the Zazzle 
posters covering every inch of my walls...)

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