On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:09:41 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>> 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...

You've never actually used Cygwin before, have you?  Because if you had, 
you wouldn't have to ask that question.

>> Because you have a collection of video files that you want to watch on
>> your TV?
> 
> Where would you get these files from?

Rip DVDs, free videos from the 'net - plenty of sources.

>> 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.

Presuming you created lower-quality recompressed versions (which isn't 
necessarily the only way to rip DVDs).

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

Only to keep honest people honest.  And some honest people still will rip 
their DVDs.

>>> 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...)

I want to get a digital frame to sync up the Astronomy Picture of the Day 
to.

Jim

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