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We live in an age in which the internet can be used for all kinds of extraordinary communication.

The internet gives us access to things past generations never had access to, and the opportunity for almost anyone to publish their opinions to the world.

One way to do this is through YouTube. Several videos posted there recently have been drawing hundreds of thousands of views. The ones I refer to claim that Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate, released on April 27th, contains obvious evidence of fraud.

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Question:

What software should I use for editing digital home videos, and for making DVDs from them?

Answer:

There are four stages in getting video recorded and from there to a finished DVD.

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On some Windows systems, it's easier to fight the Huns than to capture a screenshot from your DVD.

On some Windows systems, it can almost be easier to fight the Huns than it is to capture a screenshot from your DVD.

Today I had a customer who wanted to capture screenshots from a DVD he owns. The reason: Slides are presented on this DVD, and he wanted to be able to print a copy.

Should be simple, right?

Not necessarily. On some Windows computers it IS easy, but on some other systems it’s not easy at all.

In fact, I had tried this particular task on my own computer a couple of years ago, reached the limits of my personal patience at the time, and left it for some other day.

Today, as it turns out.   continue reading…