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Re: Best Practice SEO: File Extension or No?

Anon — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:17:32 -0000

I feel having my link returned in the results with a .php ending is alienating to end users and would be better with just a directory style URL

Re: Best Practice SEO: File Extension or No?

Greg Percifield — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:11:59 -0000

There may not be a big difference. But certainly appearance is a factor. Directories look much nicer, and in the long run, will help you better organize your information as it branches out.

Suprisingly, the one comment I have not seen here is the about SiteLinks. Google will generate sitelinks that appear in their listings (assuming you receive enough traffic, and Google finds some relevancy in the directories.) This can give you several results linked to one Google listing (much the way using breadcrumbs with Google works).

I've seen benefit from both of those, and would therefore choose Directory type listings any time. The talk about link juice from how close it is to the root, and appearing to be a human-made page vs dynamic is outdated. Google knows what is going on, and you will have success or failure from either one regardless of those factors.

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Dekka — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:09:51 -0000

What is wrong with the person who posted this reply?

Answer: He is a spurious full on douche (!).

Re: iPhone Sync: “Some of the applications in your iTunes library were not installed because one or more errors occurred.” - Chris Pratt // Shun the non-believer… Shhhhunnn…

iPhone Application — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:56:59 -0000

Yes, it is really true. I have able to try using my iPhone through iTunes and it really works for me and was able to sync all files that I was trying to put on my device. That's how cool is the iPhone devices.

Re: Signals in Django: Stuff That’s Not Documented (Well) | Chris Pratt // Metaphors Be With You

gamesbook — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:34:00 -0000

Any plans to format the code so it appears properly indented (and hence readable)? Thanks!

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Mr. Grammar And Punctuation — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:39:22 -0000

(Pirating DVDs is wrong. Don’t do it kiddos. However, you are allowed
by law to make a copy of any DVD, Music CD, software, etc. that you own,
as a backup. Aren’t disclaimers fun?).

What is wrong with the punctuation in this sentence?

Answer: a spurious full-stop, the correct ending is fun?)

The question mark also functions as a full-stop!

Just as the exclamation mark did in that one.

Re: Signals in Django: Stuff That’s Not Documented (Well) | Chris Pratt // Metaphors Be With You

Daniel Nuske — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:18:26 -0000

this old post gave me just what I needed!! thanks!

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Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Chris Edwards — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:24:36 -0000

The courts ruled years ago that if I buy an album (or CD), I am free to record it onto a cassette. If we carried your logic through, since the record companies provide me a vinyl album (or CD) AND a cassette, I should either choose my format or buy both!

But that clearly was not the ruling by the courts.

The fact is, record companies didn't mind transferring albums or CD's to a cassette because it was a lossless process. And distributing them en masse was a pain-in-the-ass. So they let it go. Didn't make a big deal and we all made copied of our albums onto high end metal cassettes with no issues. Yea, I could make a mix tape for my girlfriend, but any copies of that continued to degrade. Record companies were caught with their pants down on digital copies. Now, I could make near perfect copies and email them to 100 people at a time. Record Comp. got scared and started to freak out. But the writing was on the wall and history (and the courts) said it was OK.

Re: Doing More with Your Game Systems

J Jones111 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:40:08 -0000

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Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Greg Smith — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:27:58 -0000

I still don't see a reply to this question:

"when you talk about the quality slider, where is that? the only thing i find close is the constant quality slider that is a scale from 0 to 51"

Where is the quality slider everyone keeps mentioning? If I choose the "Apple TV 2" preset, I get a pretty good output, at only about 1.25GB per film. But I'd like to be able to tweak the quality up slightly, in exchange for some file size. 1.25(ish) GB is pretty small these days, relative to the cost of a 1TB drive. Thanks!

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

$25540930 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:57:51 -0000

Here are some settings I like to use to get my dvds under 1Gb with pretty darn good quality:

a ton of what makes your encode amazing are the ADVANCED SETTINGS! I have read dozens of articles and head swirling techniques, but what I found most amazing and great compression to encode time was these settings pictured below.

If you put your cursur over each of the options in the advanced settings, it will explain the benefits and suggested rates for each item. I also drop the audio bitrate from generic 160 to 128kbps. And I definitely always put decomb on default.

Re: How to Make Enemies and Annoy People on Twitter with GatherFollowers.com

DaneWitbeck — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:00:28 -0000

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Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

DVD Copy — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:38:57 -0000

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Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Kuni — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:53:00 -0000

Okay..what can Handbrake do for or down load best quality to take advantage of the new iPad version 3. What setting can we use. The movie file rip is equal to the original DVD. What is the latest version of Handbrake. I understand for $99 I can buy the Toast 11 which may do it?

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Shaun — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:04:34 -0000

But the main concern isn't even the people downloading terabytes of infringed material. It's the hosts who allow petabytes of information to be shared.

I'll be honest. I pirate the crap out of copyright material. Mainly because it is quicker to download a copy of a movie as a backup than to transcode it. Movies I care a lot about I will rip, otherwise I pirate.

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Matt — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:26:54 -0000

These days with digital download media providers like iTunes that allow you to purchase your content online and re-download it without the need to re-purchase it, surely one can argue that ripping a DVD IS an illegal act because you have chosen to purchase your media on a DISC that has the potential to spoil/break. If you want *true* guilt free media storage, then I would recommend purchasing your media from a digital provider not on a physical medium. The copyright warning at the start of a disc is written for a reason.
If Paramount, Universal and the other big (now) Big 4 studios really wanted to see remuneration for the content they create they would provide ALL their content on digital media providers, AND globally release all their content. (Seriously, why do they continue to think they make any headway by releasing a show to one country and then waiting a year to distribute it elsewhere?)Until that day, it is up to the individual to make the right choice based on the available options - regardless of whether the content creators have got their butts into gear.

Re: Best Practice SEO: File Extension or No?

hk snyder — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:17:49 -0000

What about for an existing site that already has 1000s of inbound links to 1000s of pages that have the .html extensions? A change like this implemented at the time of a redesign will require 301 redirects for every page - right?

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Dave — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:53:04 -0000

Great replies Chris. Just stumbled upon your thread as I'm switching to my new quad core iMac to back up my DVD library because it rips the DVDs in half the time than my old dual core HP does.
Until the movie companies offer a free exchange program for a ruined DVD, then I will *legally* back them up.
While others may choose to interpret the laws as what I'm doing as illegal, it is clearly an act of a reasonable person that is worried about the fragile nature of DVDs. Verbiage of a law that conflicts with another matters not. That's what judges are for. To protect us from the absurdity of powerful lobbies that would prefer you repeatedly buy the same DVD title over and over.
Once upon a time, after watching Monsters Inc. once, my son promptly sunk his teeth into it. Since that wasted $20, I've been a guilt free ripper.

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

Vegas Bets — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:18:31 -0000

Let us finish this! I have never heard about this, but sure thing you must know better!

Re: High Quality DVD Copies with HandBrake

ST32000641AS — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:58:14 -0000

hmm good answer, keep it up dude.

Re: Death to AT&T, Long Live the iPhone

Tv on web — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:27:43 -0000

So be it ...

Re: MODx: Simply the Best CMS

Danielle Hilton — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:27:06 -0000

Thanks!
It's funny you say this because I am in the same boat. I love wordpress as a
CMS but I designed my portfolio site without wordpress integration. I've been
looking for a CMS that's lite but flexible. I'll have to give modx a try.
Thanks for blogging.

Re: iPhone Sync: “Some of the applications in your iTunes library were not installed because one or more errors occurred.” - Chris Pratt // Shun the non-believer… Shhhhunnn…

Khim_berry — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:57:54 -0000

The first of all , chack ur iTunes that's verion 10.5 or not.

Re: Signals in Django: Stuff That’s Not Documented (Well) | Chris Pratt // Metaphors Be With You

Anon — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:05:26 -0000

What's out of date?