[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1295183499' post='5576']
Can you elaborate about the difference between a NetBook and a NoteBook? I thought both are small laptops.
[/quote]
Well, the naming might indeed vary from country to country ... for me
... a "netbook" is a device like the Asus EeePC family and similar devices
from other manufacturers ... a main design aim was to keep it small and to
let it run relatively long on battery. ALso, it is thought as a surfing and
browsing device ... so it is able to connect to internet (via LAN, and WLAN
usually), but it doesn't have overly much computing power ... also, display
space is limited typical screen resolution is 1000x600. The device is usually
lacking a DVD/CD drive (albeit it has an internal HD).
... a "notebook" is bigger than the netbook. It has a keyboard that can already
be called keyboard without feeling it's a lie ... it usually has a larger screen ...
1200x1000 or 1350x900 a CD/DVD drive (usually a burner these days) a
faster CPU but the device is also more energy-consuming ... so the very
long runtimes on batteries aren't possible with notebooks.
Physically, the notebook is larger, and heavier than the netbook.
[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1295183499' post='5576']
Can you please elaborate why should I do this and how to do that?
[/quote]
Well, whatever you post can get lost, or get in the wrong hands ...
and albeit you're taking images for yourself, you don't know what
will happen to them, once you dropped the packet into the mailbox.
There are enough publicly and freely available programs that can encrypt files
(like PGP just to name one). The good thing with sending a media
encrypted is, you don't have to worry about the content in the case
of theft or loss. The new owner cannot do anything with it.
I wouldn't use a memorystick for instance without putting an
encrypted filesystem on it ... in the case I lose it, I have just lost
the money the stick is worth ... but I don'thave to worry about the
data on it. Encrypting a filesystem is unconvenient for backup DVDs,
so encrypted files are likely the easiest way to go. Before burning the
selected files, you would copy them to a temporary location and let the
encryption program encrypt them (this doesn't modify your originals).
YOu backup the encrypted files (they are still "normal files") to the DVD.
Before you can use the files for anything (example for viewing) you
copy them from DVD to the destination directory, and decrypt them.
Rainer
Can you elaborate about the difference between a NetBook and a NoteBook? I thought both are small laptops.
[/quote]
Well, the naming might indeed vary from country to country ... for me
... a "netbook" is a device like the Asus EeePC family and similar devices
from other manufacturers ... a main design aim was to keep it small and to
let it run relatively long on battery. ALso, it is thought as a surfing and
browsing device ... so it is able to connect to internet (via LAN, and WLAN
usually), but it doesn't have overly much computing power ... also, display
space is limited typical screen resolution is 1000x600. The device is usually
lacking a DVD/CD drive (albeit it has an internal HD).
... a "notebook" is bigger than the netbook. It has a keyboard that can already
be called keyboard without feeling it's a lie ... it usually has a larger screen ...
1200x1000 or 1350x900 a CD/DVD drive (usually a burner these days) a
faster CPU but the device is also more energy-consuming ... so the very
long runtimes on batteries aren't possible with notebooks.
Physically, the notebook is larger, and heavier than the netbook.
[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1295183499' post='5576']
Can you please elaborate why should I do this and how to do that?
[/quote]
Well, whatever you post can get lost, or get in the wrong hands ...
and albeit you're taking images for yourself, you don't know what
will happen to them, once you dropped the packet into the mailbox.
There are enough publicly and freely available programs that can encrypt files
(like PGP just to name one). The good thing with sending a media
encrypted is, you don't have to worry about the content in the case
of theft or loss. The new owner cannot do anything with it.
I wouldn't use a memorystick for instance without putting an
encrypted filesystem on it ... in the case I lose it, I have just lost
the money the stick is worth ... but I don'thave to worry about the
data on it. Encrypting a filesystem is unconvenient for backup DVDs,
so encrypted files are likely the easiest way to go. Before burning the
selected files, you would copy them to a temporary location and let the
encryption program encrypt them (this doesn't modify your originals).
YOu backup the encrypted files (they are still "normal files") to the DVD.
Before you can use the files for anything (example for viewing) you
copy them from DVD to the destination directory, and decrypt them.
Rainer