Leaving computer unattended at an internet Cafe?

Belfast_tech · 26 Aug 2011 at 00:15

PU7E said:
Turn the screen off and put a post it note saying "Out of order!" on the screen....

In my experience that would encourage someone to try to use it. Or maybe that's just what I'm used to in my school ICT technician job.

Evoss · 26 Aug 2011 at 00:26

Lock

I dont know why I put this gif of a cat

I just like it lol.

Energize · 26 Aug 2011 at 00:51

3GB! What are you uploading? The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

bagsjoni · 26 Aug 2011 at 08:13

Disconnect the monitor from the CPU and place it in the far end conner with a sticker saying "Under repair". Leave the CPU alone while it does its work. No body can go through the trouble of reconnecting every thing in a paid for cafe!!!

d_brennen · 26 Aug 2011 at 08:32

bagsjoni said:
Disconnect the monitor from the CPU and place it in the far end conner with a sticker saying "Under repair". Leave the CPU alone while it does its work. No body can go through the trouble of reconnecting every thing in a paid for cafe!!!

People calling PCs "CPUs" really grinds my gears for some reason. That is all.

bagsjoni · 26 Aug 2011 at 09:41

I hope by quoting me you are not referring to me because i am not one of those people

Energizer Bunny · 26 Aug 2011 at 09:44

Clearly you are. You have been found out and now must face the consequences of us laughing behind your back for the rest of your life.

Gammawolf · 26 Aug 2011 at 09:49

d_brennen said:
People calling PCs "CPUs" really grinds my gears for some reason. That is all.

Energize said:
3GB! What are you uploading? The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

Perhaps...in crap quality, 3GB in my experience is about an hour of 720p with decent bitrates.

Sunbed · 26 Aug 2011 at 09:52

You accidentally a computer at an internet cafe?

It is now part of the Anonymous botnet for sure.

mrk · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:07

Gammawolf said:
Perhaps...in crap quality, 3GB in my experience is about an hour of 720p with decent bitrates.

Maybe using H.264. Using DiVX/XviD the file can be around 2GB @ 720p and the quality be the same as, or very very close to the H.264 counterpart.

Oviously this isn't use a lot because avi files can't contain multiple audio/subtitle and chapter streams like mkv containers can.

bledd · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:47

3gb video file, how long is it and what sort of content is it..

Shrink it down first

Energize · 26 Aug 2011 at 16:03

mrk said:
Maybe using H.264. Using DiVX/XviD the file can be around 2GB @ 720p and the quality be the same as, or very very close to the H.264 counterpart.

Oviously this isn't use a lot because avi files can't contain multiple audio/subtitle and chapter streams like mkv containers can.

H.264 supersedes xvid.

Gammawolf said:
Perhaps...in crap quality, 3GB in my experience is about an hour of 720p with decent bitrates.

Excessive for a youtube video 1.5GB an hour for 720p is more reasonable. However the wisdom of that is questionable, he'd be better off just uploading a dvd version at half that.

mrk · 26 Aug 2011 at 16:05

Yes but that doesn't stop anyone from using it. There are still new movies released online using XVID @ 720p and are of comparable quality to the H.264 versions of the same videos but at half the file size.

Mat · 26 Aug 2011 at 16:07

Evoss said:
Lock

I dont know why I put this gif of a cat I just like it lol.

lol, nice addition!

Energize · 26 Aug 2011 at 16:08

mrk said:
Yes but that doesn't stop anyone from using it. There are still new movies released online using XVID @ 720p and are of comparable quality to the H.264 versions of the same videos but at half the file size.

H.264 supersedes xvid by the fact that it provides superior compression, thus quality at any given bitrate, only badly encoded h.264 videos would be larger than xvid videos at the same quantiser.

Swifty123 · 26 Aug 2011 at 16:12

Energize said:
3GB! What are you uploading? The Lord of the Rings trilogy?

I wish my Lord of the rings trilogy was 3Gb :eek:

Not 20Gb