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Note: the question has since been edited, so the wording that prompted this post would be found in the edit history. I voted to close this question: What is the “simple English” translation for a c …

Video playing sideways after burning to DVD was recently posted. The gist: The OP used their cell phone to record videos, then transferred the files to their computer and was able to watch them on t …

Off-topic The role of the computer is irrelevant in this case. The problem was that the videos played sideways (only) in the DVD player (an off-topic device), due to a shortcoming of that device. A …

On-topic We generally try to answer questions that are reasonably on-topic, and extend wide latitude in determining that. In this question, a computer was an integral part of the OP's workflow. Th …

It Depends This answer was inspired by Mokubai's comments (feel free to edit if it misses the mark). Neither of the other answers really focuses on the critical criteria. Whether or not a question …

We have had a few questions in the past about the longevity of optical media. For example: Do pressed disks CD/DVD ROMS have longer life than CD-R/DVD-R’s?, which focused on the useful life of reco …

Thanks for the encouragement. It was a tough one to write, trying to keep it in-scope. For anyone interested: How to avoid unwritable CDs and DVDs?. Any suggestions are welcome (and answers, of cou …

This question has been asked before, including this one not that long ago: Is asking about search engines ( startpage.com + duckduckgo.com) On Topic on superuser?. Search engines are generally web ap …

This is a follow-up to a recent Meta question: Where do EC2 and AWS questions truly belong? That question was posted by a WebApps moderator, calling attention to inappropriate migrations to WebApps. …

Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki: For questions dealing with the AWS services, themselves, or administrative tasks associated with the host, Server Fault may be a more appropriat …

Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki: For questions about using the AWS Management Console, or any other future web-based AWS UI that behaves like an application, WebApps may be a mo …

Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki: For questions about writing code related to AWS or to any application running on AWS, Stack Overflow may be a more appropriate site.

Guidance for one facet, possibly a bullet in the wiki: For questions about the operating system or any PC application hosted on AWS, post here on Super User (or any site on which the question's subje …