Two questions

[liberaltrucker]

1. Is there safe software, free or paid, available to rip
copy protected DVDs?

2. I'd like to find a website to look up weather conditions
at a certain place on a certain date. Example: weather in
the city of my birth on the date of my birth.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[ChromeFoundry]

1. Yes, to both...

For copy protected DVDs, try DVDFab:
http://www.dvdfab.com/

For weather data, Wolfram Alpha can find stuff back to the early 80's:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Yonkers+weather+on+March+16%2C+1983
Yonkers, New York on March 16th, 1983
time range | day of Wednesday, March 16, 1983
temperature | (39 to 56) °F (average: 46 °F)
conditions | partly cloudy, few clouds, clear
relative humidity | (40 to 70)% (average: 53%)
pressure | (1013 to 1023) hPa (29.92 to 30.2 inHg) (average: 1018 hPa, 30.06 inHg)
wind speed | (7 to 20) mph (average: 12 mph)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. Try these:

Handbrake, winxdvd and slysoft.

[liberaltrucker]

3. Thanks much, folks!