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I was given an iphone 5 this xmas and apparently I need a new sim card, going from my old iphone 4s micro card to a nano card. But I need to know what to do with all my apps and especially photos and contacts before I take the plunge. I don't think I've ever uploaded anything to Apple's servers, whatever they're called :/
 
Minamu said:
I was given an iphone 5 this xmas and apparently I need a new sim card, going from my old iphone 4s micro card to a nano card. But I need to know what to do with all my apps and especially photos and contacts before I take the plunge. I don't think I've ever uploaded anything to Apple's servers, whatever they're called :/
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You can backup your device to Apple's cloud from the Settings App and then redownload everything once you get a new SIM card.
 
What the heck is with all the goofy Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder avatars? I am curious as to the origin of that. It's making it hard to tell posters apart.
 
My Android phone was bouncing in my pocket, hitting settings and shit and now my phone keeps telling me the time when I hit it out of Sleep. Any ideas to stop it?
 
In the original Die Hard, why did Hans Gruber and his fellow thieves take hostages and announce their presence and try to make the robbery look like a political situation? Seems to me they just could have got in, taken all the bonds, and then got the fuck out without nobody being the wiser.

But they did this whole unnecessary hostage situation as a distraction from their real crime, which was actually a lesser crime than the crime they pretended was their main motivation. Am I missing something?
 
Whoompthereitis said:
In the original Die Hard, why did Hans Gruber and his fellow thieves take hostages and announce their presence and try to make the robbery look like a political situation? Seems to me they just could have got in, taken all the bonds, and then got the fuck out without nobody being the wiser.

But they did this whole unnecessary hostage situation as a distraction from their real crime, which was actually a lesser crime than the crime they pretended was their main motivation. Am I missing something?
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Didn't they need the FBI to turn off the power in order to get in to the Vault where the bonds were? I thought the hostage situation was to play into the FBI rulebook on what to do in a hostage situation, which included turning off the power.
 
Selner said:
Didn't they need the FBI to turn off the power in order to get in to the Vault where the bonds were? I thought the hostage situation was to play into the FBI rulebook on what to do in a hostage situation, which included turning off the power.
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Yeah I just posted this question in a Die Hard thread and got the same answer.

Thanks!
 
Maklershed said:
Thanks. Love the Jason/Raffi avatar btw.
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On a level that a non-tech person could understand, what simply makes touchscreens different or work?

Like why won't my DS stylus work on my iPad or Vita, but works ok on my DS, 3DS and Wii U? Is there something Nintendo have done to only make them work on their screens?

Similarly on my iPad only my skin works. A bandaged finger I have at the moment won't work. Is it recognizing me, or that I'm alive? Are Apple discriminating against zombies?
 
PrawnyNZ said:
On a level that a non-tech person could understand, what simply makes touchscreens different or work?

Like why won't my DS stylus work on my iPad or Vita, but works ok on my DS, 3DS and Wii U? Is there something Nintendo have done to only make them work on their screens?

Similarly on my iPad only my skin works. A bandaged finger I have at the moment won't work. Is it recognizing me, or that I'm alive? Are Apple discriminating against zombies?
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They use different technologies to measure where something is pressing.

-Very- simplified:
Resistive - There are two sheets in the screen. When you press down on the screen, these two sheets connect with each other. Where this connection is made is measured.
Capacative - It measures a change in capacitance on the screen caused by the natural conductivity of the human body. If you are wearing a bandage, this blocks the conductivity thus making the screen unable to sense it.
 
PrawnyNZ said:
On a level that a non-tech person could understand, what simply makes touchscreens different or work?

Like why won't my DS stylus work on my iPad or Vita, but works ok on my DS, 3DS and Wii U? Is there something Nintendo have done to only make them work on their screens?

Similarly on my iPad only my skin works. A bandaged finger I have at the moment won't work. Is it recognizing me, or that I'm alive? Are Apple discriminating against zombies?
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Nintendo uses cheap resistive touchscreens, they work with pressure so a stylus is perfect for applying pressure precisely.

Apple uses expensive capacitive touchscreens. Your finger, or pretty much anything that can conduct electricity, will disturb the electrostatic field of the screen and that spot will be detected by the screen. With a bandage, your finger is insulated and won't work anymore. Your stylus is plastic, that won't work either.
 
I accidentally uninstalled google play services on my gf's android phone and the speed crawled to a halt basically :( How do I reinstall it? We can't find it in the google play store! The phone brings up a taxing popup notification about the stopped service literally every 5 seconds...

Edit: Nvm, found it via google, currently installing the latest software update.
 
Is there any way to change my email on GAF from the ISP email I'm using to my gmail instead? I know you have to use a non-free email to register, but not sure if you're allowed to change it once you have an account.
 
Who did that song which was a bit soul-y where the chorus went "Tuuuurn out the light, tuuurn out the light"? It's not Nelly Furtado...
 
A/V question.

Lately the video has been dropping out on my TV, but the sound remains. The video drop last anywhere from 1-5 seconds generally. Everything is run through a nearly 7 year old receiver via HDMI. The problem occurs whether I'm watching TV or PS4. It is happening sporadically as I played several hours of PS4 yesterday with no issues, but it was happening consistently while watching TV for a short time the other day. It's also done the opposite with long TV viewings and short PS4 plays.

In attempting troubleshoot this I replaced the HDMI running from the receiver to the TV. I also moved the receiver to allow it even more room to breath (it was in a fine spot before, just even more open now).

My question is whether this is likely a receiver thing or a TV thing? I haven't attempted to change which HDMI port on the TV I'm using, but that'll be next. Any other suggestions?
 
Two questions!

My gf got a new laptop today and she's under the impression that her old laptop batteries have become worse simply by keeping the battery plugged in together with the power cord. Is that really true these days? The battery isn't in use at all as long as the power cord is attached afaik, right? But on the other hand, her previous laptops and their batteries are substantially worse off these days, practically emptying in a couple of minutes if used without a power cord.

She also wants to make a new partition on the new laptop. But I'm not sure how to do this in Win 7+ (she's on 8.1). When I've done it before on my own hardware, I tend to wipe the entire drive and reinstall Windows after splitting one drive into 2 or more partitions. But it seems this can be done from inside Windows these days, as long as there's some free space lying around, am I right?
 
I'm not really familiar with a lot of the go to Windows software and I can't seem to find a good CD/DVD ripping software. Free preferably but if not, that's okay. Anyone have any suggestions?
 
Cell phone: Just bought a new phone, droid turbo. 3900mAh battery but I'm only getting 4.5 hours of screen time. It seems to be running down quickly. But my signal strength seems bad. I'm consistently getting -90 to -100 dBm on 1g and 4g.

Does this mean i have a bad cell phone radio?
 
Question(s)!

I have a relatively large DVD collection, as well as a bunch of shows I bought on DVD. I want to move everything over to my PLEX server.

First - what's the legality behind this? Is it a gray area or what?

Second - what is the best way to make this happen? I know I need to
break the encryption
before I can rip the movies, but I'm not sure how to go about any of this. And regarding the TV shows, I've heard this can be a major pain. But I hate keeping a DVD player hooked up. I'm willing to work through it, but I just don't know what software to investigate.

If this is not allowed to be discussed, PM me and I'll remove this post. :)
 
This is gonna be a strange question, but here goes:

My parents had a mixtape on an old Memorex cassette when I was a kid, and there was a song on there I loved. Had tons of drums, and from what I remember the lyrics were mostly some guy going badababa or something like that. I think the gibberish changed from "verse" to verse though. It might have been actual words, but I really don't remember. The guy sounded like he was shouting the lyrics (though not screaming). I think the guitar part was mostly repeating "dun dun...dun dun...dun dun" alternating low and high notes.

I was born in 1984, so it had to have been something from the 80s. This has been driving me nuts forever - I wonder if this is all in my head.
 
Ourobolus said:
This is gonna be a strange question, but here goes:

My parents had a mixtape on an old Memorex cassette when I was a kid, and there was a song on there I loved. Had tons of drums, and from what I remember the lyrics were mostly some guy going badababa or something like that. I think the gibberish changed from "verse" to verse though. It might have been actual words, but I really don't remember. The guy sounded like he was shouting the lyrics (though not screaming). I think the guitar part was mostly repeating "dun dun...dun dun...dun dun" alternating low and high notes.

I was born in 1984, so it had to have been something from the 80s. This has been driving me nuts forever - I wonder if this is all in my head.
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that is super vague. could be any scat musician with a male vocalist. Is it possible to ask your parents? they hopefully remember their own mixtape and you listening to it all the time as a kid
 
UpperCaseN said:
that is super vague. could be any scat musician with a male vocalist. Is it possible to ask your parents? they hopefully remember their own mixtape and you listening to it all the time as a kid
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I've asked, they don't really remember either. I don't know if I'd call it scat though. I want to say it was more "sing-y" than spoken.

And yeah, I'm aware it's ridiculously vague. I don't really have much more information - it was like 25 years ago.
 
Don't Laugh said:
what are transition(s?) lenses?
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lol, better to ask here than the other thread where you'll be chased out of the city. transition lenses are for glasses, where when they detect sunlight they'll change into sunglasses. the advantage is that you don't need a separate pair of prescription sunglasses
 
I have a pdf with a background object I'm trying to delete but it's behind a wall of text. For some reason the images in the pdf are broken down line by line so instead of selecting the entire image it just selects one line, making it very difficult to remove.

Anyone know a way to remove the background without messing up the text? The pdf in question is here: http://www.arcanewonders.com/resources-and-downloads

The Official Mage Wars Comprehensive Codex 2.0

I need a pdf jedi to figure this out. Specifically, I'm trying to remove the gray mage wars logo on every page of the codex so I can read the pdf easier.
 
I was wondering: what happens when a commercial is interrupted by another commercial? I've been seeing this more and more recently. Is it just someone behind the controls being dumb? Does the owner of the ad get a refund or credit to show the ad an additional time for free or something? SOMEONE TELL ME.
 
PlayALLtheGames said:
I was wondering: what happens when a commercial is interrupted by another commercial? I've been seeing this more and more recently. Is it just someone behind the controls being dumb? Does the owner of the ad get a refund or credit to show the ad an additional time for free or something? SOMEONE TELL ME.
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It might be the national channel showing one ad and the local affiliate has that sport reserved for a local ad, so you see that quick overlap. I see it fairly often in Canada when watching channels from the US. I see the first clip of a commercial from the US feed and then a Canadian ad plays over it. Also at the start of shows on Fox or NBC, for example, I'll see the first couple seconds of the show from the US station and then I have to rewatch those seconds when it switches over to the Canadian feed.
 
jred2k said:
It might be the national channel showing one ad and the local affiliate has that sport reserved for a local ad, so you see that quick overlap. I see it fairly often in Canada when watching channels from the US. I see the first clip of a commercial from the US feed and then a Canadian ad plays over it. Also at the start of shows on Fox or NBC, for example, I'll see the first couple seconds of the show from the US station and then I have to rewatch those seconds when it switches over to the Canadian feed.
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I would second this. I never saw it on local broadcasts when I just had an antenna on my house. But once I had cable I saw it all the time.
 
I have a Samsung Galaxy 5 and a few weeks ago in December, the photos I share with my girlfriend through text no longer update in the "shared photos and videos" tab, and I can no longer quickly cycle through photos when I choose an image from the conversation to enlarge. Anyone know what the problem is? I don't have the problem with anyone else (assuming it's because we have the most texts between us compared to my other contacts). I tried deleting previous photos but it still doesn't update. For reference I have Verizon and she has an iPhone 6 on.... At&T I think?
 
Don't Laugh said:
what's the difference between the following sentences:

"i really empathize with them"

"i really sympathize with them"

thanks.
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To me the first one means you feel yourself in someone else's shoes and understand the other person's problems and point of view. The second statement suggests the other person has suffered a loss and you feel sorry for them.
 
Anyone heard of this? Got a note 4 android phone and ever since my normally rock solid mynet900 router sucks. Every morning when I get up it is not connecting to the phone and I need to reset it. It is maintaining the connections to our wired devices though. After resetting its OK but its a daily problem.

Router is updated and the phone is updated also. This never happened before I got this phone and had an iPhone. Not saying that's the problem but that a smart phone has been used here before no problem.
 
I can't make threads, so...

I'm a 30 year old guy, married, and my wife is pregnant. We both have a job and earn decent money.

Well, my dad died 10 years ago, and my mother lives alone (she is 55). She has a job, but she earns a lot less money than me. And she has a big debt (my scumbag brother had some gambling debts and my mother helped him... sigh).

So, since a couple of weeks ago, I started giving her around the equivalent of $50 dollars per week, just as something extra. I already talked with my wife, and she is OK with it.

Does anyone of you help your parents with money every week? Is that an OK thing to do?

What are your experiences?
 
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