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"This is not a pipe?" Is there a joke there? Or a clever pun? What am I missing?
 
Tryin to get some music on my mom's Sansa MP3 player.

I'm using Mac OS Lion. I connect it, open up the player, open the MUSIC folder, nothing there. But there's definitely music on the player, I see it on its display.

Do I have to use Windows or some Sansa software?
 
Magnus said:
Tryin to get some music on my mom's Sansa MP3 player.

I'm using Mac OS Lion. I connect it, open up the player, open the MUSIC folder, nothing there. But there's definitely music on the player, I see it on its display.

Do I have to use Windows or some Sansa software?
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Should just be plug and play. Are there any other folders on there where the music is in? Did you check whether the music aren't hidden files? (Does Mac OS have something like hidden files ?)

In any case while it is not exactly an answer to your question, this might be interesting to check out. http://www.rockbox.org/
It's an alternative firmware that I have heard a lot of people rave about how it fixes issues they had.
 
New question. I just tried to recover info for my way old Steam account (way back from when I bought Half-Life 2 -- that's when Steam launched, right?), and of course, like so many of my very old net accounts, it's tied to an e-mail address with my old ISP that I no longer have access to.

Verification/password-change emails get sent to that address, and I can't touch em. Any way around this short of phone support?

FillerB said:
Should just be plug and play. Are there any other folders on there where the music is in? Did you check whether the music aren't hidden files? (Does Mac OS have something like hidden files ?)

In any case while it is not exactly an answer to your question, this might be interesting to check out. http://www.rockbox.org/
It's an alternative firmware that I have heard a lot of people rave about how it fixes issues they had.
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All fixed. Mac OS support isn't perfect, and it had to do with two different USB modes on the damned thing. Whatever. I just jumped into W7 via bootcamp, works perfectly. Thanks!
 
Minamu said:
What's the size of Iphone 4S wallpapers and how do I get a picture from the web? xD Want to do my own and upload to imgur or whatever.
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I believe the 4S is 960x640, and I don't own an iPhone but I would assume that to get a picture from the web you'd simply long-touch the photo and it'll bring up the option to save it.

Shoogoo said:
The fan on my graphics card is being ultra noisy, will my PC explode if I block that sucker?
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Explode? No. Melt? Yes.

Sean2 said:
What would be the best way to find out what Al Capone's attitudes/ personality was like? Are there any interviews/biographies that cover this?
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Read his entire Wikipedia to get a good sense of what he did, so that'd be personality in a macro sense, and then YouTube interviews with him to get a sense of his face-to-face personality in the micro sense. The book "Uncle Al Capone" appears to be a well-regarded true account from Capone's family as to who he was.


Magnus said:
New question. I just tried to recover info for my way old Steam account (way back from when I bought Half-Life 2 -- that's when Steam launched, right?), and of course, like so many of my very old net accounts, it's tied to an e-mail address with my old ISP that I no longer have access to.

Verification/password-change emails get sent to that address, and I can't touch em. Any way around this short of phone support?
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You can't even do phone support with Valve/Steam anyway, so yes. You'll have to e-mail Steam support and let them know the situation, and they will get back to you with a process to unlocking your account, or creating a new account and transferring the old games over to it for you. Steam Support takes awhile to get back to you, usually, so get a hold of them now.
 
i'm sure we have a lot of people that know SQL so i ask a silly question:

i have 3 tables

1. Customer
with INT CID as PK and Name

2. Product
with INT PID as PK and PName

3. Sales (customer bought product)
with INT SID as PK, Customer (foreign key CID), Product (foreign key PID)


how can i phrase my SQL statement to get:

Name | Product


so i could get all the Names and the Products they bought. if i just SELECT * FROM SALES i obviously only get the numbers. i need to tell the statement to get the corresponding attribut of its table.
 
Here's my stupid question:
What does it take to post an |OT| on GAF? Do you need permission from a mod prior to posting?

Diprosalic said:
i'm sure we have a lot of people that know SQL so i ask a silly question:

i have 3 tables

1. Customer
with INT CID as PK and Name

2. Product
with INT PID as PK and PName

3. Sales (customer bought product)
with INT SID as PK, Customer (foreign key CID), Product (foreign key PID)


how can i phrase my SQL statement to get:

Name | Product


so i could get all the Names and the Products they bought. if i just SELECT * FROM SALES i obviously only get the numbers. i need to tell the statement to get the corresponding attribut of its table.
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If no one answers by tomorrow I will go through it and give you an answer... won't have time to get into Access until tomorrow.
 
Diprosalic said:
i'm sure we have a lot of people that know SQL so i ask a silly question:

i have 3 tables

1. Customer
with INT CID as PK and Name

2. Product
with INT PID as PK and PName

3. Sales (customer bought product)
with INT SID as PK, Customer (foreign key CID), Product (foreign key PID)


how can i phrase my SQL statement to get:

Name | Product


so i could get all the Names and the Products they bought. if i just SELECT * FROM SALES i obviously only get the numbers. i need to tell the statement to get the corresponding attribut of its table.
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It's been a while since I did SQL, but something like this I think:

SELECT C.Name, P.Pname FROM Customer as C, Product as P, Sales as S WHERE C.CID = S.CID;
 
Diprosalic said:
i'm sure we have a lot of people that know SQL so i ask a silly question:

i have 3 tables

1. Customer
with INT CID as PK and Name

2. Product
with INT PID as PK and PName

3. Sales (customer bought product)
with INT SID as PK, Customer (foreign key CID), Product (foreign key PID)


how can i phrase my SQL statement to get:

Name | Product


so i could get all the Names and the Products they bought. if i just SELECT * FROM SALES i obviously only get the numbers. i need to tell the statement to get the corresponding attribut of its table.
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Edit: Oh, this is an Access assignment? Nevermind
 
Zoe said:
You need a join.

Code: 
SELECT 
	Sales.SID, Customer.Name, Product.PName 
FROM
	Sales
JOIN
	Customer on Sales.CID = Customer.CID
JOIN
	Product on Sales.PID = Product.PID
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Might want to bake a view out of it while you're at it if you're using this often, too.
 
pax217 said:
I believe the 4S is 960x640, and I don't own an iPhone but I would assume that to get a picture from the web you'd simply long-touch the photo and it'll bring up the option to save it.
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Thanks! :)

A new question! I need to shrink a new tshirt of mine. What's a good ("safe") method for doing this? I tried putting it in boiling water for 5 minutes just now and it's air drying in the shower as I write this. Google suggested that method but I haven't seen any results yet. Boiling water is hot though ;)
 
Shoogoo said:
The fan on my graphics card is being ultra noisy, will my PC explode if I block that sucker?
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Is it being noisy because it needs to be, or because it's stuck on a high setting? Often MSI Afterburner can lock my GPU fan at like 60% and I have to manually turn it back to auto, which brings it down to it's nominal 10%.
 
I bet if he opened his PC he'd see his video card clogged with dust. My guess is the fan is working overtime because it isn't staying as cool due to poor air flow.
 
Is there any program/website/iOS app that can send me an email or text to know when a page on a website has changed? Specifically, I want to know immediately when an item at an online shop will be back in stock.
 
My parents internet provider (telus) sent them an email saying that someone from my house downloaded anchorman the legend of ron burgundy on friday night at 1:30 am, and that they can sue them and cut off there internet access. No one from my house downloaded it, and our internet has a password.

My dad called telus to make sure it wasn't bullshit and they assured him it wasn't. Can they actually sue my parents? No one downloaded it, and its not on our computer anywhere.
 
storl026 said:
Is there any program/website/iOS app that can send me an email or text to know when a page on a website has changed? Specifically, I want to know immediately when an item at an online shop will be back in stock.
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I've done a quick search on what I think it'd be, and it doesn't look like it. There's simply not enough demand for people who want to know when a site's been updated outside of RSS feeds or an e-mail subscription service.

Does the website have a button somewhere that says they'll e-mail you (some even SMS your phone) when it's back in stock? What about an RSS feed for the item?

Hungry Ghost said:
My parents internet provider (telus) sent them an email saying that someone from my house downloaded anchorman the legend of ron burgundy on friday night at 1:30 am, and that they can sue them and cut off there internet access. No one from my house downloaded it, and our internet has a password.

My dad called telus to make sure it wasn't bullshit and they assured him it wasn't. Can they actually sue my parents? No one downloaded it, and its not on our computer anywhere.
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Telus wouldn't have anything to sue for, so no. The production company/distributor could, though, and it's highly unlikely they even care that you (didn't) download one movie. It's the redistribution (so seeding the movie out to other downloaders) that they care about.
 
Anastacio said:
If someone subscribed to my Youtube channel, can I remove them? Or even block them?
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You should be able to go look at the list of your subscribers and under their name/avatar select "Block"

Not only removes them from your Subscriber list, but blocks them entirely, I believe.
 
I downloaded about five podcasts on iTunes that I missed but when I updated my iPod, it only put on the newest one. How do I get it to put on the podcasts that I want?
 
My iPhone says "MADRID" where it used to say "Text Message" or "iMessage" in the input field in the text messaging app. Anyone know what that is?
 
Anyone know of a good set of earbuds that don't fall out of your ears? I think my ear-holes are smaller than average, so most ear buds (especially the flat round ones) tend to fall out because they can't fit inside. Looking for something ideal to use while working out.
 
agrajag said:
Anyone know of a good set of earbuds that don't fall out of your ears? I think my ear-holes are smaller than average, so most ear buds (especially the flat round ones) tend to fall out because they can't fit inside. Looking for something ideal to use while working out.
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Ultimate Ears (UE), now owned by Logitech, do good headsets with a selection of pads in different materials and sizes.
 
Have a Math problem that I don't know how to solve. You are asked to determine the best dimensions for a cylinder with a surface area of 500 in order to maximize the volume. The problem I am having is that for the answer , you need to assume that the height of the cylinder is twice the radius (2r). If you assume other things for the height like r or 3r or 4r, you are not going to get a larger volume than 2r for height. Is there some innate properties of cylinders that an h of 2r gives the best results?
 
I noticed a small flab of skin, on my kittens stomach. It's not a huge flab, just a small about 1 inch long and a CM wide.

I've heard it could be fat, but wouldn't the flab be bigger.
He's 8 months old and has been neutered.
 
I have a question about iTunes.

I downloaded a couple of David Bowie albums over a year ago, and I think I accidentally purchased a couple of songs twice. Every time I get music from iTunes Store these songs are being downloaded before I stop the download and delete them from the list. But I can't delete them permanently.

Anyone know how to get rid of them?
 
Why do Yahoo, Bing, and Google all think I'm in Taiwan? This is with IE, Firefox, and Chrome. It's only on my laptop and not on my pc, and I've already run a scan with MSE, which caught nothing. I've googled for a solution, but no luck, and it's really annoying. Any ideas?
 
_Isaac said:
Why do Yahoo, Bing, and Google all think I'm in Taiwan? This is with IE, Firefox, and Chrome. It's only on my laptop and not on my pc, and I've already run a scan with MSE, which caught nothing. I've googled for a solution, but no luck, and it's really annoying. Any ideas?
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Do a whois on your netblock. Your public IP is probably allocated to a Taiwanese outfit.
 
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