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Baconbitz said:
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Is this good or bad as far as Internet connection speeds go?
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Well it does say that it is Grade A and faster than 93% of the US so.....:).

My internets am cry :'(.
 
RedShift said:
Do Americans really not usually have electric kettles in their kitchens? This seems insane to me, its probably one of the most fundamental things I'd expect in a kitchen here.
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I do, but then I drink a lot more tea than the average American.
 
I drink hot tea every night and I don't think I've ever heard of an electric kettle before.

(I also drink a ton of fresh brewed iced tea - I'm worrying that I'm gonna get gallstones one day .. or is that just with store bought tea?)
 
RedShift said:
Do Americans really not usually have electric kettles in their kitchens? This seems insane to me, its probably one of the most fundamental things I'd expect in a kitchen here.
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I just use the microwave or heat water on the stove, and the only time I do either is when i make hot chocolate.
 
For the people with the electric kettles - do you make tea in the pot itself or do you put a teabag in a mug and pour the hot water into the mug?
 
Have to take an Excel proficiency test for a job I applied for. I learned 03 probably 5 years ago and work off of a spreadsheet all day, but are there any free online crash courses to brush up on the less utilized aspects?
 
Maklershed said:
For the people with the electric kettles - do you make tea in the pot itself or do you put a teabag in a mug and pour the hot water into the mug?
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Kettle heats the water, the hot water goes in a teapot with the teabag(s). Or one of those wire mesh thingies I can't recall the name of right now, if I'm drinking looseleaf tea.
 
Random iTunes question. Anyone know what's the best way to get artwork for albums that iTunes doesn't recognize? It seems like if I right click a song and go to "Get Info" I can copy and paste artwork in but not if I highlight multiple songs. Seeing as I have a good 50 albums that need artwork that's the difference between having to copy and paste 50 times and 600 times. Also, I've read conflicting reports about whether the artwork you get from iTunes is stored in a folder somewhere on your comp or just embedded into the song.
 
Anyone know of some games which use 3D models rendered as 2D sprites? Designing my own game and may go down this road (since I suck at pixel art).
 
So, I have been having internet connections with my PS3. I "think" I have it fixed but I'm still not sure. Is there a way to monitor PS3 downloads while away from your PS3?
 
Maklershed said:
For the people with the electric kettles - do you make tea in the pot itself or do you put a teabag in a mug and pour the hot water into the mug?
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A quick, everyday mug of tea -> tea bag in a mug + boiling water.

A formal, proper tea -> warm tea pot with hot water, discard, add tea [preferably loose] to tea pot, add boiling water to tea pot, brew for a few minutes and then pour.

A proper sit down with a tray of properly made tea with yummy cakes is one of life's most enjoyable pleasures :).

If you ever visit the UK treat yourself to afternoon tea and cake in a traditional tea room :).
 
CHEEZMO™;33812459 said:
Imagine being the guy who has to read all that barely-legible sex correspondence.
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Heh, I know someone who went to prison for a 'white collar' crime. He used to read the most explicit letters from the wives/girlfriends of the illiterate inmates out loud to them.
 
Under "Chat" on the life side, gmail has a list of what I assume are the contacts which I assume you have written to the most. Is there a way to tweak the people who appear here?
 
If we define the function "?" as n? = 1 + (n - 1)?, sort of like a factorial but without the end condition, can it ever be proven that "10? = 10?"?
 
Gigglepoo said:
Under "Chat" on the life side, gmail has a list of what I assume are the contacts which I assume you have written to the most. Is there a way to tweak the people who appear here?
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To the right of "chat" there's an upside down triangle that gives options: "Most popular" "All Contacts" "Add Contact" etc
 
Gigglepoo said:
Under "Chat" on the life side, gmail has a list of what I assume are the contacts which I assume you have written to the most. Is there a way to tweak the people who appear here?
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When you hover over a name, click "More settings" (or the rightmost button), and there's options for "Show in chatlist: automatic/always/never/block).
 
Rapstah said:
If we define the function "?" as n? = 1 + (n - 1)?, sort of like a factorial but without the end condition, can it ever be proven that "10? = 10?"?
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Do you really need to prove that the same input into the same function yields the same result?

Anyway, I'm sure it's provable in principle, though I'm not sure how you would go about it. Any input into this function will yield ∞.
 
I always hear gaf railing on people for being stupid and buying overpriced HMDI cables. So where exactly is the place to buy them online? And are there any physical stores with decent prices? I'm in Canada fwiw.
 
Bananakin said:
I always hear gaf railing on people for being stupid and buying overpriced HMDI cables. So where exactly is the place to buy them online? And are there any physical stores with decent prices? I'm in Canada fwiw.
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Any random electronics shop. The cheapest available.
 
How do I get rid of viruses? My browser won't let me go on the internet, says I'm exposed and then a win7 anti virus window pops up telling me I have like 31 viruses.
 
Anyone have Beat Sketcher for PS3? I saw how to enable youtube because there was an update for PSN but the thing is I forgot. I know its under Account management on the PSN but thats as far as I go. How do I enable youtube?
 
Mr.Swag said:
How do I get rid of viruses? My browser won't let me go on the internet, says I'm exposed and then a win7 anti virus window pops up telling me I have like 31 viruses.
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To combine with the other advice: use Chrome and you'll be less likely to get this virus in the future.
 
Got a new laptop and trying to get it updated. Is it worth picking up a codec pack? I remember needing them on older pcs but not sure if its needed now?
 
Dumb NeoGAF question - when searching one's own posts, do those made in Off-Topic simply not show up? I can only see my gaming/community posts.
 
How are people sure that the North Pole really is the North Pole and not the South Pole? I mean how can we know what's the upside of Earth?
Or is it just because of the position of the Pole Star?
 
Cyan said:
"Win 7 Anti-virus" is the virus.

See this thread for some advice: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=455592

Short version:
System Restore
Malwarebytes
MS Security Essentials
and maybe Spybot or whatever else
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Almost forgot: also make sure your Java, Flash, etc are up to date. This virus swept through a lot of GAF in the last week or two, and most figured it was a Java vulnerability of some kind.

Patrick Bateman said:
How are people sure that the North Pole really is the North Pole and not the South Pole? I mean how can we know what's the upside of Earth?
Or is it just because of the position of the Pole Star?
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It's arbitrary. It doesn't really matter which is which.
 
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