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Cuban Legend said:
This means she blocked you.

Or you still have her blocked, go to Account > Privacy Settings > Block List.
She must've blocked me then, for my block list is completely empty. That's kind of a weird thing to do, since I was the one who removed her from my list first to begin with :lol I hope I have to work on a project in school with this person some day. That'd awkward in an awesome kind of way :D
 
Binabik15 said:
Sorting through the cardboard boxes in the basement with my mother and now I´m wondering: is there a website that has building plans for Lego stuff, but REAL plans for whole kits and stuff? My baby nephew is still far too young to play with it, but it´d be cool to be able to give him my old castle or something down the road (or my own kids, should I ever have some), but everything I had is in million of pieces and the manuals long lost.

TL;DR: Building plans/manuals/instructions/whatever it´s called in English for lego kits online, yes/no/where?

Lots of places have them. Heres one site.

http://freelegoinstructions.com/index.php

That hardest part is searching for the specific set you're looking for.

Toma said:
I wanted to change my email address on gaf. I registered with a university email address which I obviously wont be having forever.
I tried changing it to a freemail adress but no go. Do I need to contact someone to get it changed or is it not possible? Which would be a shame for the subscription feature.
And no I dont have any other private mail address :(

Try PMing a mod about it. But if you still need a new non-free email your Internet porvider should have set one one up for you. That's what I use.
 
weekend_warrior said:
Try PMing a mod about it. But if you still need a new non-free email your Internet porvider should have set one one up for you. That's what I use.

Okay thanks :) Asked a mod about it.

Edit:
And I got told you need to ask an admin for that, in case anyone else wants to know.
 
I've heard (can't find the places) that you should be auto-subscribed to threads you post in, but this doesn't work for me. Is it because I am a junior, does it not work, am I doing it wrong?
 
Jobiensis said:
I've heard (can't find the places) that you should be auto-subscribed to threads you post in, but this doesn't work for me. Is it because I am a junior, does it not work, am I doing it wrong?

User CP > Edit Options > Under "Default Thread Subscription Mode" change to "No email notification"
 
Hey GAF, is there a site with a comprehensive list of region-lock status for blurays? I want Firefly and Gattaca on bluray, and they haven't made it to the 51st state as of yet.
 
Can anyone think of any movies/TV shows with a pet dog named Maggie? This seemingly random question is driving me up the wall D:

Or maybe a better question is why does a dog named Maggie sound so familiar?
 
So apparently my cousin received a text from "me." It had my name and number and "I" apparently cussed him out or something. I did not send such a text and I want to know how my name and number were used to send a text. Can someone do this through any apps?
 
Linkhero1 said:
So apparently my cousin received a text from "me." It had my name and number and "I" apparently cussed him out or something. I did not send such a text and I want to know how my name and number were used to send a text. Can someone do this through any apps?
Well two things, do you know for a fact it wasn't sent from your phone? Based on the times and things?

And did you check it is really your number with your name on his phone? Someone could enter a number in his phone, give it your name so it looks like you sent it.
 
StuBurns said:
Well two things, do you know for a fact it wasn't sent from your phone? Based on the times and things?

And did you check it is really your number with your name on his phone? Someone could enter a number in his phone, give it your name so it looks like you sent it.
I know for a fact that it wasn't sent from my phone. I checked all my texts. He wouldn't confirm that it was my number for sure but he says it was. How would someone enter a number in their phone and make it look like mine? I know there are spoof apps out there but I thought that's only for calling people. This is irritating me since I have no way to talk with him right now and make sure. He seems pretty pissed off too...
 
Linkhero1 said:
I know for a fact that it wasn't sent from my phone. I checked all my texts. He wouldn't confirm that it was my number for sure but he says it was. How would someone enter a number in their phone and make it look like mine? I know there are spoof apps out there but I thought that's only for calling people. This is irritating me since I have no way to talk with him right now and make sure. He seems pretty pissed off too...
I meant do it physically, get his phone, enter a number the person has, but put your name instead. Lots of kids used to do it with operators when I was younger, you put your number into someone's phone, put 'AT&T' as the name and send them official sounding messages to mess with them etc.

As for your phone, just because there isn't a message there now, doesn't mean there wasn't before. Do you know you had the phone when the message was received?
 
StuBurns said:
I meant do it physically, get his phone, enter a number the person has, but put your name instead. Lots of kids used to do it with operators when I was younger, you put your number into someone's phone, put 'AT&T' as the name and send them official sounding messages to mess with them etc.

As for your phone, just because there isn't a message there now, doesn't mean there wasn't before. Do you know you had the phone when the message was received?
My phone was with me all day. I also have multiple locks on text messaging just in case someone tried to do something like this. I doubt anyone would manually enter my information in his phone because his friends don't know me. He wouldn't let anyone near his phone as far as I know. I'm thinking someone used one of those spoofing apps.
 
Binabik15 said:
Sorting through the cardboard boxes in the basement with my mother and now I´m wondering: is there a website that has building plans for Lego stuff, but REAL plans for whole kits and stuff? My baby nephew is still far too young to play with it, but it´d be cool to be able to give him my old castle or something down the road (or my own kids, should I ever have some), but everything I had is in million of pieces and the manuals long lost.

TL;DR: Building plans/manuals/instructions/whatever it´s called in English for lego kits online, yes/no/where?

http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx

http://www.lugnet.com/
 
Where can I get one of the laptop hdd sata cables? I don't know what they're called couldn't find anything on newegg etc without a name for it.
 
so today when i turned my speakers on i hear this weird chinese song thing playing...i figure its firefox so when i close it its gone.

however, i wasnt on any weird site like that that would be playing said chinese song. it was just my own web site...


i can't find anything about some random chinese/korean/whatever it is playing when you open up firefox.


wtf was that? i cant find anywhere referencing to random sound files playing other than the pacman thing that google had a long time ago.


it sounded like an old time chinese broadcast or something like that, and it was like a bunch of people singing and one guy who sorta sounded like he was singing but then talking also...i'm fucking confused right now
 
davepoobond said:
so today when i turned my speakers on i hear this weird chinese song thing playing...i figure its firefox so when i close it its gone.

however, i wasnt on any weird site like that that would be playing said chinese song. it was just my own web site...


i can't find anything about some random chinese/korean/whatever it is playing when you open up firefox.


wtf was that? i cant find anywhere referencing to random sound files playing other than the pacman thing that google had a long time ago.


it sounded like an old time chinese broadcast or something like that, and it was like a bunch of people singing and one guy who sorta sounded like he was singing but then talking also...i'm fucking confused right now
Was that the only site you were on? I've been getting some weird sounds from GAF lately...
 
StuBurns said:
Hey GAF, is there a site with a comprehensive list of region-lock status for blurays? I want Firefly and Gattaca on bluray, and they haven't made it to the 51st state as of yet.

You know, all of the Americas plus parts of Asia are all the same region.
 
Schmattakopf said:
Was that the only site you were on? I've been getting some weird sounds from GAF lately...

yeah, i was at neogaf right before. gmail, too....but its weird, my history is saying i went to my site after i searched for that stuff, which isn't exactly right.
 
davepoobond said:
yeah, i was at neogaf right before. gmail, too....but its weird, my history is saying i went to my site after i searched for that stuff, which isn't exactly right.
It stops when I close GAF, so it might be something else. Not sure, sorry.
 
Cyan said:
Most people use that to refer to Canada.

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Another facebook question :lol I've sent a friend request that hasn't been answered yet. But I'm still seeing his updates on my facebook front page for some reason? O_o Normal?
 
Minamu said:
Another facebook question :lol I've sent a friend request that hasn't been answered yet. But I'm still seeing his updates on my facebook front page for some reason? O_o Normal?
It's normal yeah. The request went thru and he hasn't approved or declined you.
 
Minamu said:
Another facebook question :lol I've sent a friend request that hasn't been answered yet. But I'm still seeing his updates on my facebook front page for some reason? O_o Normal?

It's normal if their profile is public. If it's private, that's a bug and you should do a bug report.
 
terrdactycalsrock said:
can you order a class of soda in a five star restaurant or are you expected to drink wine or something?
There are a lot of people who do not drink wine; you are not expected to order it. There is always soda, soda water, water. You may be expected to order a certain amount of food but apart from that, you order as you like.
 
Backfoggen said:
Thought as much. It only makes sense, but I somehow thought that TV hz are different from Fps :lol

Thanks
They are in a way, depending on the context. We tend to say FPS (at least with gaming) to mean the amount of original frames per second, where as Hz is just the amount of frames displayed regardless of them being new or not. Most games are about 30fps, but games consoles still output a 60Hz signal.
 
Manager said:
You know these windows they have at interrogation? You can only see one-way, while it reflects inside the room - so people can't be seen by the prisoner or whatever.
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What would happen if you put two of those against eachothers? What would you see?
Like the reflection of nothing? The reflection of a reflection?
I guess complete blackness if there's no light source, but I don't know. Gray?

I bet Mythbusters had the same question sometime, maybe?
It would seem that it would be a distorted mirror image but maybe that answer is too simple.
 
terrdactycalsrock said:
can you order a class of soda in a five star restaurant or are you expected to drink wine or something?
I order water everywhere although a fancy restaurant I went to assumed you want bottled water and not the peasant's H2O.
 
This isn't exactly a question, but since I'm a junior and can't create my own threads, that will do.

As some of you may know, one of the main strategies to combat organized crime of the elected Rio de Janeiro government was to create Unidade de Polícia Pacificadoras ("UPP"), which consists mainly of two steps: (i) a huge police task went and expel the drug dealers and then (ii) occupy with police to ensure the security, while providing the residents with public services that they were denied by the organized crime (hospitals, schools, internet access and so on). The goal was to integrate the police with the residents, thus creating a positive environment which could repel the drug dealers by itself when they returned (this may seem dumb, but the lack of society in the slums create a perfect environment for the drug dealers).

Everything went fine and slum after slum received its UPP, but as simple math can show, the drug dealers had to go somewhere. And they were holing in a slum known as Vila Cruzeiro (aprox. 70 thousand residents) and decided they had to shoot back. And so they started to create hell: burning cars and buses (I guess over one hundred by now) and shoot the police. What they couldn't foresee was the reaction from the government.

Local police, military police, federal police and the navy went in full force to counter it. The result? The city is at war. I selected some pictures to portrait this and the link I provided is also a slideshow.

http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/20101123rio_album.jhtm?abrefoto=129#fotoNav=134 (brazilian dudebro)

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StuBurns said:
Is Star Trek communist?

Sort of. It's supposed to be in a post-capitalist setting where scarcity no longer exists, which makes economics — and thus both capitalism and socialism — irrelevant.

In practice, however, Star Trek is pretty clearly in an economic world, with money and stuff. So, yeah.
 
cntrational said:
Sort of. It's supposed to be in a post-capitalist setting where scarcity no longer exists, which makes economics — and thus both capitalism and socialism — irrelevant.

In practice, however, Star Trek is pretty clearly in an economic world, with money and stuff. So, yeah.
Cool, thanks for the reply.
 
hey guys i need help finding a "ringtone" but its for text.
i had a old samsung att phone, A373 to be exact and for text messages i like a "Effect sound" called tone #4. i really like the sound for my text.
now i have a different phone and i want to get that sound for my text but cant find anything or where to start. i heard it once outside and i think its standard on att/samsung phones??

can someone help me find it?

:(

for my b-day present?
 
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