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I'm getting a Kindle for my birthday and was thinking about getting a case for it. Do I really need one? What's a good one to get? I quite like the look of the Amazon ones, but at £31 without a light and £51 with a light they seem expensive. Are they worth it? The case would be a gift too so I don't mind spending a wee bit more than if I was buying it myself, but I want to know if they are a waste of money and if I can get something better cheaper. I don't think I really need a reading light - I can just use my bedside lamp for that.

It's not cheaper, but Oberon do some beautiful leather covers.
 
so im fighting for hours with excel 07
i have no idea how i could merge two tables with different things in them to one single table. and of course without me doing it per hand, so no copy & pasta.

i made an example (pic): LINK

any ideas?
 
Two questions. One will make me look like a noob and one won't. I'll ask the one that won't first.

So, I wanna record my music from Korg DS 10. The way I have found to do this is by using aux cables. Problem is the sound on a recording isn't near mp3/CD quality. What I use is audacity to record it. Is there something I can do to fix the quality?

The dumb question. Is there a paid gaf membership or is that just a joke?
 
Baconbitz said:
Two questions. One will make me look like a noob and one won't. I'll ask the one that won't first.

So, I wanna record my music from Korg DS 10. The way I have found to do this is by using aux cables. Problem is the sound on a recording isn't near mp3/CD quality. What I use is audacity to record it. Is there something I can do to fix the quality?

The dumb question. Is there a paid gaf membership or is that just a joke?


GAF gold is real but you have to have been here for a certain period of time & then a mod will approach you with the details, GAF Platinium is a myth, I think.
 
Cerebral Assassin said:
GAF gold is real but you have to have been here for a certain period of time & then a mod will approach you with the details, GAF Platinium is a myth, I think.

It's not a myth. You just haven't been welcomed into the inner circle yet. Stop begging for membership, it's unbecoming.
 
sankt-Antonio said:
so im fighting for hours with excel 07
i have no idea how i could merge two tables with different things in them to one single table. and of course without me doing it per hand, so no copy & pasta.

i made an example (pic): LINK

any ideas?
You could build a UNION clause to combine the fields into one table. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_operations_(SQL)#UNION_operator http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208819
You might have to name the columns the same in the origin tables, I'm not sure.
Save the UNION clause's result as a table. Access doesn't do INTO iirc.

Then, do a SELECT on that result table with a sum() over "amount" and a GROUP BY on "game_title". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_(SQL)
Save that clause's result as a table. That should be your result.
Delete the other tables after checking whether the amounts are right.

Do all that after having backed up your db because you'll likely do something wrong while trying to figure it all out.

I _think_ that should work. There are other ways to do it as well; you could use a JOIN, for example. Then save the result to a table. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join_(SQL)
You could also use SELECTs exclusively. But that's a tad confusing.

I usually use JOINs for such operations, but that would be when I need views (aka virtual tables), not a redesign with complete reshuffling of data.

Edit: Maybe you actually want a view instead of a complete redesign. Think about it: You could as well keep the original tables and JOIN shit for a view.
 
Does anyone know the answer to my first question?
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Help GAF! I've had this issue for quite some time, but now I'm fed with it. I'll explain it. I have this awesome dropbox folder on my netbook that I use for my uni work and in that folder is where I store my files (class notes, projects, etc.) Well, ever since some guy from a group essay saved a weird file type in my public folder, now all my .docx (Word 2007 is what I use) show up with these icons, and whenever I save, sometimes it won't allow me to save on the same document, I have to do a "Save As..." and then later, change the name so it replaces the file I was trying to overwrite in the first place.

Also, they show up as docx files, but they have this weird bootleg icon that I have no idea where it came from. Is there a possible solution? Am I already dead, GAF? Here's a picture of how it actually looks. It works with my Word 2007 copy, and on other computers where I have the dropbox folder, it shows up as a normal 2007 document.

I'd appreciate some help, thanks!

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I can get one of these for free;

PS3: The Sims 3 (my wife wants it, but she also already have the pc version. I might play it too, looks fun.)
PS3: Blazblue CS (I have SSFIV, but I don't play it that much, I admire good looking sprites, but suck at fighters)

Help me out, please :)
 
Tailzo said:
I can get one of these for free;

PS3: The Sims 3 (my wife wants it, but she also already have the pc version. I might play it too, looks fun.)
PS3: Blazblue CS (I have SSFIV, but I don't play it that much, I admire good looking sprites, but suck at fighters)

Help me out, please :)


I think Sims 3 is broken(or at least it was) & one of the Blazblues is meant to have a good tutorial, so I would go for that.
 
electricshake said:
I'm getting a Kindle for my birthday and was thinking about getting a case for it. Do I really need one? What's a good one to get? I quite like the look of the Amazon ones, but at £31 without a light and £51 with a light they seem expensive. Are they worth it? The case would be a gift too so I don't mind spending a wee bit more than if I was buying it myself, but I want to know if they are a waste of money and if I can get something better cheaper. I don't think I really need a reading light - I can just use my bedside lamp for that.

The lighted Amazon case is fantastic. Great feel and protects the Kindle very well.
 
Decom said:
I don't use dropbox, so I can't directly help you, but maybe the official Dropbox Bugs & Troubleshooting forum would be a good place to search/ask.
S. L. said:
sounds more like an issue with different office versions, but not sure...
Well, the problem is that they do open in Microsoft Office 2007 (the one I use in all my computers) and the preferred program to open both kind of documents is the same even though they're both different files:

One is DOCX FILE (ARCHIVO DOCX on the picture) and the other one says Microsoft Office Word Document, as if it wouldn't recognise those stored in that computer like that. The problem is that if I make a new file, it is MOWD, but it ends up transformed into DOCX one.

I am truly clueless, sorry! And thanks for redirecting me to dropbox troubleshooting, seems like nothing there though.
 
Qwomo said:
I bought one and it came without slots for the bread.

Would not recommend.
I read this response aloud to my friend after laughing, she laughed, but then she thought that you were serious. And I was like. Jesus. Of course it comes with slots for the bread, it's a toaster.
 
Schmattakopf said:
I read this response aloud to my friend after laughing, she laughed, but then she thought that you were serious. And I was like. Jesus. Of course it comes with slots for the bread, it's a toaster.
My kitchen came with a starter toaster without slots and I had to pay for the upgrade to get slots.
 
Could someone who know Spanish translate Bombay by El Guincho (NSFW) for me?
Google translate doesn't make all that much sense.

Lyrics:
Code:
Te miro desde arriba por si todo se termina
quiero que me recuerdes como las primeras veces
hay algo que no atino a saber por que no camina
que será lo que no me deja ver lo que tengo enfrente?

Ya no somos pequeños aprendimos de las cosas
que nos fueron pasando en lugares diferentes
no te vayas a China que alli no tienen cortinas
como las que nos escondieron de todos los demás

Te mueves sin sombrilla paseando por las orillas
de la isla que encima se enfada cuando no vulevo
no todo es culpa mia ahora esto es muy diferente
y si no lo ves es que no lo quieres ver
o es que no me puedes ver

Algo que un día brilla también podrá repertirse
intentas que me lo crea pero me parece un cuento
hace 200 días que no me sale una línea y además
no parece que va a cambiar aunque ahora me escuches

solo yo te pido que te quedes en...
donde puedas alcanzar lo que quieras conseguir
Y en cambio tú me pides que me quede donde puedas vigilarme hasta que te canses de... buscar
 
I look at you from above in case everything ends
I want you to remember me like the first times
there's something i cant seem to know because it doesnt walk
what is it that wont let me see what its right in front of me ?

We are not little anymore, we learnt from things
that happened to us in different places
Dont go to China, there's no curtains there
like the ones that hid us from everyone else

You move without a parasol strolling through the shore
of the island that gets angry when i dont come back
Not everything's my fault, now this is very different
and if you dont see it its because you dont want to see it
or you cant see me

Something that that one day shines could also repeat itself
you try to get me to believe it but i think its just a story
Its been over 200 days since i could write a line and it
doesnt seem like its going to change even though you now hear me

I only ask you to stay..
where you can achieve what you want to achieve
and in exchange you ask me to stay where you could watch me until you get tired of.. searching.





Some part of its dont make sense since its really hard to translate correctly. The "200 dias que no me sale una linea" part would be translated as "200 days since i line came out of me" if you go word by word, but i guessed it was refering to writing.
 
SalsaShark said:
I look at you from above in case everything ends
I want you to remember me like the first times
there's something i cant seem to know because it doesnt walk
what is it that wont let me see what its right in front of me ?

We are not little anymore, we learnt from things
that happened to us in different places
Dont go to China, there's no curtains there
like the ones that hid us from everyone else

You move without a parasol strolling through the shore
of the island that gets angry when i dont come back
Not everything's my fault, now this is very different
and if you dont see it its because you dont want to see it
or you cant see me

Something that that one day shines could also repeat itself
you try to get me to believe it but i think its just a story
Its been over 200 days since i could write a line and it
doesnt seem like its going to change even though you now hear me

I only ask you to stay..
where you can achieve what you want to achieve
and in exchange you ask me to stay where you could watch me until you get tired of.. searching.





Some part of its dont make sense since its really hard to translate correctly. The "200 dias que no me sale una linea" part would be translated as "200 days since i line came out of me" if you go word by word, but i guessed it was refering to writing.
Thanks! :D
 
I recently bought an item through a seller using paypal, and I think the guy might have taken my money and ran. Its been three days since he has responded to my email's (I paid three days ago) and the "confirmation" number was two digits short. How long should I give it till I sound the fraud horns? Any chance I'll get my money back?
 
Probably a really stupid question, but why aren't I allowed to go through my previous posts?

I click on my profile, then "find all posts by", and then it says I don't have permission to access the page.
 
Soul_Pie said:
Probably a really stupid question, but why aren't I allowed to go through my previous posts?

I click on my profile, then "find all posts by", and then it says I don't have permission to access the page.
Cos the search function was disabled, but is gonna be back soon due to the ban on animated avis.
 
Soul_Pie said:
Probably a really stupid question, but why aren't I allowed to go through my previous posts?

I click on my profile, then "find all posts by", and then it says I don't have permission to access the page.
It's part of the search function which was disabled. I think it was disabled because of bandwidth issues but I don't know if that's true. You can do Google searches like site:neogaf.com Soul_Pie but of course that goes by Google rankings.
 
Schmattakopf said:
It's part of the search function which was disabled. I think it was disabled because of bandwidth issues but I don't know if that's true. You can do Google searches like site:neogaf.com Soul_Pie but of course that goes by Google rankings.
Edit: Damn, beaten.
 
CHEEZMO™ said:
Cos the search function was disabled, but is gonna be back soon due to the ban on animated avis.
I don't understand the correlation. Avatars were all hosted offsite before. Won't bringing them all "local" increase server load even if they're static?
 
Who's in charge of promotions in the military? Is it the general on base or does approval go even higher up, say to congress or even the president? (e.g. lieutenant colonel ---> colonel)
 
MacGurcules said:
I don't understand the correlation. Avatars were all hosted offsite before. Won't bringing them all "local" increase server load even if they're static?

They upgraded the servers at the same time though, I think.
 
Baconbitz said:
Well, what about on the audacity side?

What about it? You can't improve audio if the source is bad. It's like when TV crime shows do "ENHANCE" on images... that shit doesn't work. Maybe you could run an EQ on the high end to kill the noise/static but other than that I don't think you have a lot of options.

There's a MS-20 app for iPad which is just like the DS-10 except with MORE. If you don't have an iPad then I guess it doesn't matter, but the audio quality out of that would be much, much better.
 
Orellio said:
What about it? You can't improve audio if the source is bad. It's like when TV crime shows do "ENHANCE" on images... that shit doesn't work. Maybe you could run an EQ on the high end to kill the noise/static but other than that I don't think you have a lot of options.

There's a MS-20 app for iPad which is just like the DS-10 except with MORE. If you don't have an iPad then I guess it doesn't matter, but the audio quality out of that would be much, much better.
Ok, I wasn't sure because people have made albums with it.
 
I'm looking for a short story I read six years or so ago in a sci-fi anthology:

-Humans branch out into the galaxy, and find that it is dominated by an alien intelligence that is basically all-powerful, and sinister. This force has already enslaved all other intelligent life forms.

-Humans and their colony ships are hunted to near extinction, always attempting to adapt, genetically modify themselves, and hide themselves away.

-They're always found and systematically erradicated, even though they put up a fight. One branch of the story depicts the humans, heavily modified for a high-G planet, being found and attacked.

-Towards the end of the story, one lone ship manages to find the "headquarters" of the alien race, and meets the "leader" of the alien forces. I forget exactly what happens, but the gist is that there is no hope for the human race, they are but play-things to the alien.

Maybe someone will recognize this. Worth a shot, because I've searched for quite awhile and never rediscovered the name.
 
Ethics Gradient said:
I'm looking for a short story I read six years or so ago in a sci-fi anthology:

-Humans branch out into the galaxy, and find that it is dominated by an alien intelligence that is basically all-powerful, and sinister. This force has already enslaved all other intelligent life forms.

-Humans and their colony ships are hunted to near extinction, always attempting to adapt, genetically modify themselves, and hide themselves away.

-They're always found and systematically erradicated, even though they put up a fight. One branch of the story depicts the humans, heavily modified for a high-G planet, being found and attacked.

-Towards the end of the story, one lone ship manages to find the "headquarters" of the alien race, and meets the "leader" of the alien forces. I forget exactly what happens, but the gist is that there is no hope for the human race, they are but play-things to the alien.

Maybe someone will recognize this. Worth a shot, because I've searched for quite awhile and never rediscovered the name.
Anything to do with Saberhagen's Berserker series?
 
Somebody explain this joke to me:

Nurse: Are you ready to operate, doctor?
Zoidberg: I'd love to, but first I have to perform a surgery.

Is there anything to it or is it just Zoidberg being Zoidberg?
 
There's a name of a theory/idea about legacy systems (such as the qwerty keyboard) remaining in use despite superior alternatives available. I can't remember what's it called :/ Anyone?
 
Rei_Toei said:
There's a name of a theory/idea about legacy systems (such as the qwerty keyboard) remaining in use despite superior alternatives available. I can't remember what's it called :/ Anyone?

Isn't that what the term "legacy system" means?
 
IGotBillySoSpooked said:
Isn't that what the term "legacy system" means?

Yeah, and it's also sometimes referred to as dominant design, but I'm looking for a 'broader' theory that, if I remember correctly, uses the qwerty keyboard of an example how a certain system or design influences further developments despite better designs/systems developed over time. I encountered it in article about political systems.

Edit: found it, path dependence.
 
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