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jonnybryce
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BothBarsOn
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Thanks for the answers RotBot and Para! Another mystery solved ...
SouthernDragon
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jonnybryce said:
Not so much funny as amazing.
For Mac users: why doesn't my "Open in Dashboard" (Web Clip) feature work? I'm on 10.5.7, with the latest Safari update. I click "Open in Dashboard", choose the part of the webpage I want to open, click "Add", and then nothing happens. Isn't it supposed to open Dashboard with the new widget? 
Is there a specific term for "odd" perception that doesn't fall under tiredness or fatigue?
I'm in that sort of state right now, having not slept at all during the night, instead I've been reading, writing, and doing a lot of thinking. Four hours pass in what seems like a half hour, and yet my thoughts race along and I don't feel droopy or sluggish. It feels something like being in a fog, except only my perceptions of my surroundings are clouded and my perception of my thoughts and information are as clear as ever. I've been juggling two characters in my head for six hours and haven't yet bored of thinking about them.
Am I just really tired (and perhaps thus slightly loopy)?
I'm in that sort of state right now, having not slept at all during the night, instead I've been reading, writing, and doing a lot of thinking. Four hours pass in what seems like a half hour, and yet my thoughts race along and I don't feel droopy or sluggish. It feels something like being in a fog, except only my perceptions of my surroundings are clouded and my perception of my thoughts and information are as clear as ever. I've been juggling two characters in my head for six hours and haven't yet bored of thinking about them.
Am I just really tired (and perhaps thus slightly loopy)?
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NinjaFridge
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How do they measure speed reading?
Cosmic Bus
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NinjaFridge said:
Words per minute is a common metric for assessing reading speed. It is often used in the context of remedial skills evaluation. It is also used in the context of speed reading, where it is a controversial measure of reading performance.
A word in this context is the same as in the context of speech.
The average American adult reads prose text at 250 to 300 words per minute, and with use of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP), the speeds can quickly exceed 400 wpm and reach 800 wpm after an hour of practice.
Invisible Man
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What is the back story on saying "bless you" after someone sneezes? My thinking is that people thought the act of a sneezing was your soul escaping from from the body and saying bless you would keep it from leaving.
crazy monkey
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What is your favorite bollywood movie?
Is it possible to get new tabs in Chrome to open up on the far right instead of right next to the active tab? I like to load up a few news sites, move down the first one opening what looks interesting in new tabs, then move to the next, etc., so I have all the stories queued up at the end.
It opens new ones on the right in Firefox, and it not doing that in Chrome annoys the hell out of me.
It opens new ones on the right in Firefox, and it not doing that in Chrome annoys the hell out of me.
HamPster PamPster
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What is roaming for cell phone exactly? I drive between two cities a lot and I'm looking at cell phone providers and they'll have service in each city but "roaming" service in the rural areas in between? Are they basically borrowing another providers service/tower in that area? Are there extra charges?
RotBot said:
Hmmm...I read that and just started thinking really hard about this. And i cant seem to think of a main logical answer(s).
My best guess(es) would be that, fighting games are really more geared toward the minority groups. Characters in fighting games are as diverse as they come representing different nationalities as opposed to most shooters where the main hero is usually white. Not saying theres anything wrong with that, but thats usually the case.
So, psychologically, minorities see characters that they can relate to which attracts them more to said game(s).
Minorities tend to like hand to hand and 1 to 1 combat more. Which is why you see more minorities in sports, such as boxing or MMA.
When arcades were really popular here in the U.S., fighting games were really big in the urban scene, hence the stronger following of minorities in said game(s).
Overseas, arcades never really died down around the asian markets so the fighting game scenes never really died down as well, which is why you see a lot of international asian players in tournaments.
Hope that answers your question a bit but man, that really got me thinking hard. Nice thought provoking question there and if anyone else would like to shed some more light on that, id love to read your input.
mario ate my burger
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Can you find another man attractive and not be gay?
Like, not sexually attarctive, but like "that dude is good looking for a dude"
Like, not sexually attarctive, but like "that dude is good looking for a dude"
Of course, you can admire the way a bloke looks, I've seen guys and thought I'd like to look like them plenty of times. Strangely women seem to be the opposite if anything, the amount of times I've been watching TV with a woman and they've slagged off some stunning woman on TV is insane.mario ate my burger said:
Cosmic Bus
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ronito said:
They show the colors that are on the packaging and are used for printing alignment.
The Orange
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SexyNerd said:
Ehh, in my language the saying is basically "To your good health!", since sneezing is associated with being sick, so people wish you a speedy recovery. Same with "bless you" probably, like, "May god cure you". That's my explanation
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Amory
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Is this what I need to play my 360 sound over computer speakers?
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Female-3-5mm-Stereo-Adapter/dp/B000I98ZM8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1248201418&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Female-3-5mm-Stereo-Adapter/dp/B000I98ZM8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1248201418&sr=8-2
GhastlyGaseous
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SexyNerd said:
A long time ago, people believed that every time you sneezed, a little bit of your soul essentially flew out of your body. At the time, when this practice started, Christianity was the main religion, and they believed that a soul could go to two places, either heaven or hell. Thus, when someone sneezed, saying bless you was like a little bit of extra insurance that that part of their soul would go to heaven rather than hell.
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Is this it? playlist.comMilabrega said:
Having new tabs open next to the active tab is actually one of Chrome's more popular features and even Firefox is going to copy this new tab method in a future update. Regardless, it would be nice to be able to choose where and how tabs open but it doesn't look like Chrome has that option. You could try browsing the news sites from right to left and closing the main tab when you are finished opening articles.Monroeski said:
Looks like it.XCell9200 said:
Lost Fragment
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Which is correct:
-I didn't say I think you're ugly.
-I didn't say I thought you're ugly.
-I didn't say I think you're ugly.
-I didn't say I thought you're ugly.
Kind of along the lines of the 'can you find a dude attractive' question:
Why is it so taboo to admit a family member is hot? Like I know when a dude is attractive, but the thought of having sex with men is revolting to me. So even though I'm not afraid to say a dude is handsome, I know I'm not gay. Why can't I say my sister's hot or my mother and mother's sisters were hot when they were young without someone getting weired out and thinking incest? I have no desire at all to have sex with any of them but I do think they look good. It's like people can't separate the two or something.
I didn't say, "I thought you were ugly".
Why is it so taboo to admit a family member is hot? Like I know when a dude is attractive, but the thought of having sex with men is revolting to me. So even though I'm not afraid to say a dude is handsome, I know I'm not gay. Why can't I say my sister's hot or my mother and mother's sisters were hot when they were young without someone getting weired out and thinking incest? I have no desire at all to have sex with any of them but I do think they look good. It's like people can't separate the two or something.
I didn't say, "I think you're ugly".Lost Fragment said:
I didn't say, "I thought you were ugly".
Dali said:
It's weird. I just find it a really rude thing to say, and never answer.
I don't think my sister is hot, I think she's beautiful because she's my sister. It's hard to explain.
Worst of all though, my friends are all jizzing over Rhianna and my niece looks exactly like a 12 year old version of her.
Thus, I will never, can never find Rhianna attractive.
TacticalFox88
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Does anyone know what the phenomenon is called is when you know what something is...but you don't know what it is. Like you know what it is but you can't give a word for word definition.
TacticalFox88 said:
The beginning symptoms of memory loss and/or Alzheimer. If you can't remember what a word is then it's lethologica
Machado said:
Just vent man, it's good for you.
Now, take a deep breath and find a way to solve this!!! I don't care if you're introvertive or shy, you do something about this right now and move on with your life!
E-mail her, leave her a message, I don't know, just stop doing this to yourself.
Neverender
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jbbb said:
But then she'll say, 'We're not breaking up!'
And he'll say 'Oh, okay.'
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