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Theres such thing as Gay dog?, or why mi two dogs (male both and brothers) are constantly trying to mount each one? im looking for a serious answer, not "your dogs are gay", also they have exactly 1 year and a month
 
So I have this Brother inkjet printer, and stuck a new black cartridge in, and tried printing something off. The words are all blurred and cannot be read. The colour carts are near empty.

I've tried using the cleaning option a few times, but it's doing the same thing. I did a test print and it's absolutely fine. Wtf printer!

EDIT: Nvm, it's fine now. Didn't clean it enough times!
 
Bryan1321 said:
Theres such thing as Gay dog?, or why mi two dogs (male both and brothers) are constantly trying to mount each one? im looking for a serious answer, not "your dogs are gay", also they have exactly 1 year and a month
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Mounting isn't always necessarily about sex, but about dominance. In normal pack behavior someone needs to be the alpha male.

So, in other words, they're prison gay.
 
Does anyone have any tips for CREATING artifacts in a video?

I could go ahead and just render things out really low, but I want to know if anyone knows of some good ways to do it before rendering.

It's so much easier with still images, lol.
 
Lets say interracial relationships became the norm and we eventually mixed so much we became one colour. Given time, would we eventually return to how it is now? Dark skinned people in Africa, Light skinned in Europe etc.
 
Typographenia said:
Does anyone have any tips for CREATING artifacts in a video?

I could go ahead and just render things out really low, but I want to know if anyone knows of some good ways to do it before rendering.

It's so much easier with still images, lol.
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Well you could try opening the video in (text) editor and scrambling it.
 
Water Softening

How many pounds of salt am I going to go through with a 1 bathroom house (3 people), along with dishwasher. I realize it's hard to determine because water usage varies. So alternatively, what is the pound of salt / gallon of softened water ratio?

The hardness of the water is rated at 14gpg+.

Or does that depend on the water softener itself?
 
In windows 7, different windows belonging to the same program are automatically stacked together. Is there way I can separate them out?
 
Ashes1396 said:
In windows 7, different windows belonging to the same program are automatically stacked together. Is there way I can separate them out?
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Right click on the taskbar, click on "properties".
There is a setting called "Taskbar buttons" which you can set to "Never combine"
 
Pocks said:
Water Softening

How many pounds of salt am I going to go through with a 1 bathroom house (3 people), along with dishwasher. I realize it's hard to determine because water usage varies. So alternatively, what is the pound of salt / gallon of softened water ratio?

The hardness of the water is rated at 14gpg+.

Or does that depend on the water softener itself?
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I think the average might be 80 pounds/month. I just tried a few of the calculators out there for this sort of thing, but they seemed off, probably because it does depend on the water softener, and there are a lot of variables. I'm a less than average household and I go through like 30 20kg bags/year. That's something like 110 pounds/month. Are you asking because you need to buy a water softener tank?
 
Schmattakopf said:
I think the average might be 80 pounds/month. I just tried a few of the calculators out there for this sort of thing, but they seemed off, probably because it does depend on the water softener, and there are a lot of variables. I'm a less than average household and I go through like 30 20kg bags/year. That's something like 110 pounds/month. Are you asking because you need to buy a water softener tank?
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Thanks for the info.

And nah, just budgeting for a house I may move into.
 
So I have been backing up my video files (tv shows and films) on to a external hard drive. Recently I found that some of the files, although being the correct size, stop at some point through the video.

I replaced these files from my desktop, but then after checking a second time, the same files became corrupt.

Assuming that the external hard drive was to blame, I bought a new one (same brand, different model). Unfortunately the same thing is happening, seemingly randomly, some files are not copying over correctly, or are becoming corrupt. The files on my desktop are fine.

I am going crazy here as I have a TON video files that I don't want to loose, but cant seem to backup! Any suggestions for what might be the problem?

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Extra information: Using VLC media player, I can only tell that the video file doesn't work by watching it and skipping to the end. This makes it very hard to see which are broken and which are not.

Using Windows 7.
 
PetriP-TNT said:
Well you could try opening the video in (text) editor and scrambling it.
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I attempted that, but the video file kept corrupting when I saved the new version. I guess I could try it a few more times and see if I strike gold eventually.

edit: Actually, I bet my problem was trying to insert still images. I should probably just stick to only using video text... Thanks, though!
 
dudeworld said:
is there anything we can see with our eyes but are not (yet) able to take a photograph of?
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Well, there are optical effects and illusions. Or floaters, as discussed slightly upthread.

But if it's not happening in your eyeball or your mind, a camera can take a picture of it.
 
Is there a way to remove searches from my dropdown list on firefox for a mac?



I was able to remove searches on my laptop (windows based) by simply highlighting a previous search and pressing the delete key, but this doesn't work on mac. Any ideas if there is a keyboard method, or am I stuck with simply using the privacy setting stuff to remove everything?

Curse you, amazingly awesome fanart thread!
 
GONz said:
I'm looking for a free site for translation from Russian to English. It would be for occasional usage, but I'd like it as accurate as possible. What does GAF recommand?
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Hate to do that, but has anyone have a suggestion?
 
My only bluray player is a PS3 (original 60gb model) but its on its last legs and making tons of noise and pumping out a tremendous amount of heat. Should I a) replace the PS3 with a new 320gb Uncharted 3 bundle or b) just keep my current for PS3 for games and get a stand alone player for bluray?

If b - anyone have any recommendations. I'd like it to have Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, and especially Amazon.
 
Maklershed said:
My only bluray player is a PS3 (original 60gb model) but its on its last legs and making tons of noise and pumping out a tremendous amount of heat. Should I a) replace the PS3 with a new 320gb Uncharted 3 bundle or b) just keep my current for PS3 for games and get a stand alone player for bluray?

If b - anyone have any recommendations. I'd like it to have Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, and especially Amazon.
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I don't know much about the market for such things, but I believe the original 60GB models are sought after for their PS2 backwards compatibility. I'd imagine you'd be able to get quite a bit for it even on its last legs, so I'd see how much you could sell it for (someone here could answer this better) and then just roll that money into a new PS3.
 
do cats or dogs actually like those treats you can buy better than their normal food? or are they just higher quality or just nicely packed or whatever.
 
Diprosalic said:
do cats or dogs actually like those treats you can buy better than their normal food? or are they just higher quality or just nicely packed or whatever.
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My cat absolutely loves her treats and will immediately gobble them up when given to her.

She's stopped hiding after I administer her ear drops because she knows I'll give her some treats directly after :lol
 
Anyone use Adobe's subscription service for the creative suite? I'm miss playing in Illustrator, and it seems like a fairly cheap option.
 
Since i think this does not need a thread on its own i thought i would post it here. It would be beyond awesome if some native englisch speaking Gafer could take a look at the abstract i had to write for my paper. I have no idea if it gets the idea across or even if its written correctly. I would really appreciate it.

myself said:
In the present study an in depth analysis of 57 fatal truck accidents is carried out. These accidents are evaluated and possible preventional measures are explored.

In the introduction data from the Federal Statistical Office is used to explain the nature of road accidents involving trucks in europe and germany. Furthermore the importance of the truck as a means of transport is outlined. Next a detailed analysis of the specific accidents is carried out. For this, data that describes accidents that lead to one or more fatalities that occurred during 2004 and 2005, under the condition that an autopsy was carried out at the Forensic Pathology of the Ludwig Maximilian University, is thoroughly evaluated. Based on these evaluations possible solutions to the problems that lead to the accidents are suggested. These suggestions include technical, social and infrastructural aspects.
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GONz said:
I'm looking for a free site for translation from Russian to English. It would be for occasional usage, but I'd like it as accurate as possible. What does GAF recommand?
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http://translate.yandex.ru is pretty good

http://lingvo.yandex.ru as well since it gives you some additional dictionary information (click the flag in the search box to open the keyboard and you can type in Russian if you don't have the keyboard installed in Windows/Mac already). As you type the word in russian the search box will autopopulate with words and their english translations which is helpful with examples of sentences so you can grasp the concept.

My roommates are Russian and always use one when they can't think of a particular word in English. I don't know the URL though, I'll ask what it is and let you know.
 
sankt-Antonio said:
Since i think this does not need a thread on its own i thought i would post it here. It would be beyond awesome if some native englisch speaking Gafer could take a look at the abstract i had to write for my paper. I have no idea if it gets the idea across or even if its written correctly. I would really appreciate it.
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Here's my brief take on it. I can give you something more thorough but I need to leave the house in like 10 minutes. I only fixed up grammar/punctuation, not the actual sentence formatting/layout.

In this study, an in-depth analysis of 57 fatal truck accidents is performed. These accidents are evaluated and possible prevention measures are explored.

Introduction data provided by the Federal Statistical Office is used to explain the nature of road accidents involving trucks in Europe and Germany. Furthermore, the importance of the truck as a mode of transportation is outlined. Next, a detailed analysis of specific accidents is carried out by evaluating autopsy data [if it's not the autopsy data, then you can use crash data or accident data instead] obtained by the Forensic Pathology of the Ludwig Maximilian University. Based on this data, solutions for preventing crashes via technical, social, and infrastructural changes are provided.

Again, it's not the best fix-up, but I think it gets rid of some of the excessive text/provides a little more clarity.
 
MooMoo said:
Here's my brief take on it. I can give you something more thorough but I need to leave the house in like 10 minutes. I only fixed up grammar/punctuation, not the actual sentence formatting/layout.

In this study, an in-depth analysis of 57 fatal truck accidents is performed. These accidents are evaluated and possible prevention measures are explored.

Introduction data provided by the Federal Statistical Office is used to explain the nature of road accidents involving trucks in Europe and Germany. Furthermore, the importance of the truck as a mode of transportation is outlined. Next, a detailed analysis of specific accidents is carried out by evaluating autopsy data [if it's not the autopsy data, then you can use crash data or accident data instead] obtained by the Forensic Pathology of the Ludwig Maximilian University. Based on this data, solutions for preventing crashes via technical, social, and infrastructural changes are provided.

Again, it's not the best fix-up, but I think it gets rid of some of the excessive text/provides a little more clarity.
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WOW - Gaf at its finest! Thank you very much. If you could fix one more thing in this sentence i would be eternally grateful:
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Next, a detailed analysis of specific accidents is carried out by evaluating autopsy data [if it's not the autopsy data, then you can use crash data or accident data instead] obtained by the Forensic Pathology of the Ludwig Maximilian University.
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The thing is that the years from witch the data is obtained (2004+2005) is very important plus the actual autopsy data (with is indeed used) is not all that important-what is important is that the victims are autopsied at this particular Forensic Pathology. This is one criterium that defines the data and makes it rather unique (since most accidental research is based on statistical data and not an in-depth case to case analysis with only fatal accidents) . Think of it as a filter criterion. I hope you understand what i try to tell you :D (Its the sentence i had to fight with the most)

Again thank you very much MooMoo!

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i came up with this, thoughts? :|

sentence said:
Next, a detailed analysis of specific accidents is carried out by evaluating accident data obtained during 2004 and 2005, under the condition that an autopsy was carried out by the Forensic Pathology of the Ludwig Maximilian University.
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In the introduction, data provided by the Federal Statistical Office is used to explore the nature of road accidents involving trucks in Europe and Germany, and the importance of the truck as a mode of transportation is outlined. Next, a detailed analysis of specific accidents is carried out by evaluating data from accidents between 2004 and 2005 for which an autopsy was carried out by the Institute of Forensic Pathology at Ludwig Maximilian University. Based on this data, solutions for preventing crashes via technical, social, and infrastructural changes are proposed.
 
My cat has a largish cut on his head, between his eye and ear. About a centimeter in diameter. He has had it for quite a while, but the scab got scratched off today and it look fairly serious, but clean. If it doesn't scab over again by Monday I'm taking him to the vet. What kind of fees should I expect to get it stapled, stitched, or whatever it needs?


Sneds said:
How long has there been a 'Community' section of NeoGaf? Has it always been there and I've only just noticed?
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It's been there quite a long time...
 
AbsoluteZero said:
What's the big deal with marijuana? Why is everyone so obsessed over its legality?
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Depends on which group. The legalizers: Some people want to be able to smoke it without committing a crime. Some people think that marijuana prohibition has similar effects to alcohol prohibition. Some people think that enforcement disproportionately affects black people, and that the laws are thus unfair. Some people are libertarians. The other side: Don't really get where these folks are coming from, outside of nanny-state types, so can't really summarize their views fairly.
 
Trying to find out a song.
I remember the music video. Prob around 2000s. It is a female singer. IN this video its pretty much her, in really small dress (red i think) on a stage with a mic on stand singing. Pop song sort of. In the chorus, it involves her clapping as well.

Any thoughts?
 
So i just discovered that wifi printers exists.
i found this pixma that works also as scanner, so this would be marvellous because i will have a lot of free space on my desktop removing the old printer and the scanner.
The question is: does wifi printers works? Are there any known common problems with them?
 
neos said:
So i just discovered that wifi printers exists.
i found this pixma that works also as scanner, so this would be marvellous because i will have a lot of free space on my desktop removing the old printer and the scanner.
The question is: does wifi printers works? Are there any known common problems with them?
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I've had a wifi printer for about 5 years and never had a problem.
 
Never had a problem with mine either. I have an HP one, which even has quite a cool feature that you can set it an email address, then it'll print anything it receives as an email.
 
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