ccgenerals
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o, you can use a switch instead of a router fyi. don't see the point in having a modem -> router -> router setup. more so if the 2nd router isn't a bridgeScarecrow said:
This thread is for stupid questions that don't deserve their own individual threads
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davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
where is the thread about the guy who had a girlfriend he thought was kidnapped?
Siebzehn50
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davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i was searching for the wrong thing, had "girlfriend kidnapped" found nothing, then just tried girlfriend after i asked and found it.
but ummmmmmm wtf is with that thread, can someone give me a recap ;.;
also, please dont turn this thread into that one since it got locked obviously...
but ummmmmmm wtf is with that thread, can someone give me a recap ;.;
also, please dont turn this thread into that one since it got locked obviously...
Siebzehn50
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Who is this?
Siebzehn50
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Oh yeah, that does look like her. Thanks.
Axelhortsemchi
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davepoobond said:
That shouldn't be an issue, as there are plenty of recaps in the thread itself. I think the last one is on page 82, if you use 50 posts per page.
overthehill99
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What do I know the song Heart of Glass from? I'm picturing a man and a woman each singing a line of the song back and forth to each other.
Has anybody attempted to reduce the size of an item of clothing they own... particularly an item which is 100% cotton.
I purchased a shirt a few months back, and thought the sizing was OK. But after a few wears of the item I felt the size is a tad large, I need to reduce it down one size really.
Apparently if you wash 100% cotton at a high temperature, and then tumble dry it then the size shrinks.
I'm not looking to ruin the item of clothing and make it a kids size, but attempt to move it down just one size.
Anyone had success with this?
I purchased a shirt a few months back, and thought the sizing was OK. But after a few wears of the item I felt the size is a tad large, I need to reduce it down one size really.
Apparently if you wash 100% cotton at a high temperature, and then tumble dry it then the size shrinks.
I'm not looking to ruin the item of clothing and make it a kids size, but attempt to move it down just one size.
Anyone had success with this?
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Q: If I delete all my cookies, will Firefox still remember all my saved passwords and form data and such?
Lucky Forward
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I've never seen a Bruce Campbell movie. I saw him in Spider-man and I've really been enjoying his character in Burn Notice, so I want to check out some of his older stuff. Is Evil Dead what's he's famous for? Anything else?
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Lucky Forward said:
Well you can check this out, obviously: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132257/
Sorry I can't be more help than that, though. Don't know the dude from Adam.
Thanks.ianp622 said:
I guess I'll attempt it then. Was just worried because I bought the shirt for about £40-£50, and any chance of it being unwearable after shrinking is not one I want to take, as currently it dresses quite nicely with a jumper over the top...but not on its own.
Anyone handy with wireless connections here? We're having some problems with a laptop that is losing its connection at random intervals. Rebooting our router and wireless usually fix it of course but what the root problem is, is unknown 
For instance, an hour ago I had the laptop in my lap, two meters away from the access point, and it simply could not find it. But my psp could! The laptop did find two other access points though (our neighbours I assume), but couldn't connect to either.
As far as I know, my sis have not been tampering with any settings at all, and after unplugging the whole router for a bit, it worked again. For 10 minutes, then it died again. I'm at a loss here :S The lights for "wireless" and "internet" are blinking in weird patterns for no obvious reason. We're currently running without passwords but I can't remember why :lol Not sure if that could mean dropped connections at random, for random devices though.
While writing this, it seems to have fixed itself magically for the time being. Still, any ideas? Fixing another WEP is probably a good idea either way but it sure is a hassle to get running (for some reason, it's not possible to make an unsecured network secured again without changing the settings via a "hardline" connection).
For instance, an hour ago I had the laptop in my lap, two meters away from the access point, and it simply could not find it. But my psp could! The laptop did find two other access points though (our neighbours I assume), but couldn't connect to either. As far as I know, my sis have not been tampering with any settings at all, and after unplugging the whole router for a bit, it worked again. For 10 minutes, then it died again. I'm at a loss here :S The lights for "wireless" and "internet" are blinking in weird patterns for no obvious reason. We're currently running without passwords but I can't remember why :lol Not sure if that could mean dropped connections at random, for random devices though.
While writing this, it seems to have fixed itself magically for the time being. Still, any ideas? Fixing another WEP is probably a good idea either way but it sure is a hassle to get running (for some reason, it's not possible to make an unsecured network secured again without changing the settings via a "hardline" connection).
phalestine
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Minamu said:Anyone handy with wireless connections here? We're having some problems with a laptop that is losing its connection at random intervals. Rebooting our router and wireless usually fix it of course but what the root problem is, is unknown
As far as I know, my sis have not been tampering with any settings at all, and after unplugging the whole router for a bit, it worked again. For 10 minutes, then it died again. I'm at a loss here :S The lights for "wireless" and "internet" are blinking in weird patterns for no obvious reason. We're currently running without passwords but I can't remember why :lol Not sure if that could mean dropped connections at random, for random devices though.
While writing this, it seems to have fixed itself magically for the time being. Still, any ideas? Fixing another WEP is probably a good idea either way but it sure is a hassle to get running (for some reason, it's not possible to make an unsecured network secured again without changing the settings via a "hardline" connection).
I always recommend changing the channel settings from 6 to either 11 or 1. When you plug your laptop to the router does it work? it could be your router is not refreshing it self with a new IP.
phalestine
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NEOPARADIGM said:
yes, when clearing your history, it gives you a list of things you want to clear.
SouthernDragon
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y2dvd said:
Only words.
I haven't tried but I'm confident that it'd work just fine. Wouldn't I have the same problem on my ps3 and psp if it has ip refreshing issues?phalestine said:
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Completely unrelated. You know those sounds a tv (and electronics in general I think?) make if they've been running hot for a while and you turn them off? It sounds like hard plastic bent out of shape that sort of snaps back into its preferred form. Sort of like how hot engines in a car make weird noises while cooling down? Anyway, I hear this sound from my tv every night when I try to sleep. And almost every time I hear it, I get these weird flashes across my presumedly closed eyelids. Why is that? xD Is it just that I get so shocked due to being half asleep that I open my eyelids for a milli second or something? It looks kinda like a camera flash directly on your eyelids. I have no history with epilepsi or anything.This may have already been asked but why is there no longer a search feature on Gaf? Also, why can't I browse people's post history anymore either. I get this message...
"Tapiozona, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. "
At first I thought maybe it was a punishment for a stupid post I made but it's been a very very long time since I've been able to use these features and I figured any ban/punishment would have expired by now.
"Tapiozona, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. "
At first I thought maybe it was a punishment for a stupid post I made but it's been a very very long time since I've been able to use these features and I figured any ban/punishment would have expired by now.
googoomuck22
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Lucky Forward said:
The Evil Dead series is well worth your time, start with 2, then 3 and then watch 1 because it's pretty much the same film as 2 just not as good (in mon avis). once you've done that watch Bubba Ho-Tep which is seriously incredible!
PetriP-TNT
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Word, except ED1 is awesome too. ED2 might be my favorite movie evergoogoomuck22 said:
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sykoex said:
TabletopTictacs
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sykoex said:
googoomuck22
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oh yeah, Evil Dead 1 is still great don't get me wrong, just Evil Dead 2 is the best film ever made
anyone else hate "vacationing"? for me travelling isn't worth the monetary cost or effort. i'd rather stay home. sometimes i even wonder if i'd rather "work". everyone asks me if i'm excited about my upcoming trip and then looks at me like i'm a freak when i tell them i'm stressed out about it. of course none of them have the gall to go beyond that and actually discuss the issue. wtf?
Lucky Forward
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Thanks guys, I'll definitely get into Evil Dead, and I think I'll just watch them in order. I'd heard about Bubba-ho-tep, but the title and the whole idea seemed really weird...but now it seems cool-weird...I'll check it out.
Yeah, that's me, for my vacation I can just chill out at home for a week or two and I'm fine. I only go on a trip when somebody else puts it together. :lol
edit: of course it helps that my house is on an acre of ground surrounded by trees, distant neighbors, and a nice semi-rural neighborhood to walk around.
spunibard said:
Yeah, that's me, for my vacation I can just chill out at home for a week or two and I'm fine. I only go on a trip when somebody else puts it together. :lol
edit: of course it helps that my house is on an acre of ground surrounded by trees, distant neighbors, and a nice semi-rural neighborhood to walk around.
Buttonbasher
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I ordered an Xbox 360 VGA cable so I can play on my PC monitor and am wondering what I need to feed the Red/Black audio cords into headphones. I've searched for 'Female cord to Headphone Jack' and found a product that looks to do the job, but I don't see anyway to control volume. What's the term for what I'm looking for? Amplifier?
PetriP-TNT
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Yeah, look for headphone amplifierButtonbasher said:
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phalestine said:
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Zoltrix said:
Yes. They're available at any Best Buy/online electronic store. They're like cases that have a little USB cord attached. You mount the drive in and it looks just like any other external hard drive. Simple to use.
I have 3 of 'em.
ThanksVision
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Anybody want to explain audio quality to me? All I know is that 320 kbs is considered the best? I think...
I just want to make my music sound awesome... How do I go about doing that?
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I just want to make my music sound awesome... How do I go about doing that?
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AvidNobody said:
Well the most popular are flac, wma lossless, or whatever apple uses that is also lossless.
Or you can just rip them as WAVs and they would be 1:1 in quality but not worth it if lossless is the same.(wav might be more compatible))
but if you don't have an awesome sound system 320kbs is enough.
lossless might be good if you still want to convert them to audio CDs later.
edit: buy used CDs on amazon and rip them at whatever quality you want.
Cuban Legend
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Audio Quality boils down to the idea that there are 2 types of audio files in the world:AvidNobody said:
Compressed (lossy)-usually has a LOW bitrate. (ie MP3's with 320, 256, 192, 128, etc.)
Uncompressed (lossless)-usually has a HIGH bitrate. For accommodating the entire spectrum of sound from a song, so you get the closest reproduction to being in the studio listening to said song being recorded, or hearing the master track for that song live or in studio.
And remember that the better quality a song is, the bigger the file for that song is going to be. So it's a Portability vs Quality issue for most people. So an MP3 for a song may be 5 MB while an uncompressed .flac version of that song can be 30MB+.
Then you also have to accommodate the idea of Sample Rates: 44.1 Khz, 48Kz, 96Kz , etc. And the idea of bits (which is different from bitrate).
And let's not forget about Multi-channel Music which can sometimes complicate things, (ie 5.1 renditions of songs).
Just read this.
-Regarding making your music sound better, you cant add quality to an already degraded file (ie: making a 320MP3 into a Lossless .Flac or .WMA). The only way to get better quality music is to rip the songs at a better quality whrn you rip them from thier source onto your PC.
Schmattakopf
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You can rip the tracks from a CD in a good format or buy/get it digitally in a good format. In general, if you're an end user, MP3 @ 320kbps is great.AvidNobody said:
Lossless and lossy are methods of compression. Three minutes of original, uncompressed audio (i.e. CD files) might be 30MB. Compressing it using lossless compression (i.e. FLAC) might get it down to 15-20MB. Lossy (i.e. MP3) might get it down to 3-6MB. Lossy actually cuts out parts of the file (like sounds outside of the human auditory range) to make the file small. Lossless compresses it without cutting anything out, meaning a program that plays a lossless file temporarily decompresses it to the full, original audio. So lossless is bigger, widely unsupported (iPod won't play them) and you may not notice a difference.
Lossless and uncompressed are two different things. FLAC is not uncompressed.Cuban Legend said:
Cuban Legend
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Uncompressed formats such as 'uncompressed wav' fit under the general "lossless" category of audio file formats, not the other way around. My mistake, I reversed the two words mistakenly. :lolSchmattakopf said:
I found something to better explain what I mean, as well as better explain lossless audio formats and it's benefits in general over lossy formats.
FormallyMegadrive
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$200 said:
No, I do it if I can. So if I'm on a train or whatever I don't close my eyes but if I'm at home I will.
Schmattakopf
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Lossless comes from lossless compression, so to refer to uncompressed .wav files as lossless seems silly to me ... but maybe you're right. Either way, moot point; .wav files don't have tags and FLAC sounds the same.Cuban Legend said:
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