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YoungHav said:
Here's a stupid question on reversing the effects of unhealthy living. I am 29 and have been obese most of my life. I have been drinking and smoking heavily from ages 23-28. If I start taking my health more seriously, could I regain my natural mortality rate over time? or is my heart destined to crap out and die before 60 no matter what I do at this point?
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The body can rebound if you put the work into it, but I wouldn't say 'expect to be as healthy as you would've been staying clean the whole time.'

Also, you could be healthy as a workhorse and still have your heart crap out, so.
 
What's the word for when something looks scarily like something else, but somewhat different?

I was thinking uncanny but a quick Google suggests I'm very wrong.
 
blizeH said:
What's the word for when something looks scarily like something else, but somewhat different?

I was thinking uncanny but a quick Google suggests I'm very wrong.
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A doppelganger is a lookalike - the sight of which is typically unsettling. Probably not this, but it is a beautiful word.
 
blizeH said:
What's the word for when something looks scarily like something else, but somewhat different?

I was thinking uncanny but a quick Google suggests I'm very wrong.
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Uncanny valley is used commonly to refer to things that look like people but are subtly wrong.
 
Many thanks, could use that one - although (and don't hate me for this!) the word is one I don't really like much, not sure why :D

And thanks Ventrue but seems that mostly applies to robotics etc?
 
I wnat to resume my Band activity and I am a drummer. How can I get a drum set without buying one. Because I only rent 1 room and have not enough space for a drum set.

Is there some place I can rent and practice my drumming skills?
 
faridmon said:
I wnat to resume my Band activity and I am a drummer. How can I get a drum set without buying one. Because I only rent 1 room and have not enough space for a drum set.

Is there some place I can rent and practice my drumming skills?
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You can buy or build electronic drums. That's what I did.
There are guides on the internet for building electronic drum triggers out of either real drums or practice pads. You can then buy a cheap midi interface to plug them into a computer and use some kind of audio software (reason/protools) and plugins for really realistic drum sounds.

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Or just go to a local music store and play their drums.
 
I know jack about cars and saw someone else ask a few pages back so I figured Id ask too.

Im looking for a good new car for under 20k. A friend suggested I get a Ford Focus. Anyone have any other suggestions/ideas?
 
Salaadin said:
I know jack about cars and saw someone else ask a few pages back so I figured Id ask too.

Im looking for a good new car for under 20k. A friend suggested I get a Ford Focus. Anyone have any other suggestions/ideas?
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Hyundai is a great budget brand. I've owned 2 for my daily driver, and traveled across country several times in both. Neither needed any repairs outside of normal upkeep until well after 100,000 miles.
 
What the fuck is wrong with youtube lately? Very slow loading for 360p videos, and 480p is just so fucking slow that I don't even select it anymore. Forget 720p.

Anyone else finding this?
 
Can anyone help me?

I am looking for a picture with Jason Bourne. It is a series of pictures.

Bourne is looking through the sniper in the first picture. Then the next frame is Michael J Fox in the scope. Then the third frame is Bourne looking confused.
 
Mikey Jr. said:
What the fuck is wrong with youtube lately? Very slow loading for 360p videos, and 480p is just so fucking slow that I don't even select it anymore. Forget 720p.

Anyone else finding this?
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I don't have this problem, but one thing I'd suggest is getting an extension or greasemonkey script that automatically pre-buffers youtube videos so you don't have to deal with the tedium of pressing the pause button every time you open a youtube video to let it load. I have my addons set in both Firefox and Chrome to both auto load 720p (if available) and pre-buffer and it's awesome.
 
Salaadin said:
I know jack about cars and saw someone else ask a few pages back so I figured Id ask too.

Im looking for a good new car for under 20k. A friend suggested I get a Ford Focus. Anyone have any other suggestions/ideas?
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I'd recommend a Honda Civic or Mazda 3. They're both very reliable. Also, consult Consumer Reports.
 
All right guys, I'm finally beginning the search for a new HDTV (primarily for gaming) for my dorm. I can't spend anything over $550, and am looking for an LCD anywhere between 32-42 inches. I'll probably end up buying it come black Friday in November, but I figure I'd start narrowing down my search. What kind of things should I look for? While 1080p is an obvious must, I am also quite sensitive to input lag. Is there anyway to tell from a set's feature list if it has more or less of this or is it really case by case? If you guys have any input (pun totally intended) on this or recommendations of specific models that fit my needs I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
 
There's a quote about books that I really liked.

It's about having a feeling that you believe to be unique to you but then seeing it written down in a book. Does anyone know the quote I mean?
 
Max@GC said:
Regarding facebook, how do I block a friend so that I don´t see her updates anymore?
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On the news feed, hover over one of these updates, there should be an X on the right. Click it and then click, "Hide __."

Otherwise just go to the bottom of her profile and click, "Remove from Friends," or possibly, "Report/Block this Person."
 
Schmattakopf said:
On the news feed, hover over one of these updates, there should be an X on the right. Click it and then click, "Hide __."

Otherwise just go to the bottom of her profile and click, "Remove from Friends," or possibly, "Report/Block this Person."
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Thx!
 
i had to learn a little css for a quick realestate page i had to build for my boss.
I like it a lot but dont know where to start learning everything else?
<div> is pretty great but not a full replacement for tables. all the padding and margin use individual cells is fun too. anything css related i should stay away from?
 
What's the best site for free ringtones and sms tones?

I currently use zedge.net, but find its selection to be pretty meh. You can author your own sound effects from files you own, but I'm mainly looking for video game related sound effects.
 
Okay does anyone know how to fix this? Alot of you are tech geniuses so this should be a joke to you. I tried to hook my laptop to the HDTV with the Hdmi cable. The problem is thAt on the tv screen the image does not fill up the entire tv? I can move my mouse to the edges of the tv but the websites, background, basically the whole image from the lAptop will not extend. Whats up with that?
 
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Okay does anyone know how to fix this? Alot of you are tech geniuses so this should be a joke to you. I tried to hook my laptop to the HDTV with the Hdmi cable. The problem is thAt on the tv screen the image does not fill up the entire tv? I can move my mouse to the edges of the tv but the websites, background, basically the whole image from the lAptop will not extend. Whats up with that?
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Your TV is probably doing overscan. You need to change the zoom/picture settings. Hopefully you have something called 1:1 (one-to-one) or "Just Scan" or something similar. That should hopefully fix it. Also, you might be able to correct the issue through your video card settings if there's something in there for HDTV scaling.

Someone else with more experience than me might be able to give you more specific help.
 
JustHadToJoin said:
Okay does anyone know how to fix this? Alot of you are tech geniuses so this should be a joke to you. I tried to hook my laptop to the HDTV with the Hdmi cable. The problem is thAt on the tv screen the image does not fill up the entire tv? I can move my mouse to the edges of the tv but the websites, background, basically the whole image from the lAptop will not extend. Whats up with that?
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My panasonic plasma does that, where the image doesn't fill up the whole screen, if I set the output to a resolution that isn't it's native resolution.

When I do get it at the right resolution the TV does overscan and it is too big for the screen but I scale it back using the intel display management software.

So try finding the native PC resolution for your TV and set the laptop to match.
 
Neverender said:
yeah and why are the simpsons yellow am i right
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Cuban Legend said:
Lisa's voice actor answered this question.
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Nah, she's just bullshitting.

Why are The Simpsons Yellow?

Former director David Silverman said this in a 1998 interview:

“I think Gyorgi Pelúcia [color stylist] made the Simpsons yellow because Bart, Lisa and Maggie have no hair line, so it should be yellow for that Bart did not seem to have a head that if I had sawed color ‘flesh’ . [somewhat garbled, but you get the gist] And if they are yellow, one more or less become used to the fact that it is his skin color and hair, when the shock fades.
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Also, according to some unauthorized Simpsons book I read, this guy Pelúcia pretty much came up with the Simpson's look of vivid primary colors on his own, with no input from Matt Groening.
 
JustHadToJoin said:
Okay does anyone know how to fix this? Alot of you are tech geniuses so this should be a joke to you. I tried to hook my laptop to the HDTV with the Hdmi cable. The problem is thAt on the tv screen the image does not fill up the entire tv? I can move my mouse to the edges of the tv but the websites, background, basically the whole image from the lAptop will not extend. Whats up with that?
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Can you be more specific? If you can see the mouse cursor at the edge of the visible tv screen, it sounds like it's displaying properly, but then you say things don't expand all the way to the edge, which may imply different issues.

If you can, take a pic with your phone and post it here.
 
Noez said:
Nobody? :(
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I'm so sorry
 
why was i blessed with such good looks and RAW PHYSICAL POWER and skill that obligates me to stop crime when i see it?

sometimes i wish i was just part of the normal population instead of a fuckin superhero..

there is a back story to this post... ok!?
 
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