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Safe removal of USB's. How pointless is this feature? Should I bother? Up until like two weeks ago, I had never ever heard of anyone having a hardware failure because they just snatched the usb out of the socket.
Generally, in my experience, it's only bad if you remove the flash stick while data is being transferred too or from the device. Some programs may auto backup/save to a flash stick or still 'use' them when you aren't purposely saving, so safely removing hardware is obviously better, but for most cases it doesn't seem to matter.
 
I changed my hotmail account to a 20 character password. You can only type in 16 characters on the hotmail site when logging in.

what the fuck do I do now?

edit: nvm I just type the last 16 characters of my password and it worked. It truncated backwards for some reason. what a fucking retarded system.
 
I changed my hotmail account to a 20 character password. You can only type in 16 characters on the hotmail site when logging in.

what the fuck do I do now?

edit: nvm I just type the last 16 characters of my password and it worked. It truncated backwards for some reason. what a fucking retarded system.
Get a gmail.

Safe removal of USB's. How pointless is this feature? Should I bother? Up until like two weeks ago, I had never ever heard of anyone having a hardware failure because they just snatched the usb out of the socket.
My data got wiped once so i do it most of the time now.
 
Thanks :)

Another question! In the end of Skrillex - Rock and Roll, some lady is whining about people not being musicians. What's this from? Someone actually said that to them and they added it for the sake of irony or something?
 
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What tank is this?
 
does anyone knows an industrial way about how to dry bell pepper???

it uses a continuous belt drier...

It´s kinda difficult to me, since this is to help a friend in her tesis....

And since I didn´t know about agronomy, I suck at this.
 
Same... Tried Tineye and everything. Thanks for your help!

I think that is is probably a Merkava Variant from Israel.

the marking on the barrel and the number patern sure looks like it.

I can't seem to find any pictures of any of the Merkava tanks with that same armor setup though.

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Is it bad for the rest of my pc if my power supply dies? The fan is getting noisier and noisier by the day (though, this has been going on for ages now) and I fear a breakdown is slowly creeping up on me :S Sounds like something is stuck in the fan, like when you put something in the wheels on a bike, you know? But I can't see much dust nor does it look like there's anything physically wrong with the fan itself.
 
Is it bad for the rest of my pc if my power supply dies? The fan is getting noisier and noisier by the day (though, this has been going on for ages now) and I fear a breakdown is slowly creeping up on me :S Sounds like something is stuck in the fan, like when you put something in the wheels on a bike, you know? But I can't see much dust nor does it look like there's anything physically wrong with the fan itself.

Yes, it has the potential to be disastrous. My understanding is when a PSU dies it can send out extra voltage and fry your components. Maybe my science is wrong, but i've definitely lost a motherboard to a dead PSU before. And of course there's no guarantee that would happen, but I'm not sure you'd want to take the chance.
 
Why are big whiteboards so expensive? I want one huge one (or a couple decent sized ones) for my room around my wall. But apparently their like $150-300...

Is it cheaper and easier to make one?
 
Why are big whiteboards so expensive? I want one huge one (or a couple decent sized ones) for my room around my wall. But apparently their like $150-300...

Is it cheaper and easier to make one?

Yeah. Go to an arts and craft store and get some chalkboard/markerboard paint. You can spray that shit right on your wall to turn it into a writable, yet cleanable surface. If you don't want to mess up the walls, just get some cheap, thin, lamented wood from a home improvement store, and velcro it on the wall. I did this for a chalkboard on the exposed side of my refrigerator.
 
For the love of God, is there another program other than MotionJoy to connect a DS3 controller to a Windows 7 64bit PC over Bluetooth?!
 
When a company goes bankrupt, why is bank debt paid off first, customers owed money second?

Generally it'd go in order of seniority of debt. Debt that has collateral against it is going to be the most senior regardless of anything else, and that would generally be bank debt. Customers owed money don't have any special claim, so they'd come after that.
 
I see signs posted at the air/water fill-up at gas stations that say it's California law that air and water need to be free for customers that buy gas. But to turn the machines on you need to deposit money, so are they suppose to reimburse you at the checkout counter?
 
I see signs posted at the air/water fill-up at gas stations that say it's California law that air and water need to be free for customers that buy gas. But to turn the machines on you need to deposit money, so are they suppose to reimburse you at the checkout counter?

Go to the checkout and ask them to turn it on for you. They should have a switch they can hit right at the counter to activate it.
 
Yes, it has the potential to be disastrous. My understanding is when a PSU dies it can send out extra voltage and fry your components. Maybe my science is wrong, but i've definitely lost a motherboard to a dead PSU before. And of course there's no guarantee that would happen, but I'm not sure you'd want to take the chance.
I see :( My power supply comes with cables that are removable, can I use those cables with a different kind of brand? Would be nice to not need to rewire everything just because of a new PSU.
 
Earlier in the thread I asked this:

I've got a question on a subject most of you guys would know a lot about: website design.

For one of my classes I want to make a website that allows users to log in and answer a bunch of my questions about a book we're reading. No person can see each others answers, but I want to be able to put the results on a main page. Also, I'd like to compare results, So, if 10 students log in; 5 seniors and 5 juniors, and three questions were:

Who is the author of the book?
What is the title of the book?
In what year was the book copyrighted?

I'd be able to display on the website:

80% of students said the author was John. 30% of juniors students who stated the author was John also stated the title was How to love. And finally; you got 3 questions right, that is more than 90% of students.

Does anyone have any idea if it is possible to create a website that does this for someone with NO knowledge of computer science? Or if it's possible to make a prototype with something like wordpress ( to me that just looks like blogs)?
 
I see :( My power supply comes with cables that are removable, can I use those cables with a different kind of brand? Would be nice to not need to rewire everything just because of a new PSU.
I'm pretty sure that you will be able to swap your PSU for another one. But if you want to be sure, I would post a pic of your set-up here. I'm confident that someone can help you there. ;)
 
One of my eyelids has started to visibly twitch on a daily basis, only lasts a few secs... Any ideas? I'm not concerned enough to get a diagnosis...
 
One of my eyelids has started to visibly twitch on a daily basis, only lasts a few secs... Any ideas? I'm not concerned enough to get a diagnosis...

I have the same problem. It's a lack of sleep or stress, maybe a combination of both. It usually goes away after a while.

Edit: just too slow.

Out of curiosity: which eye is it? For me, it's my left eye.
 
are you stressed out with little sleep?

I have the same problem. It's a lack of sleep or stress, maybe a combination of both. It usually goes away after a while.

Edit: just too slow.

Out of curiosity: which eye is it? For me, it's my left eye.


Actually you guys may be right. I've only been at my first full time job for about 7 weeks, but it's a bit hectic. I don't feel stressed or worried though, perhaps I expected this level of work/pressure.

Baconsaurus, it's my right eye. It makes me look pretty strange, I hope it doesn't come up in meetings...

Oh and thanks.
 
One of my eyelids has started to visibly twitch on a daily basis, only lasts a few secs... Any ideas? I'm not concerned enough to get a diagnosis...

That would occur constantly to me around finals time when I know I was stressed and not getting a lot of rest. Everyone told me it was a stress thing. However, I started putting eye drops in my eyes at least once a day because I wear contacts and my optometrist thought my eyes were looking a little dry. Since I've started with the daily drops, I haven't had the twitch once...despite being under probably the most stress I ever have in my life the last few weeks. I'd suggest giving moisturizing drops a try, and see if that helps.
 
A friend is looking for the name of a comic .. it is about a man with a neutral mask and a suit talking about power (in the capitalism sense) in front of some "slides". She said that the format of this is 3x3 equal squares

Any idea ?
 
I'm making a cartoon character in Photoshop. See my avatar.

what would be the easiest way to give him jeans? As in... you can't just fill in his pants with the paint bucket with blue. How do you get that "texture" of jeans while keeping a somewhat simple look to the character?
 
Does anyone have the video or even gif of that kid grinding / daggerin this jamaican girl or something. Like jumping her back and shit. I looked for way too long - OCD-style.
 
I'm making a cartoon character in Photoshop. See my avatar.

what would be the easiest way to give him jeans? As in... you can't just fill in his pants with the paint bucket with blue. How do you get that "texture" of jeans while keeping a somewhat simple look to the character?
Download a jeans texture and set the opacity to 50% or less.
 
Okay GAF, I'm planning to organize my music collection. Should I go with the naming convention First Name Last Name or Last Name, First Name for solo artists?
 
So I'm planning on getting a Norelco body groomer, but I got struck by a stupid question: where exactly do you use it? In the shower, the hair would clog up the drain, wouldn't it? And you can't exactly use it over the sink...
 
Okay GAF, I'm planning to organize my music collection. Should I go with the naming convention First Name Last Name or Last Name, First Name for solo artists?
That's really a preference thing.


So I'm planning on getting a Norelco body groomer, but I got struck by a stupid question: where exactly do you use it? In the shower, the hair would clog up the drain, wouldn't it? And you can't exactly use it over the sink...
what i do is use it and let the hair fall on the tile floor of the bathroom, then after i'm done i vacuum it.
 
So I'm planning on getting a Norelco body groomer, but I got struck by a stupid question: where exactly do you use it? In the shower, the hair would clog up the drain, wouldn't it? And you can't exactly use it over the sink...
I do it in shower. I have a strainer over the drain to collect hair and other crap.
 
I'm looking for a music video of Oblivion, where a character goes around doing weird things like swimming through the streets, transforming people, and maybe something about rainbows.
 
For 400 bucks, is this the best laptop I can get?
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/644...6520g-wifin-6cell-win-7-prem?&page=2#comments

AMD A6-3400M 2.3GHz Quad Core Processor
4GB DDR3 Memory
320GB Hard Drive (5400RPM)
15.6" 1366x768 LED Display
Radeon HD 6520G Graphics
DVDRW
WiFi N
1.3MP Webcam
6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

I'm about to order, but just incase something better is out there. Never owned a Toshiba. Are they reliable?
 
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