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I accidentally sent my friend a mean message when I meant to send it to someone who was stalking me online. Now my friend has blocked me and I can't call or tell her because she moved to Nevada. Is there any way I can unblock myself from her blocked list to tell her about what really happened? (link)
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Hello there,
As far as I know, the only way to be removed from someones blocked user list in AIM is if they remove you.
Here is what I would do if I were you:
Create another AIM screen name and explain yourself.
If you have another way to reach your friend, like an e-mail address or another instant messaging system, you could also try that.
I hope you win your friend back.
DN.
P.S. If you would have signed up for an account here you'd get an e-mail when I answered. You might want to try that. :-)
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Hi... You know, I've been exploring columns. You know, isn't this supposed to be a site where people need help to make a decision, or want people's opinions. It's not like that anymore. People are asking good questions, but they're not advice quuestions. And some girls are always saying "Me and my boyfriend had sex, do you think I'm pregnant?" I'm so sick of those questions. And people are putting in lyrics to a song they heard and are asking what the song is? Isn't there a way to prevent this? (link)
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Let me put it to you like this:
We answer what people ask, and well, that is what people ask.
If you could see the questions we delete, you would understand a little better what is going on here.
Most people come here from search engines... the top search phrase is: "How do I"
"How do you feel about..." doesn't even appear in the list.
It is a long standing tradition here, that if you don't like the questions that are being asked, you ask your own questions.
The whole problem boils down to this:
This site is primarily trafficked by whiny 13 year-old emo-girls with zero self esteem, and all of them appear to have exactly the same problems:
They don't know what a hymen is.
They really, seriously, do not understand the concept of pregnancy. (You know, like sperm has to be in the same country as an egg in order for anything productive to happen?)
They have a boy (different one every few days) who they are ready to kill themselves over (every few days.)
They want to know if a boy who said was stupid enough to be caught looking in their general direction is in love with them.
Most of them have some form of discharge, and feel that the rest of us need to know the color and consistency of said discharge.
They all think they are fat.
They can't spell pregnant, had sex, then want total strangers who have no way of knowing if they are preggers to tell them that everything will be fine.
They want to steal music, but they are too stupid to type the same thing they asked here into Google, which would give them an instant answer to the title they seek.
I am sure there are others I am forgetting, but by now you should get the point.
We get literally thousands of the same question every month.
What to do about it?
Well, if we deleted all the whiny 13 year-old emo-girl questions... what would the other whiny 13 year-old emo-girls answer?
Has it occurred to you that most of the people here couldn't answer an important question if there life depended on it?
There are some, who are really brilliant. They may be 13, but they are neither whiny, nor emo.
If you doubt my take on this... you would be wrong. Here is an example for you:
A man posted here asking for help getting out from under his rather large gambling debts, and would you like to know what answer he received?
'you could babysit til you get wut you want' ... says whiny 13 year-old emo-girl deluxe.
No concept of reality. She should not be giving advice to anyone about anything which is above her understanding, yet she pops up to give her unwanted and completely worthless opinion on one thing after another that she hasn't a damn clue about.
Why should people post serious questions here if that is the only response they will get?
As for not being advice, well, let me put it like this:
If you are re-building the engine in your car, and you want to know which brand of bearings you would be best to use for the horsepower mods you have been making... that is an advice question.
If you are stuck on a level in a video game, and need ADVICE on getting past it, ask away.
You see, every time someone comes on here with a question that isn't about boys, pregnancy, discharge, periods, magically vanishing hymens, the name of a song or whatever else will not be important to them next week, they run that person off the site.
"How do I?" is just as lovely as "How do you feel about?" ... in fact there is no reason at all to persecute those who ask questions seeking useful physical knowledge.
Q: "What brand of 1/2" ratchet is the best made, in your opinion?"
A: "Williams made the only wrench my Dad is incapable of breaking. You need to trust me that this is a technical feat worth noting. E-mail for details."
Q: "How do I tell a boy I like him?"
A: "How about: Hey... boy... yes you. I like you."
Q: "There is this one area on an old game called Dragon's Lair where I am stuck. What do I do when the lizard king attacks me?"
A: "Follow the flashes of light that the game shows you to indicate where you should go. When the lizard king is above you attacking, the flash above you isn't to tell you to go up, it is your sword, so hit the sword button then and leave the joystick alone. Good luck!"
These are all asking for advice. Just because some are questions that most people here cannot answer, doesn't make them any less worthy.
If you see a question you can't answer, head to Google and do RESEARCH to see if you can find the answer.
I have learned more looking up answers to things I hadn't a clue about than practically any other way.
In short, it all goes like this:
If you take all the whiny 13 year-old emo-girls off this site, it would be wonderful, and interesting.
The questions would be more thought provoking, and the answers wouldn't be 'i dunno lyk do wuthever!'
It is important for you, and everyone else to understand that:
Being 13 years old is NOT the problem.
Being a girl is NOT the problem.
Not understanding reality IS the problem.
Having no ability to relate to any problem beyond boys, periods, discharge and pregnancy IS the problem.
Telling people 'go find sum car site u old creep' when they asked for advice on turbocharger replacement brands for their vehicle IS the problem.
Thinking that nothing outside of the things mentioned above even EXISTS... IS the problem.
In short, people who:
Have zero self confidence
Need constant reassurance for every little thing
Burst into tears any time someone insults them, and has to tell us ALLLLL about it
Have never actually earned a dollar, shekel, ruble, in their life
Haven't mastered basic things like 'you" instead of 'u'
Don't know the first thing about responsibility for anyone other than themselves
Don't care about anything other than themselves
and... have I mentioned yet:
Are so incredibly selfish and self absorbed that they have no interest in anyone else unless it is to call them ugly, fat or something else they know will hurt the person just because it makes them feel better about themselves
... people who are all, or most of those things have no business answering anything outside of boy, period, discharge, pregnancy, etc questions.
They also only ask questions like that.
Simple logic will tell you: We have mostly people like that... so we have mostly questions like that.
The only, and I mean only, solutions to this problem are:
Get the majority of the people here some instant life experience.
Broaden the spectrum of people who come here.
Do NOT chase away people who are not whiny 13 year-old emo-girls every chance you get.
Start supporting the site, so we can advertise to bring in more people from outside our circle of friends.
... and try to each ask at least one intelligent public question per month.
Failing that, we can be patient and hope things improve on their own, or I can close the site.
I would prefer if people supported the site, we could advertise AND asked intelligent questions to the pool.
Has it occurred to you that if all there are on this site are whiny 13 year-old emo-girls asking whiny 13 year-old emo-girl questions while giving whiny 13 year-old emo-girl answers... That all this site will EVER attract are whiny 13 year-old emo-girls?
It has occurred to me. It makes me sad.
You know what keeps this site going? Examples like RainbowCherrie.
She was 13 when I got here... but she cares enough to do her best when answering questions.
She goes out of her way to look things up if she doesn't know an answer.
If you didn't know she wasn't 30, you would generally not be able to tell from her advice.
You see, being 13 doesn't make a person ignorant or incapable of answering real questions.
I have proof. :-)
Why aren't there more like her? I think there are... they just don't come here because all the questions most people here could answer, they are smart enough to look up on Google.
RC is here because she cares. What a nice change from the usual.
Anyway, as you can tell I have been pondering this for some time... aren't you glad you asked? :-)
DN.
P.S. To anyone else reading this... as long as you are not the person I describe in this document, you should not be offended.
If the phrase "whiny 13 year-old emo-girl" offends you, stop being one.
If you are the person described in this document, please pack your gear and get off this site or grow the heck up already... the choice is yours.
OK, I am really done now... promise.
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Where would I find a mounting kit for a PS2 slim for my car in the US??? All the sites I go to that have mounting kits will not ship to the US! Please somebody help me! (link)
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Hello there,
Did you ever find that mounting kit?
If so, please add additional info to the question so that others can get one as well.
I cannot believe how difficult it is to even find one of these things at all.
Of the places I found, this one does NOT say anything about only shipping to UK/EU:
http://www.bigcattech.com/products.asp?c=1&s=6&i=51
From the site:
"This aluminium mounting bracket for the slim-line PS2 console is ideal for under-seat or glove box installations."
They have a few products, mostly full-size though:
http://www.bigcattech.com/products.asp?c=1&s=6
Another link that doesn't say they will not ship to the US:
http://www.cvista.co.uk/acatalog/In-Car_Game_Play.html
"This aluminium mounting bracket for the slimline Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2) console is ideal for under-seat or glove box installations. The telescopic action enables access to CD door when mounted under a seat; utilises high quality ball-bearing runners for smooth operation and features a hold-shut and cable tidy system. The mounting bracket can be configured for bottom fix (pictured) or top fix and can also be used vertically."
It seems that the in-car automotive mounts for the PS/2 are only made by some company in the UK (The BigCat link above) and most of them are sold to Japan.
If you wanted the full-size, I found that in the USA and will post it here in case someone else comes along and needs it:
http://www.mobilevideo4less.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MV&Product_Code=PS2BRKT
You wouldn't believe the Google search string I had to build to find those:
... I had fun doing it, and I hope it helps if you still need the product.
If not, please post where you found the installation and mounting kit for your PlayStation.
Thank you.
DN.
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A few months ago (Joanne's sister who is 54 years old), their Mom and Joanne (who is
50 years old) were in a car driving somewhere.
STORY:
Joanne's mother said "Joanne I am afraid of taking you to the party because I am afraid you would read in to anything someone might say."
Joanne said: "Explain."
The Mom said "Well if someone came up to you and said you are so thin, you would take it to mean you weren't thin before."
Joanne said "Well doesn't it mean that."
The Mom said "No it doesn't mean that it just means you were always thin but now you are
extremely thin."
Peggy said "Joanne you were ALWAYS skinny, if someone says to you that you are so thin, it
just means you were ALWAYS thin but now you are even thinner. As I said you were always thin.
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Here are the other remarks that Joanne's mother has said that bothers Joanne and makes Joanne feel as if her mother doesn't think that people think Joanne is thin:
(a) Why do you need people to tell you that you are thin - you know you are thin (this was when Joanne and her mom had a conversation about Joanne taking poles)
(b) What do you care what people think? Who gives a shit
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Joanne told her friends what bothers her is that she feels as if her mother doesn't think friends
and relatives of Joanne's and her mothers ever thought Joanne was thin in the past and present. Her friends all responded "That is crazy, (a) your mother just feels that you overreact and read into what someone says; and (b) you should accept that your mother knows that everyone in the past and present always thought you are thin."
My question: Do you agree with Joanne's friends that (a) Joanne's mother just feels that Joanne
overreacts and reads into what someone says; and (b) Joanne should accept that her mother knows that everyone in the past and present always thought Joanne is thin?
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Hello there,
I would take it as Joanne has really low self esteem.
I would take it that Joanne has a history of punishing people for telling the truth.
I would take it that Joanne is probably so skinny that her mother is afraid she will die, and that she looks like a cancer victim to people.
I would take it that at 50 Joanne needs to grow up.
If by 50, Joanne doesn't know better than to pull this kind of pity-party bullshit with her friends and mother, it is only by the grace of God that the people you are giving a hard time in this question even put up with Joanne.
At 15, in this society, I can see this conversation happening... at 50 it is pathetic.
Joanne should try getting her mind off herself by doing something for others.
Try volunteering to feed the homeless.
Try Delivering meals to house bound elderly people.
Try looking past yourself to see that what you are worried about is basically the least important thing on Earth.
Nobody cares about your weight but you.
If people are afraid to take you places because you will be told you look thin... it means you look sickly. Unhealthy, as in wasting away.
If you are 50, and haven't figured this out yet... I strongly suggest you seek professional help.
I am not being mean, and I am not kidding. If you can't figure this out at your age, there is something standing in the way of your ability to comprehend what is really going on in the world.
Please get help.
DN.
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My sister and I are into scrapbooking and she did a layout from when she was maybe 10 or so where her and her friends were playing with hair curlers in a game. I don't recall if she said it was truth game, but the object was to end up with the most or least (can't recall) amount of hair curlers in your hair. Does anyone know the name of this game? My sister is being driven nuts that she can't think of the name and of course I want to help my sister. (link)
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I just stumbled across this question... So just in case this is an ongoing mystery, do either of these sound right:
"Pigtails & Ponytails, the Comb 'N Curl Matching Game. "Hair play makes its way to the most ridiculous board game, where players compete for a full head of barrettes and lose if they end up with the dreaded `nasty curler'."
"I Can't Do A Thing With My Hair!"
I remember my cousins playing something like that when we were little. All the research I could find points to one of those two names.
Here is an eBay store item for Pigtails and Ponytails:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pigtails-Ponytails-Matching-Game-Parker-Brothers_W0QQitemZ6028908856QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2530QQcmdZViewItem
I can't find a trace of the other one.
After 45 minutes on Google, I can say that if it isn't one of those I am at a loss.
Perhaps something her group made up, that nobody else ever heard of?
If you did figure it out, please post additional info to the question.
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hi umm, i have an advice column, and for a long time i couldn't log in because i have forgotten my password, due to having my account logged in for a long time, and i cant access my email for some reason, so i couldn't get password retrieval. Can you help me? (link)
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Please provide your account name and your e-mail address.
I will see if you have made a mistake on the e-mail address you entered.
If you can't access your e-mail, you can't prove it is your account, so naturally I can't just give you a password to an account that could belong to anyone. ;-)
DN.
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Hey Danger Nerd.... my nickname is Triple.G, and I'm making an advice column. Trouble is, now everytime I try to do somrthing, this thing pops up saying how I didn't activate my column. I think I did, but I'm not sure. What do I do? And just to make sure, how do you activate your column? (link)
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Hi there,
You know that "thing" that pops up?
... it has complete instructions for activating your account.
1.) create a column (or re-enter your e-mail for existing columns)
2.) Check your e-mail.
3.) click the link.
Finished.
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i have an interview with academy sports and outdoors tomaro @ 11:00. is it okay to wear jeans? or should i go for something a little nicer?
thanks.
♥BLAiR (link)
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Hello there,
This answer applies to all jobs you will ever interview for:
Look at what the current employees are wearing.
Try to show up wearing something as close as possible to what the employees wear.
If you look like you are ready to work when you arrive, they will take you more seriously.
Good luck,
DN.
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13/m ok well my gf was at this party and she was cold and went to sit next to this guy who she has known since she was born (btw i wasnt at party with her) anyways she was cold and he said come sit next to me ill warm you up and so she did and she went over sat next to him and he asked do u wanna kiss and she said ok not thinking and they madeout....and me and her only madeout 1 time and she makeout with him 5 times in a row like stopped and did it again 5 times then they stopped then he grabbed her hand and like made her give him a handjob....well....she felt REALLY bad after it remembering me and everything and she told me and told me she was REALLY sry and she thinks shes a whore and i should break up with her but i love her to much and i made her swear never to do it again as long as we were going out and she agreed and so now i dont know what to do!!!
should i break up with the love of my life cause she made a HUGE mistake?
but she told me instead of keeping it a secrete and i donno!!!
HELP PLEASE!!!! (link)
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Hello there,
I thought you might want a male perspective on this since all the other answers were female.
First: Doing something 5 times in the same evening is NOT an accident.
She did it because she wanted to. When she feels horny again, she will cheat on you again.
Secondly, if this happened at a party... the odds are he did NOT MAKE her give him a hand-job.
Any kind of sexual contact that is against her will is RAPE.
You really want the truth? Do this:
Tell her that you want to see the guy in jail for raping her at the party. Since she told you that he MADE her.
If she says that she doesn't want to see him get in trouble... she lied to you about what they did.
If she gets all weird and nervous when you do this, the odds are she is lying to you.
Now, there is one thing that you might not have considered:
Perhaps she wants to be with this other guy, but doesn't want to be the one to break up with you. So she has sex with this guy, HOPING you will dump her when she tells you about it.
Most guys would dump her. 5 times in one night and then says:
"Oops! I forgot about you and only remembered after I did this other guy FIVE TIMES."
... I would definitely dump her.
If you don't... you will pay for it again later.
Once a cheater, always a cheater is a common saying.
While I believe that it is possible for someone to change their ways... someone who acts like this at 13 is in no way someone you will be able to count on for the rest of your life.
Imagine later in life... how much more will it hurt when she pulls this "Ooops!" crap at 35, when you have children?
Children that you will have to explain to about their mother being a whore.
Imagine having to explain to your children, that you knew she was a whore since you were 13 years old, but still put up with her.
You are 13 years old. At 13 it is hard to look into the future and see the results of what you do today. I know that. Been there.
Take it from someone who has already seen this:
Either dump her right away, or tell her you want to take time apart.
If you take time apart... see how you feel about her in a year.
I know a year seems like a long time, but it is better than finding out later that you are dying from a disease she picked up while cheating on you. :-(
One more thing to consider:
Girls have a game they play. They will do something REALLY terrible... then tell you they did something not quite as bad, just to see how you react.
Depending on how you react, you may hear more, or not.
If she admitted to doing this guy 5 times in a night, I would be scared to death to find out what really happened.
Just a thought.
Good luck.
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Hey, I was just wandering how you get to be a Featured Advice Columnist? Like are you randomly picked or is it based on your score or what? Thanks in advance. (link)
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Hello There,
You see that link at the top of the page that says: "- !START HERE! -"
...? Well, that link is your friend. It will take you to the FAQ:
http://www.advicenators.com/faq.php
Look for the entry entitled:
"How are featured users chosen?"
... and that will explain everything. :-)
DN.
P.S. Fix your e-mail address please.
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Hello
I'm very ashamed to admit that I spilt some wine on my lovely Wacom tablet and now its behaving a bit oddly... It seems to work ok, but then behaves oddly – closing web pages instead of minimizing them, defaulting to specific tools in Illustrator etc. The spillage only happened last night - might it still need time to dry out? Or should I read it the last rites?? Is there any point in trying to open it up? Clean it out?
Thanks in advance
Soodlebug, UK (link)
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Hello There,
Without a doubt you should not have it plugged in yet. It may, or may not, recover sufficiently for use but it will have to be given time to COMPLETELY dry.
Being that you are in the UK, I would hope that you already own a de-humidifier. If so, set your Wacom graphics tablet on top of it or in front of the output vents, without obstructing airflow from the vents.
Give it a good 72 hours, then try it again.
If it is still acting wonky, you might consider telling your troubles to Wacom. If you have one of the more expensive pads, it may be worth sending it in, or they may be able to send you a replacement sensor surface component for a reasonable cost.
I hope the wine wasn't of a particularly precious vint. ;-)
Shoot me an e-mail and let me know how you make out with this. I would like to know for the next time I get this question.
Good luck,
DN.
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There's this guy at work that likes me. He's liked me for a while now... however I do not like him.. and his way of approaching me. His flirtatious words and all that I did not really feel comfortable with that. But otherwise if he's serious and we talk about useful stuffs such as computers and stuffs It's alrite. He helped me fix my computer last time and said he'd come over again today to help me come over however... he never showed up. This is because of our convo yesterday:
He: If there's anything else you'd like me to DL just give me a list.
Me: Nah it's ok. I dun wanna wast your time.
He: Time used on you is never a waste.
Me: But there's no way of me repaying you.
He: Do I really not have a chance at all?
Me: As friends very likely, but no more or less.
He goes on talkin about how we should give it a try and how you'll never know until you try things out since love is unpredictable.. I told him no.. I do not want a bf rite now nor do I wanna get involved in a relationship. He goes on and says well you're my type of girl but i guess Im just not ur type. and then he says well hope happiness and love will be your guidance angels forever and hope you'll find your true love soon. then i said thx.. and that was the last convo we've had... I dun get it how come we can't b fwnds? How come he has to act like he doesn't know me?? I'm glad I changed my shift to Fridays instead of Sat. otherwise it'd be even more awkward hafing to face each other. But.. I don't know I feel bad.. there's this thingy that's been eating at me for a while.. I just don't like it when I lose a friend... but is this a real friend? I mean when someone likes you that's why they wanna get close to you... but then it's not like they are nice to you because they wanna be fwnds... it's coz they are interested in you and wish to go out with you... Should I just ignore him too? Should I forget about it?? But wat if we haf this gathering at work... and I hafta see him?? what do I do?? ignore him? Get ignored? Man... I wish not everybody at work knew about him liking me... most people did tho.. even the boss.. (link)
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Hello there,
Perhaps you don't understand how simple the problem is:
This guy fell in love with you. You rejected him. He doesn't want to be humiliated anymore.
It really is that simple.
The reason you can't be friends is that he is in love with you. Every time he sees you, it makes him miserable.
If you have never been rejected by anyone, count yourself lucky. Most people have, and they don't like to be reminded of it.
You remind him of rejection, so why should even want to see you, let alone talk to you?
Now, it is important to understand that by telling him how you really felt, you did him a great favor.
Many people will lead the other person on rather than say NO I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOU.
Being told directly hurts now, but some people can recover from this.
Being led on, is the reason many people give up on life and turn homeless. They fall so hard in love that without the person they love, their life has no meaning.
It was a big risk for him to tell you how he felt. Now he is embarrassed, and the other people at work may be making fun of him. Don't be surprised to see him leave that job.
This is why people are advised not to get involved when they work together. It usually ends with one or both of them so humiliated they have to quit the job.
Who knows what will happen from here. Maybe he will find someone new, or maybe he will never get over you. Too early to tell.
Whatever you do at this point, don't give him any hope. His heart has been smashed to pieces. Let it heal, if it ever will, and maybe he can go on his way.
The usual way of dealing with this is for the person who has had their hopes destroyed to hate the other one. Don't expect him to just get over it. He probably never will
Enjoy.
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I was wondering, what's the HTML code for putting a Flash movie onto a webpage? I rate high.
Thanks,
Fyce (link)
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Hello There,
Embedding MacroMedia Flash (.swf) files can be tricky. These are examples, but most everything depends on the specific requirements of the MacroMedia Flash file you are working with.
For the full code:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_4150
For the Bare minimum code:
http://www.w3schools.com/flash/flash_inhtml.asp
... will give you many more practical examples.
DN.
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Could someone explain to me who David Phelps is? Someone told me he is a singer but i've never heard of him so could someone please explain who this is? Thanks (link)
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Please search Google for these things first.
Just press the button.
Thank you.
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my laptop is a LG LS50_3. i have turned it upside down with a towel between it. can it be fixed. will it work again. i have no idea what to do. my whole life is on that computer and i am having a panic attack. please tell me what to do (link)
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Hello there,
First things first: DO NOT TRY AND DRY IT WITH A HAIR DRYER! This will only bake the toxic chemicals in diet soda on the parts inside.
PULL THE BATTERY OUT IMMEDIATELY! (Laptops are never really "off.")
Now that that has been said: There is good news and bad news... how about we start with the good news?
The good news is that if you shut the computer off right away, your data is most likely safe and sound on the laptop's hard drive.
The bad news is that the laptop may, or may not, ever be ok again.
The artificial sweetener in sodas is called Aspartame, and it is almost as bad for laptops as it is for people, in my opinion. Do a Google search for:
... and you may never drink another diet soda in your life!
Now, as to the proper steps in salvaging your data, here is what you would be wise to do:
Find a computer repair shop that is comfortable working on laptops.
Have them remove the hard drive from the sticky-fied laptop.
Ask them to open the machine and ascertain the damage level.
If the keyboard managed to contain the spill, you can order a replacement keyboard for your laptop from the manufacturer.
If the soda spilled past the keyboard and into the main electronics, you are in trouble.
There are a few "plastic safe" electronics cleaners that you can ask them to apply to the motherboard and other parts in order to try and salvage the machine.
The reason I tell you to specifically mention a "Plastic Safe" electronics cleaner is that most cleaners that will take Aspartame off a circuit board, will also turn every piece of plastic on that board into a puddle of goo.
Now, let us say that everything went well and the machine is working fine... Make a backup of your hard drive IMMEDIATELY. Some problems that arise with a contaminated laptop don't appear until some time later.
Also remember: Laptops were meant to be assembled once, and never taken apart. This is why upgrading of the hard drive or RAM is usually done through a little door on the bottom of the laptop, or by lifting up the keyboard tray.
It takes great care to get a laptop back together once you have taken it apart.
Ask the technician that will be working on your machine: "Are you comfortable working on laptops?"
If they hem, and haw or avoid answering the question directly, leave and find yourself another place.
If they answer: "No, but I will if I have to, or if it is important to you."
... that is a good response. Laptops are hell to work on in general, and anyone who seems really excited about it has either never done it before, or is really stupid. ;-)
If there is a shop near you that specializes in laptops, that should be your first stop.
To give you an idea of the dollar amounts you are looking at here:
If I have to completely disassemble a laptop, I charge $100 to disassemble it, and $100 to re-assemble it.
That is separate from any repairs that it might need.
The reason I charge two fees instead of one is simply that if I open the laptop and it is beyond repair, there is no reason to re-assemble it. This saves you money.
Now, let us for a moment say that the laptop is completely and totally dead.
You had them pull the drive out, right? Good!
Here are your options:
Buy a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter for the laptop drive, connect it to the internal IDE ribbon cable in your machine (Only if you know what you are doing) and use it as a spare drive. You can suck whatever info you want off of it.
You could also buy a handy little external HD kit, which will allow you to put the drive in a nifty case which allows you to plug it into the USB port on your computer and access it that way. This would be my choice in the situation.
These aren't very expensive, and work well for your application.
Last option is to buy an identical computer, and swap drives.
I hope you do well in this situation, and I hope that you will use the feedback comment to let me know how you did.
Good luck,
DN.
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hey! i've been getting a certain inbox comment, definately not a question, every time i put in a new picture. for example, if i get a new picture of myself, i get an inbox comment saying something about my eyebrows. every time it's about my eyebrows & it's the day i get the new picture. i'm not sure who is doing it & i've been rejecting the question every time, but it's a bit creepy. i was wondering if there was anyway i could find out who this is??
thanks!! (link)
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Hello there,
I am sorry to hear someone is bothering you. :-(
When someone asks you a question, and you delete it (reject) then it is gone forever from the site.
What you should do is post a picture, wait for the comment, then e-mail me.
I will look and see what I can find out for you.
I don't tell people who asked questions, except in rare cases, but I will ban them for harassment if the question warrants it.
Sound fair?
DN.
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Hey, i'm assuming your pretty good with programming things since you set this site up (you did, right?) well either way, i was wondering if you could do something for me.
CLICK HERE:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Red-DG-Ladies-Sunglasses-sun-glasses-wide-lens_W0QQitemZ6873973253QQcategoryZ15736QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
well anyways, on that site, it has this thing where you "mouseover," and i was wondering if you know how to code it?
preferably with these 4 pictures:
*http://www.solestruck.com/bcbgirls-shoes/BCBGirls-shoes-Melany-(Black-White-Pony-Zebra)-010404.jpg
*http://www.solestruck.com/bcbgirls-shoes/BCBGirls-shoes-Paula-(Camel-Brown-Zebra-Pony)-010404.jpg
*http://www.solestruck.com/yellow-box-shoes/Yellow-Box-shoes-Apache-(Red-Zebra)-010404.jpg
*http://www.solestruck.com/bcbgirls-shoes/BCBGirls-shoes-Abdul-(Blush)-010404.jpg
-----if you can't, DONT REJECT THIS PLEASE! just tell me you dont know it, and i'll try to find another way. thanks very much :) (link)
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Hello there,
A quick Google search turned up this:
http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/change-two-images.html
... on the third page.
If this isn't going to do exactly what you need, have a look at some of the other listings there.
You can also do this with CSS.
Have a look at the source code of the page you referenced to me, in order to see if they are using CSS or JavaScript.
In the link I sent you, they are using text links. You can make thumbnails of the images and link those instead if that is important to you.
I would be curious what you are going to do with this info.
Have fun,
DN.
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About a month ago my friend fixed my old computer so that it would work again and I could have a computer in my room. It is a Windows 2000 Professional and it has been working without any problems for about a month now. However, today it started going weird.
First the mouse went crazy and wouldn't move right, it was just jumping all over the screen and opening random boxes. I restarted it and it worked fine again for about ten minutes before it started doing the same thing as it had done before. I restarted it again and the same thing happened, this happened about five times before it was okay.
I did a virus scan on it but the same thing as before happened a couple of times, although I was able to fix it without restarting the computer both times.
Then suddenly the mouse froze. Everything I tried failed so I restarted it. This time the mouse wasn't there at all, it wasn't even showing up on the screen. I restarted it a few more times but the mouse still isn't showing up.
I spoke to the friend who originally fixed it but he has no idea what is wrong with it.
This is a huge problem because I need that computer for schoolwork and I can't use my family's computer often.
Please answer as soon as you can because I really need to fix this problem. (link)
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Hello there,
Here is the first thing I would do:
Power the computer down.
Un-plug the mouse.
Plug in a different mouse.
Power the computer back on.
Then see what happens.
If you don't have an extra mouse laying around, you can purchase one, they are cheap enough, or you can borrow the one from the family computer for just a few minutes to check things out.
When you swipe the one from the family computer, make sure you shut in down and power it off before un-plugging or re-plugging the mouse.
If that is not the problem, you may have a dead motherboard or any one of a dozen other serious problems.
For your sake, I will be hoping that it is just a dead mouse.
Let me know what happens.
DN.
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Is Bluesecurity not working for you? I've tried on firefox && regular internet explorer and it's not showing up. Also, when I try to report spam -- all it does is process the spam but none of it gets reported. I have no idea whats going on and I need to report my spam! So yeah, I know you dont work for bluesecurity or anything but hopefully you can help me out a little? =D (link)
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Hello again,
Please read these:
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3011
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/03/spam/index.php
Do a search for "Blue Security" at Google news... then click the related stories link on the top result.
This is all over the news... and it is the first time that spammers have freaked out about anything.
Just stop reporting your spam... their servers are down while they are probably changing hosts.
Thanks for being blue.
DN.
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I joined BlueFrog about two weeks ago, and just recenently I've been getting messages from people who claim that Bluesecurity is a scam -- and doesn't erase your spam but opens your email to recieving even more spam. I didn't know what to think at first...I thought these emails could be from spammers trying to stop me from reporting them. So I dont really know who to believe -- Have you recieved any of these emails and what do you think about them?
If you'd like I could forward one of the messages to you. Just give me your email or something.
Thanks. (link)
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Hi there,
No need to forward them, I have plenty. :-)
The mail is from the spammers themselves. They are trying to scare people out of using BlueFrog.
What this tells us is that our friend Fred, the blue frog, is making a big impact on the slimy bastards.
Go to the community forums over there and have a look at all the happenings.
The forums are HORRIBLE to use, but if you right click on your frog and select "community forums" then look at the left hand side of the screen... scroll down till you see the list of most recent topics. They are all about this current thing.
Keep your chin up, and report all the spam you receive, as well as the threatening e-mails using the frog.
DN.
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