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my left eye keeps twitching. if i keep my eye closed for awhile, then open it, it does it even more. does anyone know why this is happening?

Besides being annoying it's nothing to worry about and will usually go away on its own. There's medicine to make it stop, but they only give it to you if your eye's been twitching for a long time. There's nothing else you can do besides wait.

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what are some fun things to do on GIMP, because idk how to do nothing on it! lol

http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/tutorials/

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can anyone give me the site that can let me help download GIMP? i download it, but its not on my desktop & has no icon anywhere? please give me a link? or a site or something

kthanks

here's my guide on installing the GIMP:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=98&userboard_id=38985

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i have this picture and i opened it on irvan view. When i zoom in i want to know if there is a way to sharpen the pixels so that its not so blurry. Is it possible on Irvan View?? If not what other downloadable programs offer that feature out there?? Thanks

you can do that on irFanview. Just go to image>sharpen and you're done. Note that when you make the image bigger, you will ALWAYS loose quality and it's IMPOSSIBLE to make it better(sharpen just smooths it out). When you double the size of an image, you always halve the quality. You can't do the kind of crazy zoom in stuff they do on csi.

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I would like to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper but I just can't. I don't have that option in my adobe reader. I can't find that option in "properties" or "advanced". I've basically clicked on everything but I still can't print them the way I want it.

How do I print it the way I want?

Mine's adobe reader 6.0 and my printer model is HP psc 1200 series.

Download and install foxit reader(similar to adobe reader):
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Go to file>print and under the "page arrange" dropdown select "multiple sheets per page. Some other options will appear for you. This might also be possible with adobe reader, but I don't use that so I don't know.

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If I ever come across a moving .GIF image on the internet, I might try to right click to save it. When I click "Save Picture As", it only offers to save as a .BMP, which terminates the moving animation. Does anyone know how to fix that?

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Some older systems and some browsers can't support GIF files. Try downloading a different browser like opera:
http://www.opera.com/
Send me a private question with as much information as you can on your system, your browser, what websites it occurs on, if it always had this problem, and any other information. Also include screenshots of it.
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go to start>my computer then click tools>folder options. Go to view tab. Under advanced settings UNcheck "hide extensions for known file types". Now, next time you save a file, even though it will say under file type that you're saving as a bmp, you MANUALLY change the filename.bmp to filename.gif. Also, after you have downloaded the file, you can rename it from filename.bmp to filename.gif and it will work(no matter what you name it it's still the same 1s and 0s). Note that this wont let you *convert* a file that is originally a bmp(or any other file) to a gif.

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Can you get headaches from tanning, or tanning too much. Because I just started tanning again like two weeks ago, and I've been having headaches, in the front of my head. I don't know if it's from stress from exams last week & starting a new sem. today, or from tanning? I just ended my period like two days ago, so I thought it was just from that (it happened once before), but it still hasn't gone away. Basically its at my forehead, and whever i like lean forward my head throbs and it KILLS.. help ?

Bright light in the eyes can give you headaches. That's the only reason I can think of getting headaches from tanning. Maybe stop tanning for a while and see if it improves. If it's not gone in a week or so, see a doctor.

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What is the difference? I never really got that (oother than the name and spelling..duh) haha. Please don't just slap down a link. I just want a few worded simple answer =]

anorexic people don't eat, bulimic people eat, but then make themselves throw up as soon as they can. Bulimic people have time to digest some of the food before they throw up, so they usually look less bony, but at the expense of their throat, mouth, teeth, and stomach.

note that the person below me is incorrect, anorexic people don't throw up at all, and it is a disease of the mind and not the body.

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ive had photoshop before [free trial] & i want it again, but it wont let me because it says it says i have no free trials? how can i make it so i have a free trial?

You cant you tried it(as in free *trial*) and you have to buy it if you want it. You can get the GIMP, which is similar to photoshop, but free. Here's my guide on GIMP:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=98&userboard_id=38985

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kay I post image links to stuff
however
it always gets messed up, i put the url of the link...like www.fdsfsda.com/fdsa/misconception
BUT
the URL of the site that its on, gets in there and...basically it doesn't work.

anyone know what im doing wrong?

URLs are made up of several parts:
-http:// is the protocol, when writing a URL on a website, ALWAYS INCLUDE THIS
-stuff.com is the host, you should always include this, and don't forget the .com
-/things/bla/picture.jpg is the path. The final part of the path should always end with .something. If it doesn't then you might get a "forbidden" error or it will show a directory. Here are some examples.:
1: stuff.things.com
2: http://stuff.com
3: http://stuff.com/things
4: http://stuff.things.com
5: stuff.com/things/stuff
6: http://stuff.com/things/stuff/picture.jpg

1 and 5 shouldn't be used since they don't include http://. 3 and 5 might might also give you a "forbidden" or a directory. The rest are fine. Also, don't include "www" in your URLs, all sites will work without it but some won't work with it.

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I'm really bored.I like to try new things and start fun projects like combining archietecture,photoghraphy and sculpture into a single art work.I just want to have fun.Please could you think of something fun for me to do.Any suggestions are appreciated.

You asked this question to me only, if you want to ask everyone, click "get advice" in the upper left.

You'll find some fun projects if you browse http://www.wikihow.com and http://soyouwanna.com/

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There is practically a phobia for EVERYTHING... so is there a phobia for like if someone is scared of bug poisons/insecticides/ant killer/bee spray/etc.?

They just make those fancy "-phobia" words by stringing together greek words. Fear of insect poison would probably be called Entotoxiphobia (ento=crawling things, toxi=poison, phobia=fear). I don't know any greek, so I might have put the words together wrong. A psychiatrist would just call it toxiphobia(fear of poison).

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Do they sell PSP's in stores? and can you go online on a PSP for free?

They sell them in electronics stores. You can go online for free if there is a free WiFi hotspot nearby. Wifi hotspots are only dense in big cities, so if you're not in a very big city it'd likely you won't be able to go online for free.

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So my apple computer has been freezing alot lately so we are bringing it to a place to get fixed. But I went throught his phase where I looked at some porn websites. I never downloaded anything, just looked at the pictures on the web. But I dont anymore. Now i've deleleted my history and "reset safari" but is there anyway that when I go to get it fixed the person will b able to tell that I've been on those websites and then tell my parents? If there is can you tell me how to fix that? I have like a 2004 eMac. Thanks!

they won't find it unless they look for it. It's extremely unlikely they will just stumble on it, and if they do they wont mention it.

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I'm looking for a free vedio converter to MP4 for my apple IPod. Can any one help me to find one online?

only search advicenators.com

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I need newspaper cuttings related to the environment for an environmental studies project.I think newspapers from december,2004 would be important because that is when the Tsunami happened.Should I go to the newspaper's office to look for them?If they do not have them,where else can I get them from?

Libraries have newspapers. If online sources are ok you can use google news archive search:
http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search

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Ok so right now i have REALLY slow dial up internet connection on my computer. and the email that i use is Outlook Express...

My question is...
I want to get comcast internet connection but, will it get rid of my outlook express email? sorry this might be a stupid question....but basically, do people out there have outlook express with a different internet connection?

You can use the actual program but your email address might change.

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Does anyone know how to change their columns page colors?

go to "column settings" and change the value for background color. It's a hexadecimal value, it has to be in the format #RRGGBB where R=red, G=green, B=blue. In hexadecimal A=11 B=11 and so on up to F, which is 16. SO #AA0000 makes a bright red and #AAAA00 makes yellow.

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Does anyone know a site where you can download, Porky's Font that doesn't need WinZip to open and it's in True Type?

I extracted it and uploaded it for you, truetype file only:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FSCRS8G3
Instead of winzip/winrar/winace you can use 7-zip, which is free:
http://www.7-zip.org/

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Do all Dell computers have paint? if so, where is it?

Yes, in start>all programs>accessories>paint. If it's not there it should be in C:\windows\system32. If it doesn't have it you can download a REALLY old version here:
http://tinyurl.com/7yxon
this old version can only open .bmp images.

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