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I recently started using Audacity to make cuts of songs for dance team. The problem is that Audacity doesn't work with Itunes files (mp4?) and I really hate having to download an Mp3 of each song on Limewire. Is there any way to convert my files? I have googled it but couldn't find a program that actually works.

Itunes prevents you from doing that because they are evil capitalist bastards. You can bypass their ridiculous restrictions by downloading Jhymn here:
http://www.hymn-project.org/download.php
download the file labeled JHymn_0_9_2_win.zip
Audacity can only recognize mp3 and wav files, so select one(doesn't matter which) in "convert all files to:"

p.s. don't forget to rate this answer and the one from your(?) mixing question

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Okay, so I went to this site [a long time ago] and I was like hmmm this poem is good and I highlighted and was about to click copy but a little pop up came up that said that I couldn't copy it. Does anyone know what program that is and where I cna get it for free?

Right click prevention is a dirty, mean trick. I discourage you from using it. Here's how you do it, though. Put this between the tags in your HTML file:


function copy()
{
alert("right clicking is disabled\nscript by theymos");
return false;
}


and put this IN the part of the page you want right-click prevented:

oncontextmenu="return copy()"

So if you want the whole page protected, do this to the body tag:



If you want just a paragraph protected, do this:

protected material

When the part of the page with my oncontextmenu="return copy()" in it is right clicked, a message displaying:

right clicking is disabled
script by theymos

will appear and the right-click menu will not. This method works for sure in firefox, in IE it will work, but IE might prevent the page from doing this and show a warning box at the top; there is no way to prevent this.

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what is the normal weight for 5 ft 5? thats how tall i am,(girl) and i weigh 126, which i think is to much. i went from 115 to 126 in like 3 months and i have been trying to lose some of it, but before i get to serious with it i want to know if i should bother. thanks!

both of those wights are in the normal range, which is, for you, about 110-145. So your new weight is more in the center of the range, which is good.

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how can you make like a cheer mix, like mix together parts of songs.

audacity is a simple program that will allow you to do it:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You'll need the file in a standard audio format to use that, though. If you're getting the music off a CD you should use a program like CDBurner XP pro(free) to extract the audio files:
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

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i am 15 year old boy and about 2 months ago my friend gave me pot. i had some and since then i cant stop. im addicted to it and i dont want to tell anyone because i would totally be busted. my dad would find out and i would be dead. but i really want to stop because i no its bad for you but now, whenever im not high, i feel like crap. and my girl friend is trying to find out whats wrong and i want to tell her but i dont want her to turn me in. help

Marijuana isn't physically addictive like nicotine. You only smoke it because it feels good; it's all in your mind. Also, marijuana isn't bad for your health, there has never been a death from marijuana(not including car accidents etc.). If you want to stop then you have to have the willpower to stop yourself. There is no magic way to stop yourself, or any medicine you can take.

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What is the difference?
I am seriously confused,
because I've heard that Agnostic means you don't believe in anything, and Athiest means you make fun of God.
Is that right?

agnostics don't know what they believe(or believe it's impossible to know what's true), atheists firmly don't believe in anything.

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what do i do if the child im watching is being very bad and decides to get her head stuck in the stair rails

should i leave her for being bad

plaese say yes

thanx

no, you shouldn't. It could actually be considered child abuse to do so.

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does anyone no if on google picasa if you can make a color accent picture and how you do it?
thankyous=)

If you mean add color to it or change color, then no. For that you need a program like the GIMP, here's my GIMP guide:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=98&userboard_id=38985

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I really want to make banners and stuff for myspace and stuff.
what program do I have to have? Can I do it on paint and make them cool? Or do I have to download a program, and if so, what program?

It'll never look cool with paint. You need a program like the GIMP, and art talent. Here's my GIMP guide:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=98&userboard_id=38985
here's some GIMP tutorials:
http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/tutorials/
if you're not good at art, nothing will allow you to magically make a unique banner. Alternatively you can use a banner generator, though it won't look unique:
only search advicenators.com

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Wow I wish Dangernerd were here...

I have Dell XPS PC and I'm operating Windows XP Home edition. I've spent the last week rooting out viruses and adware and spyware from my computer. Now I have a new problem.

explorer.exe does not start up. After typing in my password at the login screen, I get a delay of about two minutes. Then my background appears. Thats it. So my icons, menu, and everything else isn't there. I have to manually run explorer.exe from the windows task manager, and it's a pain.

Any ideas? I've tried setting things straight on msconfig, but no luck. I'm really desperate.

-put a shortcut to explorer.exe(located in C:\windows) in C:\documents and settings\your user name\start menu\programs\startup if that doesn't work,
-download this batch file I made:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CZ544MZH
It will open explorer.exe after a ten-second delay. Put it in your startup folder, as described above. If that doesn't work,
-go to msconfig and select the radio button "diagnostic startup"
-If none of those work, try
http://protonic.com
http://annoyances.org/
dell's support

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Is it true that My Chemical Romance is a band that promotes/worships Satan?

They haven't stated their religion. If they are a member of the church of satan or follow Anton LaVey's satanic bible then they don't actually worship satan. LaVey Satanists don't believe in satan, god, or any other diety. Nor do they do human sacrifices or have orgies.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanis1.htm

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okay. this might sound wierd but what exactly is a douche bag.. like the actual definition.. not the reason you call someone one and stuf... thanks in advance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche

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is it true? i need to kno how to get rid of the spyware that is messin up my comp. my friend told me it was aim b/c he had somebody fix his computer and find viruses. does anyone kno how? i dont think i can afford to have my entire comp fixed over. thanks

AIM doesn't have spyware, but you can get it by just browsing the internet. To remove most your spyware, go to http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html and download spybot: search&destroy. Then install it, update it, and run a scan. After you're done with spybot, go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and run the housecall scan. Your machine will then be free of 99.9% of malware. Be sure to always have an antivirus, like avast(http://www.avast.com/) and a firewall, like zonealarm(http://tinyurl.com/c2jj2) running.

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Hey does anybody know where i can download a free trial of Photoshop 9, I've tried bearshare, morpheus, limewire, imesh, etc. None of those work!!!
Could you please help me, i need it A.S.A.P as i have to do a project for my science homework
thanks
Miranda

you can find some trials here:
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
note that photoshop 9 is the same as photoshop cs2
you can get a free alternative to photoshop, the GIMP. Here's my GIMP guide:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=98&userboard_id=38985
you can (illegally) download photoshop using bittorrent, here's my bittorrent guide:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=94&userboard_id=38985

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Me and my bf dated for 21 months and then we broke up because we needed to work things out (hes in his first yr of college 45 min. away) and im a jr. we fought alot so we thats what were working on. Anyways i have a formal dance coming up on friday and he told me he'd come but now he's not. I know this for a fact cuz someone told me and he hasnt called me yet to tell me that he isnt coming. How do i react? Im very hurt by this and its in 4 days and he hasnt called yet to tell me this....

i really want him to go

and please dont say well maybe he is going and that person is wrong. cuz i know that person is telling the truth

what do i say? how do i react?

You asked this question to me only, and I'm not good at this type of advice. If you want to ask everyone, click "get advice" in the upper left. Also, you clicked "submit" twice, causing your question to be posted twice.

The best thing you can do in this situation is call HIM and ask him about it.

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17/M and wandering "What is the average length of the penis?" I've read many different things on the internet but I'm still not sure. So if I could get a few opinions then that would be awesome. Thank you very much for your time.

http://www.totse.com/en/ego/self_improvement/164201.html

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i downloaded all of these new fonts but i dont know where to store them so i can use them because when i open Word i cant use the fonts. where do i save the fonts?

I made this handy installer:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZGHXUCUC
just run the installer in the same folder as the TTF files, and they'll be installed. If, when you downloaded the files, they came in ZIP files, you must open the ZIP file and then drag the TTF file to the same folder as my installer.

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What is the difference between Democratic and Republican? Also what is the difference between Liberal and whatever else? Thank you.

Democrats traditionally support a stronger national government and are usually liberal. Republicans traditionally support stronger local governments and are usually conservative. Liberals support change, conservatives want everything to stay the same. Democrat/republican is not the same as liberal/conservative, despite what many people think. They both suck, but I think that republicans suck a little bit more. Some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservativism

Be sure to look at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4538793

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ok, my computer isn't very old, but not a really nice new one eaither. my computer didn't come with mirosoft word. and i really need it for school projects and stuff because all i have is word pad and that sucks. so, do i have to buy something from like, wal-mart or somewhere to get microsoft word. thanks a bunch!!!!

MS word is very expensive, about $200. openoffice is nearly identicle, and can save files in the MS word file format:
http://openoffice.org

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okay okay okay.
haha .
ive had a SLVR phone from cingular since october. and i cannott figure out how to get 100 songs on it. i can only get 30. and i dont know why. please explainnn to me how to get 100 !! =[ THANK YOU!!!!

100 songs is an estimate. You're not guaranteed 100 songs. The slvr has a certain amount of space, just like a computer, which is measured in bytes, not songs. I think the slvr has 512MB of space. Longer songs will take up more space.

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