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so I have one of those net 10 cell phones, its like you buy the minutes....pay as you go type thing. But....you have to buy one of their phones. I have one right now called the Motorola v170, but it is not a very good phone at all, I mean it works but it is sooo ugly and dated looking. I'm hoping to buy one of their two highest phones which are both $89. They are a clamshell Motorola v176 and a camera phone that isnt a clamshell Motorola c261. Can someone who has these net10 phones tell me how they are? do they look like regular ones? thanks!

You can take a look at them from the vendor's site:
Motorola v176:
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=96
Motorola c261: http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=122

The site also has the specifications so you can compare the functions. If you want to try the phones and see if they're easy to use, go to a bigger shop where they might have the phones on display so you can try them.

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ok so like im spazzing right now

i have Kodak Easyshare c300 and we took a TON of christmas pictures.

so today i went through all of the albums and made a seperate folder for the chrismas ones and added christmas pics to the chrismtas folder then i delted them from that particular album.

soo when i went to view the slide show majority of them were gone and i found them in the recycle bin. so i restored them.

i went back to check Kodak and they werent there! so now i have no clue where they were sent..

so if anybody can tell me where to look or if they did this and know how to fix it..please

If they were restored from the Recycle Bin, then they should still be on your hard drive. Open Windows Explorer and search for them from there. Once you find them, you can probably put them back in the Kodak software.
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I recently got a new computer, and I want to purchase a graphics card. My slots are PCI Express. Do you have any suggestions on what to get. I'm looking for under 120 dollars. Thanks!

To be honest with you, I'm not very familiar with hardware. I only know that the two biggest brands for graphics cards are ATI and NVIDIA. ATI's products are usually cheaper than NVIDIA's of the same quality. If you're on a budget, this is a good time in the year to buy a graphics card because new ones will be released soon and the older ones will become cheaper.

I recommend the RADEON X1300 PCI EXPRESS. That's what my friend has, and it can handle games, so it should be good enough for most purposes. Just check the vendor's site for specifications to make sure it's compatible with the other hardware that you already have.

http://ati.de/products/RadeonX1300/specs.html
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ok, I was just wondering, does ANYBODY understand french on this site? Cause I am french and it somtimes takes me forever to translate my questions into inglish. Hope that this sounds well.

Je comprend un peu de français. Votre anglais est bien. Il y a d'autres qui comprend le français aussi, mais posez vos questions en anglais, sil vous plait. Nous ne laissons pas questions en autres langues parce que c'est difficile pour modérateurs, et quelqu'un avec la réponse pour un question en un autre langue probablement ne pas comprendre.

(I hope this sounds well! In case it's wrong, I meant to say "I understand some French. Your English is good. There are also others who understand French, but please ask your questions in English. We do not allow questions in other langauges because it is difficult for moderators, and someone with the answer for your question may not understand it." Is it correct?)
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Okay so, I don't know what's wrong with me. I've never had a boyfriend, and I've never made out. Lots of boys like me, but for some reason I can't bring myself to go out with them, even if I like them back. It feels like I'm scared, I just don't know why! I'm also nervouse 'cause I've never made out before, and EVERYONE thinks I have..so maybe that's SOME of it, but it can't be ALL of it. Also, when I like a boy, I'll talk to them and then they'll end up liking me..then all of a sudden when we're close to going out I don't like them anymore! I don't get what's wrong with me! I've hurt some boys because of it, and I hate it. I hate that I can't have a boyfriend 'cause I'm so weird about all this stuff. What's wrong?! How do I fix this? I'm so frustraited and nervous about this. It makes me upset. Please help! Any advice at ALL will help!

First of all, there's nothing wrong with not yet having a boyfriend at 17. I'm 17 and I've never had a boyfriend either, and I'm sure that there will be many others who can say the same.

You say you get nervous. Could it be because you try to do too much too quickly? If you want a boyfriend, take it a step at a time. Get to know the boy that you like and be friends. You'll get there. Don't worry about not knowing how to make out. Just go along with what your boyfriend's doing when it happens.
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Is there a way to get a program started at a college? Would writing a letter or taking a poll or something help? The college I go to has very limited programs..so yeah.

By all means, let the administration know that you want the program started. After all, even if they don't consider you suggestion, I doubt that you'll get into any kind of trouble for asking. What have you got to lose?

Keep in mind that while demand is an important factor when the administration decide what to offer, resources are limited so they might not be able to start the program. Also, it might take them a while to get anything done even if they do consider your suggestion.
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Female / Teen

If I act like someone else in order to be happy, will I be as happy as when I am just myself?

Right now I'm not happy and I would like to act differently.

And how can you tell if you're being something you're not.. or if that really is who you are.

Thanks!

How can you actually be someone that you're not? You are who you are. Don't think about whether it's "the real you" or not. Just do what you think you should do.

If you like the way you act, you'll be happy. Just make sure that if you change the way you act, it is because you want to (as opposed to acting differently just because someone else wants you to).
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I have uploaded a video on youtube, and it says that one person has added my video to their favorites. Is there a way to see who the user is?

No, you can't see who added your video to their favourites.

If you really want to know, why don't you try suggesting it to the YouTube staff? You can do this on http://www.youtube.com/contact

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sir me working in an voluntearing organisation. my job is issuing donation receipt books to many people- for that i need to maintain a data base of to whom the book issued , and its details of book no, receipt no from and to , for what purpose- this is first step
then - i will receive bank remittance challans for cash and cheques deposited in bank with the details of book no, receipt nos, cheque no, depositing place and person
third- either the book is over or at the end of financial year i should get back the receipt books for auditing- similarly i should send acknowledgement for all the books that i received back
now i need a software which should store the book issue entries, and bank depositing entries ( master entry for bank remittance challan with detail entry for corresponding book no and receipt no, cheque nos) and book returned entries
at every point, i should get a report for book wise bank remittance, place wise depositing details,
is there any free software available to maintain these data and get report to download
or is there any software company will create the software freely if we give the database and system study
(the details will be sent by mail)
since me working in an non profit charitable trust in india , it will be highly helpful if i get details , thanks a lot

The OpenOffice.org office suite has a database program called BASE that should be suitable for your organisation. It is free to download and cross-platform compatible (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and also in source code for compiling).

It is available from http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html

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Okay, I took peoples advice yesterday and stayed home... very good advice. Anyway, since all I ate yesterday were 2 pieces of toast with jam and I drank about 4oz of ginger ale and a few sips of gatorade, there's pretty much nothing for my body to reject and all I've done was dry heave (only twice, but still). Am I better off eating something and vomiting that up, or am I better off with dry heaves (or whatever it's called when nothing actually comes up but you still vomit)? I just wasn't sure if dry heaving is worse for you than actually throwing something up. Oh, and my mouth is dry and I want to drink something. I have 2 eight-ounce cans of ginger ale and I've got gatorade and water. I've always been taught ginger ale is best for the upset stomach. So my 2 questions are, which is worse, dry heaving or vomiting up something, and should I drink something even if I know I'll probably bring it back up? Thanks in advance.

Vomiting is bad for you because you vomit up the acid in your stomach, which is bad for your oesophagus and teeth.

However, you need to drink to prevent dehydration. Either ginger ale or water is fine. Ginger is good for the stomach, and you might also like it because it'll help get rid of the taste of vomit in your mouth. Most importantly, a few sips at a time only.

Eat a little bit at a time when you feel like it. Crackers are a good idea. Generally, anything light will do. Avoid dairy products or oily food.

I hope you get well soon.
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I accidentally bleached my favorite shirt while doing laundry. This shirt means so much to me. I only bleached a few spots here-and-there on my left side of the shirt, and a stained about 3 inches wide directly on the bottom.

Could I re-dye it? It has text on it so Idk if that would affect it.

How about going over it with some kind of fabric marker or something? Would that work at all?

Please help, and give me some suggestions. Please don't give me "sorry it's ruined forever" because I know there's a way to fix it.

Thanks in advance!!

Painting dye on with a brush is probably the best option if you only bleached a few spots and you need to avoid the text on the shirt.

Here's a site about dyes.
http://www.dharmatrading.com/dyepaint/guide.html

If you don't want to order the dyes online, find a local supplier in the Yellow Pages and see what dyes they offer. If there are craft stores in your area, they might also carry fabric dyes that are easy to use.
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i tried changing my tagged account but for some reason they didnt do it. so im just wondering if there is any way for me to change my school and city? thanks.

Go to this page to change what you need:
http://www.tagged.com/account_info.html

For your location, make sure you have a city as well as a country on the page. You can't put a city that they don't have on the list. If your city isn't on the list, email them. Similarly, if they don't have your school, email them.

You can contact Tagged staff using the form on this page:
http://www.tagged.com/huh_sub.html?rtopics=squad_contact

If that's not the problem, try emptying your cache to make sure that you're not looking at an old version of the page.
Instructions are available on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache

Also try logging out and then logging back in.
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hi i was just wondering if there were any household products that could highlight my hair. I have brown hair and anything that wouldn;t damage my hair, but could make it like lighter or blonde wold be good.

(no hair highlighting kits please)

If you really can't use a hair highlighting kit and need to do it with "household products", put lemon juice on your hair and expose to sunlight. This will make your hair lighter. Lemon juice isn't too damaging (compared to commercial products), but it will still dry your hair, so make sure you use conditioner afterwards.
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I have a project due on friday for my geometry class. I need to come up with a math bumper sticker. I don't know what should be on it! I have seen funny ones like "there are three kinds of people in this world. ones that can count and ones that can't." But my teacher can't take a joke so does anyone know a math saying I could use that isn't humerous?

If it's geometry, I think "Geometry has a point!" would be very appropriate.
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can someone give me good directions on how to use keepvid.com? everytime i try , i dont do it right?! thanks in advance

Go to the page with the video that you want to download, and then copy the URL of the page.

Paste the URL in the box, and click the "Download" button.

It should give you a download link. Click that link, and you will be prompted to save it to your computer.

Depending on what format this file is in, you might need to download a program to open it. If you're downloading from YouTube, it will be in .flv format (you may need to rename the file to add that on), and you can open that with VLC media player (available at http://www.videolan.org/).

If you're downloading from another site and you don't know what program you need to open the file, go to http://www.filext.com/ and search for the extension to find out what program you need.
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well for school i had to do a report on Adolf Hitler and i had to find pictures of him on the internet and i found this picture: http://www.die3fingers.de/hitler.jpg is that a real picture? because when i saw it i was like woww.. haha. thanks

I doubt it. Given the caption "Was Hitler gay?", I think this picture is made to ridicule Hitler.

Either way, I don't think it's going to be very appropriate for a school report.
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My iPod isnt working anymore. It wont play songs, it just says the song for like 3 seconds then keeps going threw all of them till its over but plays no music. I dont know what to do i cant turn it off and i read threw the book that came with it to see what i could do but it told me nothing. I let it die and then charged it again because that has worked previous times but this time didnt. I cant tell my mom or she'll flipp so what can i do if anyhting?

by the way its a regular iPod one of the originals.

Try following the instructions on this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

If that doesn't help, take it to the shop for repairing.
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How many minutes does 1 GIGABYTE on an iPod hold?

About 12 hours of 128 kbps mp3 (one of the most common formats), but depends of the format of the music files and the quality.
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does anyone know the code to disable "interest" "music" "tv" ... etc...

Just don't put anything in those boxes and they won't show up.
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