i currently have a pantech duo, and service with at&t. i'm on my second phone (same phone model, different phone though) because my last one's screen blanked out. now this one has a line straight through the screen and it's just annoying. so, i'm looking for a new phone. as i was looking at the smartphones/pda's, some say they have wi-fi or "integrated wi-fi". this mean that whereever there is a wireless internet signal, i can log onto the internet on the phone, for free, right? also, if anyone has any recommendations on phones with that wi-fi feature and a keyboard of some sort, that'd be phemonenal (:
Read my answer here:
http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=513921
Wifi isn't a single system like the cellphone network. Each wireless access point has a comparatively low range, and each access point determines how you can use it. Wifi is probably not very useful to you unless you own a wireless router or travel a lot(and are prepared to pay for hotspot subscription access).
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So i was wondering what operating systems (other than windows and anything with mac) there are for home based computers
Can you give me a little information about some of them.
Linux is the main alternative to Mac and Windows for home computers.
Linux is broken into distributions. Each distribution is different than others, to varying degrees. Here are distributions that a novice would be able to use:
-Debian
-Ubuntu
-Fedora
-Mandriva
-SUSE
-Gentoo
Ubuntu is most commonly recommended, but I find its documentation to be lacking.
Here's Wikipedia's Comparison of operating systems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_operating_systems
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I have an Asus laptop, which I've hd for about a year and a half.
It works great, but like 10 minutes ago in the bottom left corner(of the base) it makes this weird crackling sound, and then it crashes.
It goes to a blue screen where it says that this could be caused by a hardware problem.
I installed two sims expansion games three days ago, and then it worked great. So I don't think it's that.
Is there any way I could fix it? My laptop is pretty important to me, and it has a lot of stuff on it that I need.
If it's likely that the repair shop will tell me to get a new one, please tell me, and I won't botehr paying loads of money to be told that I need a new laptop.
Thanks!
My guess is hard drive failure, stuck fan, power supply problem, or motherboard problem, in that order. You won't be able to fix any of those (except maybe a stuck fan) by yourself.
If you can't boot into Windows, and it doesn't even give you a blue screen or "Windows has shut down unexpectedly," it's probably a hard drive failure. All of your data is probably lost and unrecoverable. You'll need a new hard drive to get it working. Take it to a computer repair place.
If you can boot into Windows and it gives you a blue screen, find the error code and error name. The error code is something like 0x012A00. The error name is something like IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO. Email or IM me the error code and name and I'll give you more info. Don't tell me it in the feedback here, I can't respond to that.
Email: theymos.mm.st (change the first . to @)
ICQ: 214850779
AIM: theymos
Yahoo: theymos
MSN: theymos@hotmail.com
If the error actually is IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO, then it is almost certainly a stuck fan.
If the blue screen doesn't stay up long enough for you to read it or the computer just restarts without giving a blue screen, follow these instructions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02may13.mspx
If the computer starts normally, but goes to a blue screen after a certain amount of time, go to start, run. Type:
eventvwr.msc
and press ok. Go to "system" on the left. Find the entry with a red X closest to the top that says "stop error". Double click that entry to get the error code and name.
Good luck!
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You seem to know a lot about technology. I'm going to be getting a Blu-Ray machine soon. I'm baffled on what brand to buy and what to avoid. I mean, I know SONY and the big three but which player? What cheaper brands are safe versus not? Heard anything about Insignia?
Should I get a Playstation 3 or a Blu-Ray player if my sole interest is movies? I like games too. I just want the right machine that doesn't cost over $500. Something around $399.00 is good. Let me know your thoughts please.
The Playstation 3 is the best Blu-Ray player. It's the most compatible, the most widely used, and often the cheapest. The 40GB version is $400 (you don't need the 80GB version). Here are some other Blu-Ray players:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000590531+1567237377&name=Blu-ray+Player&SpeTabStoreType=0
Only one of the players in that list is cheaper than the 40GB PS3, and not by much.
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I have been going to a therapist for a while now and she always says that i show signs of someone who was molested and she really thinks that i was. I do not remember ever being molested, but i just finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower. AT the end the main character realizes that his aunt used to molest him, i know that it is only a fictional book but everything in this book was like exactly everything that i am going through. And i guess basically i am just asking if someone knew how to explain to me that someone could forget that they were molested, or if that happens in real life besides just books? or if there is some disorder that makes you like block out a painful memory or something.
Human memory is susceptible to modification. There have been cases where therapists have caused people to remember vividly, but incorrectly that they were abused. It has ruined peoples' lives.
Read this:
http://www.apa.org/topics/memories.html
From that page:
* A competent psychotherapist will attempt to stick to the facts as you report them. He or she will be careful to let the information evolve as your memory does and not to steer you toward a particular conclusion or interpretation.
* A competent psychotherapist is likely to acknowledge that current knowledge does not allow the definite conclusion that a memory is real or false without other corroborating evidence.
Your therapist is a quack. I would stop seeing her.
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Everyone says Who's Who among American High School Students is a phony. But how come on some applications and things that my guidance councelor have given me it says mark box if you have received any honor listed..and then it's there? Ton's of people say it's a phony, but is it really?
Yes, it is. No need to worry about it, though, since the company no longer exists:
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/11/12/daily9.html?ana=from_rss
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how do u make little markings like ♥?? i want to know how to make a musical note!!
Those are called HTML entities. Any unicode character can be expressed using HTML entities. Here is a full list of unicode characters:
http://www.decodeunicode.org/en/last_entries
If you search DecodeUnicode for "note", you'll see several different types of notes, with their unicode number. I'll show you the quarter note. The unicode number of a quarter note is U+2669. Remove the U+ and add a &#x to the front and a ; to the back. ♩ will turn into a ♩ on many pages.
All unicode characters can be expressed with numbers, but only a few are named like ♥. Notes are not included in the named entities. Here is a full list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTML_entities#Character_entities_in_HTML
On pages where you can't use HTML entities, you can sometimes copy and paste the characters, like I did above. You can also use alt codes, explained and listed here:
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/ALTchrc.html
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I think my cd burner is nto working. I try using windows media to burn and it doesnt work. What could be wrong?
Use infrarecorder to burn audio CDs:
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
And DVD flick to burn videos to DVD:
http://www.dvdflick.net/
You need a CD burner drive and an unused CD-R or a CD-RW that hasn't been used more than a dozen times.
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When lightning hits a lake will the electricity travel through it to the people who may be swimming?
(Let's just say they happen not to get out in time from some like massive and sudden storm)
Lighting very rarely hits water, since it is almost always the lowest point in an area. If it does, the electricity has a large sphere of dense water to go through, so it's only lethal out to about 20 feet.
If lighting struck water often and had a large lethal range, there would be no fish.
That said, swimming in the middle of a lake makes you the highest object for a long ways. Lighting will be more likely to hit you.
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How do I download Windows XP? website links welcome
You can't download it legally, and it will only be possible to buy until the end of July. After July, you will have to buy Windows Vista Professional and then use your downgrade rights to get XP.
XP Home:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511&Tpk=32-116-511
XP Pro:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515
It is possible to download it illegally, but I can't tell you how to do that here.
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So my computer has been ok for ages but now it wont work
it keep running in a circle
i have the command promt up and just want help on how i can get windows running from this
when i turn my laptop on it says i cant start windows normally or run a sytems repair which doesnt work so when you start it normally it goes round in circles.
anyone any idea what i could do?
thanks in advance :)
Hold down F8 while the computer is starting. Select "safe mode" on the menu that comes up. In safe mode, go to start, run and type:
msconfig
Click "diagnostic startup", then ok. Restart the computer.
If it works, follow my guide here:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=269&userboard_id=38985
You're already in diagnostic startup, so don't do that again.
If it doesn't work or you can't get into safe mode, it probably can't be fixed over the Internet. You'll either have to reinstall windows and delete all of your data, or get a professional, who will probably reinstall windows and delete all of your data (but might back up your data first).
Contact me if you need help:
Email: theymos+at+mm.st (replace +at+ with @)
ICQ: 214850779
AIM: theymos
Yahoo: theymos
MSN: theymos@hotmail.com
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And when I open volume control, instead it says that
'there are no mixer devices available. to install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click add hardware. this program will now close.'
I went to control panel.. and there are no 'printers and other hardware'. There is one called Printers & Faxes, and another called Sound and Audio devices (which when i open, it says that there is no audio device), and ofcourse Add/remove programs.
I have no idea how to fix this problem and get my sound back. I didnt even do anything so i I dont get how this happened. everything's connected, I checked, and my speaker can turn on.. and when i turn the volume high i just hear a lot of buzzing but the music wont play off the computer.
How do I fix this?
Thanks for the help btw.
The second post in the first result will probably fix it.
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is there anyway to become more photogenic? my younger sister really never takes a bad picture but a good majority of mine are`
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Photogenic
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I'm thinking of buying a pc laptop to play sims games on. I went to dell.com and I saw that some were much cheaper than others but there wasn't much of a difference between the gigs or the speed. Why is there such a large price difference? Can you recomend me something good to play games on but not too expensive? I need something kind of cheap.
For the Sims 2 to work, your computer must meet at least these requirements:
CPU: 800 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
HDD: 3.5 GB free space
Video: 32 MB DirectX 9.0 and T&L compatible
Not many laptops meet the third requirement, since most laptops don't come with video adapters.
Read my article here for more information about computer components:
http://www.advicenators.com/talkaboutmetopic.php?t=759&userboard_id=38985
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what the heck is incest or insest? I'm cousin dating cousin. Is it really so bad? what if your a christian and lets say 4th cousins? What would happen?
The taboo on incest is caused by evolution. Offspring of two organisms with very similar genes(such as siblings and cousins) are less healthy than offspring of non-related people. The desirability of having children with family is therefore selected out. In other words, genetic lines that didn't have a problem with incest died out.
A child of siblings is much more likely to have some sort of defect. A child of 1st cousins is only slightly more likely to have some sort of defect. Beyond that, the difference is insignificant.
I don't know anything about the legal or religions implications of this issue, but from a scientific viewpoint, there is no problem with having a romantic relationship with anyone other than a sibling.
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hello. when i tried to download you-tube catcher or some program like that, without virus protection or anything.
Well, i decided to un-install it as it didn't work, and tried then tried to access the internet through internet explorer. Internet Explorer opened up, and immediately closed again. I am currently using Firefox, as IE still doesn't work. I tried using my Morpheus but that closes as well. what is the problem?
i dont like firefox at all, my favourites are saved on internet explorer and dont come up on firefox. I can access internet explorer is i go into the control panel, and click favorites at the top. Then i can access all my favorites, but with no pictures. i need access to the favorites as i saved some possible jobs on it.
any help? its really urgent? thanks
In firefox, go to file -> import. Press next. Your IE bookmarks will be copied into firefox.
To fix IE, go to start, run. Type exactly this and press ok:
inetcpl.cpl
In the window that opens, go to the "advanced" tab. Press the "reset" button. This will probably fix IE, but you might have to reinstall some of your programs to get them to work properly.
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would it matter if i got a peace sign and an anarchy symbol?
or would it be contridicting or what??
help?
No. It's possible to have peaceful anarchy. The two are not mutually exclusive. The opposite of peace is war, and the opposite of anarchy is authoritarianism, or just government in general.
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in microsoft word, i used to be able to highlight a passage & click "backspace" & it would delete. however, for some reason, when i highlight a passage NOW and hit "backspace" it doesn't delete the passage, and the passage isn't highlighted anymore. it's super annoying. the only way it works is if i highlight the passage & hit "delete." does you know how to fix this?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901124
If that doesn't work, try searching:
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I'm looking for a free web host that doesn't place advertisements or pop-ups/unders and will actually let me use my own code.
I don't mind using a sub-domain either.
I could go through a ton of place and eventually find one myself. I'm not asking for you to hunt a place down for me but simply if you know of a place.
Here's what I'm looking for.
Must be free to use.
FTP access.
Use of scripts such as Perl and PhP.
Free from advertisements.
Having to use a sub-domain is fine.
100MB space and at least 1 gig bandwidth.
Thanks!
I recommend Byethost:
http://byethost.com/
They have PHP, but not perl. Here's a list of free hosts, with information about them:
http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php
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Okay, well whenever I go to a website that needs flash player I get a message like this:
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.
I've literally downloaded it about ten times, and it takes me to a page that says "if you see the movie above installation is complete" but there's no movie. The only thing that says installation complete is an ordinary textbox.
No installation program comes up either, all I have done is click "install"
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_19166&sliceId=2
While following the instructions in that article, restart your computer after steps 1 and 3.
Contact me if you need help following the instructions in that article:
ICQ: 214850779
AIM: theymos
Yahoo: theymos
MSN: theymos@hotmail.com
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