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I am going to purchase my first laptop and need Alittle help deciding which one to get? (link)
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If you can, wait until the end of October. That's when Windows 8 comes out and you can get a laptop which has that installed. It'll save you the trouble and expense of upgrading from Windows 7.
The previous responder is correct; DELLs are good machines. There's a reason why they're the most popular brand used by businesses. However, they are more expensive than other brands because their business model is geared to selling customized machines on a large scale to corporations; sales to individual consumers are less important to them, so the prices are correspondingly higher. I've had good luck with Toshibas, which are cheaper because they're sold with standard configurations "out of the box".
The one problem I've had with a Toshiba machine is that the letters on the keys tended to rub off the keyboard. This is more annoying than anything else, and keyboards can be replaced fairly cheaply if need be.
Make sure that the laptop you get is capable of handling at least 8 GB of RAM. 4 GB is fine to start with (and it's the maximum that Windows 7 or 8 32-bit edition can handle), but you may want to bump up to 64-bit edition someday and get more RAM.
Don't get bleeding-edge technology. You'll pay way too much for a machine which will drop in price by 30% only six months down the road, and unless you're doing serious design work or high-end gaming, you just don't need that much CPU power.
Don't buy it used on Amazon, eBay, or anything like that. People can be very mean to their laptops, and you don't want to buy what someone else has already broken. However, you can get a good deal sometimes on a laptop which has been refurbished to factory specifications, and they come with a warranty.
Beyond that, it's a matter of personal preference insofar as how large you want it to be, how much resolution the screen has, and so on. I personally like a large laptop with an extended keyboard and a full-HD 1920 x 1080 screen, but I don't mind the extra weight, and that's a factor for some people.
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I have an unreadable micro sd card which had personal details like passport and pan card scanned copies. Now before giving it back to store for replacement under warranty, I want to make sure that the data is not readable by the service guys using any recovery software. How to do it without any physical damage?
Will micro wave or soaking in water work? (link)
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A very powerful magnet should scramble it, but the magnet you'd need would probably be more expensive than the card, so it's fairly pointless. Any other methods which would work would leave evidence of physical damage, and they probably wouldn't take it back. Water doesn't do anything; I've sent such cards through the laundry by accident and they still work fine afterwards. The microwave would probably do it, but it would also melt the plastic and otherwise cause obvious damage.
Your best bet is to take it back to the store and ask them if they would allow you to destroy it with a hammer and still get another one. You can show them in advance that it's unreadable. If they won't accept that, then you may just be out of luck.
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i did'nt had intercourse with my love but i just touched my penis near her vagina & some fluid came out from her vaginal part which touched to my penis..is there is any chance to get pregnant??it happened after last day of her period...how much % chance of getting her pregnant..plz tell me how should i stop this pregnancy..best contraceptive pills...within how many days..should start giving her pills..
does pills have any side effect.. plz tell me.. (link)
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"Kill the baby"? If that's really what you think you're about to try and do, then I really have to wonder what kind of person you are that you would even consider it.
Morning after pills, as they are often called, are used to prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the wall of the uterus. This is NOT "killing a baby". This is preventing a pregnancy. There is a difference.
In addition, it is your girlfriend's choice insofar as whether she takes pills, whether they're birth control or vitamins. Is this something SHE would want to do? You'll need to clarify that first and foremost.
Consult Planned Parenthood for advice on where to get the morning after pill, and what the laws are in your area insofar as whether she can have it; some states have age restrictions, or require a prescription.
Finally, although there is a chance of pregnancy with the scenario you describe, it isn't very likely. It's impossible to say how likely it was, though. But since there is indeed a chance, this is something you really shouldn't do anymore without some kind of prevention method already in place. Planned Parenthood can help you with that as well.
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I really like this boy and I can not stop thinking about him.
But the thing is, he hates me and he teased me in primary school.
I don't really see him anymore, but I can't get him out of my head and when I do see him, my stomach flutters.
What do I do?
Should I just get over him? (link)
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What is it that you like about him? It can't be his personality. Apparently, he didn't treat you very nicely; that's not exactly a point in his favor!
Of course, you were both younger then and kids will do that to each other. I can recall that when I was in primary school, there were girls who I thought were pretty, but since I didn't want anyone (especially them!) to know that, I tended to be somewhat nasty to them. I'm certainly ashamed of that now and I wish I'd known better at the time, but that's how it was. Of course, kids will also be nasty to other kids who they genuinely dislike, so that's not necessarily a sign that he secretly liked you!
I tend to think that you can't possibly know this guy very well, and whatever attracts you to him is what's on the surface; his physical appearance, how he talks and dresses, that kind of thing. And because of that, it actually shouldn't be that hard for you to get over him, which is what I suggest you do. Let the stomach butterflies happen, but look around at other guys and see if any of them stir something similar. You may be surprised to find out just how minor an attraction you have to this guy once you start looking around at the other possibilities.
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Hello. I am 18 years old and also have a boyfriend that is 18. we are engage now and want to start working on plannin our wedding but have no idea where to even start at. Has anyone else plan their own or somebody else wedding and know where to start, we really need help because we are totally lost. Thank you in advance for all the advice, you are really helpful. (link)
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Here's a good place to start: http://www.etiquettehell.com/. Read some of the wedding horror stories on that website and learn what NOT to do.
Once you've done that, the next thing to do is figure out your budget. That will be the thing that pretty much drives everything else. Once you've got that, you can start thinking about how many people to invite, when and where to have it, and the cost per person insofar as food, drinks, and the size of the room at the reception.
One thing I learned from my own wedding is that it doesn't matter if certain things don't turn out the way you imagined, or if you aren't able to do everything you might have hoped, or even if there are some major problems on the day itself. What matters most, in the end, is who you're getting married to.
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I've been contemplating over this for a long time and I can't seem to come to a conclusion. I've been with my boyfriend for 5 years, I love him very much, and I'm happy with him.
However, we have a huge issue over marriage. We got engaged almost two years ago New Years eve. We talked about it and decided we were going to get married a few years in the future.
He had told me that he didn't believe in marriage when we first started dating but I put it aside and thought, well, if he loves me I'm sure in the future he will change his mind.
Well not exactly, he says that he will marry me because he loves me and he wants to spend the rest of his life with me but he does not believe in it. He believes that marriage is unnecessary and a waste of money. He says he doesn't need a piece of paper to be committed to me.
While I understand where he's coming from, I want to have a wedding. I've always dreamed about my dress and the ceremony and having my family all there. He understands its important to me but he's so bitter about it.
Part of me is thinking well he loves me enough to go against his beliefs so there's nothing wrong with getting married. The other part of me is thinking, It's supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life and am I going to be thinking "he doesn't want to be here right now, he doesn't want to do this." I have talked to him about it and it always turns into an argument. I'm convinced that the way he feels about marriage is because of his Mother. She has had two failed marriages and he has seen her go through a bad divorce.
Personally, I do not care for his Mother, she is a very difficult person to live with and she married her last husband for his health insurance. So of course when he see's his own Mother marrying someone for health insurance I can understand why he would have a bitterness towards marriage. However, he has always told me that we should never base our relationship on other people, we do what is best for us. And as far as I'm concerned, marriage is what you make it.
His Mother decided to treat it like it meant nothing so that's how he treats it. I'm trying to decide what to do. Is it okay to go through with it because I know his love is sincere or is it not enough to overcome? (link)
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First of all, marriage is NOT just a piece of paper. Even if one puts aside all the romantic, emotional, and (for some people) spiritual aspects of marriage, there are legal reasons why that piece of paper MEANS something. It grants important legal connections like power of attorney, the ability to file taxes jointly, and (as his mother obviously knows) health insurance benefits. If he really is committed to you, he should at least be willing to go through a civil ceremony with a judge. If not, then he's not really committing to you at all, at least not legally.
A wedding is obviously something that is important to you. He should be willing to meet you halfway on this at the very least. A wedding doesn't have to be a huge waste of money; there are ways to celebrate one's marriage on a budget. It is understandable that he might be bitter about the institution of marriage, but if he never planned to go through with it, he had no business getting engaged to you.
Consider carefully whether you want to stay with someone who would deny you something which is as important to you as a wedding ceremony and reception with your family and friends, and what else you might have to give up if you stay with him. I happen to think that a wedding says a lot about whether a couple can make a marriage work - it doesn't matter whether it's a big or small wedding, or even if it's just the two of you in a judge's office; what matters is that you can AGREE on the nature of the wedding and both feel right about it. If you can't come to terms on that, then you probably won't be able to see eye-to-eye on other things either, and your relationship won't survive too much of that sort of thing.
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I log onto facebook a message pops up saying: "A script on this page has cause Internet Explorer to run slowly. Do you want to continue running this script?" I click no and it just keeps on popping up and freezing the page. How do I get it to stop running scripts?
I use internet explorer 8
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If you use Firefox instead, you can make use of extensions which can block scripts on certain pages but not on others.
If you must use Internet Explorer, you can go into the Tools and change the Security settings to block scripts. The problem is that you'll have to block them across the board, and sometimes you WANT scripts to run on certain pages. Really, the best thing to do would be to download and use Firefox instead.
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I just turned twelve and im not sure if im cramping I have this really bad pain under my stomach and my back to my thighs hurt and I feel dizzy. My stomach feels like soneone is ripping my guts out. I even feel really weak! Please help me out! (link)
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Inform your parents immediately. It could be something which can be easily treated with Pepto Bismol, but it could also be something serious. Let them make the call insofar as whether you need to see a doctor.
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16/f I watch lesbian porn, sometimes, and I just like watching two other girls do it but I can't see myself doing it.. I can never fully masturbate over a guy but other times I can, I do not feel in love or am attracted to any women or think they are hot or whatever, I've had boyfriends before.. is it weird that I have watched lesbian porn, am I a lesbian? Part of me just thinks its interesting the other half just knows it will be able to get off because I'm not turned on by heterosexual porn, but if I was doing some of that stuff with a guy myself I would be turned on.. any advice comments? (I'm not addicted to porn by the way. I've only watched like a few vids, its something that's happened recently) (link)
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It has been demonstrated in psychological experiments that most women, even those who identify as strictly hetero, get sexually excited by watching lesbian pornography. The reason, it has been suggested, is that women empathize with the women onscreen, and thereby get turned on just as they do. The fact that the porn actresses are having sex with other women is less important than the fact that they're enjoying it (or at least, they are acting as though they are).
You may not be having the same reaction to hetero porn because the male character is not one you can identify with, and he is therefore a distraction.
Insofar as whether this "makes you a lesbian"... no, it doesn't. You could accurately call yourself a "lesbian" if you exclusively preferred sexual relationships with women, which is clearly not the case. You may not even be bisexual. There's really no reason to label yourself at all at this point in your life. But the important thing is that you are NOT necessarily a lesbian just because you like watching images of women having sex with women.
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My aunt seems to have some problems with memory. She forgets some simple facts and somethins what happened to her some minutes ago. What should I do to help her? (link)
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What you do depends on a few things.
Is this new behavior, or has she always been a little forgetful and/or absent-minded? It may be that this is just how she is and always has been. But if this is a change from her usual personality, it could be a sign of something wrong.
Would you consider your aunt to be someone of sound mind, apart from these memory lapses? And, are you close enough to her to talk about it with her directly? You may consider doing that. It may be somewhat delicate, though, especially if she is elderly and perhaps doesn't want to consider that she may be losing some mental faculties.
Would you be considered your aunt's "next of kin"? Or, does she have other adult relatives who would be closer? If there is someone else who is closer to her, then you should voice your concerns to that person. It's also possible that others already know about it and are doing what needs to be done.
You don't mention how old you are, but if you are not yet an adult yourself, you should speak your concerns to an adult in the family who is close to your aunt, and let them handle it.
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OMG! So there is this facebook page called, "Cancer is funny cause people die" And there was a pornographic photo of a young girl on it. So I of course went to hit report.... But instead it hit Download! I immediately deleted it. But could I get in any trouble for this? I'm seriously freaking out here. (link)
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It is unlikely in the extreme that you could get in trouble with anyone over it. Mistakes happen, and we've all clicked the wrong button before. People who are busted for having child porn or similar stuff on their computer are busted because they have a LOT of it which could not be explained away by "I clicked the wrong thing".
Clear your browser history to get rid of any trace of it, and you'll be fine.
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I am in love with my boyfriend of almost five months. We've done everything but had sex and I do want to lose my virginity to him but I'd like to say I love you first. I don't want to say it first and I don't know if he feels the same way. He is leaving for college in a few days and we agreed to continue dating when we go to college. I've never felt this way about anybody and all I want is for him to say I love you. He acts like he does and treats me so well, plus he's never been committed to a girl the way he is committed to me. I want him to know that I love him but I'm so scared that he doesn't feel the same way. What do I do? (link)
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Somebody has to say it first. It might as well be you. And if you don't, you may never know if he feels the same way. That is actually far worse than finding out he doesn't return your feelings in the same way. I speak from experience on that one.
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I'm 15, and I was wondering what kind of things boys like. Such as PDA and just talking. (link)
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What kind of things do girls like?
What you have here is a largely unanswerable question, because "boys" are not all clones of each other and they don't all like the same things. Some of them like motorcycles, puppies, and holding hands while they walk down the street; others like photography, baklava, and kissing in the rain. Some of them inexplicably like "My Little Pony".
One thing which is almost universal, not just among "boys" but pretty much everyone, is sincere interest. Using me as an example, I like it when I say something that is important to me and people listen to it, and when someone takes the time and effort to get to know me as an individual person. And I think the same is true for just about everybody.
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I read that if the only drink you have is water for a week, you could lose weight. Because it helps release the water weight your body holds onto when you drink sugary drinks. I don't know if I believe this. I may not even be understanding it correctly. If you've heard of this or did it, could you tell me about it. How does it work? What exactly does it do? Thanks. (link)
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You can certainly lose weight by switching to water as opposed to soft drinks. It's not because of some weird biochemical reaction which makes your body release retained water; it's because you're cutting out what is, for many people, a significant source of calories. Coca-cola has lots of calories; water has none. It's really that simple. But in order for it to be truly effective over the long term, you'll have to do two things: one, make sure you don't take in more calories elsewhere; and two, keep it up for longer than a week. One week isn't enough time to effect any more than a very, very temporary change in your weight.
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This is a response to your answer on my question. I'm the girl who's friend has valuable items of mine and won't give them back.
I want to reply to your answer, because frankly it pissed me off. What was the point of you responding? It did not help me at all and I like I said, the opinion of a stranger on my lifestyle is irrelevant. And the friend who has my items smokes weed as well, so no she isn't "trying to tell me something".
I obviously wrote in my answer that I didn't want criticism because I would just end up looking through all the responses and weeding (pun intended) out the ones I wasn't even going to bother reading because it told me to stop smoking.
Thanks but no thanks for your response. (link)
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you know, if you want to reply to someone's answer, you can give them a rating and reply in that manner. Don't clutter up the board with your ranting. And if you try to rate me low on this response, I'll report you to the moderators and have you banned.
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My favorite animal is a penguin, and I've been doing lots of research on them lately and I have what it needs to own one, but all the websites I've looked at just say to go to a different website and then that website has nothing to do with penguins. I dont need to know if it's even possible on owning a penguin is New York. So i decided to ask if anyone on this website knew anything about owning a penguin
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If you can see my avatar, you'll note that I am also a penguin enthusiast; I took the picture myself while I was in Antarctica. But there is a reason why no one has a penguin for a pet.
Penguins require a specific environment, even the ones which live in more temperate regions and not among polar ice. You wouldn't be able to feed it, care for it, or keep it healthy, and you sure as heck couldn't find a vet who was prepared to deal with it. Most important, penguins are as a rule very social animals who absolutely require the companionship of their own kind. You'd have to own about a dozen penguins to keep them happy; probably more.
Long story short, the only way you'll be able to own a penguin in a place like New York is if you build the sort of artificial environment that they have at a major zoo.
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Im 13, I'm a girl , The story starts in year 9 (8th grade) when i first gave a hj , i was dating this guy for a week, 1 week later , when i was still dating this guy, i gave another guy a hand job during a R.S lesson.then me and this guy broke up.
a month ago i was peer pressured/begged/forced into giving a guy i had spoken to once a blow job , he hasn't spoken to me since.
today a guy friend came round and we were watching a movie and we started making out , he then put his hands down my pants and fingered me, i let him and he did it 9 times , i also gave him 3 hand jobs. I'm still 13 , I'm turning 14 soon . does this make me a slut? (link)
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You're not off to a good start. A "slut" may not be how you think of yourself, but it will be the reputation you acquire unless you change your ways.
Think hard about whether you want to be known as the girl who guys can use to get off with, and then toss aside. That's where you're going. In some ways, it may be too late to entirely salvage your reputation, but you can at least stop before it gets worse.
If you keep going down this path, you're going to end up with not just a reputation as a slut or a whore - you're going to end up with an STD or a pregnancy.
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I'm starting to really hate, and despise my best friend's mother. She's too strict, and cultured. They're from Pakistan/Afghanistan. I've known her for like 5-6 years.
Anyways, I live in an apartment building. She lives 2 floors down. Her mom won't let her come over to my house because it's my step dad's day off from work.
Honestly, that is so insulting because my step dad is not a fucking rapist or a sex offender. I told my friend that him and my mom are out shopping anyways, and her mom is like "It doesn't matter, because he's going to come home anyways."
That is so insulting. Not just to my stepdad, but to ME and to my MOTHER. What kind of people does she think we are? (link)
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If your friend is from a Muslim family, then it's a religious thing. Conservative Muslims consider it inappropriate for a woman to be alone with a man who is not her father or brother. It is, in my opinion, a backward and misogynist way of thinking, but it exists nonetheless.
Your friend's mother may not be quite that conservative, but it is my guess that something like that is behind her insistence that her daughter not be around your stepfather. And it's not something you will be able to do ANYTHING about. Your friend's mother is not going to change her religious beliefs for you or for your family. You will not be able to reason with her, because she didn't arrive at her beliefs through reason; they were likely drilled into her as a child, and that's not easy to overcome even if she wanted to. It's not a personal insult against your stepdad or the rest of your family; she would probably feel this way no matter who you were.
This is just something which you will have to decide whether or not you can live with. It's not going to change until your friend is old enough to tell her mother that she can choose for herself who to associate with.
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Inalways black out when I stand up from mostly laying down but sometimes sitting down too. I normally black out for like seven seconds and get really lIgutheaded and have to sit down. Once a month I will fall down and start shaking back and forth for about a minute. I eat a lot and do track and cross country. I am 15 F thats about 115 lbs.I hate soda and only drink water. What could it be? What should I do? Thanks. (link)
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Since you are 15 years old, you must inform your parents that this is happening, and see a doctor as soon as possible. These kinds of symptoms can be a sign of something serious, perhaps even life-threatening.
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Thank you very much for the reply. We are planning to get married in 3 years time and what do you mean by'blackmail proof'? I feel so ashamed and i did not know how will he take it? i am so worried and i dont have peace of mind.I am going to lead a life in future and i did not want to hide anything from him.I just dont know how to start.. (link)
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"Blackmail Proof" wasn't meant to imply that someone might actually try to blackmail you in the future if you keep secrets; it was just a way of saying that shame should not prevent you from revealing them from someone you intend to marry.
Since you do wish to get married, you will need to tell him about this, or it will continue to eat you up inside and it will poison your relationship. He may not take it well, but I tend to think that since you are obviously remorseful, he will accept it as a matter of you being human, and therefore capable of mistakes.
There is a good side to this, which is that you will now be able to figure out whether he is the sort of person who can accept you warts and all. The time will come, someday in the future, when you will make another error in judgement - I say this not because I don't think you're a good or smart person, but because we ALL slip up sometimes. How he reacts here and now will tell you whether he will be forgiving when that day eventually comes.
Secrets of this type can destroy a marriage. One like it nearly destroyed mine. I am still married to my wife because she is the kind of person who can forgive. If your boyfriend is the kind of man who will make a good husband, he will also be able to forgive.
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