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What I meant was, I don't know how much help I would be with other things... NOT that I would be upset if you asked a non computer question!


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I am 20, female, average.

I have noticed for the past few days that my poop is pretty much non existent, and in its place is green slime. It doesn't smell like anything, it basically looks like mucus, but green in colour, almost a bright emeral green. Sorry for the details, but I was hoping by providing more I might get a better answer.

I am trying to figure out what is causing this variety of poop/slime, and what I can do to stop it.

I do plan on seeing a doctor if it hasn't resolved itself in a week; I'm just trying to find out before having to explain this to a person live... It's just that much more embarassing. (link)
Hi there,

This is something that you should see a doctor about sooner, rather than later.

I am not in any way a medical professional. With that in mind, there are too many things to rule out without competent medical help.

I looked up the symptoms you describe, and what I can see are ptential causes ranging from food poisoning and bowel infection all the way to liver failure.

Regardless of any of these things, the only smart thing to do here is see a doctor.

Please take care of yourself.


I have low risk HPV, I'm calling my doctor today to figure out which strand. I've had it for over a year but if my boyfriend eats me out then kisses me, could I transfer anything to my mouth? I don't think I have the type to cause warts but I do already have a small bump on the roof of my mouth. Any ideas? (link)
Hi there,

The important thing here is to remember that this is usually for life. This isn't something you should trick him into.

The short answer is yes, it will transfer to your mouth. And anywhere else he puts his mouth.

If he kisses his sibling, you have just cursed them with HPV for life. If you guys break up someday, you will have to live with the idea that any girl he marries in the future will also be cursed by your selfishness.

It is also important to note that condoms don't work very well at all with HPV.

Please don't do this.


topix is a website i first found in 2006 which was first created in 2005 and i countiuned to go on it in 2007 and 2008 but in 2009 things got unpleasent and now i just decided that i was through with it so now i want to get banned as in having every thread i have been on deleted and even the people i made up will be deleted even the threads i put them on so that it can be like i never even came (link)
Well, you can't really do that, unless you were under 13 when you posted things there.

If that is the case, make a list of every post you made and click the abuse report link by each one. Tell them that you were 10 (or whatever) when you started using the site and your mom found out and wants everything about you taken off the site.

If not, you can go here:

http://www.topix.com/topix/contact

... use the feedback system and report your situation to the site administrators.

There is nothing anyone except them can do for you.

I can tell you that if you were underage at the time, they take that very seriously.


i purchased a new comuter 6/10. 3 weeks after the purchase the comuputer showed signs of issues. i contact customer support tech and they tried to help, then they transf me to a case manager. the case manager reviewed the issues and decided it was the hard drive, that was based on the tech support dempartment. no one at this time had physically came out and viewed the computer. HP placed on line a bid ( which I did not know that is what they were doing at the time) for a bid to come out and install a hard drive. they received the low bid and req the tech to come out to my home and install a hard drive. the hard drive was shipped o/n to my house. the tech came out and installed the hard drive and that was all, he stated he bid on just installing the hard drive and nothing else. so he left. HP also delivered the the recovery disc for the computer that would need to be installed after the hard drive was installed. HP stated I had to install the recovery disc. In an effort of over 8 hours of trying to install the hard drive (they stated normal time for install is 4 hrs) i could not get the installation disc to download. I called HP back and they put out a bid again for a tech to come out to install the recovery disc. Keep in mind no tech has physically looked at the computer to see what it really needed. In my research I discovered the people they send out to the house are just subcontractors that bid on a job. HP does not know anything about their skills or who they are, they do not have to be qualified to bid on a job. I did not know who or what type of person was being sent out to the house or their qualifications, or if they were just out of prison or what.
After this person installed the recovery disc, he also left stating that his bid was only to install the recovery disc. the computer is still not working and i am having issue and it has not been fixed. there is really no way that is can be diagonised until someone physically comes out to look at it. the Warranty states, that if there is any issues, that within 24 hours a new computer will be delivered at the door stip and then the old would be shipped back. I have the in home warranty with full replacement. In order to get the hard drive, when it was first replaced, HP stated it has to come from China and it would take about 2 weeks to get it built. I asked if that was the case, then why would they state in the warranty what they do. They did not have an answer for that. Now they are telling me that they do not have a qualified Tech in Oklahoma to service the comuter and that I need to send it in for repair and it will take about 3 weeks to have it repaired.
The warranty indicated I would have in home repair or next day replacement and that is what I expect. I cannot help it if they do not have a tech in Oklahoma qualified to work on this type of computer. I suggested what they need to do is to build me a new computer, send it to me and then I will send in my computer to them. I have the same type of warranty on my printer and all I had to do was to call HP, then sent out the next day a new printer along with a return label and I then returned my broke printer to them. And then one they sent me broke about 2 weeks later and they did the same thing again. Now they want me to prepay for a new computer, for them to send me a new computer and then when I return mine, they will refund me my 3,500 again. I do not have that kind of money to do that. After all the computer started having issue about 3 weeks into receiving the new one. I have documented trouble ever since that date. Now the Case manager is no longer returning my phone calls. What can be done and what is my responsibility. I cannot get a return phone call from anyone at Case management.
Your help will be very much appreciated.
Judy Davenport (link)
Dear Judy,

Once upon a time I bought a computer from HP for an office I was working in. My experience is very much like your own.

First, let me start by saying that $3,500 is an outrageous amount of money for a computer these days, and for this price, you should have had full on red-carpet treatment.

What you are experiencing has a great tradition at HP. I bought the bleeding edge of technology (at the time) and received junk. Straight out of the box there were problems. One thing after another, over and over again.


It took almost half a year to get it straightened out, and this is with me being a professional in the field who was able to diagnose the issues on my end! In fact, had I not lucked into an honest case manager, who was planning to leave the company because he was tired of dealing with having no choice but to disappoint customers all day, every day... it would likely never have been resolved.

Let me fill you in on something you may not have been aware of at the time of purchase: You can buy pretty much top of the line anywhere for less than what you paid for your HP. You could buy a new AlienWare (much higher quality, though focused on gamers, mainly) machine for less than that.

If you ask me a question directly to my inbox and tell me what you do with your machine, I will help you find a place that has the perfect machine for you.

Now, this business with HP has gone on long enough. Call them again, and explain that you will go as high up the chain of command as you need to to be heard. In my case I had been leaving notes for the CEO before I was assigned a new case manager.

Do whatever you have to to get your money back. They failed on the warranty they sold you, and that business about having to have a hard drive built in China just for you... that was an outright lie.

Your state most likely has a "Lemon Law" that will help you in this if it comes down to it. The requirements vary by state. In my state, the machine had to have the same issue three times and they would basically force them to refund you.

I would exhaust all avenues with HP before I went another route, but make sure that they know you are aware of said lemon law, that you WILL file a complaint with the BBB and that you are aware you are not the only one this has happened to:

One of the many HP sucks websites:

http://hewlett-packard-sucks.com/

... It is in their best interest to be done with you as a customer and refund your money, if they know that you will vocally proclaim the horrors of your experience to anyone who will listen.

If they tell you to send the computer in and they will refund you... do two things: Have someone witness the packaging. I suggest you have it professionally packaged by someone like your local UPS Store. I know the packaging is all there, but they may say it was fine until you sent it back and packed it incorrectly. Take this opportunity away from them.

Secondly: Insure it for the full value. Just trust me on this one.

If they send you a pick-up tag for UPS or FedEx, remember: You can still have it professionally packaged, then use that tag to send it.

If there is anything else I can do to assist you with this, please drop a line in my inbox here.

Thank you, and good luck!

P.S. I want to make it clear that I did have a positive outcome when all was said and done with my situation, but had it not been for one brave soul at HP who was completely fed up with how things were going, I doubt it would have been a happy ending.


i read in cosmo magazine about this website where you can upload a pic of your bf and yourself and other people can compare you guys to see if you guys look good together. does anyone the name of the site? it's driving me crazy! thank you all :) (link)
Hi there,

If I understand correctly you are looking for hot-or-not for couples, right?

There are a few I am aware of:

Do We Look Good:

http://dowelookgood.com/

SuckerFish.com:

http://www.sucker-fish.com/rate.php?category=1

Rank My Photos(The couples category:)

http://www.rankmyphotos.com/hotornot.php?c=couples

Hot or Nots has a couples section:

http://hotornots.net/ratemypic/rate-3.html

... BUT there are so many ads there that the site is hard to use.

If it wasn't one of these, I would like to know what it was too. :-)

Have fun.


So my friend found a Ceramic "Water Pipe", in a garage. It is about 2 feet tall, and is pretty old. It has the initials S.T. or it might even be Z.T. Im trying to find the creator of this Water Pipe so I can buy more from him/her. Any information would be helpful.

It has a very large Crescent Moon Base with a face, and an open mouth.

Please Help (link)
Hi there,

Like anything else, the best thing to do is approach places that collect, trade, sell or otherwise deal in the item to are looking to follow up on.

Start with the shops in your area that sell such things, and see what they have to say about your desired maker's mark.

There may even be a place on-line for collectors of like items.

Now for the part you probably won't listen to:

I am not here to tell you the evils of one thing or another that you might be smoking in said device... BUT, I would like to throw in a word or two about addiction.

Being addicted to just about anything is a bad thing. Some things can take over your life while you aren't paying attention.

Only you can answer the question of your relationship with anything that could be addictive. Tobacco, alcohol, pot, the internet or anything else that becomes an addiction can take over your life before you even become aware of it being a problem.

Please consider reading this:

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3107.pdf

... which basically has a quiz to help you figure out if you are addicted.

If the questions there make you feel uneasy, please consider reading this:

http://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/files/EN3113_2008.pdf

... which tells the story of other people about your age who have decided to change a few priorities in their lives around.

Ok, you can stop not listening now. :-)



Videos of "We Got Married" in english? where can I find them? (link)
Hi there,

I first learned of these because of the sweet potato couple episode. If you haven't seen that one, please consider watching it since it is wonderful. :-)

Here is a link to MySoju.com:

http://www.mysoju.com/we-got-married/

This is about the only place I know to get these We Got Married couples with English subtitles.

Enjoy!


Well , I love horses with a passion ! They're so beautiful honestly ! && Everytime I have a chance to ride them i won't hesitate to do it. i dont have my own horse. But does anyone know a horse club ! Or anything please help me.
(link)
Hi there,

Owning your own horse is both a blessing and a curse. It may be nice to have a horse you know the temperament of over the long term, but if you want to go away for the weekend, you have to find someone to tend your horse.

I just tell you that part now, so that you know there IS an upside to riding somebody else's horses. :-)

We don't have any idea where you live, so there is no way for anyone here to know if there is an equestrian center near you or not.

My suggestions for finding a place:

Look in the yellowpages under "Horses" and "Equestrian."

Look in the newspaper and on your local craigslist for people offering riding lessons.

You may not want horse riding lessons, but they will have horses you can rent and places you can ride. These folks will also know all the local horse people and organizations. If you find one person like this and ask them nicely, they will fill you in on everything you ever wanted to know about horses in your area.

Enjoy your new hobby. :-)


The inbuilt speakers on my laptop play every other sound, from wherever, besides my iTunes.
This is something new, since a couple of days ago iTunes still played.
I hear sounds from websites, online videos (YouTube) and so on. It's just iTunes that doesn't make a sound.
And yeah, the volume bar at the top is on full, and the timer shows that the song is actually playing.
What could be the problem?
I have a HP Pavilion dv5 laptop, operating Windows Vista, and the latest version of iTunes.

Any help is much appreciated. (link)
Hi there,

In Vista, practically everything gets a slider and mute in the volume mixer.

Right click on the speaker icon by your clock, and click "Open Volume Mixer."

Then, you will see sliders for everything you have open. You may have to scroll the list right or left to see everything.

Make sure you have iTunes open at the time you do this. Find the slider for it, make sure the mute isn't on it and that it is slid up.

That is the most common way this happens on Vista. If that wasn't your issue, let me know.


I used http.www.onlinedocumentconversion.com for Convert my PDF Document in Editable Format. I Convert my File Successfully but I see little much error in it there is also a option at the site to send the file for manual conversion.
Can anyone suggest me that may I send my file for manual? is this site is good? anyone try it before?
(link)
I haven't used their manual conversion system before. The reason is that I have had good conversions with both Abbyy FineReader, and Omnipage. These are both excellent OCR software and should do what you need.

I saw your other question that you had individual page scans, so I suggest OCR software first.

the only reason for manual conversion would be if your source documents are very hard to read or very low quality (bad printing for example) to start with.

If you decide to go with manual conversion, just make sure that they guarantee their work by offering you a money back guarantee if it goes badly.


I have a full scanned book pages in which I have to make some changes for my new publication. From where I can do this? (link)
Hello there,

The thing to understand is that the technology you require is called OCR, or: Optical Character Recognition.

This uses high level math to look at an picture of text and turn it into editable text.

There are many OCR programs out there, but the two that seem the best are:

Abbyy FineReader:

http://finereader.abbyy.com/

... which you can download and try for free first to see if it does what you need:

Download Abbyy FineReader Free Trial:

http://finereader.abbyy.com/trial/


Omnipage is also a fine product that many people use:

http://www.nuance.com/imaging/omnipage/omnipage-standard.asp

... I am unaware of a trial download for Omnipage, sorry.

Both of these can be bought for a discount on other sites such as eBay or Amazon.

OCR success really depends on your scans and source pages just as much as the software.

It is very important that if you use one of these programs and still have trouble, you re-scan your pages from the OCR software for better quality.

Good luck!


Well my girlfriend and i play with each other. but my dick did not enter. is it possible she get pregnant. (link)
Hi there,

You asked this twice. The one that will be answered is here:

http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=584884


Well Ilovee MY BOYFRIEND! && Ourr 1st Monthh Anniversary Iss Comingg UPP. I Need A Dedicationn Songg For Himm. Ihhts A Longg Distance Realationsship! We Havee A Lot In Columnn. Ihhtss Like A Fairy Talee.Ilh ! Anyy Suggestions On A Songg. Help Mee (link)
Please consider re-asking this using proper words, and I am sure someone would give you an answer.

Nobody here is picking on you, but you need to understand that if it looks like you aren't serious, then people think they are just wasting their time answering you.


For the Sims 2, I had a skin custum download that showed any sim girl I put it on to appear to have larger breasts, and for any male, abs.

I know you can download this for the Sims 3, but I can't seem to find it.
Does anyone know where I can download this from?

Note, I don't want the CAS sliders Mod The Sims has. That's completely different. (link)
Hi there,

After several hours of research and a discussion with the resident Sims expert here, we are at a loss.

The best we can do is point you to a couple places where the hardcore Sims 3 gamers share info:

Mod The Sims:

http://www.modthesims.info/

... Click the community link in the top menu and pick a forum to ask your question there.

The official Sims forum listing:

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/forums/list.page

... probably the "Creative Corner" forum as a start.

I am tempted to believe that it hasn't been ported to Sims 3 yet after being unable to find it either.

If you DO find it, would you please come back and add additional info to your question here letting others know where you found it?

Thank you!


Well I Am A Gurl && A Teenaqerr. Im In Lovee With Thiss Boy That Ihht Hurtss Too Knoee . Onee Day I Sat And Cried About Ihht INever Felt Thiss Way Before Or Cried Over A Boy What Doess Thiss Mean. ? (link)
Please re-submit this question using normal English.



So, this morning I got this message in my Hotmail inbox:
"Account Alert

Dear Valued Member,

Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused and unconfirmed Hotmail Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Info below after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

User Name: .................
Password: ......................
Date of Birth: ......................
Country Or Territory: ...................


After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently."

I somehow find this hard to take seriously. It doesn't look legitimate, and it's a bit strange.
So I was wondering if this is actually real, or some spammer again. The address where I received this from is not displayed.

Thank you. (link)
Hi there,

I get several of these a day... and I don't even have a hotmail account.

I get them supposedly from yahoo, in my yahoo box and supposedly from gmail...

... the only difference is this:

With gmail, these ALWAYS end up in my spam box and usually someone has already marked them as "phishing."

Anything you get like this is going to be fraudulent.

May I humbly suggest that you give gmail a whirl? The spam filter is the best of all I have tried.

Good for you, by the way, knowing something just wasn't quite right here. :-)



is 64 oz of water a gallon? (link)
Hi there,

Nope... That would be half a gallon.

32 oz = 1 quart

4 quarts = 1 gallon

... so, 128 oz = one gallon.



Due to assholes on the site and people who have no idea what the hell they are talking about I have left the site. Ahem, Dangernerd...Who likes to make assumptions about people when they do not know them ;) Then has brass balls to go search up whatever information he can gather so he has back fire to use whenever he feels like starting a little hissy fit. Let me remind those who read this, Dangernerd has a nasty tendency of using what you post on the site against you if you where to ever have a problem with someone on the site. Mind you, He likes to gather false information in a way that he thinks will benefit him in the long run.

This site is run by someone who doesn't have class, Who likes to pigeon hole people. The same guy who supposedly is running an "ADVICE" column but somehow has pre-teens asking about sex and how to do sexual things to their "partners" this site is also filled with people giving advice that is NOT helpful or use full in any form rather than most encouraging the young ones. Well lets get to the bottom of it, This site is a laughing matter. Dangernerd is a joke and couldn't be a bigger clown ;) (link)
Please understand that every paid user here as well as all the mods L2 and up can see the past questions of a given user. Those questions do not disclose the user id or name, unless said user has posted their user-name in a question.

This is something that every question page warns against doing.

For the record, the only things anyone here knows about you are things that you have posted here. Nobody "searched up" anything on you.

Had you not had so many abuse reports filed against you, you would have flown right under the radar here and nobody would even have known about your six different accounts.

You attracted scrutiny to yourself, yet you act as if you are being persecuted.

I understand that paranoia is part of your condition, as you have previous stated, so I suppose I understand where this is coming from.

Even after making an ass of yourself more than once here, you will notice that you still had access to continue posting this kind of thing.

It is at this point, sadly, that I am giving up on you as far as the site goes.

Perhaps your life will come together someday and you will return with an apology for the drama your presence here has caused. Perhaps not.

Please let this serve as your official legally posted notice that you are prohibited from using this site in any fashion until such time as you have documentation from a mental health professional certifying you as being mentally fit and emotionally stable enough to give advice to other people.

Thank you for offering your opinions. They are yours and you may do with them what you wish.

Please also realize that false allegations are legally actionable. Also for the record, persons under 13 are prohibited from using this site. This is a federal law and nothing to do with us.

Myself, and surely all of the mods here as well, wish you the best in everything and a much happier future than your present is and your past has been.



why are you such a bitch (link)
Pleasure to meet you as well.


15/m
I need advice on how to climb a 14er. I have already done Sherman and shavano, but I would like to train for the next one. Any suggestions on which one to do or how to train would be appreciated.
Thanks (link)
Hi there,

Let me get this out of the way before anything else is said: My number one piece of advice, other than re-thinking hobby choices, is always, ALWAYS, prepare for more time than you expect to be out there.

If you have a 1 day climb, pack supplies for at least 3 days. A 2 day climb should see you with 6 days of supplies.

This all sounds like overkill until you find yourself stuck waiting for rescue in bad weather. Biggest mistake you will ever make is thinking that something like that will never happen to you. Trust me. :-)

Other than that, I suggest you get in with a good crowd of accomplished climbers and ask them for tips. Advicenators isn't really home to a legion of intrepid explorers, but 14ers.com is.

Here is a link to the forums there:

http://www.14ers.com/phpBB3/index.php

That one link will point you to many good people who will help you stay safe and learn from their mistakes instead of making them all yourself. :-)





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