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This has been bugging me for a while.I noticed that under the Sponsored Links sections on Myspace,they always cater the the individual that owns the Myspace(maybe the computer?.What I'm wondering is-where and how exactly do they get the information on you to be able to do this?

Most ads take the content that is on the page they are on, and give targeted ads based on that. The ones that are on Myspace do this. So if the page talks about apples, the ads will be for apple pie recipes, apple scented perfume, etc. You can see the ads around this are probably weight loss, because advicenators is known for that. The Google Adsense bot hasn't crawled this specific page yet, so it's using the data from the past.

There are some ads that do as ammo says, DoubleClick is the biggest ad provider that does this. Since spyware removers often remove these cookies, the number of providers that do it is decreasing. From what I can tell, myspace ads don't do this.

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What are websites similar to Myspace?

When you're looking for related sites, search dmoz:
http://dmoz.org/Society/Relationships/Friendship/Services/
and look in the "catagory" section of the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Community_websites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Virtual_communities

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Just out of curiousity, what do you prefer better, Yahoo Answers or Advicenators and why?

I like the slower pace of Advicenators. Every time you refresh Answers, there is a bunch more questions asked, too many for me to keep track of. I like being the first to answer questions, so it doesn't sound like I'm copying the person before me, and in my experience that's impossible with Answers. Also, I'm also not a fan of Yahoo; I try to stay away from their products.

But, like Thew says, its harder to find quality questions on Advicenators; I really hate the "there's this boy", "how do I loose weight", "IT'S URGENT"(which turns out to be about makeup). And there's almost no questions later at night, since the L2 mods all seem to be near the same time zone.

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Alright, so let's say you are a maybe not depressed, but not happy person.. Maybe like, neutral ALL the time.. & Let's say you take pills for depression.. What happens? Would it help? What would it make you feel like?

"your mind starts to think and you dont want that."
So that explains everyone on this site...
(jk)

Depression pills are designed to correct an imbalance of chemicals in your brain. If there is no imbalance, the drugs could overcompensate and make bad things happen, including depression. They don't make you "happy".

According to the clinical criteria and what you told us, it sounds like you aren't suffering from depression. There could be something you didn't tell us, look at my test:
http://theymos.com/dep.php

You can always go to a psychiatrist, they'll know more that advicenators users. Good luck!

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I just got a Macbook (an apple), and I'm worried. My brother took my other computer, and I had been looking at porn. I deleted the history. Just now I was searching threw my setting and other thing and I came across "Cookies." I clicked it and it's checked on "Only from sites you navigate to..for ex.. not from advertisers on those sites." I clicked "Show Cookies," and it showed these porn websites. Apperntly they had cookies. My brother was complaining about my old computer being so slow, and not to mess with it.. that he's going to take it to his appartment and fix it. I'm afraid he's going to look in cookies or something. Do you have any idea for me what to do? I can't go to that computer at all.

If you can't go to that computer, obviously you can't delete the cookies. He probably won't look at cookies, it's not something that slows the computer down. The list of cookies could have thousands of entries, so I doubt he'll see anything you don't want him to, even if he looks at them.

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i need a recording software for my computer that is free or a trail download or some one can send me. i am looking for fetures such as recording through microphone / recording overlay (so i can listen to a part i allready recorded, and record while listening to that part) and any other kool fetures but the overlay and mic part are what i want most at the moment thanks :P.

PS: names of sofware, or if any one has any tips for "ulead video10" recording because that is what i am using at the moment

thanks alot in advance

http://tinyurl.com/2qa2n3

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ok, i've been looking EVERYWHERE for a scroll box list for myspace. example, i list all my intrests and its in a little box,annd its like a drop down list. you click the arrow and it shows all of your interests? any idea where i can find one? (i've tried google,obviously)

Like this maybe?


item 1
item 2

You might also be interested in my ImageBox:
http://geocities.com/theymos/imagebox.html

Sorry I answered after the whateverlife answers, I had a bunch of questions open at once and forgot to refresh the page.

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if i try weed/ a cig
will i get addicted the first time
of do you get addicted if you do it more than once?

Marijuana isn't addictive at all, so you'll never get addicted to it. Some people will feel the urge to use cigarettes after the first time, but the urge isn't as strong as it would be after smoking for a long time.

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in the 'about me' section of my myspace, i wanna make the font size bigger for certain things. how do i do that?

The W3C(the people who invented HTML) recommend you do this instead:

big text

The possible values for font-size are:
xx-small
x-small
small
medium
large
x-large
xx-large
10pt, 20pt, etc

You can actually get the font bigger or smaller than this way, since the max for size="number" is 7(and 1 in the other direction), and with the recommended way, there is no max. Font-size:120pt and font-size:1pt will work.

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I am going in to computer programming as my career. I am also getting a laptop but I am not sure what to get as I need to be able to expand my horizon in order to program. I really dont want Vista b/c everyone I have talked to says it sucks. Please dont refer me to websites as I have already tried many of them. I need to now specifics on what type of notebook to get and please dont answer if you do not know what you are talking about. Thank you.
*Keosha*

I'm not sure what you want, since you can program on anything. Windows 95, vista, xp, linux, OS X, it doesn't matter. You can program on the computer you're using to read this. If you're looking to expand your horizons, you can install ubuntu linux:
http://ubuntu.com

Here's a seller of notebooks:
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=32&name=Notebooks-Laptops
I buy most of my hardware from newegg, you'll find a good price there.

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How can you get rid of a sore throat by Saturday? Or at least some methods to make it feel better for that day.

I woke up with one today, and I am going to Six Flags with my class.

Thank you in advance.

Gargle water mixed with cayenne pepper. Keep spitting it out and gargling it 'till it's gone, then don't drink anything for 10 minutes. That's my cure of choice, and it always works for me.

Here's a wikihow search, if you don't like my cayenne method:
http://www.wikihow.com/Special:LSearch?fulltext=Search&search=sore+throat

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I asked a question about drinking, and the people said I was 14 and I shouldn't be drinking. Not the point. The point isss that I didn't give that information, and they said they saw it on my profile... How did they see my profile? I thought this website had a sense of Privacy?

Only level 2+ moderators can connect a question with a user. Paid users can't, level 1 moderators can't. Paid users *can* see your age. Here's what paid users see:
http://www.advicenators.com/img/paidbox.gif
And here's the list of moderators, with their levels:
http://www.advicenators.com/mod.php?mode=list
If someone other than a level 2+ moderator knew who you were, you must have given it away somehow.

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I have a business which is www.yourstarstore.com. Now I am really depressed I put all this work into my company and I'm still trying to advertise and I havent got any thing out of it yet. I invest almost 2,000 just for the design of the site alone. Please tell me if you can give me some advice are even if someone can help me.

That is a really nice site. Add and in the section, so that search engines like it more. Also, fill out the form halfway down this page:
http://www.bluehatseo.com/quit-quick-indexing-tool

Your PageRank(how important your page is, according to Google) is 0 out of 10. I can raise it to 1 out of 10, just add a link to the bottom of your site leading to theymos.com, with a link text of "enhanced by theymos". Email me when you've done that.

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can you keep a monkey as a pet? like where would you buy one, and would you need a liscence or anything? thanks

No, you can't. You aren't allowed to have exotic pets like that in the US.

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What is a good digital camera?

I'm at a loss to where to start.

I don't know much about cameras. I'm trying to learn and understand it. I would like my pictures to come out with some distance instead of having the pictures come out up too close. To have a good focus but not so much macro.

I'll be taking pictures of models and I really want the best camera in a range of $500-$800.

I want a camera that won't pick up bad details.. for example skin flaws or perspiration. The camera I have now, picks up the slightest red tone to the skin. I don't want to constantly edit the photos.


Any help? Websites?

Try this for camera buying guides:
http://tinyurl.com/2nyhrs

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ahh ok i moved my computer to one side of my room to my other, i just unpluged i didnt turn it off properly i no not smart on my part but not my computer screeens wicked bluee does anyone to how to fix itt id love you foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

The tech industry calls that the Blue Screen Of Death. It's formally called a Stop Error. Tell us what it says, verbatim, and we might be able to help. Try restarting the computer, or starting it it safe mode(hold down F8 while starting it, and select safe mode).

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you know how like when you type ♥ you get a heart...
but what is the code to get colored letters¿

There's no small specific code for a colored heart, but html entities(like ♥) are affected by font colors. So



will show up as a red heart.

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Ok for years there's been dots on my arms and they aren't freckles.

It's only on my arm above my elbow and it's goose bumps but it will never go away and I'm always hot so it can't be that I'm cold.

Is it really bad? How do i get rid of it? Will I die?

It's keratosis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratosis_pilaris
It's not a big problem, and many people have it.

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i have this project and i need to get 100 people to do this four question survey. me and my friends already got some people, but it will be very helpful if you answered these questions to increase the numbers.. seriously, this will take you like less than a minute to type!~ :]

1.Would you rather eat skittles or M&Ms?
2.What is your favorite kind of chocolate? White, Milk, or Dark?
3.Which would you like to have inside a chocolate bar? Nuts, caramel, or fudge?
4.What is your favorite flavor of starburst? Yellow, Orange, Pink, or Green?

thanks for answering! remember to choose one, and in your answer do something like the sample below:

1. skittles/m&ms
2. white/milk/dark
3. nuts/caramel/fudge
4. yellow/orange/pink/black

again, thankyou!

1. M&Ms
2. Dark
3. Nuts
4. Orange

Good luck!

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What program(s) do I need to make icons that move such as the one below? I need a program that's easy to use, free (or at least has a free tutorial), and can make icons like this.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a392/renata3434/icons/office89.gif

(that icon isn't made by me, by the way)

I would really appreciate it! Thank you so much!

Those images are called animated GIFs. Here's a search that will help you:
http://tinyurl.com/2wo7ej

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