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Hi, everytime I open Windows Media and try to play one of my songs, it says a license is acquired. What does this mean/how can I fix it? Becuase I used to be able to play any song, now it gives me this message. Thanks. :] (link)
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Download Switch (http://www.nch.com.au/switch/) and convert them to mp3. As an added bonus, you can then play them with a program that doesn't suck.
In case you use p2p, I'd like to warn you *never* to download windows media files that way. The license 'feature' is a significant vector for viruises.
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does anyone know what the japanese word for *peace* is? ive tried google...it didnt work. thanks! (link)
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I'm going to vote for 'heiwa.' Although, wahei is very similar; they're identical except that the order of the kanji is reversed, which is confusing to my little (non-japanese-speaking ;p) mind.
和 わ (n) (1) sum; (2) harmony; peace; 'wa' (probably not this one)
平和 へいわ (adj-na,n) peace; harmony; 'heiwa'
和平 わへい (n,vs) peace; 'wahei'
I also found that 和平プロセス 'wahei purosesu' means 'peace process,' which combined with the fact that it has a one-word definition makes me want to lean toward 'wahei,' but the first person to reply may very well have greater knowledge of the language. Kyuui can also mean 'peace, tranquility' but it has several hominyms with different kanji:
球威 きゅうい (n) (pitcher's) stuff; 'kiyuui'
旧衣 きゅうい (n) worn-out clothes 'kiyuui'
休意 きゅうい (n,vs) peace; tranquility; 'kiyuui'
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html is a handy japaneseenglish dictionary. It seems to work best with the 'exact word match' box checked.
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my teacher is makin everyone do an extemporaneous speech which is just a regular speech but u only git 24 hours to prepare for it and you have to answer a question. my question is which sex is more responsible for birth control. i need everyones opinions so tell me what you think and why you think that. i rate high cuz this is obviously easy. thnx in advance. (link)
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Hah, good one. It's mock-controvercial, which makes it a good topic of debate that won't overtly offend anyone. If you argue that it's the boy, boys will be offended but not say anything because they think it'll make them look like chauvanistic pigs, and if you argue that it's the girl, almost everyone will think that it's slightly feminist but logical. This is going to be a borderline, rant, but maybe you can get something out of it. ;p
Honestly, I'd have to say girls. As I mentioned, that viewpoint is generally looked down on as chauvanistic - it's the girl who will get pregnant, after all - but it seems more logical no matter how I look at it.
1) Girls have more and easier birth control options. Most of them are outmoded, but both the pill and implants (time release, not IUD) are easy and effective.
2) It's the girl that gets pregnant, so she should be the one that worries about it. This is the stickler, but I can't think of anything illogical about it.
I would recommend that you start off explaining the traditional view (it should be men because...), but I can't really think of an objective "because." Maybe "because they're getting a free ride," but with mandatory child support that's not true at all. I suspect that the old view exists in large part to the fact that the only birth control device available for many years was condoms, and because as a result of that the woman in an accidental pregnancy is thought of as a victim.
It may also be worth mentioning that even if the 'women should be the ones who use birth control' view is right, it's still irresponsible for men to not use it. There are women who lie about being on birth control, have a baby so that they can get the child support, and spend it on completely unrelated things. And there's *nothing* that the man can do about it (except prevent it from happening in the first place).
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I don't think anyone will really know the answer to this, but it's worth a shot.
Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies of all time. *stop reading if you don't want any spoilers, but considering it's 12 years old I think I'm on the safe side* Anyway... at the end Jenny dies, presumably of AIDS. It seems like the symptoms point to it. That said, wouldn't that mean that Forrest and Forrest Jr. end up dying? The end does not imply that at all but that's the only thing that makes any sense. If she had AIDS and then gave birth, she passed it onto Junior. Having sex with Forrest to conceive Junior would have passed it on as well.
Sorry. This has just been bothering me for a long time because even though it's just a movie I'd be sad if they had to die too. :( heh. (link)
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It's entirely possible that she did get it after having Jr., but she seemed like the breakup fling type....
Also, people who have AIDS can give birth to children who do not. I forget what sort of circumstances are and are not necessary, it's just something I remember from health class... like six years ago.
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ok. i feel really stupid but, what is a noob? a lot of my friends say it on the computer and i'll feel really dumb if i ask. thanks :P (link)
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If you don't know what it means, you are one. Nice near-circular definition, eh? :)
Last I heard it was short for 'newbie,' a British-origin slang word which is, itself, short for "new boy." The definition has evolved slightly since then, as evidenced by the other posts. Note that it's non-gender-specific now.
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how do you get on myspace on a school computer ? (link)
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I assume that the school computer is blocking myspace. More detail in a question is nice.
There are apparently a variety of methods, but the only (effective) one I understand is Circumventor. To use it, you'll need a home computer with an active internet connection and either no NAT or port-forwarding. If you have either of these and don't understand them, ask the person who set up your home network.
The web site for it is here: http://www.peacefire.org/circumventor/simple-circumventor-instructions.html Follow the instruction on that page. When you start the program, you can get an address from it; at school, enter that address in a web browser. It will send you to the proxy you have installed on your home computer, and you can browse that way. Of course, your home computer will have to be on and connected to the internet.
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hi i was just wondering.. is anyone out there lebanese? because i speak arabic. and i am from lebanon i like know no one from my school that is lebanese. i hate tha no one really knows what i mean when i say that i miss my grandmother and aunts and uncles back in lebanon.. i try to accept the fake that i don't live there but its still really hard i love it so much and miss it so much.. i go there every summer and can't wait to go again thaxxxxxxxxxxxx so muchhhh :) (link)
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Skype can search for users by country and language, although you really need a microphone to use it.
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Hey, I'm about to see MontyPython's Life of Brian. This may seem weird and prudish, but I saw the rating R for nudity and blasphemy. I'm 13, and my family really wants to watch it, I really don't care about blasphemy/sacrilege, but I'm worried about the nudity part. How much nudity is in it? A lot? Just a couple flashes? Thx, But if you think I'm stupid and prudish and wish to leave a nasty comment, either because MontyPython is sacriligeous or you think I'm an asshole for asking this question, go ahead. I can very easily give you a bad rating. (link)
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I recall full frontal (though brief and at mid range) male nudity. Possibly a girl or so as well, but if so they were less scarring to my impressionable young mind and I've since forgotten them.
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I need any information anybody has on chloroform. Whats it look like, how do I use it on a person to knock them out, is it illegal, is it in the pharmacy for medication I need a perscription for or is it with the tylenol and stuff, whats it really supposed to be used for, and how and where do I buy it. (link)
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I don't really want to know WHY you want know, but I can answer a few of those.
Using chloroform on someone is, indeed, illegal. I'd hazard a guess that it counts as first degree assault. I don't think you'll find it for sale anywhere, but it can be made with household chemicals. It was origionally used for anaesthetic (invented by Napoleon's surgeon, if I remember correctly).
Directions for making it (with pictures) are here: http://www.sci-spot.com/Chemistry/chloroform.htm
As for applying it to someone, I don't really know. It was typically administered as gas or vapor, and according to TV you can soak a rag with it and apply it to the peerson's face. Note that using it is dangerous, and can cause death.
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Hey I was wondering if Someone could help me get started on some Anime. I like how alot of it looks, and my friend showed me some..please help I rate high with good feedback! Thanx! (link)
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Most anime (im my opinion) really is very bad.
However, Ghost in the Shell is very, very well done, and Full Metal Alchemist is quite watchable. There's dubbed versions of both on Adult Swim, but anime is so much better with subtitles that I refuse to watch GitS dubs (haven't found an FMA sub). If you've got a decent connection, you can get GitS episodes at about 150-200 megabytes each. (search 'GitS sac lmf' at isohunt.com and you'll get one result, a torrent for a large file containing the entire first season. Alternatively, search 'ghost in the shell' on Limewire for individual episodes. Season one is called 'stand alone complex,' and season two is called '2nd gig').
On the darker side are Hellsing(lots of gore) and Elfen Lied (lots of gore and AND gratuitous nudity).
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okay I just got my braces today and I think I look kinda stupid, but I just wanted to know if anyone knows whether or not it's harder to kiss, I've never actually kissed a guy but I have my braces for 2 years so I think I'll probably kiss a guy within those 2 years, so if anyone could help me that would be great, thx!
Anna (link)
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I haven't noticed any problems. I suppose they can be a little awkward, but the other person probably won't notice. Just keem them clean, eh? :\
(if you bend over the last inch of the floss and twist it, you can make a fast floss threader. Much easier than the ones they give you)
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I am so tired of people writing "liek dis" Spell correctly so that you can actually get some advice! I don't even know how those questions even appear on the site if it's not even understandable...Does anyone agree with me or am I just illiterate? (link)
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I just don't read them. If they don't care enough to type right, I definitely don't care enough to read it.
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how do you turn color pictures into black and white?? i will rate!! (link)
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Photographs, or computer pictures?
With a photograph, you could take a picture of the first photo using black and white film (if you set it up right there shouldn't be much quality loss), or you could go to a copy place and they should be able to make a B&W version on decent quality paper, or you can scan it into a computer, convert it to black and white, and print it (preferably on photo paper). It's possible that one could develop the film in such a way that the resulting photograph was B&W... but I don't know anything about photography.
If it's a computer image, you'll have to use some sort of image editing program. Photoshop is best, if you've got access to a copy, or the free version of Project Dogwaffle should be able to do it. There must also be a thousand less well known programs which you could find and use for the job. Alternatively, send it to me and I'll do it and send the B&W version back, though I'm going to bed in maybe half an hour. uc_asc at yahoo.com
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Ok...im 14 and i have been made fun of since 4th grade....everyday i get called gay and it just makes me feel terrible...and i dont know why they do it ...i make good grades and im a good person... i jsut would like to know what to do... (link)
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Fascinatingly enough, when one mocks another they reveal their own fears. Well, all that means is that the gay-callers are afraid of being gay, but it's kind of neat.
On a more relevant note, once I realised that nobody had a good reason to taunt me and that therefore those who did were idiots and could safely be ignored, I stopped caring so much. Mind you, I now, ah, exhibit antisocial tendencies, and I'm very much not a good person, so that might not be the way to go.
On the plus side, you're on the downhill now, kind of. Once you get to college it'll mostly (or completely) stop. And if you can get into the running start program*, you can go to a community or technical college for the last two years of high school. Look into that.
*This exists in the US. It may exist in other countries, possibly under a different name.
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Am I the only one that believes people should type correctly when asking a question? Is there some way to create something that would change words that were "Chatspeak" to English?
For example:
there is dis boi, i relli relli like him! wat do i do?
Would become:
There is this boy, I really, really, like him! What do I do?
I know that is a dumb question to start with, but it's an example. I don't know how to create a program that would change the "fake" words into "real" words.. if you know, and would share, you rock!
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It would be possible but really, really hard to do. You'd need to somehow arrange a proxy program for your browser, and get it to change out 'chatspeak' with real words.
From a translating perspective this is very simple, but implementing an arrangement like that is beyond most people without professional experience. Now, the people who run tools like the Google page translator could add another language type in minutes, and after that it's just a matter of making a list of 'chatspeak' words. I know that somewhere out there there's already a 'Mr. T' page translator and a 1337 page translator.
But for practical purposes, you'll probably be better off just not reading it. I don't; if someone doesn't care enough to type legibly, I sure's hell don't care enough to give myself a headache reading it.
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does anybody understand how to play the game minesweeper thats usually on computers? Like i understand how to play it but how do u no where the "mines" are or whatever (link)
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When you click on a square, the number it shows (if it doesn't kill you) indicates the number of mines adjacent to that square.
To play, I click around until it opens up an area, then expand on that. For example:
Where 1s are numbers, -s are unclicked squares, and os are blank clicked suqares:
oo-
11-
1--
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You know that the - down and to the left of the upper-left one is a mine, because there are no other unclicked squares adjacent to that one. So you can click all the squares which are adjacent to the ones which are adjacent to the mine, and possibly get something that looks like this:
ooo
111
1-1
11-
or this:
ooo
111
1-2
12-
in which case you know that the lower right -is a mine because the numbers adjacent to both -s are twos.
There's a lot of tricks you can use to depermine where mines are, and eventually the hardest difficulty can be possible. However, in some situations it's not possible to know which square is a mine, so you've got to take a gamble.
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