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Q: Okay I have had my ipod for about 3 years. I love it, I have about 500 songs on it! My old computer with my itunes that had all my songs on it crashed. So I got me a new one a little while ago. I have itunes downloaded but i don't know if i should use it? I bought some new songs i wanna download but when i plug in my ipod to sync, it doesn't give me the option to put all the songs on my ipod already in my current itunes library. I don't want to loose them they costs to much. What should I do?

im not sure if you know this but you can only download purchased songs (purchased from itunes) back onto your computer from your ipod. that being said these are the steps to download songs from your ipod to the computer:
1. when you plug your ipod in do not sync it. just click out of that box if it gives you the option
2. go to files and select transfer purchases from ipod. and then follow the instructions
3. if it says something like the computer is not authorized go to store (the link at the top of the window) and select authorize this computer or authorize computer. you can only have 5 authorized computers at one time. so if you dont use that computer a lot you can deauthorize the computer using that same link.

im not sure if i helped let me know how that works and if it doesnt ill try to figure something out!

Q: I dont want to post it for fear that someone might steal it. Its really original.. and SICK. (: Haha on New Years day I thought about 2011 and laughed cause it seemed pretty impossible to make glasses for that year and then went on MS paint and drew a pretty badass concept.

Like maybe I could sell my idea but how do I come about that sort of thing? Who do I sell it to? Or do I patent it first? IDK. How do I even patent something..? I'm 15 years old and in the United States.

Or, I could make the sunglasses myself but I'd rather not do that cause i have no idea how to do that and make them look good and legit like the ones you see on TV during new years.

So I either patent it, send my idea to companies, or make them myself. What do I do? A combo? Of which? And how?

THANKS SO MUCH. LYSM♥

I wondered what they were going to do as well haha.
so i found out who ran the event of the ball dropping in time square. the organization is called time square alliance i was searching and off to the right on this website

http://www.timessquarenyc.org/deals/deals.html

is an advertisement for what any ideas you might have for the event. and i felt like the glasses were included in that.

it seems to me like you're trying to make money off of this idea im not sure how to do that. i think you should email the company using the advertisement not give them the idea right away and then ask them

if you want to patent your idea go to this website

http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/patent/patentfull.html

it shows you what a patent is, if your idea is able to be patented and you can look to see if the idea is already out and then from there it shows you how to patent something. (just click on the number you want to learn about..you'll know what im talking about when you get there)

that should ensure that they have to pay you. BUT they're might be people willing to give them their ideas without pay. so be careful with that!

hope i helped!

Q: whats a good way to pass the time in a hospital... for 3 days. have computer, any good games or anything please

it gives you an excuse to get things done that you normally wouldnt be able to cause you didnt have time

read a book that you havent had time for. those kind of things, get some me time.

best of luck to you or loved one

Q: I've only been friends with this guy for 2 months now, but the rate at which we got close to each other was astounding. I can consider him one of my best friends, if not my actual best friend.

A month ago he had told me that he liked me. I had been developing slight feelings for him at that time but after he sat me down and told me this I found myself repulsed and kind of angry at him for ruining the natural flow of the friendship. For a while we went as close, but recently I've noticed that my feelings are growing again. We are perfect for each other, and he might very well be my soul mate. Even his dad's friend remarked that we should get married, which made me very uncomfortable at the time.

I can see myself spending my life with him. But I'm so young and not serious at all with men. I usually date guys that are attractive but we aren't friends, which leads me to separate sex from an actual friendship, so I don't see him sexually at all, so I can't imagine an actual relationship with him and sleeping with him. He's also shorter and smaller than me, which is something I've never had before because I'm not that tall and pretty thin.

He treats me so so well and I know I would be very happy with him if I can get over the sexual aspect. But i'm afraid to admit that i have feelings for him, because if I do, then there's no turning back. I also know that I will hurt him when I flirt with other guys. And in that case I will ruin something that potentially could be forever. this is something that could be very serious but i'm afraid the timing's not right. i'm afraid of myself i don't trust myself. but if i don't tell him soon i feel that he will pull away, he already is, it seems it's tormenting him immensely and he has stopped talking to me. i don't want to lose what i have now with him, but i also don't want to lose everything when there's more at stake in the future.

what do i do???? i haven't felt this strongly about anyone in a long time, but i'm also prone to changing my feelings a lot and i'm afraid. i don't want to mess this up or hurt him. i also don't want to see him with another girl, what if he finds someone else. how do i see past his physicality?

This is what is happening to me right now.
my best guy friend told me he liked me and then asked me out i said no cause i didnt want to ruin anything. i never told him i had feelings for me

and just this past week he got a girlfriend which sucks cause i have to act like im happy for him and what not but really its torture!

go for it cause if you dont you'll lose him cause he wont wait forever. just tell him that if anything doesnt turn out you want to be friends still and not the kind of friends who dont talk and just say they are friends, tell him you want things to be the same.

i say go for it, you dont want to wonder later in life what if? you know what i mean??

Hope i helped

Q: hey i am a 18/f & tomorrow i start volunteering at this church where i will get to work with babies, kids who're 2 and up etc. well i've never taken care of a baby. i've held one, but i've never fed, changed a baby's diaper (i don't know how to do that). i am really nervous to even work with two year olds because i know its hard. please help me!! thanks

i have a little sister who is 2 and as long as you play with her shes fine.

most games she invents herself like shaking chalk in a cup (not lying) which she calls candles. no idea but when i do it with her it makes her happy. haha.

as long as you're making sure they arent hitting and sharing with each other you're good to go.

oh yeah, and they can understand you, so if you ask them what they are talking about or your say show me (cause sometimes i have no idea what they are talking about) you can figure it out.

Good luck

Q: I didn't know what category my question would go under..here it is

What does down to earth mean?

Like when someone says your so down to earth

Thanks just curious :)

yeah its a good thing, it means like your real. your not fake and your chill, so to speak. you dont have your head up in the clouds.

Hope i helped!

Q: 16/f

so basically, my best friend's little sister's best friend i HEAR is abused by her older step brother. i used to know him 3 years ago, and i never thought he was like that but i just saw him a year ago and he tried gettin with me and said things to me i didnt like.

the girl is 13 and he is 16-17. i really think hes capable of this, but im not for sure that my source was reliable and i cant really get the real information because the person that told me isnt supposed to know.

so basically, how can i tell someone anonymously if i really dont know all the information ? because shes a sweet girl and doesnt deserve this.

thanks !

call her school, talk to a guidance counselor or you can go in yourself.

they can keep it confidential and can call her to the office when your gone and ask her about it, if they are suspicious of anything they will call authorities.

thats one why so that she can be questioned and you dont have to go straight to the authories without completely valid information. the thing is you need to tell someone.

some people might get mad about it in the end but the younger will be thankful in the long run.

hope i helped!

Q: I really enjoy Adam Lambert's song "For Your Entertainment". I would love to get some songs that are similar to that. I guess I'm looking for sexy, seductive, fast songs like his. If anyone could give me any artists that have songs like that, it would be great (male or female artists, old or recent).

im not sure what kind of music you like but

brutha: like this
Drake: best i ever had
JaRule: Body ft. Ashanti
Trey Songz: Invented Sex
Young Berg: The Business
Bobby Valentino: Beep Beep

Hope I helpedd

Q: OK so Friday is black Friday and i have no clue what i want for Christmas!
Female/Teenager.
something things i want, to give you an idea of what i like-
I pod station, clothes from freaky Tiki, Victoria's secret Velvet amber blackberry Shimmer Fragrance powder with lotion, Bow neck-less, jeans from Hollister.
But I just can't find anything i really want.
I have a laptop, camera t.v. idk so what do you guys what for christmas? give me some ideas:)

Oh one more thing i have to get my brother a gift around 30.00$ so i need help he say he likes "guy harvey shirts" Whitch i have never herd of it or seen it, so how much are there shirts? and whats there website? thanks

i like purses i asked for that, a pea coat, shoes, i know its kiddy but i want the movie UP, i want this irish jewlery its called a claddah ring which is really pretty, DDR, a new cell phone cause i hate my sidekick haha, rosetta stone so i can learn spanish ha.

um OH i know i dont know if you have heard of post secret but its a website where people send anonymous secretes in and have them posted on the website well theres a book of the ones that werent put on the website its called confessions of life death and god. you should check the website out there are new post every sunday. it a blog by some guy who had this idea postsecret.blogspot.com

my highschool class ring (2011 baby) haha.
vera wang perfume, vera bradley lunch box and purse and a giftcard to like sephora or mac (makeup)

i know its alot but this year right after last year at christmas i kept a little note book in my purse and when i saw something i wanted i wrote it down so i would know what to tell my family when they asked me this year.

hope i helped!!

Q: Ok so this is what is going on. One of my friends likes me well I think he does. He texts me after school and in a class he always walks over to where I am and talks to me until the bell rings. There is one problem though I know he also likes one of my other friends he told me and he asked he out but she said no. He texts her after school and sits with her at lunch. He give me like signs that he likes me I know because I was talking to this guy once and he walked over and said what are you guys doing and got between us. I am starting to think he is just a man player am I right? I mean he has been fliriting with me for lie 2-3 months but nothing happens. Also my friend says she dosnt like him but I know she is having second thoughts. Also why do no guys ask me out I know I am pretty and guys flirit with me but never ask me out why??? I'm not mean eithe I super nice why? How can I get guys to ask me out?

i think maybe its one or two things.
first hes a man player
or second he wants his cake and eat to. to tell you the truth i dont think he likes you. but would be jealous if anyone tried to get with you. it sounds like to me if he wanted you he would have said something like he did to the other girl.

the thing is about guys not asking you out im sure there is someone. you're just being picky, and i dont mean that rude at all. i have the same problem i dont think im gorgeous but constantly people tell me that i am. and ive realized why i dont have a boyfriend is because i want things to be perfect and they are going to be. he may not be the sexiest guy out there but there is someone. you might be looking at all the wrong places. and it sucks but will pay off in the end. if you stop looking something will work its self out its funny how that works out but yeah.

i hoped i helped, and i wish you the best of luck

Q: Does the penis have to go in the vagina or can the sperm just get in from being put on the outside when he does his business? I am really worried!

thats not right at all!
i promise you, its not. no disrespect to the girl below me but no. you can get pregnant if sperm gets anywhere near your vagina. now its not likely because it has to travel more of a distance to get to female eggs. but it can happen. any kind of sperm around your vagina is not good if you dont want to become pregnant. even if he pulls out before he cums precum can have sperm in it and get you pregnant. the girl below me or above me or whatever was lucky

and just because you're a virgin doesnt mean anything, maybe you were thinking cause theres that unbroken skin in your vagina but the truth is you're cherry can pop from so much as riding a bike and falling on on the bar between your legs. or cannon balling from the a high place.

like i said its not likely but it is possible. you should get a pregnancy test or wait for your period. or talk to your parents (depending how they are) the best thing maybe to tell them (even though they dont want you doing it) they could supply you with birth control and condoms because they rather you be having sex than getting pregnant. but then again i dont know how your parents are.

hope i helped

Q: my best friends hate me and say all i do is see my boyfriend and never spend time with them. i do spend alot of time with my boyfriend (obviously we love eachother) who ive been going out with for almost 8 months. but thought i was still finding time with them. they started making up things about mine and my bf's relationship, wich is not true. i dont understand why friends whould do this, and everytime i try to talk to them they wont listen and start abusing me and making it seem like its all my fault. what can i do?
-Sara 16

i dont know if this is the case but it sounds like your friends dont like him (otherwise they wouldnt be making up stories about him and your relationship) its possible that they know something about him that you dont know and they dont want you to get hurt.

i know it might not seem like it but you'll probably not be with this guy forever, and when hes gone you should have friends to rely on,but if you ignore them (which maybe you are or arent doing idk) then you'll be left with no one. and you dont want that.

its hard to see the bad in someone you love, but no ones perfect, i say dedicate a weekend or week to chilling out with your friends so they dont feel so left out.. plus distance makes the heart grow fonder :]

hope i helped!

Q: ineed good r&b songs for
hateing boys that arent old.
kthanks i`ll apreciate it bye

im not sure if this is what your looking for, and im not sure if these are too old but..

teirra maria-make her feel good.
trina - here we go again

those are the two that come to mind

Q: Im getting a new cell phone for the first time in quite a while with T mobile and Im really not sure what phone to get.
At first I wanted a sidekick but now I kind of want a touch screen so its between a sidekick, the G1, and the Samsung Behold.
Does anyone have any of these phone and what is your opinion on them??? What one should I get??!?!

i got a sidekick a couple of months ago, and i dont like it that much.

you have to download everything like a calculator and alarm clock..which cost money. and when you take pictures you cant use them as a back ground, same goes for when you make voice records... you cant use it as a ring tone or anything.

theres just other little things i dont like about it. ive heard good things about the g1 though. i would look at reviews or go play with them at the store

hope i helped!

Q: what are these called and where can i buy them? i dont see them sold anywhere

http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F82/MAU0/FQJ6J4ZT/F82MAU0FQJ6J4ZT.MEDIUM.jpg

i normally call them pop rocks

you get them around the 4th of july. the stands that they sell the fireworks at, they usually have them at the counter.

hope i helped!

Q: whats a good way to pick up chicks when going out somewhere like the mall or something?

if your in the mall or something and you want to pick up a girl i think the first thing you should do is make eye contact with them. it seems so easy or whatever, but if you are making 10 second eye contact with them they are probably thinking the same thing your thinking.

she'll probably be with her friends it might be more approachable when shes alone but you dont always have that chance so just go up to her and introduce yourself and ask her for her name. and then maybe ask her for her number. ask about her. think if she was coming up to you what you would want her to say. (like if she has a boyfriend)

i think the eye contact thing is really important cause if im making eye contact with a guy its because i notice him and im probably thinking hes cute...which is probably why your looking at her.

going up to someone you dont know is nerve racking but the least she can do is say no. and if she does dont be rude about it, theyll be plenty of other girls that will say yess.

hope i helped!!

Q: I do not know how to put music onto my ipod? Do you know a site that has a tutorial to give me step by step directions?

if your using itunes plug your ipod in and it a little ipod icon should pop up on the side (where you see you playlist) if it doesnt restart your computer or uninstall itunes and re install it. (its a pain in the butt but it helps)

after you do that click on the icon and there should be a little check list and you can decide what you want on your ipod (like what playlist or whatever) and then click sync. you can set it so that when you plug in your ipod it syncs automatically -- it might ask you that when you plug it in .

hope i helped!!

Q: Well me and my boyfriend have been dating for a little over six months , we fell in love fast . Well things got a little , well plan out rocky between us . As every relationshoip goes through the hard times . Well , I ain't the most easiest person to deal with , but when I love someone ... I give them my all . Well he is a great guy and always means well , but the other night .. he dropped the biggest bomb on me that hurt me worst than he's ever hurt me . We were having a " heart 2 heart " conversation & I could just tell he loved his ex still ... so I said " I want the honest to god truth , are you still in love with " L " [ we'll just call her that , which is his ex ] & he looked down , then said " yeah , I think I am " ... Broke my little heart , next morning , he ain't in love with me anymore . But I love him so much , I want it to work ; He never meant to hurt me , I know that much , i'm atleast glad he was honest. He told me he still wants to be with me .. I did alot of things to put distance bwtween us , he told me but I did'nt listen .

I'm in love . Am I stupid to still be with him ... what should I do ?

- Thanks , Ray .

He probably didnt mean to hurt you, NORMALLY thats not what guys aims are. But he said it, he's still in love with his ex. and even if he says he wants to be with you, what does that make you? even if you love him i think the best thing to do is let it go and find someone who loves you as much as you love him.

i think that your relationship wont last because hes in love with his ex. and it would be pointless for you to know that and still be with him. he might love you as well as his ex, its just the fact that he still loves his ex.

i know your not going to want to break up with him because (like every girl seems to think) itll work out. but i honestly think its the best thing you can do. (and dont go back to him) im sure you can find someone else, even though it doesnt seem that way now!!!

hope i helped!

Q: hi, a few years ago i dyed my hair black and it fell out.
it thinned out a lot because i waited a while. you could see my scalp, then i got protein treatments and my hair started falling out,.
well i dyed my hair red again and my hair is falling out again and its been like, two weeks.
every day i am tortured of the sight of my hair falling out, and i have hardly any way to get to town to buy protein treatments. i now have enough money to buy protein treatments..
i feel so bad because my family is so old fashioned they dont understand me..
i cant tell my dad my hair is falling out because hell kill me.
the last time my hair fell out, it costed about two hundred dollars to fix.
i only have 45 dollars.
i think i have enough for some redken protein treatment shampoo, i just need to know what i really need.

my hair is falling out and i need a solution fast on how to emotionally deal with this.
and what to buy.
please help me.
ive tried egg whites in my hair, and i cant try beer because im not old enough to buy it and my family wont believe me when i say what it's for.
my hair just keeps falling out
and ive cried a lot..
and i feel so much pain because hair loss to me seems very emotional, i dont know why ..
i justt need to fix it.
please help me.

i would stop dying your hair. if your going to buy products make sure it has keratin in it. (you can find it on the ingredients on the back of the bottle) keratin is what your hair is make out of and will help your hair grow. I know chi has a spray that you can use every so often. but if you go to Sallys the beauty product store they and ask a store person they should be able to tell you about some shampoos with keratin in it.

also ask them about any other product to put protein in your hair.

hope i helped

Q: can someone please explain go phones to me and how much they are? i think im gonna buy them for my boyfriend and i. thank you!! and what i need help with are the plans and like how much it costs and another question is if you have free minutes to at&t people still with the go phone and if its free to txt at&t people with go phones. thank you!!!

Go phones dont have plans, you pay as you go. so like if the phone is 20 dollars you pay 20 dollars at the counter and then you buy minute cards. so if you buy a card for 20 dollars (itll generally have 20 minutes on it)and you can use it until the minutes are up. and then you buy the cards when you need them again. Im not sure if its free to talk to someone with the same company as you. You could probably ask people in the electronics department (like at walmart if thats where your getting it from)

hope i helped!

bio

heyy my name is samantha. I like to help anyone who needs it. I don't have alot of experience in some of the categories, but if you drop a question in my inbox and I don't know the answer ill be sure to find it one way or another. And no question is dumb so don't not ask something cause you feel that way!!! =)