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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:The big hump is tools. You'll need quite a few to do even the most basic stuff and they aren't cheap, well they are if you buy the 151 piece kits that have 141 pieces you'll never use, and the remaining 10 will break or be a bad fit. I assume brake pads are more complicated, but for changing oil all you really need is a jack (or some method of ramp or something to help you get under your car), a wrench, and something to catch old oil. Also a band wrench if you're unsure of your hand strength in removing and installing the filter. Honestly, changing oil isn't too difficult technically, but doing it in your driveway with a jack or what have you sounds like it could be a pain in the rear end. All you do is pop the oil drain plug, let the oil drain, reinstall the plug, remove and install the new filter, and add oil. Once you figure out what an oil filter and oil pan look like (and I'm sure Google image search and videos on Youtube could help you with that) you're pretty much good to go. I knew nothing about cars either a few months ago and got a job at a quick lube place. Still no car genius, hence my lack of knowledge on brake pads, but changing oil is easier than you'd think.
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Eyeball posted:I'm pretty sure you want to keep the car flat so the oil drains properly. If your car is lowered enough that you can't squeeze under, you just have to take it to a shop unless you know someone with a lift. 
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Does anyone know of a lightweight image editor that you can use commercially that allows for transparency? It doesn't have to be complicated at all, I really just need a line tool, a fill tool, and a pencil tool for individual pixels and the ability to change the alpha of pixels. Been using GIMP but it's a pain in the rear end for anything small.Liar posted:I need to completely uninstall and reinstall Google Chrome, but I don't want to lose all my saved favorites. Other than manually copying every address and saving it somewhere else is there any other way to do this? Chrome saves all its bookmarks in a file at ...\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks. Just copy that file to your desktop, uninstall, reinstall, and put the copy back in that directory. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=501d9a38a1976525&hl=en
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stubblyhead posted:I was looking through random images on Waffleimages earlier, and found this: Wow, I'm surprised this worked but I just used the forums search feature and searched the image's name and here's where it came up. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2949744&pagenumber=28&perpage=40#post362223605 e: I realized that might sound a bit sarcastic but I'm serious, I didn't expect anything to come of that after Google failed me at doing the same thing.
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Mak0rz posted:If you plan on using something like this in the long term, I'd sign up with the DropBox instead. I would do this either way. DropBox is excellent and everyone should use it for everything. Want to share a file? Just pop it in the folder DropBox is synced to on your computer, wait for it to upload, right click it and copy the link, then email it. You can even get the link before it's done uploading and email it ahead of time if you don't expect they'll open the email for a while.
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kapalama posted:Also megaupload, rapidshare, megavideo, etc. Actually you can view things through the onsite video player that were uploaded to MegaUpload as well, just by adding video/ after the last slash (ie http://www.megaupload.com/video/?d=789). Though I wouldn't recommend using MegaVideo or MegaUpload since their servers have to convert the file before it can be played on the onsite player, which sometimes takes really long or never properly works at all. If you're working with a group, I'd suggest DropBox. It's incredibly easy and has a lot of features for sharing folders between users that you could use in this situation. The only problem is that everyone who belongs to the shared folder will have to download the file, though that's not something that can't easily be circumvented just using more and more specific shared folders. e: Also remember that you can use archiving tools like Winrar or (preferably) 7zip to compress the file (though in your case it probably won't do much) but also split it up into smaller files that you can upload to sites with size caps. Usually, though, they're also the sites where you have to buy a premium membership or wait a hour or whatever between downloads, so you'd have to upload the parts to several different websites and as you can see this is in many ways far from ideal. But it's possible. Hell, you could also mail the parts through Gmail, though the max size is 25MB so you'd have to split it up into ~6 parts. Mr.Hotkeys fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jan 12, 2011 |
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kapalama posted:On a Mac but I have access to PCs. kind of. Of course you do, silly. Macs are personal computers  I did some Googling and didn't find a whole lot, give this a shot http://simplemoviex.com/SimpleMovieX/releaseNotes.html There aren't a whole lot of hits for Mac stuff but here's one for Windows that kept popping up http://abcavi.kibi.ru/ e: Be careful if you go Googling, there's an awful lot of bogus results coming up and I wouldn't be surprised if some of those pages have some kind of malware thing going on somewhere, either in the files they'll tell you to download or the page itself. Mr.Hotkeys fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Jan 12, 2011 |
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Only mentions on SA I found of it were in the Website Recommendation Megathread where a few people were inviting others, but other than that, no dedicated thread.
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Use KeyTweak. http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ The .PDF will tell you how to use it.
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Alright, I'll be that guy. Are you really weird looking or something?
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Disregard that, it's not right. When you search there should be a thing to the left that says "Change Location". Click that and type in wherever you live. http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=179386&hl=en e: Though in your case it sounds like you're getting NZ Google from the searchbar? You might want to clear your cookies anyways and see if that helps. Worse case scenario you've removed some bloat and have to type in a few passwords again. Mr.Hotkeys fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jan 23, 2011 |
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nocturama posted:Can anyone help with a link to buy the soundtrack for the Scottish movie 'the match'? I'm looking for it for my dad Doesn't look like a full CD ever got released http://musicbrainz.org/artist/8974da95-e631-45aa-8fd7-aa0c2795f997.html There was a compilation CD released however that does have four of the songs on it http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/newsite.php?rub=detail&id=146
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nocturama posted:sorry if I was unclear but I'm looking the songs from the movie on cd, I know i could just download them but I don't really want to give my dad a burnt cd Yeah, do you mean the licensed soundtrack or the score? I assumed the latter, though I'm not sure either was ever compiled onto a disc. I didn't find anything in my search. If you're unfamiliar, the difference between the two is that the licensed sountrack is what WillieWestwood posted, songs that other artists made independent of the movie that the movie used, whereas the score is the music composed specifically for the movie, in this case by Harry Gregson-Williams. If you're looking for the licensed soundtrack, the posted list seems to be the best you can do. Nothing official but at least you can buy the songs off eMusic or whatever and burn a CD of your own. For the score it doesn't look like you'll have much chance, the only thing I found was that snippet in that list I posted earlier.
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revolther posted:Just hope you are the Winzip of this upcoming age of idiocy. Just...without all the drinking yourself to death.
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marshmallard posted:If I said 'are you mad?' in America, would it only mean 'Are you angry?' or could it mean 'Are you nuts?' too? It's pretty much the other way around for us, though that specific phrase is usually understood as the "crazy" mad more than the "angry" mad in the proper context. Outside of that phrase and maybe a few others like "going mad", though, we generally don't use it with that meaning, but it won't confuse us if you say it. I mean, well, most of us. Some of us are really dumb but I'm sure you know that.
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marshmallard posted:OK. So for example, there's a picture of a cat that's always floating around these forums - it's sitting in a box that says 'Free kittens' which is crossed out, and 'Mad cat' is written over the top. I'd say if there's any way that the "angry" interpretation could apply to the situation, we'd go with that one. Based on the cat's glowing eyes/expression and the fact that he's in a mock up of a death robot, I'd say we'd be much more likely to say that he's angry at something sooner than crazy. Now if it was like a cat dancing around like a ballerina, then yeah we'd probably get the picture.
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Coupon Wizard posted:To complicate things even more, in Australia "mad" is slang for awesome/cool/etc. The term "mad oval office" is a compliment of the highest order, except you probably wouldn't say it in front of your nan unless she said it first. Which is funny because in America if you were to ever say anything like that you'd instantly have everyone within earshot breathing down your neck.
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Does anyone know of any good free (or cheap) task management software? I've been using ToDoList which has been working okay but it's pretty wonky and has a bunch of bugs. I'm not particularly picky, my biggest stipulation is that if it's an online deal, it needs to have a windows client, and if it's a windows application it needs to be portable (so I can run it out of DropBox and not have to worry about backing it up or whatever). Big bonuses too for being able to nest tasks and being able to set priorities (though that should be pretty standard). I've been searching on Google and found some things I might try out so don't go looking or whatever, just recommend one if you know of a good one that fits my needs.
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Oh Christ it runs on Air. And it's pretty basic, but it'll work in a pinch if nothing else pops up, so thanks. I'll look into it in a few here. I'm actually really surprised at how devoid the internet seems to be of these, it seems like it's something that would be really easy to make.
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Travakian posted:Lifehacker has pretty much always been the go-to spot for all things productivity. For to-do lists specifically, here's a whole bunch of posts on that matter. Cool, I'll look into them too, thanks.
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If you mold it well enough to your teeth, it should hook to your upper jaw. e: Years ago when I used one, I think I didn't just bite it but also pressed on the insides out and up with my fingers to make the fit tighter. Worst case scenario you put it back in the water and try again.
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kapalama posted:Here's something I am having problems with... You said you have an administrator account, right? You should be able to go into the account settings in the Control Panel and remove their password. You can try that other thing posted too but I did once and it didn't work for me.
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Gravity Pike posted:Uh, do you mean something other than clicking on the windows button, then "Shut Down"? Alternatively, click that little arrow and click "sleep". Anything that's open won't need to close, and one of the biggest advantages of Windows 7 is how fast it goes to and resumes from sleep. I use it a ton with my laptop. The only major downside is it still keeps drawing power, but a very negligible amount.
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a beautiful baby posted:What does Nebraska's new name, "Nebrassic", mean? Brassic is (British?) slang for being poor. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brassic
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Pontius Pilate posted:Some of those are clever but some are just real bad. Seems like someone got too wed to the idea. What? Got a problem with such gold as "Vergin'on the ridiculous", "West Vergin'on the ridiculous", and "Debt Mountana"?
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kapalama posted:FoxIt was the free pdf reader, but now they are pushing toolbars and other crap that you cannot opt out of. What's wrong with Adobe Reader? It's not open source and is kind of clunky but it gets the job done.
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kapalama posted:I have a couple of USB powered devices that need extra power. I got good results searching for "USB Male Y Adapter" on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Power-Adapter-Cable-AUSB-Y/dp/B000JIOHDE http://www.amazon.com/AUDIOVOX-Utstarcom-Universal-Adapter-Terminal/dp/B0041CFFBM http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Splitter-Motorola-Blackberry-AUDM6BEBXAR/dp/B003VWJT0G These just have generic female USB plugs at the end. http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-28108-Y-Cable-Black/dp/B0013LSFJI http://www.amazon.com/Mini-B-Booster-External-Drives-Manhattan/dp/B003IMAEL2 http://www.amazon.com/Bytecc-USB2-HD201-cable-mini-USB-Hi-Speed/dp/B002GWMLE8 And these two are a few I found with common male ends for USB devices if you'd rather have that.
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Samurai Sanders posted:You mean the tea residue is still there, but is...transparent? I'm staring at the cup and having a hard time believing that. No, once you washed it, all the tea was gone. The tea just stained the cup, and the bleach got rid of the stain. Think, like, how coffee stains your teeth. You brush your teeth, and all the coffee's gone, but the damage still exists in discoloration. As I understand it, any highly acidic thing can leave a significant stain over time (tomato sauce is another example, we've got tons of orange plastic bowels).
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Dudebro posted:You may not want to use plastic containers for drinking for long, long periods of time. They will leach out chemicals. If I sound like a paranoid new mom then please correct me. I've heard this about plastic containers for the past decade. This is correct, when looking for a plastic water bottle you want to make sure it's BPA-free. It usually says on the container and is advertised as a feature. Or at least that's what's being demonized last I checked. I know my water bottle flaunted its BPA-freeness.
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I think he's saying that Obama was synonymous as "drinking the Kool-Aid", which would make sense.
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The Peyote Prophet posted:Is there any christian anime? I've never seen it but Bible Black has "bible" in the title so try that out, hope this helps!
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hooah posted:How would I go about checking router functions? I'm running DD-WRT. I have the same problem if it makes you feel better, though not as frequent (usually, though it can be worse), and a friend who has Roadrunner who's reported similar problems from time to time.
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I had it once. It might have been bad monkfish, I don't know, but it was mushy as hell and had no real taste. Not recommended, especially not for how expensive it seems to be (at least where I am, might be cheaper elsewhere).
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Anyone who uses Notepad++ know how to turn off the indentation lines? These things are useful in programming but they're driving me nuts otherwise.
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Of the Wikileaks releases, has there ever been any unbiased opinion on whether or not any of it is potentially harmful to those in the field? I've seen both sides make opposing claims but I've not got the time/effort to read over each and every one myself to see what it contains.
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Jeffrey Colon posted:How are siamese twins counted in the census? Two people
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orange lime posted:What if it's like, one head but two bodies split at the upper torso so it's basically an octopus man or something? Then one people. It's dependent on the number of brains since one of the main uses for the census is deciding the number of voters in each district.
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marshmallard posted:I'd like an MP3 player that: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Sansa-Player-Expansion-Black/dp/B000ETTFRG/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1301918301&sr=1-8 I have a Sansa e280, though they've been discontinued and it seems Amazon only has the 270, which has 2gb less space. But it's got great quality and fits what you posted for the most part (it looks like an iPod kind of, I guess? But is that really that important?), and has some neat dumb features like voice recording, an FM tuner with recording for that, and an expansion slot you can put MicroSD cards in to increase the space. Though, it only supports up to 2gb cards (which is weird because it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere). But all in all it's a great little guy and with the kind of markdown Amazon's offering, highly recommended.
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Eyeball posted:How do you pronounce the word, serif? I usually pronounce it like sheriff, but I can imagine several other possible pronunciations. It's not something that comes up in conversation a lot for me, but it's about to. Like "sheriff", sans the 'h'. http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?serif001.wav=serif
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This might be outside the scope of this thread, but does anyone have any good articles or firsthand knowledge of security flaws with Silverlight? I was talking with a friend and a friend of his who works in the game industry and he was slamming it for being insecure, which may be true, but between UAC and DEP and all the other security features I'm reading about, I'm at a loss for how it could accomplish these things, and nothing I've searched for on Google has yielded much other than praise. And I mean on the client-side, as in like you going to a website where some Silverlight app runs and does scary things.
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