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Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Cheap HDMI cables are the way to go. Just about everyone at an audio video forum I read gets their cables from www.monoprice.com if your looking to buy on-line. I've purchased several different lengths of HDMI cables from them for various hook-ups and have never had a problem.

You can also get your VGA cable and just about any other cable, switch or video accessory from there.


Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 4:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Oldtex - I've had DSL for years and love it. A couple of years ago AOL began allowing free access to just about everything I was using when I paid for it. You just need to switch your plan to the "free" one. I still use the email, can use the browser, read all of their info areas, etc. I really don't notice a thing different. Be careful when you read what the plans are because some of them make you think you need them, but you don't. You can even check your AOL mail on the web which I used to do, but the features were different and it didn't save it to my pc. So now I open up my AOL software for email, read whatever I want to read on their page(s) and then usually close it and just use IE for all the rest of my browsing. I think it's faster than AOLs browser. You can also make AOL your homepage on IE if you want. I'm just stuck with using Yahoo out of habit and because our phone company DSL service teamed up with them, but I don't really use it like I used to. You'll really love the speed!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Is this a good deal?Dell Mini 9

Or this?

Dell Mini 12

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
The problem I have with the minis in the lack of an optical drive. You'd need an external CD/DVD drive. The hard drive is also tiny (relatively speaking). I think they're good basically for portable web surfing.

For a little more, you can get a full size laptop.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Urgrace, I should know the answer to that question, but I started looking at itsy-bitsy travel computers a year too early before the rash of new ones came out, so I ended up with a Sony Vaio TX, used on ebay for about a thousand bucks, when one of these small ones would have done. I do love my itty-bitty Vaio, however.

If you have a few weeks to look, go to bensbargains.net EVERY DAY and see what is on there. They have had a ton of mini-computers on there lately. Read the discussion items for each one, and you will get a feel for a good deal after a bit. Some of the discussers seem to be 14 year olds, but some of them are very knowledgeable and will suggest alternatives if they know of a better deal. There is also a Next Page feature at the bottom of the page to give you more to look at.

I am guessing you can get a better deal than those particular Dells.

And yes, as Prisoner says, lack of an optical drive is a drawback, but if you are just wanting one for surfing the internet and doing e-mail while traveling, which is pretty much what I wanted one for, they will fit the bill.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oldtex, you should be able to switch to free AOL which you just run using your DSL connection. You can switch to the free version with no interruption of your email, etc. and with the same addy as before.

I had DSL very early on from Verizon and I think it was sort of wonky in my area and I actually went back to dial up, but later went to high speed cable.

Everyone is right.. you won't want to go back once you get more speed!

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Friday, February 06, 2009 - 2:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
I keep getting a pop up for windows updates,I think it's framework,anyways under my add/remove programs I already other framework stuff and they use a lot of space,so I guess my question is if I update can I remove the other ones?

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, February 07, 2009 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
HELP! My most (?) favorite movie, Ruby In Paradise, was released by Alliance / Universal about a year ago. I didn't know. It's selling on the Canadian Amazon site. Never has on U.S. Amazon (not released). Ca Amazon doesn't say Region 1, but...? Would there be something different about it? If not, why not sell in U.S.? Can I buy from Ca Amazon?

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
OK, I'm probably missing some simple stupid step, but I give up.

I'm trying to save jpg images with a transparant background. I use irfanview, but have never figured out if I can even to so (even thought it has a "save transparancy while exit" feature or something, it never does anything when I click that).

So I save the image as a gif so I can upload it to gifworks. I get the image to be transparant. But as soon as I open it up with irfanview (to get it back to a jpg so I can post it), the image ends up with a black background, instead of transparant.

What stupid thing am I doing wrong? Is there an easier way to do this? Some other free editing software out there that doesn't make me pull my hair out?



Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
I don't think jpg supports a transparent background. Only gifs do.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Who - Bob is right. But you can post a gif here so once you've got a transparent gif saved at Gifworks, just post it. :-)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Oh good grief!

Now why did I let myself get the notion that one coudln't post gifs? I've posted them myself! In fact, I was so frustrated because I just knew I'd posted transparent background style medals last year for the football pool, so I knew it could be done. I just assumed they were all jpeg. If I'd gone back and looked at my "inventory" on my hard drive, I'd have seen the ones I fixed to be transparent were gifs, and maybe I wouldn't have frustrated myself so much.

Man, its a good thing I have thick hair, and can afford to have pulled a few strands out by now.

I know there's an animated gif somewhere that shows a person kicking one's self in the butt. I deserve that. Nothing like working extra hard to make the job much more difficult than it really is!

Thanks for your help, and please don't laugh too hard at this poor old idiot.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Anyone for a tv/antenna problem?

I bought a cheap indoor antennae to use as the input to one of the new digital boxes. The input to the digital box accepts a regular cable-tv-type of cable. The output of the antenna is TWO flat cables (one from the UHF ring and one from the VHF ears). Each cable splits into two, and each part has a semicircular pincer thing at the end (so overall I have four pincers, two from the UHF, two from the VHF).

There is also a "300/75 Ohm transformer" with screws on one side for two pincers and the connector for the regular, cable-like cable so I can connect one set of pincers to that and the other end to the digital box - the digital box then works ok but of course I only get the UHF channels as the VHF pincers aren't connected.

Inside, the only help is a bit of paper that says:
"For tvs with 75ohm jack only" (I'm guessing that's what the cable-tv-like cable attaches to) "you will need a band separator (not included) to access UHF reception."

I've looked online at "band separators" and they don't look like they will do what I want. What I want is something that accepts two sets of two pincer cables and converts/combines them into one cable-tv-like cable I can put into the digital box.

Does anyone know exactly what I need and could show me a picture of it online?

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know what key commands to make the trademark sign - the one with an R and a circle around it? I'm using an HP laptop. Thanks!

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Alt control R

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
it works on a word document not web page. If you have a side numeric keyboard you can try alt + 0179

Debra
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11-20-2003

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Sports that good to know for Word.

click here for format codes - scroll down to Special Characters

Here's what it says for ® . \ch {->} without the space.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
®

\ch{r}

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oh! I didn't see Debra had already replied. The r inside the curly brackets works too and is easier to remember.

To make the copyright sign, change the r to a c.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Thanks all! I've been falling asleep watching TV and forgot to check back here. It was driving me batty because on this one MySpace page, the person requires that you either enter their last name or email to request them as a friend. Well, I know the name just fine, but since it's trade-marked (yeah they're famous) it wouldn't accept it w/o it. It also wouldn't accept my copying the symbol and pasting it, so I figured I have to enter the code. Thanks again!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Has anyone downloaded Internet Explorer 8?

If so, any problems with it?

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Calamity
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10-18-2001

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Kitt: Just saw your post from Feb. 10, maybe you've already solved the problem but just in case...If I'm understanding you correctly, one thing you could try is using two antenna-to-coax adapters (one for the VHS wire, the other for the UHF wire - the adapter will have two screw connectors to slip the wires under and also a coax jack) and then connect those to a cable splitter that has three coax jacks (two for the antenna-to-coax adapters, the other for a cable to hook up to the tv or converter box).

DirecTV just raised my plan by another $3/month. I know that doesn't sound like much by when you multiply by 12 months a year and there's been rate hikes year after year, it's getting to be a bit much. I may have to switch to an antenna too. Are you getting a reasonable number of channels with the converter box?