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  1. Mark Giles

    Help finding a simple program the organizes your music

    Does anyone use or know of a good easy program to organize music. I'm not talking about WMP that just creates links to your songs, but something that can actually move the files and edit the names and put them into files based on artist...or something like that. I have a bunch of albums that...
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    Please Help with Probabilities Formula for the following problem....

    Simple....I have three 6-sided dice. I want to know the total number of unique results I can obtain by repeatedly throwing all three dice. 111 112 113 114 115 116 121 etc, etc.... I'm guessing it's 6^3, but can someone confirm and prove this? Thanks for you help! :)
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    Help finding a fun game for me and my lady friend

    I'm just tryin to find something fun that me and her can play. I'm thinkin of gettin one of the Mario Party's, but the reviews show that they've gotten worse over the last few years. But i'm lookin for something that's simple for her to play and has good replay value. Just something easy that u...
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    What is that little white stuff I always remove from raw eggs??

    I know we all do it. I've seen it done in restaurants when they cook in front of you. But why? I was cooking scrambled eggs the other morning, and asked my "assistant" to help break some eggs for me. Then I told her to make sure she removes that little white stringy looking thing before she...
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    How can so many people be so stupid??

    http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2684890&page=1
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    Switching contents of two harddrives.

    I have two computers. One old one and one new one. The used space on both hard drives in each of the two computers are about the same. I'm trying to find the simpliest way to swap the contents of the hard drives without having to reinstall a fresh copy of windows or anything like that...
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    Can someone tell me where this picture was taken?

    Where is this located? http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/7...eisthisqn2.jpg Thanks!
  8. Mark Giles

    Let's Talk Airplane Security....

    I'm going to be traveling soon and of course the new rules are, no liquids (gels, lotions, shampoo, beverages, etc) My question is, how are they checking for this? If you have a small bottle of lotion in your pocket, how will they know? And they also say you cannot bring purchased liquids...
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    Excel Help: How to reference tab name in cell

    In Microsoft Excel: Can someone tell me the formula on displaying the name of the worksheet (tab name) in a cell on the sheet? I'm not talking about the header/footer code, but in a cell. I know theres a way to do it, I just forget what the formula is. Thanks in advance!! :)
  10. Mark Giles

    Streaming Video vs. Flash Video

    I'm trying to put video on a website but do not want anyone to be able to download it. Just viewable. I heard streaming was very difficult so making a flash video would be the other option. But would the swf file be able to be downloaded? Thanks for any help.
  11. Mark Giles

    Office Network keeps failing :(

    I have a Linksys Wireless-G w/SRX Router that keeps failing on me. I run the network wizard for all three computers on the network and hours later, I cannot access one of the computers from one or more of the other computers. I run the wizard and BAAM!! It's back to normal. Is there a reason why...
  12. Mark Giles

    Google Earth. Has anyone ever used this offline?

    I'm going on vacation and will have my laptop with me. I understand that you can save recently zoomed in areas in your cache file, and even change them out. Does anyone know where these files are located? i know it's somewhere on the computer cause when I disconnect my internet connection, it...
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    XP Pro to XP Home Networking problem. (ACCESS DENIED)

    I have 3 computers setup on a wireless network in an office. Computer A has XP Pro Computers B and C both have XP Home edition The problem I'm having is, computer A cannot see the workgroup. Internet access is no problem. Both the other two computers are just fine. They can see...
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    How do I virus-scan a pc with no internet connection from a updated 2nd pc (laptop)?

    I'm going over to someones house to remove virus' that they claim they have. I dont have a lot of information about the situation yet, so I just want to have all of my ducks in a row. It's possible that they no longer have a reliable interent connection. Can I scan their entire pc with my...
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    Is wireless networking for a small business recommended?

    I created a thread a few weeks ago about remote networking here. Come to find out, all computers are going to just be in one building so the VPN might not be necessary. Another issue I'm coming across is the layout of the building. It's a large office with 3 rooms (where the computers will be)...
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    What's the purpose of having a seperate partition for Windows?

    I have been told that by making a partition just for your boot drive, you can install all other programs on other partitions and when you need to reinstall windows, you dont have to redo everything. Just the C drive. How do you do this? I have ALWAYS reinstalled windows by doing a fresh install...
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    Networking remotely.

    Ok, lets start this off simple by me asking, what's the easiest way to network the following setup. 3 computers at location A 1 Computer at location B 1 Computer at location C All that's needed is that I share basic quicken files and other 'my docs' files with everyone on the...
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    Another 10/100/1000 Nic Question....

    I have two computers that are connected by a crossover cable. They also have each another nic card that are used to access the internet thru a router and cable modem. The question I have is, both of my computers have a 10/100/1000 nic card that have the crossover cable plugged into. But yet...
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    Does anyone know a good forum discussing exercise and weight lifting?

    I'm looking for a exercise/health forum that moves regularly like this one or more. I found a few but the thread dates are very spread out to really rely on a response the same day. Thanks for any help!
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    Need help!!!! I deleted large video files (> 7GB) and cannot recover them.

    I have a large western dig external drive ("G") that I saved video captures and pictures on. Two days ago, I accidentally deleted everything in my "vacation-videos-pictures" folder. Upon doing that, I didn’t touch the drive and left the computer alone. Last night when I returned home, I started...
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    Does anyone know of the card/cards that support 3 monitors?

    I went to CompUSA a year or so ago and saw a setup where they had three flat screens up and running some FPS. Forget which one. May have been Tribes or UT. Anyway, does anyone know of the cheapest way to accomplish this? Thanks.
  22. Mark Giles

    1st NFL Game Attendance. Please give advice.

    I'm going to be purchasing tickets for an upcoming game. I can get a ticket anywhere in the stadium I want. I found on that is 5 to 10 rows from the very front. Is this too close? What I mean is, is the angle from those seats too level to be able to see action on the far end of the field? I...
  23. Mark Giles

    Portable Air Conditioners. Does anyone own one?

    I'm looking at buying one, but not really sure how these work or if there are disavantages to the window AC's. I live in Alaska so air conditioners are rare but available. My windows open to the side (not sure the correct name for this), so AC's that sit on the ledge wont work. I'm seriously...
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    I'm looking for the cheapest possible wireless solution. Please Advise.

    I am going to visit a friend out of town 2night. And their computer is hard wired (ethernet cable) to a cable modem. I am bringing my laptop that has a built in wireless card (802.11 b/g). I obviously need a access point or hub or something similar to contect to their modem, then I'm set. My...
  25. Mark Giles

    While TYPING in MS Word. Why does my cursor flash?

    Not when it's just sitting there, but when I'm actually typing a letter. Is there a way to disable this? Thanks in advance!
  26. Mark Giles

    Help with setting up Fantasy NBA League with just 3-4 people

    Ok, this is our first time playing Fantasy (any sport) and we are trying to find a way to challenge each other thru the duration of a regular season with the following rules: -We start by drafting 8 players each 2 centers, 3 guards and 3 forwards. At end of season, we choose our 5 best...
  27. Mark Giles

    1 + 1 = 3 can someone prove this?

    There is a way. This is not a riddle. Purely mathematical. Wont give any hints yet, but curious who can prove this first. Good luck!
  28. Mark Giles

    2 wireless Nic's in 1 pc with 2 access points (for redundancy) . Is this possible?

    Ok, I have a linksys wireless network setup in my house that has been giving me a ton of problems. My ISP is to blame, but that another story. I have discovered a little work-around that will do just fine for now. My buddy next door :D has a wireless network also, and he always forgets to secure...
  29. Mark Giles

    Would you rather be a genius amongst idiots or an idiot amongst genius’s?

    Example one: You work in an environment where you are the smartest out of the group. Everyone turns to you when there is a question or when advice is needed. The down side is, when you step outside of this environment, it hits you. You’re not as smart as you thought you were. Your work place...
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