All categories - 28 December 2006

One day my laptop just quit working. The splash screen would come up only to go to a black screen with a flashing white dot in the corner. No keyboard commands would work besides the one to get into the Bios. My mother managed to wipe everything off of the hard drive, so she could start fresh and run the back-up disk that the computer made when I first got it. Upon running the disk an error came up stating there was a corrupt "boot.ini" file. Can I fix this or should I simply throw the blasted piece of technology into the wall and be done with it? More importantly... what does the file do and what could have caused it to be corrupt?

2006-12-28 03:39:23 · 4 answers · asked by coy_coquette 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am arriving Paris CDG airport terminal 2F by AF267 at 2:40pm and my connection flight AF1970 to London Heathrow will depart from same terminal 2F on the same day. Do I need to pass Immigration and custom counter for transfer???

2006-12-28 03:39:23 · 6 answers · asked by ne_myo 1 in Paris

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt%2028:1;&version=31;

Who is the other Mary??? Did she have a sister or an alter ego?

2006-12-28 03:39:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For everything else there's Mastercard...

2006-12-28 03:39:17 · 28 answers · asked by ♥Gïrl¥♥ 5 in Polls & Surveys

2006-12-28 03:39:17 · 6 answers · asked by southern_gamecock 1 in Fantasy Sports

i heard this is what they called gays

2006-12-28 03:39:09 · 4 answers · asked by crazyhorse2161 1 in Words & Wordplay

I just got sirius satellite radio for xmas. I installed the sportster in my car that plugs into the cigarette lighter. My problem is I am having the hardest time finding a frequency where I can get a good signal. It seems as though its always going in and out. Ive tried a million different friequencies and nohting seems to work good. Im starting to get frustrated. Any idea what i can do?

2006-12-28 03:39:06 · 2 answers · asked by melder28 2 in Music & Music Players

Mario and luigi partners in time is like one of my favorite video games but everytime I read something about it the letters RPG are involved also what's mirror mode on mario kart.

2006-12-28 03:39:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Gear

ive noticed that i am about 5'9 in the morning then become about 5'7 in the afternoon-night why is this....(i am 5'9 when i just wake up)

2006-12-28 03:39:01 · 8 answers · asked by parth s 2 in Other - Health

Hello All,
I want to add my gmail.com email account with Ms-Outlook But I dont know How can I assign my email with Outlook. Please help me.

thanks in advance

2006-12-28 03:38:57 · 3 answers · asked by Jack J 1 in Software

I drink tea both hot and cold. I currently enjoy the Wildberry Zinger from Celestial Seasonings, though Earl Grey is a close second.

2006-12-28 03:38:53 · 13 answers · asked by kenrayf 6 in Other - Food & Drink

im trying to apply for a student loan for college, but every time i search it on the internet i find thousands of different websites and banks that offer them. how do i know which one would be best for me?

2006-12-28 03:38:52 · 4 answers · asked by julanne l 2 in Financial Aid

I am engaged and sometimes my fiance refers to me as his girlfriend still. He says girlfriend and fiance are interchangeable since we aren't married yet. I always refer to him as my fiance but when we are out in public especially at bars and the bartenders ask what does your "wife" want to drink, I am all of a sudden the girlfriend again.I want your opinion. Once you are engaged can those two terms be interchangeable? I told him If I am only a girlfriend then I am taking off the ring until he is ready to call me his fiance. Am I wrong??

2006-12-28 03:38:49 · 18 answers · asked by Clints_wench 4 in Singles & Dating

2006-12-28 03:38:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I was digging through some of my old supplies and came across a Q-Cat. I was wondering if anyone knew of an old code that would help me "register" it (since the company that manufactured it went bancrupt) so I can use it.

2006-12-28 03:38:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I saw that Sony has Mylo a handheld device to surf wireless on internet and check email also make phone calls I think. I was thinking of something similar but a bigger screen. Anybody seen or used a Sony Mylo? What did you think?

2006-12-28 03:38:38 · 4 answers · asked by prissygirl56 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have Itunes on my computer, and i dont' know how to download songs from the internet to put on my playlist without them costing money??

Are there any other ways to download music without you having the music album in hand?

How do you download songs to your ipod from itunes?

ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ARE GREAT!

2006-12-28 03:38:38 · 5 answers · asked by Bello Stella 4 in Music & Music Players

Talking about job hunting, is it better to speak one foreign language very well, almost like a native speaker, or to have a conversational level in two or three foreign languages?

I know the ideal situation would be to be fluent in several languages, but there's no time for everything!

Please share your opinions and experiences on this. Thanks!

2006-12-28 03:38:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-12-28 03:38:30 · 7 answers · asked by Richard C 1 in Other - Home & Garden

We have a Cat and I was searching for her but when I found her she was shaking a lot I got soo worried what does this mean ? is it because she's scared or some other reason please help !

2006-12-28 03:38:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I have been going out on dates with this girl for 6 months now. We got serious about 4 months ago. The sex topic came up and she said she wasnt ready. I really liked this girl so I was willing to just hangout. and I thought maybe this is a friendship not a dating situation. but she gives the vibe of being more than friends but all she is willing to do is phone sex(mind you we live in the same city). When I brought it up recently she says "she is just stingy with it". wtf is thats suppose to mean. she acts shadey when it coem to the subject and my intuition is picking up some secrecy. I bring it up all the time but she says I just paranoid. I am losing interest fast and just talkign to her annoys me now. But I care for her alot. Any advice on what to do in this situation?

2006-12-28 03:38:30 · 29 answers · asked by lastangel9999 1 in Singles & Dating

1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

28. Camel's have three eyelids.

29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.

31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".

39. Slugs have four noses.

40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".

49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

2006-12-28 03:38:24 · 32 answers · asked by me here, where are you? 3 in Jokes & Riddles

(cost per page...ink conservation)

2006-12-28 03:38:23 · 5 answers · asked by mbtafan 3 in Printers

I was wondering what the majority of women think about men who use sex toys?

There are numerous sex toys available for women, and their use is generally considered as acceptable, but it almost seems taboo for men.

2006-12-28 03:38:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

If we are playing Texas Hold 'Em, and the big blind is put in, and the small blind is put in, what is the minimum to call and see the turn?

2006-12-28 03:38:20 · 8 answers · asked by bevlee729 1 in Gambling

Geniune answers please. Thanks.

2006-12-28 03:38:14 · 16 answers · asked by Learner 2 in Singles & Dating

My son is 3, and refuses to be potty trained, he understands it but won't use it, I have tried everything and don't know what to do anymore any suggestions on what to do?

2006-12-28 03:38:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

Im 10 weeks pregnant. Will it pose a risk to take some benedryl at night?

2006-12-28 03:38:13 · 13 answers · asked by southernbellalg 2 in Pregnancy

Do plan to kill one of us on that night? I'm staying home and will certainly keep off the roads. I will be drinking hot cocoa with marsh mellows. It's lame but I will be alive for New Years Day.

2006-12-28 03:38:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beer, Wine & Spirits