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You may find this hard to believe.
An optical cable in the Sacramento area was damaged when a DUI struck a TELEPHONE pole. In turn, this caused delays at Airports when internet service failed.
Suspected DUI crash caused outage at Sacramento International Airport
Click on link to see video from KCRA TV.

A weekend internet outage at Sacramento International Airport that resulted in lengthy flight delays and cancellations was caused by a suspected DUI crash, AUTHORITIES said MONDAY. The single-vehicle crash happened late Saturday night in the area of Powerline and Del Paso ROADS, the California Highway Patrol said ...

He was "Dunk" ? ?Quote from: patio on December 24, 2019, 08:38:41 AM

He was "Dunk" ? ?

I am USING a Samsung TAB A 10.5 and find it impossible to use the copy & paste function. When I press down in the text NOTHING happens! The ‘select text’ buttons do not APPEAR. Can anyone help me?In ANDROID, in order to get the select text pointers to appear you have to do what's CALLED a long touch where you touch your finger to the screen and hold it there until the pointers appear. It should only take 1-2 seconds.

Have a GREAT ONE...Enjoy.Happy BIRTHDAY

Hello there
I have the ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 connected with my MMX300 in my main setup.
I have a secound computer setup. I WANT the sound from my 2nd computer ADDED
into my MMX300 which is connected to my ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 in the 1st computer.
As of now i TRIED to use an 3.5mm aux to 3.5mm aux from the 1st into the 2nd computer.
This only works with the onboard sound and not with the ASUS Essence STX II 7.1 as far as i have tested RIGHT now.
Is there any way to do so with SOFTWARE or additional wires to add an extra input for the ASUS Essence STX II 7.1?

Grettings Skater

I want to test a few things on a card that is bagged from mining, hopefully as BAD as it can be and still put up a picture on a monitor.

I'm not going to pay for the card, I will gladly pay shipping though. I'm hoping that someone has ONE that they haven't gotten around to recycling YET or tossing in the trash. And I'll be HAPPY to share the results of my testing with you. Oh, and I'm not looking for any specific architecture either - so literally anything will be fine Is anybody really mining in 2020? I dont THINK you should be spending a fortune on GPU...for mining purposes.
~Engineer.AIHe's not mining...he;s looking to test.

* Memory Cleaner (i.e.Task Killer)
* Game Booster
* Cache Clean (i.e. Junk Cleaner)
* Search History Cleaner
* Game Booster Widget
* Application Uninstaller

Hello everyone,,
I was just wondering if anyone knows the NAME or anything about this taskbar ICON? It's related to WIFi-LAN connections, and it may have to do with the Qualcomm Atheros 5007EG network adapter(MAY). I'm SORRY if this is in the wrong section/topic; I'm new here. Thank you so MUCH in advance!

So, what icon is that, Gujarish?
On my desktop I can just move the mouse punter over the item and it will show a title of the item. For example, I move the mouse over the little box that looks like a PC with a wireless thing in UPPER left corner and it shows the name of the network I am on, And the words 'Internet Access' show. So I know it is related to my network stuff. If I click on it, then I seek a link to the network settings.
Spammer...

Do you have any input?
I have THOUGHT about getting my sweetheart a Chromebook. Bu it must be able to RUN a major Android app. Google says maybe -but it is not clear to me.
You can download and use Android apps on your Chromebook using the Google Play Store app. Currently, the Google Play Store is only available for some Chromebooks. ... Note: If you're using your Chromebook at work or SCHOOL, you might not be able to add the Google Play Store or download Android apps.
Install Android apps on your Chromebook - Chromebook HELP
Do you KNOW if it works? Yes, it is very possible. You can download an Android viewer on your PC, such as Bluestacks. Let us know if this helps!
~Engineer.AI

I recently purchased a broken LENOVO ideapad 320 with no hard drive and a broken screen. I uninstalled the screen and put in a freshly formatted hard drive hoping to install Linux onto the laptop. When I TRIED to get into the bios it wouldn’t display to the monitor I plugged it into. I thought it was trying to display to the screen that’s not there so I’m looking for any help I can get. ThanksEven with no HDD you should still get the BIOS splash screen....it may be more damaged than you think.I’m sure there is a bios it just won’t display on an external monitor.Well it should...read the MANUAL to see if you need to use an F key to switch to external grafix...Does it power up at all? That wasn't entirely clear from what you've described.

From PICTURES of the keyboard it looks like the toggle to switch to the external display is Fn+F10.

The CES is now on in Las Vegas.
CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer TECHNOLOGIES. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. OWNED and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and

Here are some links.
https://www.ces.tech/
https://www.cnet.com/ces/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/ces-2020/

Also search on You Tybe.

Another. Sony will do an electric car.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/sony-vision-s-concept-vehicle-ces-2020/
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If Hyundai can BUILD flying taxis, why can’t Sony build a car? As it turns out, ANYTHING is possible at CES, and on Monday evening the Japanese electronics titan unveiled the Vision S, a concept car built to showcase what Sony can do for the cars of tomorrow

So my brother in law who is litteraly an idiot took an tried to pawn my ps4 that I had all my stuff on an till I'm able to find a brletter JOB we have no internet. So what I am trying to do is restore all my information for the most part back on it. So I have tethering enabled on my phone an the ps4 sees my phone an tell it to connect but, it comes back but, its coming back with. Can not connect to the server within the time limit. There mite be a problem in connecting. The server or service provider mite be busy. Nw 31456 9. Were trying to watch a movie an stuff to but I NEED the blueray CODE dlMust run in the family.If your phone plan aint unlimited and high speed a PS4 aint gonna connect...just sayin...It should be for the FIRST like 10 GB :/ I really wanted to see that with my kids

Is there 2 or 3 DIFFERENT views for YouTube I know there is desktop and Mobil but isn't a smarttv SAMSUNG have a different way of DISPLAYING choices?YouTube views of desktop and mobile are countable. But in case of smartwatch, it is not CLEAR yet. YouTube is a GOOGLE product so Google has many algorithm for YouTube views.

As you know, last year two Boeing 737 max aircraft ceased and killed all aboard. The company claimed it was a software problem and would be FIXED soon.

Now some internal INFORMATION has been made PUBLIC. It becomes clear the real problem was not software at all, nor could software ever cover up the flaws.

You can look it up on MEDIA outlets. You tube has some reports one MIGHT want to watch. The reports are disturbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQyo_jEfWRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE-dwvXrMZg

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... designed d by clowns and supersized by monkeys.

At first I thought it was a joke.
Here is the link:
https://fossbytes.com/open-source-group-windows-7-source-code-blank-hard-drive/
The Free Software Foundation was aiming for at least 7,777 signatures in their petition to open-source Windows 7. However, they RECEIVED overwhelming support from people with more than 13,000 signatures.

I want to roll my eyes. Well there goes my theory that no longer having a deranged socially backward pedophile defender in charge would make them less insane.

Though I suppose the people left are people who used to follow a deranged, socially backward pedophile defender, so I'm not sure what I expected.

To early for April first. Really so the Free Software Foundation wants a copy of the source code which is millions of hours of intellectual property. Even with a billion signatures it isn't going to happen. Perhaps Coke should be NEXT to give the world the recipe for coca cola.
BC_Programmer,
I had no idea of who he is.

BTW: Anybody can download a copy of the ISO for current versions of Windows.
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You can reinstall Windows from scratch using the product key that came with your PC, but you’ll have to find installation media yourself. Microsoft offers free ISO files for downloading; you just have to know where to look.

BC_Programmer,
I had no idea of who he is.

I have a 1476 oscilloscope 10 mhz.
It's set on ms 2 and I have 7 L's UPSIDE down on display.
I need to know what frequency that is.
I got the probes across the speaker leads.
I don't hear some frequencies and trying to find the ones
I don't hear well. Any tips on this would be appreciated

So the speaker isn't making a tone sound with this waveform?

Is this PC Speaker off the motherboard header connection or a speaker connected to a sound system that is plugged into computers audio jack?

Most problems are fixed by REPLACING the Speaker Setup and you can get low cost ones for less than $20. If its an issue with the sound card then there is a low cost USB Audio Stick you can get to USE that instead of the onboard audio of a computer. I bought 2 of these for computers that have audio issues which were not the SPEAKERS, but the audio PORT or the audio chip messed up, and they work awesome. https://www.newegg.com/startech-com-icusbaudiob/p/N82E16829128004?Description=USB%20Audio&cm_re=USB_Audio-_-29-128-004-_-ProductHere are links about "how to use a scope to measure frequency." from Google.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQ6M0fmWG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUz0zzGdqII

https://www.tek.com/blog/how-does-an-oscilloscope-measure-frequency

https://www.circuitspecialists.com/blog/taking-measurements-with-an-oscilloscope/

What is see might not be in the audible range. It is not unusual to see stuff on a scope not elated to want you want.
2nd time this Topic has been brought up...did you follow any advice from the 1st one ? ?Hi

Your oscilloscope has 10 divisions across the display and if there is 7 rises and falls across the display with each division = 2ms or 2 khz that would be about 2.4 khz square wave.

If you want to test your hearing the more modem way is with words not tones as explained on this web site
https://www.blameysaunders.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI04vi3cr65gIVjIqPCh3ftwqgEAAYASAAEgJmrvD_BwE

There is a test button and you will get a report at the end which is more accurate than a tone test.
Dave,
Thanks for the information
I get a tone at the speaker.I'm guessing it's about 2000 cycles.
It's a circuit made up of a 9v bat 3904 &3906 a cap 2 resisters and speaker.
With my finction gen the sign display is good when I put in a sign wave
and square wave.Mastermind,
Thanks a lot. those 5 sites you gave me were very good tutorials
I,m learning the osc and seems each day something new.Hi

If you are only seeing upside down L's on the screen i.e only the leading edge of the square wave it is possible you have the triggering set to leading edge only or the scope isn't fast enough to display the trailing edge.

Looking at the manual for the scope http://radiorestorer.com/bkt1466scope.PDF

It seems it is an older analog scope in which case it is unlikely to be a trigger setting (there being only 3 trigger settings on page 16) more likely the scope lacks bandwidth to display the trailing edge. It's not a fault just a limitation.

The 15 pin VGA I understand but the other end what is it and what might one use it for? That's an adapter to adapt VGA to HDMI. HDMI is a newer (not brand new) video standard that handles high resolution video as well as audio. All the TVs I've PURCHASED in the last 8 years or so have all had HDMI inputs. Same with newer computer video cards and monitors, they all support HDMI now.

What is the procedure to FIND all of the posts I've written on Computer HOPE?

ThanksClik your PROFILE...upper LEFT column clik posts...Show Posts ^^^

Looking at Amazon I get the impression that these cameras depend on being LINKED to a SMARTPHONE, which I do not have.
I want to see just what our dog gets up to when he is downstairs on his own at NIGHT - is there a simple MOTION ACTIVATED camera that records to a memory card?

As you might know, I am now 81 years old and living on Social Security. It is alright, but it so happens I live in California, among the most expensive states for cost of living. My Electric bill is beyond human understanding.

So, I ahve been thinking. Can I work at home with my tech skills? Maybe some of you have and can give me honest answers. Some things I have tried and found that I had to spend money to make money. Not a great idea.

Here is just one example I found in a search:
These 10 hottest tech skills could pay off the most in 2020
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In today’s job market, technology skills are crucial.
The demand for IT workers is high, pay for tech jobs is competitive, and more workers in nearly every line of work are putting effort into learning data and technology skills. But with the rapid rise of advanced technology, it can be difficult to pin exactly which skills will pay off the most in the long run.

I found a listing for HATTAUN for an item I was interested in. However the pricing seemed way too low, no real specs on the item, and no answer to emails. I could not find them via the internet. Am I correct that this corp/company no longer exists?You have not provided much detail.
Is there a web site?
Where?
What language?
The word "HATTAUN" brings up a possible scam, without more derail I do not know if it is the same.
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This site has an unknown trustworthiness score.
Web of Trust is a web service USED by millions of Internet users to rank the safety of websites. ... not trust a WEBSITE that has a low trustworthiness on WOT.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 28, 2010, 07:27:03 PM

Well why is he wasting our efforts. Cox has published a suitable answer to the question. On other forums thins issue has come up and the general repose is something like this:
The Cox terms of service of home users may use either static or dynamic IP address. The home user may have to power down the modem for up to 36 hours to get a new IP address. An alternative is to install a modem with a different MAC address.

on my command prompt it reads my IP is: 192.168.1.102

That's your routers address...not your IP address...

hmm this topic is very popular with over 1000 veiws....i didnt know that changing an ip address took so much effort

and that's the reason you're not seeing your "IP" change, if that's what you've been thinking is your real IP all this time.

Router IP won't change if you don't change any settings or switch any ports.

I decided to do the following

1) Disconnect the router
2) Reset the modem
3) Connect directly to the modem


WHALALA! I got a new external IP address


BUT

When I connected BACK to the router...I was given the previous old external IP address?

1) Why?
2) What can I do?

Ths Topic is 10 years old...

I don't want to join a monthly payment type movie download provider like netflix etc. but rather a pay-per-movie provider. Any suggestions for a provider I can trust with my DEBIT card info etc.?
You mean copyrighted movies.
Are you serious? Have you note read the news about copyright crackdown?
Why not just ask "What is a safe way to rob bank"?

To date, the only sites that stay online do one of two things:
1. Charge some kind of fee to the user, which helps buy permission.
2. Somehow get advertisers to help pay for the costs.

Even the allegedly "free" sites are in some way getting income. Running a broadband server costs money. Every DAY. And using Copyright material brings legal problems. You either pay the movie studios or pay the Nattiness. (Om sp,e copuntires YHU might bribe someone to look away.)

The story below may seem rather unlikely. But it could happen to you.
THE FBI LOCKED MY COMPUTER!!!
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Another legal issue. The F.B.I. can not legally hand out fines. They can arrest me, but I would need to then go before a judge, and only after being convicted would I be punished. If the F.B.I. demanded money for an alleged crime then that would be called a bribe and what they would be doing is extortion. Also, the F.B.I. would never alert a criminal that they knew he had evidence prior to an arrest.

Geek...i believe he was inquiring about legit good sites...

Some TV networks do offer free viewing of past episodes of popular sees. But your question was about movies. And yes, there are a few places where some movies are available with no cost to the viewer.
This video was two years ago.
Top 5 Legal and Free Sites to Watch Movies Online
Enjoy while you can.

What I'm trying to do is get the sum of NUMBERS in 1 column but only if the rows in another column evaluate to true
for EXAMPLE, Column A is for MALE/Female (1 for male, 0 for female) column B is how much each spends on shopping.
I want the average Male spend, and then the average female spend.
So was thinking ALONG the lines of a countif (a2:a50, "0",b2:b50) ??
All i have managed so far playing around is o count how many 1's or 0's but not the sum, if you know what I mean?

I have had this issue a few times. I have a GMAIL account and I would like to b able to check mail from other addresses on it. I successfully managed to do so with a couple of accounts. However, I am still struggling to link others to it. I keep getting the following error message:

Server denied POP3 access for the given username and password

I have had this issue with a couple of gmail accounts. Please advise how to fix this problem!Sounds like you want to have more than one Gmail account. Is that right? On my system I have for email accounts with email and I am able to access them WITHOUT the need to switch my user account.
There are a number of different possibilities you can have. Multiple operating systems, several WINDOWS user accounts, different email clients and an email SERVICE that is browser driven.
From your description I'm not able to clearly grasp what combination of things you're using that does not work for you.
Here is an experiment you might try that to should not cause any harm. Create a new user account on your Windows computer and then LOG into your favorite browser and to yourself to the Google online email account. Offhand I don't remember exactly what the URL is, but I think if you just Google Gmail it will give you a link into email browser-based client. When you sign in and use your username and password, you should see somewhere an option to switch to another account. Are you not able to find that online version of Google Gmaill? Please clarify.

So my name is Kostas and i am 16 years old. I want to run Kali Linux and i dont really know how. I know the theory but i have some questions before i continue in action. In order to run Kali i need to have a LIVE usb right? Done. So when i load kali in my live usb what do i do in order to run it? I shutdown my computer and jsut turn it on with usb plugged? Boot computer and when it gives option to boot from USB agree. Might have to go into BIOS and change boot order for USB to be listed before Hard Drive in boot order listing. Other method is pressing F9 and chose boot device after the splash screen of the system and before windows boots. F9 will pop up a menu to select an alternate boot device. *However if you have boot order as USB PRIOR to Hard Drive in BIOS, each time the USB stick is installed into a USB port prior to boot it will boot the Linux off that USB flash drive.What confuses me is the User doesnt know the difference between a live Linux distro or if he actuallt wants it installed...i'll wait for feedback.Anybody that wants to start into Linux should consider this site:
https://linuxnewbieguide.org/
This is a beginners road guide that covers a range of Linux things not explained elsewhere. No prior experience NEEDED. Find this area:
The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide
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Quote from: patio on January 31, 2020, 07:05:45 PM

What confuses me is the User doesnt know the difference between a live Linux distro or if he actuallt wants it installed...i'll wait for feedback.

Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of how to recover data from a partially corrupted thumb drive. The user claims that one day files were missing. I ran ATTRIB -H -R -S /S /D H:*.* on this drive to see if I could recover data and found a BUNCH of it, but it doesnt know the correct file extension for the data. I knew the documents were word documents and so I renamed all files using RENAME *.* *.doc and was able to open it in MS Word but its all scrambled. I then renamed them as *.txt and was able to see more information about the files, but its as if maybe they weren't exactly .DOC files or SOMETHING because its just as scrambled looking in text form as in word form. Looking at them as text files shows they claim to be Word Documents as in screenshot snippet that I attached. Not sure why all the Chinese characters when it should all be in english.

Wondering if anyone know of any free tools to help get their data back from the scramble that they have. Its unfortunate that the user only saved their data to this 1GB thumb drive that was heavily used. I was surprised that they didnt save it locally and then save to USB stick as a backup and that the USB stick was the single work location for their data going back of 11 years of use.



First thing I'd suggest is creating an image of the drive as it currently stands. Ought to have done that before making any changes.

Then run a disk check (chkdsk).

I would guess that it suffered a similar fate to a 256MB flash drive I used years ago. Basically the clusters managed to get cross-linked as well as lost, and files were sharing clusters so say in the middle of a program source code file there would be 4KB of some random executable, or vice versa. using chkdsk basically made every file only it's first 4KB cluster, and the rest of the data was all converted to the "lost chains" CHK file, with no indication of what file they belong to, what order, etc. Even being able to read the text, rebuilding any particular file was difficult to the point where I didn't bother. Dealing with Docx files (which are zip archives) and trying to piece the files back together would be even more difficult.




As BC_Programmerhas said first make an image of what you can read. A program I sometimes use is HDD rawcopy from here https://hddguru.com/software/HDD-Raw-Copy-Tool/
This will copy the pen drive to another drive or to a file on your computer. The file on the computer isn't in a FORMAT which recovery software can use just so you can make other copies to TRY things with.
Have you asked the customer what word processor or version like are they docx files. I suspect they are not not doc files but word perfect or works files. The header part of the document looks like WP or Works.
There are free file viewers and programs like Reclaim me will sort the files into there types like DOC DOCX even if the extension is changed pretty cool ah.
You can download a trial copy from here https://www.reclaime.com/
Free file viewers https://windowsfileviewer.com/file_types

Please don't continue doing the recovery on the original drive only on raw copies.Thank You both for help with this. I will try this at work tomorrow to see if any of it can be saved. I told the user that if they have any other computers they plugged this into that maybe there is an archive local copy somewhere as Office sometimes does that.And / or if it has been used on multiple PC's have them try it on each one...i've had stiks like that showed corrupt on 1 PC and normal on another...no idea why.

I have been blocked from my hotmail account as i havent used it in a while. In order to varify who i am i can EITHER be sent a text or answer questions. I set up my account 20 yrs ago and the number registered is an old number so text is out. When i fill in the form i am being told i have not answer enough info. I cant answer with any of my contacts details cause they r saved in my account which i cant access. I am locked out as i havent used it in a while so god only knows the subject lines of my last emails. Got no chance of remembering my address from twenty yrs ago and they r asking me a privacy question i have no answer to cause my mum doesnt have a middle name. I have gone to microsoft support website and basically end up being told i need to talk to some one when i click the link TURNS i have to EMAIL them and it takes me through to my email log in page which i cant log in on. Ahhhhh help me please You have to go thru them...we canot do anything from here...Are there some old emails you are trying to access or something? If not, why worry about the old account? Just create a new one.Hi
Either you or someone else could send an email to your old hot mail account if it gets bounced back then the account is dead and there will be no need to get access as the email is purged when an account is closed or not used. If you don't get a bounce back then send 3 emails KEEPING a record of the subject line then you have your 3 last emails. From Google:
Unlock your Microsoft account or Outlook email
To help protect your account from fraud or abuse, Microsoft temporarily locks accounts when unusual activity is noticed. To unlock your account, sign in to your Microsoft account and FOLLOW the instructions to get a security code.
If you can't get a security code, or if your security code doesn't work, go to When you can't sign in to your Microsoft account and follow the instructions under I can't get a verification code. ...
Get more help with sign-in problems
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12429/microsoft-account-cant-sign-in

Hello, i am having a serious issue with my All in one MSI PC. The screen on the computer is broken. So i was using it on an external hdmi TV without any issue (only hdmi output supported on pc). So, i did sort of a disk scan with it, don't know what happened but without paying much ATTENTION, it got into safe mode. Since, it won't let me use the HDMI output to display on another screen (i can't afford the replacement of the screen ATM). I have tried disconnecting the in-built screen cable inside, but still it won't work.

I was guessing that even if i couldn't see anything, i could enter my account password (with the help of NUM lock light on boot). Let me explain, when i TURN on the pc, Num lock light is on, the it goes off automatically and i will have to switch it back on with the num lock light key. I guess it is ASKING for password even if i used to use a PIN in normal mode. But i can't go any further. Can you please help me. I have a lot of important things in this pc.

Thank you in advance.

Which is better, Google or Alexa?
Or Elmer Fudd?
Google Assistant is much better at handling free-form, web-based queries than Alexa is. Alexa tends to be a stickler for wording, and for particular sequences of WORDS. Alexa also leans heavily on Wikipedia for general knowledge queries, while Google's search is more comprehensive.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-echo-vs-google-home-which-smart-speaker-is-best
Most of you already know you can use Google for searching things on the Internet by using Google voice. Amazon has an electronic device that does about the same thing it is called Alexa and the command to start actually is its name Alexa. For the Google device you say hey Google and then the commander search for something.

After watching a YouTube video, I am no longer sure which is better. But one thing I know for sure, I'm not going to pay hundred dollars for something that already have. Let the explain that last remark. I have both android and Apple devices that I can talk to. In fact, I even got one device that has Microsoft eight on it and it also has the same voice command you find on Windows 10.

But for dictation I always prefer using Dragon Naturally Speaking. Nevertheless, you can do a decent job of dictating with either the Google or the Amazon device if you know how to do it.

Anyhow, that is not really my question. My question is about how to change the the start up command. For some applications it would seem advisable to use a different command to start the device up. For example, you might have somebody in your office or school that his name Alexa and if you called her ACROSS the room your device might RESPOND with a good answer..

Of course is nobody named Google. Why in the world ever chose that name is the on me. Really, what is a Google?

So my question is this: Can you change the attention word for either of these devices? Imagine the fun you can have one of these devices you gave it a different name as the attention thing.

Suppose for example you had a THONG named as Elmer Fudd. That can be rather funny if other people were listening to you and they heard you call on Elmer Fudd for weather forecast.
For Alexa you can choose the WAKE word from these 4 choices: Alexa, Amazon, Echo or Computer.

Here is the USA tou can Google:
Cheap Cell Phone Plans
And find lots of new and old firms that claim they can do it.
Myself, I have not DONE very well with cheap phone plans.
But I am still trying.

So my question is this:
Do you have a good cheap plan you found in your area?

I saw one that says you can pay as little as $3 a month if you already have a phone.
Well, if it too good to be true, it is too good to be true.

BTW, CONSUMER Cellular is good, but it is not under $20 today.
Here in Britain, if you own a phone yourself, you can get what are called 'SIM-only' contracts. You pay monthly for voice and data and text service. My contract with VIRGIN Mobile costs 13 pounds, (17 US dollars) each month, and for that I get 2 GB data, 2500 call minutes, and unlimited text messages. In Europe we don't pay for incoming calls or texts. If I don't use all of the data it rolls over to the next month. My contract is a 'rolling 30-day' one, that is, I can terminate with 30 days' notice.republicwireless.com offers $20 / month service that gives you unlimited talk & text and 1GB data. You can BUY a phone from them OR you can bring your own phone.
If you have your own phone, you go here to see if it's compatible with their service: https://republicwireless.com/pages/compatible-phones.

I currently subscribe to this plan and it's decent for me.

How do u know if your COMPUTER has hyper-threading turned on. If u have to go into bios can u walk me though the process?. RUNNING...windows 10 64 BIT, Intel core i-7700k @4.20 GHZ, 16gb ram, nividia geforce GTX 1080. Went into task manager and it said i had..4 cores and 8 logical processors.
Cores is an actual HARDWARE component whereas thread is a VIRTUAL component that manages the tasks. Cores use content switching while threads use MULTIPLE CPUs for operating numerous processes. Cores require only a signal process unit whereas threads require multiple processing units.Jan 9, 2020

https://www.guru99.com/cpu-core-multicore-thread.html
At 4 cores you are in good shape. Quote from: Mruniverce on January 25, 2020, 01:16:14 PM

How do u know if your computer has hyper-threading turned on.

Went into task manager and it said i had..4 cores and 8 logical processors.

Can one get over the air TV signal to smartphone? Hulu and other pay services offer Live TV via their smartphone app. You wouldn't be able to simply receive OTA signal on a smartphone since you WOULD need a receiver and an ANTENNA.Here in the USA there was a MAJOR change to all TV broadcasting.
The FCC ordered that TV had to be digital and not use the VHF spectrum.

You can get a hand held TV set to watch while you walk. But making a smartphone to grasp TV SIGNALS is not a popular thing. SEEMS a gadget like this would work except I am 70 miles from broadcast tower That device is exactly what I described, a receiver and an antenna. As you mentioned that you are 70 miles from the tower, a rabbit ear antenna such as that is usually only good to receive nearby signals.If yer gonna do it make sure you can return it for full refund...just sayin.

One morning Tom PEARCE switched on his computer. It normally booted up within a matter of seconds, but on this particular morning nothing much seemed to be happening. After a few minutes as Tom was about to switch the PC off a blue screen with a message appeared.

Tom looked at it, read the message a couple of times, scratched his HEAD and then WONDERED who General Failure was and why was he reading his hard disc?

Your point being ? ?For Godsake it was a joke, have you got nothing better to do than haunt me. Or rather troll my posts.clean_as_a_squid
We are waiting for the punch line.
Who is General Failure and why is he reading the data?

Random Googles:

He's dishing out Corporal punishment while putting you in Major Pain while you suffer under exposure of Private parts.
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... the US presenting Windows 10 trainings and sessions in Phoenix, Austin and Dallas (SCU 2016). But, it turned out I said something wrong, on all of them too, which is a NEW kind of record for me… Anyway I decided to use this classic joke as the headline for an apology...
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I think he maybe related to the new friend I have " Return to last known configuration that worked. " My best ADVICE get ready to be best friends with a geek, OK lets work on that smile ...

Please find some more. Curious minds need to know.

Does anyone know of a S.R. that is either free or at the least LOW in price? I have seen one, that they are asking $69.2 screen capture programs that I know of :

1. Sreen CAST O'Matic, free version limited to 15 mins per capture, you can upgrade for unlimited length
2. Capturewiz pro, there's a free TRIAL with no feature restrictions for 30 days, but would be $39.95
to buy a key code that will ALLOW unlimited usage past trial


I use the capturewiz pro program and it's good, but I've know somebody who uses the screen cast-o-matic program and that works fine for him as well.

Quote from: harry 48 on December 21, 2008, 04:11:02 PM

supplied by bt

i had a problem of over 100 spam a day until microsoft and others took 3/4 sites of the web and they are now down to about 2/4 a day but i cannot see how they are getting to my mail as spam filter is always on

They are *not* supplied by the ISP

the mail is downloaded to your computer; at that point, it's no longer stored on your ISP's servers

I think I might pick the first one if it were me.

I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible ...

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They are *not* supplied by the ISP

Again, I'm trying to keep it simple. @cox.net, @bellsouth.net and so on are supplied by your ISP. Very different then @yahoo.com.

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the mail is downloaded to your computer; at that point, it's no longer stored on your ISP's servers

Not entirely true. My mother had some problems with her Outlook Express and with her giving permission the tech and I retrieved some of her lost/deleted mail and password from their server. Everything is backed up somewhere, even your mail.

Yeah, well, harry, it's not great to get yet another pitifully brief reply from you.

i am not clueless we are not all experts

so i will withdraw the question later so that i do not get any more insults

As I said, your replies are pitifully brief. They are incoherent, illogical, poorly written. My mother is 83. I honestly think I'm not exaggerating when I say she shows a better grasp, when she asks me computer questions, of the technical content of this discussion than you. I think that's inexcusable. I think you really can do better. I'm seeing a lack of effort.

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Yeah, well, harry, it's not great to get yet another pitifully brief reply from you.

Holy.... And here you were thinking you'd never be like me!

You're making me so proud.

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As I said, your replies are pitifully brief. They are incoherent, illogical, poorly written. My mother is 83. I honestly think I'm not exaggerating when I say she shows a better grasp, when she asks me computer questions, of the technical content of this discussion than you. I think that's inexcusable. I think you really can do better. I'm seeing a lack of effort.

Oh yes! Oh yes! Just let it all out, Soybeanieboy!

Hi im relly basic with comp,i dont know much but my SCREEN TURNED YELLOW!!!! please help,dont know what to do !!!!!Neither do we, really.

Maybe if you provided us with some very basic essential information we could get started...

I'll humour you because it's christmas TIME;
What kind of laptop, how old, what OS, WHEN does it turn yellow? Have you kept the cooling system clean?


oh god,its advent,turned yellow about 11 am today,what is the cooling system? to be honest my son has been watched some cartoons on you TUBE and close laptop accidentally(he is 19 months) thats when its happend ,i can still use it but everything is Yellow !!!!Please help me,cant find any information about this problem anywhere im on VistaDid you try turning off the laptop by keeping the power button pressed?

If that doesn't work, disconnect the power cord and remove the battery.

Start it up again. Still a yellow screen? Then describe to me what you can and can't see. (IE: Is it entirely painted in bright yellow or just a yellow hue?) Hi just done what you wanted me to do and its still yellow! Every white part of the page (any page web included) is now yellow,weird is, that my start stripe(sory about my description,dont know the proffesional name) MUST be on the left side on the screen ,not on the bottom like use too other ways screen is not visible becomes really funny: looks like there are 2 the same pages -one on another and its all shaky...If thats make sens.....sory about my writing-im trying hard in english Alright, so the screen turns yellow in Windows?

Is there any visible damage on the monitor? You said your son shut the screen. He didn't damage anything did he?

To rule out Windows being damaged, lets boot into safe mode.

Restart the laptop and keep tapping F8 before Windows loads. You should be presented with a screen that says 'safe mode'. Click enter and WAIT for Windows to load. No yellow screen? Report back. Yellow screen? Report back. You'll have to restart the laptop to get out of safe mode again.
done everything like you said...still bloody yellow..... :'but fuuny enough only white stuff is yellow,the rest is in colour- like it should beYou didn't really answer my questions. screen is not damaged,perfect condition LCD i tryed do everything like you said but with no RESULTS....
read something on www.ask.com about pins,and graphic cards....i quess im to stupid to do something about it,just worried about price if i need to repaire it......http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1156992&tstart=0


please have a look at this it sounds like my problem but i have no clue what the resolution isHave you tested it on an external monitor?

I assume you went into safe mode and that everything still looked yellow, yes? hi there ...just back from work,laptop was off for about 5 hours,just swiched it on and yellow is gone...........
it works normally........weird...something going on....is it possible that it MAY get to " tired" as i have it on for about 5 ,6 days sometimes ..........maybe i should give it a rest sometimes...?what do u think?It does sound like something might be breaking down. I'd keep some cash from getting into the hands of Santa Claus just in case...

okay i have a problem with my computer and i am not very good with computers either. look my computer shuts down by itself after a while of using it and when i try to TURN it back on it says cpu overheating or sometimes it says failed overclocking but i have not overclocked it or done anything since i bought it. my fans work fine and it has never done this since i bought it like 3 years ago so i don't know how it's overheating. the only way i can get back on is letting it sit for a while, o and when i try to burn a CD it will shut down instantly can somebody please help me.Turn computer off. Open the case. Use a can of compressed air to clean it inside (do NOT use vacuum cleaner!).
While cleaning fans, hold their blades with a pencil to avoid any damage.
With case opened, turn the computer on, and see, if all fans are running.

When done...

1. Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")

2. Download, and install SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
Post your computer temperatures:



ok i blew the fan out and it seems to be working fine but it still turns off after a while.

here is some info on my computer: CPU-pentium 4 3.06GHz
Ram-512mb
Harddrive-160GB/36GB free space

My reading for my fan are as follows:
GPU: 47C
SYSTEM: 34C
CPU: 70C
AUX: 81C
HDO: 32C
CORE: 46C
AMBIENT: 0Quote

CPU: 70C

Hello,
I have searched for computer lockup questions similar to mine but I think my situation might be Little different or I havent found a DISCUSSION as similar as mine is so I thought I would post my question hoping you all could help me pinpoint my problem. I'm running windows XP professional with service pack3. I have an amd sempron 2800+ 1.6 GHz processor, 2GB ram and 2 harddrives one with 80 and another with 111 GB of space (if you need more info about my computer please ask).

I play Warcraft but lately as I am playing my computer just seizes up. The SCREEN freezes in place whatever it is I'm doing. It began doing it only once a day but now it's becoming more and more frequent. It seems to only happen when I'm playing warcraft. But it HAPPENS acouple times when I'm surfing the web. My computer runs fine when I'm not doing anything on it and my screensaver runs all night without any issue. There's so many issues that would cause lockups I dont know what to do. I've checked my drivers but I don't see any "!" or "?"s. Ive recently reformatted so I don't think it's that. Please help me!
If there's something very similar posted in here to my topic I apologize in advance. Just didn't find anything similar. Thank you all for your help in advance. thank you. Do all the regular maintenence such as diskclean and defrag...
Then run all your malware scans including A/V and Trojan scanners...
Reboot and see if THINGS improve.Thank you very much for the info. I'll try that.

Hey everyone!!!!

I have a Kodak easy share C813 digital camera, that records video clips in a quicktime movie format when they are downloaded to the computer, and they are about 10-13 MB in size, and they take forever to transfer over a NETWORK, such as sending them via IM or upoading to youtube, etc. I do have dial up which is one of the reasons i am sure but is there a way to compress these clips to a smaller format without losing too much audio and video QUALITY, so they transfer faster and take up less space? like using a different Codec? i am new to working with audio/video and WOULD appreciate any HELP y'all could offer thanks in advance

ccWhat I do to reduce filesize of videos is put them into Windows Movie Maker and, without doing anything to the original video, go to File --> Save Movie --> Next --> More Options and Best to Fit Size.
Keep bringing the file size down step by step until you see the framerate or Display Size at the bottom of the window CHANGE. You want to keep them the same and let only the Bitrate decrease.
Then save the movie.

Other than that, I don't think there is much you can do to compress videos.

I only use Linux for a server OS (the one that runs my website...)
Great server OS, I dont use its GUI on the server though, thats a waste of resources. Where is your website?

And I don't mean that thing that makes me register. I've used Ubuntu as my main OS, in a virtual machine (which I do now), on a server, and as a Live CD to fix a busted computer. It's very handy to have around and is definitely worth learning, IMHO.

However, if you want a very minimalistic distro and you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty I suggest Arch Linux. I just started using it alongside Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine and I must say, it's pretty cool to get it all up and running yourself.Very Small Linux is pretty slick...Quote from: Raptor on December 25, 2008, 02:08:12 AM

Where is your website?

And I don't mean that thing that makes me register.

Do you have a Honey Pot set up? http://www.projecthoneypot.org/home.php

I put one on my blog about a week ago. It's already snagged a few Comment Spammers.

I understand. You may be surprised that you are visited by other "things." I've not had any comment spammer problems but within a few days of putting the Honey Pot links in they had attracted a few. If for no other reason then do it for the satisfaction

Only takes a few minutes to set up.

Project Honey Pot is the first and only distributed SYSTEM for identifying spammers and the spambots they use to scrape addresses from your website. Using the Project Honey Pot system you can install addresses that are custom-tagged to the time and IP address of a visitor to your site. If one of these addresses begins receiving email we not only can tell that the MESSAGES are spam, but also the exact moment when the address was harvested and the IP address that gathered it.

has been used to download free music

can it contract any viruses from the old computer?

Second question, can it contract viruses either way, just being on the same network?

Anyone know why a cordless mouse would stop working? Does it have an internal battery that needs replacement? I have a laptop and hate the mouse pad on the laptop! I am totally uncoordinated with it! Help!!! THANK you!!Yes.....A cordless mouse has a battery......How else will it get its power. You know that those things come with manuals, right?

A good habit to pick up now and enter the new year with is to start reading them. Quote from: Raptor on December 24, 2008, 10:38:57 AM

A good habit to pick up now and enter the new year with is to start reading them.

If I recommend things like that everyone immediately starts pressing the "REPORT MODURAT0R" button.

Does any1 play Starcraft?why are you quoting everything?IDKI guess the "Say no to drugs" advertisements had alarmingly little effect on this guy. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 20, 2008, 10:58:43 PM

why are you quoting everything?

Not a dubbal (or however you spell it) post

Not a dubbal (or however you spell it) post

See how hard it is to read your question?

I hope this is the appropriate place to ask. My uncle has only had Vista
for a short while. I'm not sure of the specs on his computer but it is a
brand new machine. It is a simple enough sounding problem but I have
googled with no luck so I hope someone here can suggest some things to me.
I do not have Vista myself and am HELPING my Uncle via email so I can't
actually look at what is going on.

His problem is that in Windows Mail when he recieves blinkies or smilies or
other small animations he cannot see them animated. They appear just LIKE
basic pictures when they are in fact animated gifs. Can anyone suggest what
settings he NEED to change so that he can see the blinkies animated. Or any
other suggestions on what could be causing this problem.

Thanks in advance

Deb
I know of no setting in Windows Mail that would do that.

Can your uncle ACCESS his email via webmail, in other words, via web browser? Keep in mind he may be able to do so but does not know it. If he uses an email account provided by his ISP, there's a good chance he can access his mail via web browser. I'm curious about whether he would have the same result when accessing his mail that way. It could be a troubleshooting step.

If your uncle does not know whether he can access his email account via webmail and if his email account is one provided by his ISP, try to visit the ISP's website and search for info on this, or contact their tech support.Thank you for your reply. I have been unable to get him to go and look at his webmail (he is a fairly new user of Vista - previously used windows 3 point something) so is a bit limited. I did however send him a direct link to a moving animation on the web and he is able to see it in his browser. I don't know if that narrows it down for you or anyone else. When I was thinking of a setting in Windows Mail I guess I was referring to maybe some type of security FEATURE in it... Thanks again for trying to help... oh and btw Merry Christmas

New update today. v28.0 added this to my Firefox.

If you click on the "McAfee SiteAdvisor" button, and click "Disable Secure Search", it will shrink back to the normal width. The update makes my status bar taller either way though. Hopefully, McAfee will fix that in its next update.I got the Safe Search turned off but the new rating icon is still much larger. Not good!

I made a small complaint at the McAfee forums. I really wish the size of the RATINGS icon would have stayed the same.

http://community.mcafee.com/showthread.php?p=543284#post543284yeah that really got me mad today.I don't use site advisor. Noscript + modified HOSTS file + manual cookie selection means very few connections I do not WANT to make.I agree here, installed the update and I'm not impressed.
I've got the same setup as Raptor in terms on Noscript, HOSTS, manual cookies, figured Siteadvisor couldn't hurt and have been testing it for a few months.
It may be booted from my system fairly quickly.It puts 2 02 bho's, 1 018 protocol and 2 023 services entries in a HJT log.

Older Versions of SiteAdvisor at Download.com.Quote from: evilfantasy on December 23, 2008, 03:27:54 PM

Older Versions of SiteAdvisor at Download.com.

Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.

I have a usb flash stick where I save all my .mp3 files for playing in the car. Normally no problem, but when I copy a mp3 file (lets call it X.mp3) from the pc to the stick, and try to play X.mp3, I get an error Code C00D11B1 message, followed by the attached message (Windows Media Player encountered a problem when playing the file). The file can be played on the PC with no problems. If I load all files together (including the 'problem' file), there is no problem; all the files can be played. File X.mp3 just does not seem to like being added onto the stick which already contains other files.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve SPACE]Is there anything strange about this file either in size or naming with special characters etc? I had to change the name of an MP3 file before to get it to play without troubles before. I'd make a copy of this file on the PC and rename it and copy a renamed version of it to the stick such as test.mp3 and see if it then plays with no problems.No, I tried with different files on the Stick: copy to pc, rename, copy back to stick, attempt at playing. Error, both when I use WMA and when I use RealPlayer Cloud.Hard to understand. My guess is a hardware issue. Only a guess.
Is the file copy protected?
Have you tried other media players?
Have you tried other USB sticks?

DRM, Digital rights management, can make it hard for users to play their favorite music anywhere. Is there any resown to THINK it is a DRM issue?
The geek video is relevant only if it is a DRM problem. So don't watch it unless you are very curious.
http://socialjumpstart.com/8-mind-blowing-facts-digital-rights-management/
(The whole point of the above video is that nobody ever reads the terms of service. When you download a copyrighted file you have to agree. You do not own the file. It could vanish if the copyright owner wants.)
Thanks all of you, the problem has been resolved. I transferred all the files from the problem 16Go stick to a new (30Go) stick, and the problem has gone away: I can now at a later stage copy individual files from the pc to the new stick, and have no more problems playing thes files. No more errors Can anyone tell me what the problem what have seen to be? Old stick? It could be anything from specific driver for the flash controller in the stick to, a stick that is not operating within the normal parameters of normal USB sticks ( outside of tolerance ), to a damaged stick.

The good thing is that these days unless you have a large flash drive, they are dirt cheap to replace. I have a pile of these in a ziplock bag with data back ups on them etc as well as bootable tools and system recovery sticks marked with silver sharpie marker in case I need to reinstall the OS clean to my netbook for example that has no optical drive and had a system recovery software built into it to make a system recovery flash stick set of 2 sticks, 1 with the OS, and 1 with applications that are optional install.

Good to see you got it working.

I have only had 1 stick go bad on me in the 8 years or so that i have been using them. The problems I had with the one that died on me was that windows would complain when it connected that it wanted to correct for problems and I would ALLOW for it to correct these, and when reading data off of it it seemed to work ok, but when writing data to it it was super slow to the point that I thought it had STOPPED transferring to the stick, but there was a slow trickle of writing to this device. The good thing is that since it was able to read fine, but had write issues, i copied all the contents to my C: drive and then copied the contents to a new larger stick. The stick that failed was a 1GB stick that I got really cheap as part of a Live linux distro on a USB stick for like $5 back when 1GB sticks were like $8 new. I figured I'd save myself $3 and buy this to try out and likely format to use as a normal stick. The USB stick was a very cheap brand and it didnt last more than about a year of constant use daily. I tried all sorts of online free tools to try to RECONDITION the flash, but it had to have been damaged someway and maybe by design when it detects a flaw in its flash memory, the memory controller slows the transfer rate to point out that the stick is not to be trusted anymore. Just an assumption as for I am not sure if the internal flash controllers are smart enough or designed well enough to perform error checking and then to throttle the speed if there are problems like this when writing to the stick only whereas the reading from the stick was as fast as its always been.The file is corrupt...means either a bad file ...or your stik is getting ready to fail.Quote

I am not sure if the internal flash controllers are smart enough or designed well enough to perform error checking

Have loaded about 20 mp3 files onto the stick (SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0, 32Go). When I play the music on my Windows 7 PC, all is OK, but when I play it on my car radio, the music “flutters” (rather like the needle on a vinyl record constantly jumping grooves). Other usb sticks are no problem on the car radio. The stick is APPARENTLY OK, and I have run h2testw.exe with POSITIVE results.
Something WRONG with the formatting? I used the SETTINGS shown in the attachment (FRENCH PC).

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