twobits

@twobits (31)

United States • Age 50

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Rabbit TV device

Charlene Sally C. @PointlessQuestions (15397) • United States 14 Mar 13

I saw on the Internet where you can get a USB device that will allow you to watch regular TV stations on your computer. One is called Rabbit TV. It costs about $10. Do you know of other devices you can watch regular TV on? I'm...

rabbit tv

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twobits Rabbit tv does not let you watch regular tv. It says it lets you watch internet tv. Thing is you don't need a device to let you do that. All they are selling you is the dongle to act as protection to make sure their program that aggregates the video feeds on...

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Typos.. in a book?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 14 Mar 13

Have you ever seen a typo in a book.. like a misspelled word or accidental word? Does it bother you if you see such a thing in a book? I've been reading some of the old Murder She Wrote novels based on the TV show from the...

books

mistakes in books

reading

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twobits I have always seen an occasional error in a book at times. It usually was small enough and infrequent enough to not bother me. However, now with more self publishing and print on demand books I see it more often and sometimes bad enough to make the book...

15 Mar 13

E-book interest!

wishjui @wishjui (271) • India 13 Mar 13

From my previous discussion, the idea hit me that many people prefer e-book reading instead of the hard copy! I know e-books are easy finding and also cheap.It also saves the place in your house library.Some of the sites even...

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twobits I think you are mixing together two different things, the ebook file, and the device you use to read it on. I have never liked reading a book on my computer, especially for entertainment. However, since getting a nook simple touch, I have found I now enjoy...

14 Mar 13

Whaaat???!!

paula27661 @paula27661 (15811) • Australia 16 Sep 10

An Australian man from my home town of Perth left the country only to find out on his return that his house was sold while he was away! Roger Mildenhall lost his home due to a scam where someone presented him or herself as Mr....

home sold while owner was away

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twobits Here most sales require the use of title insurance. This seems like a case that they would have to pay out to the buyers of the house. It seems outragoues that his house can be sold without him signing anything, or getting the money for it. Here also, buying...

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How long I may turn my laptop on?

Ramaditya @Ramaditya (1226) • Indonesia 18 Sep 10

Hello folks, I have a laptop, Acer 4740G one. I often work using that baby. Sometimes I will turn it on continuously for over 12 hours. Well, I know it is actually not safe turning on a laptop for a long time. But I can't...

laptop

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twobits Depends a lot on the cooling system. Getting a heat disapeating pad for it can help a lot. As can blowing the dust out. Make sure you have a screen blanker set as well. I have had some laptops running 24/7 for over five years now, and another that can't stay...

19 Sep 10

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Pilots! Flying a Plane While Taking Anti-Depressants, Okay??

artistry @artistry (4151) • United States 9 Apr 10

Recently the FAA lifted the ban on pilots flying airplanes, while they were taking prescribed anti-depressants. Would you feel comfortable traveling on a plane being flown by a pilot, who was taking anti-depressant medication?...

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twobits If you don't let them seek treatment without the risk of job lose, then you will are greatly discouraging pilots to get treatment/help with seems far worse a situation.

12 Apr 10

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Do you like Facebook?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 10 Apr 10

Here is a frikin hilarious episode of south park. OMG! If you use facebook, like farmville etc. This is for ADULTS. Tell me what you think. I am crackin up! http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/267112/

facebook

farmville

southpark

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twobits Saw that a few days ago. It is great. Another classic like the WoW epsiode they did some years back. This one I even forwarded to my mother, as we had been talking about facebook and farmville a week or so back, and she in turn forwarded it to almost everyone...

12 Apr 10

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Do you buy Original Games or Download them illegally from the Internet?

pranavpillai93 @pranavpillai93 (267) • India 11 Apr 10

As you might have noticed, the price of a PC game is not so cheap these days. You can't blame the makers for the high prices as the cost they bear to give us a good gaming experience is real high. The second part of Call of Duty's...

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twobits There is enough legitimate free stuff to download and play that I don't feel a need to search out pirated downloads. There are also cheaper versions of many games, such as the steam $5 sales, that let you get legal downloads that are cheaper since they don't...

11 Apr 10

How do you get the money for playing wow?

Ramsesxlll @Ramsesxlll (1431) • Finland 11 Apr 10

My question is quite simple: How do you get enough money for playing WoW? Or do you pay for it at all (means that you are playing private servers)? I am now having a "pause" in playing WoW because I can't seem to get enough...

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twobits I have been taking a break from WoW and instead playing some of the free to play games such as Runes of Magic and Entropia. I do have some ways to make money to use the cash shop in these though that would also work for WoW. I guess you just gave me a topic...

11 Apr 10

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Do you use a legal copy of your anti virus

velocity_186 @velocity_186 (879) • India 21 Oct 09

Almost everyone over here would be using an anti virus Usually i downloaded anti virus software from internet from torrents and free sources where we get cracks along with it or some key generators but after i used kaspersky i...

anti virus

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twobits I use legal copies, most of the time by sticking to one of the many ones that are offered for free by their maker. Occasionally I will also set someone up using the AV that came with their computer or that they can get from their ISP.

21 Oct 09

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My budget for buying laptop is 1000 us dollars..

rajka970 @rajka970 (176) • Sweden 20 Oct 09

hi frnds ...im planning to take a new laptop my budget is not more than 1000us dollars .so im looking for the latest models .so can any one help me in finding the good one.

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twobits What you want to use it for matters, even at $1000 you need to make tradeoffs. What is best depends on your needs, gaming, developing, portability, etc.

21 Oct 09

Can I cancel my landline, and keep my DSL service?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 20 Oct 09

Here is my question, if anyone here can help me. Because my landline home phone service is the same company as my DSL internet service. If I want to cancel my landline service, can I still keep my DSL internet service? Some people...

internet service

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twobits Technically is is possible to just get dsl service. This is called dry service. It is usually only available for what is called 'business class' service. It costs more for this then the phone/dsl consumer bundle also, as it usually has faster uplink speeds,...

20 Oct 09

do couples consider simplicity of weddings nowadays?

amyson @amyson (3498) • Philippines 20 Oct 09

many couples nowadays consider simple weddings.my wedding took about 6 months in preparation so we really prepare a lot.what do you think about those couples marry in for hours wedding preparation?will you consider to hav your...

consideration

simple weddings

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twobits It is up to the people involved, and what they want and can afford. What I don't understand is people that put them selves in debt over a wedding. Seems a bad foot to start off on.

20 Oct 09

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A man is accused of giving his lover an abortion pill

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 19 Oct 09

A married man of 44 years old is accused of giving his lover aged 33 years old an abortion pill. She found powder in the bottom of her drink. The pills he is said to have crushed and put in her drink didn't cause the lady to have...

abortion

baby

failed

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twobits The laws today give the fathers little to no rights. The mother can pick to abort the child or to keep it and the father has no say. However, the man is then liable to spend more on a child through child support then one would have to for a child living with...

20 Oct 09

Over heating of my lap top?

hmrk12 @hmrk12 (735) • India 19 Oct 09

As I felt the reason for the slow down of my laptop is the overhearing, I installed a software called "Mobile meter" (which is freeware) in my laptop..Now the software shows that the temperature of the CPU is around 45-50 degree...

laptop

normal cpu temperature

over heating

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twobits Those temps are not out of line. The dv1000 is a 2004 model though. It shipped with 512mb or RAM.... software uses much more memory these days. Check you resource usage. If it shows you are using more ram then you have, your computer is now swapping to the...

20 Oct 09

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Java vs other programming languages?

gaganthe @gaganthe (90) • India 11 Jun 08

Is java better than other programming languages?

java

programming

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twobits Is a screwdriver better then a hammer? Depends if you want to drive a nail or take the case off a computer,right? Same with programming languages,they are tools and different ones are better at different tasks given different requirements.

10 Oct 09

How many jobs to yo have?

SuzyLong @SuzyLong (775) 5 Oct 09

I know have 3 jobs in order to get extra money for my wedding. monday to friday I work 1pm-9pm as a debt collector. Saturdays I work 10am-2pm as a telesales person for a security company and then 5pm-11pm saturday and sunday I...

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twobits Right now none! Stop being greedy and hogging all the jobs!!! j/k Good luck with your wedding!

5 Oct 09

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do you feel comfortable studing an ebook on computer

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 4 Oct 09

i have a big number of ebooks on my pc. but i dont find comfortable studing them on pc. i feel tired easily even it is easy to search and look for a book on computer but it is hard here to study for long here. what your views

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twobits I prefer a real book for reading, and an ebook for reference. I get annoyed at how so many things now come without real printed manuals. Ebooks are so much cheaper though. Hopefully some time soon they will come up with an affordable ebook reader that does...

5 Oct 09

Which do you think is better Voip or Skype?

Tynetta746 @Tynetta746 (264) • United States 9 Jun 08

Voip is fairly new and basically uses your internet connection to establish your voice over the internet, i.e. Voice of Internet Protocol(VOIP). What is the difference between Voip and Skyp? Which is more economical?

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twobits Actually VoIP or Voice over IP is not really that new. In fact Skype is a proprietary implementation of VoIP. Your question is really asking something like "Which do you think is better, food or pizza?". In the case of Skype, I don't use them because they use...

5 Oct 09