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Well, if the books weren't specifically bad, I say you just let the lesser people do their thing. (I've never read them and so I can't give an objective opinion)Ours is a cult culture. We attach ourselves to things and make them into our own personal Gods.This is what happened with Brittney Spears and more recently Miley Cyrus. Just because we are told to like them by the popular media, we do. And we like them to the point of ravenous flame wars on youtube and forum sites. They're not good. As a matter of fact, they're below average. Miley dances like an epileptic. Or High School Musical. I have met grown women that like this series. But I have never seen a weaker plot or worse songwriting! Merely because they were told that it was good, they appreciate it.So if people want to go googlie eyes over this series of books, at least the books are decent. People have to attach themselves to something in order to get through the day. At least this time it's not absolute dross.Perhaps, when the series dips to blatant fanservice and it's just unintelligible from a literary standpoint, then we can tear it apart for being horrible. It's not to that point yet, is it?

You want a fix in simple english? REBUILD YOUR COMPUTER. Get your windows disc and make that sucker spin. Back up files if you like, but get yourself an excellent virus scanner and scan everything before you put it back on your computer. If you like open source, comodore or clamwin are excellent for this.I'll tell you why one fix won't universally work: I had this trojan with TOTALLY different names under TOTALLY different circumstances.I battled this trojan for a good month. I got it off, but my computer was so ravaged that I reinstalled windows and called it done.My variation was THE MOST excellent piece of virus software I have ever seen. I'll elaborate on how I got rid of it.The trojan would start up before I even logged into my profile. IN THE WELCOME SCREEN! So I knew it was in the registry. It would sit unobtrusively in the background. But I think that this dang thing had a key logger. Every time I visited a site that might be able to help, it cut my ethernet connection. I would calmly have to ping my router to get it to recognize I existed. If you let it sit too long, it would create instances of IEXPLORE.EXE that would start eating more and more system resources.It's smart, though. It's not the IEXPLORE, it's a different program. If you watch for a long enough time in the task manager, you'll see it. I found mine; it was a jumble of letters and numbers that started with a C6 (I can't remember the rest of the crud) Point is, I looked that thing up on the internet and I couldn't find squat. And here's where the real genius comes in: I think that IT RANDOMIZES IT'S FILE NAME. That's incredibly intelligent. Whoever wrote this should be shot.More annoying things: Whenever I did a search for it in any virus software, it would cause an exception and throw my computer to the blue screen. If I did anything for too long without manually shutting this thing off, I would go to the blue screen. But it's just at the edge of annoying. You don't want to go to the lengths required to get rid of it, because you think "I can deal with this..." It's annoying, but not annoying enough to drive you to the edge. It's a masterful piece of work.The way I got rid of it: If you can still get into safe mode, then get there, for gosh's sakes. If you know what the file's name is, then go into system32 in the windows folder and delete it. I found mine there, and another one with more jibberish for a file name. Once you've gotten rid of them from there, go into your registry and use the find tool to find them there. If you don't know how to do that, then look it up (my post is too long already). Then restart your computer and hope for the best. My computer worked after that, but the drivers conflicted so much I had to rebuild anyway. It sucked.

Indoor flash with the tips you've shown does work- But you don't explain the circumstances where you might need these tools, and for a beginning photographer, that's vital. Also, some of the tips you've given are only really effective with a professional flash. Point and shoot cameras have the flash in really odd places, sometimes right next to the lens (I've seen it, it's retarded) and some of your tips don't work with that. Not degrading the usefulness of your tips, just pointing out the weaknesses. I've always found that if you put your camera on auto to get the feel for the lighting, you can tweak it from there with manual settings. (change the aperture and so on). Most indoor situations don't require flash. If you're in a large room, flash will make the first nine feet really bright and colorful, and the entire background will be black. If you're in a small room, the light in the room is probably enough if you have a steady hand. If you don't have a diffuser or a bounce card, then flash becomes much trickier.

Spiffy new coats are an excellent idea! Way to boost your self esteem. That'll really help you out in the long run. If you look sexy while you're with her, you'll feel better about the whole thing.Have fun!

Perhaps she likes you but she's afraid of what her friends think. That's why she insults you behind your back.Or - long shot here - there is nothing going on, she's just a very extroverted person. There are people who will protect their precious personal space, and people who will drape their clothes over other people's faces like a coat rack. There's nothing going on, just that's the way she is. Watch to see if she does it to other people. If she does, then don't ask her to stop. It may just get worse. Ask for a different seat, avoid her, watch her with binoculars from the backside of a fence. However you can resolve this and get some closure.

Everyone seems to term them "Popular" but in reality it seems all we're trying to say is "Shallow". It's the kind of life you want to have, but aren't willing to sell your soul for. They are, so they get to hang with the other "Popular" people. The aforementioned cool average people are probably more popular, in the strictest sense. It's because this type of person is genuine, so more people feel they can be friends with them. If you're too much the god/goddess, you're never going to make any real friends - only people who are just as shallow as you, trying to climb the social ladder. And to answer the original question; my school did have cliques. I went to a tiny school, so it was highly cliqued. We're talking... 100 people. The only really clearly defined group was the nerds (Including me. I mean, I'm posting on a forum. Come on, I'm obvious). We carried computers around and ate by ourselves. But other than that, there were no stereotypical cliques. Only groups of people who were superior and hung out by themselves. So there you go. Life sucks everywhere outside of nerd-dom. Nerds are extremely equal. Until one of them has a 10 port router and everybody wants to have a LAN party.

Okay... I'm not sure that you're in the same boat with the guy who had a very interesting experience with his best friend. (What a way to come out! Very explosive.) But I had my first kiss with a girl I liked a lot. We were just walking along though a park, alone. I looked up and noticed it was raining (sprinkling, more like. we couldn't really feel it under the trees). I said something about it, and next thing I knew, she kissed me. It was really unexpected; I'm six foot two and she's more like five foot five. So it was something of a shock when she grabbed my head. So I was still trying to figure out how to respond when she blushed and ran away.I was seventeen, and I'd never had a gf before. So don't worry about it. When it comes down to it, even nerds can find girls who like them. ( It doesn't hurt that I'm so smashingly handsome! ha. whatever, I'm not).I know a guy who's never really been in with a girl. Several have liked him, but it didn't work out. He's nineteen, almost twenty and he's not ever even had a kiss, or held hands or anything like that. The way he lights up when hot chicks walk by, he's hetero as they come, just ashamed (fundamentalist christian). So you're not pitiful yet. He's pitiful.

You're right. When you take pictures in your house at night (or at any time really) don't use the flash!It' unnecessary. Your house is an enclosed space and all of the light reflects around making for great ambient lighting, so long as you're not pointing the camera at a lightbulb. The flash will only highlight the foreground objects. Then, the camera will compensate for having such bright things in the picture, making the entire picture darker.So if the light is fairly even, don't use flash. It defeats the purpose.Or if your subject is backlit, you can use flash. This is because the rest of the picture is so dark that when you light up the foreground, it creates even lighting!Really, the best way to learn this is by experimentation.

Setting it up in a blog is probably not the best idea... that way posts get shoved down the page again and again until they're out of sight. Lots of people will just look over the front page and leave because they don't care. Categories at the top of the page would be nice, for quick browsing.And is this just... the entire world? Or is it localized to a particular place, geographically?So that's what I've got. Good luck.

Someone needs to say this, though:If you are not a camera enthusiast, or a photographer, or an editor, there is no reason to shoot in RAW. To all of the moms out there that are reading this post, just because your camera shoots in RAW is no reason to switch to it, unless there is an actual pressing need for you to do so. Trust me, JPEG is fine for your photo albums.But if you are one of those things, and you have the hard drive space for it, then RAW is a good idea.

If you're looking for a very involved rts, try the total war series. I don't think that simulated war gets any more realistic than that.I've played Rome:Total War, just to qualify.The basic over-arching play style is turn based, meaning that all troop movements and city building take place on a large map with territories dotting it. You don't actually see the cities unless you click an option to see the city, and it loads the map of the city. You regulate your empire, keep the senate happy and build stuff during your turn. The real time element doesn't come in until an actual fight. Whether you initiate or your enemy initiates, you load up and move your troops around normally.However, the troops are in battalion formation, so it makes troop movement different from a lot of other rts games. And then you have added on that the troops have fairly specialized uses: Foot vs. Spear, Spear vs. Horse, Horse vs. Archers, Archers vs. Foot & Spear... and if you pit any one against the wrong type, you lose troops faster than candy on Halloween. Also, the troops have morale. This is excellent when the enemy breaks and flees, but not so good when your own troops are doing the fleeing.Tactics such as troop placement and attack patterns really play into this game. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then right on, there you go. This is the game for you.

There is an open source software that is as good as the paid services. It's continuously updated and it's very lightweight. The downside is it has no real-time scanning, but you can scan individual objects and an entire hard drive. It's extremely thorough (if you set it to be) and it's quite effective. I actually compared, and it found things that norton didn't. Also, infections won't avoid it because they don't know it exists. Clamwin antivirus http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/ It's quite good. Enjoy.

First off, what's wrong with the number forty two? It's the answer to life, the universe and everything.If you've ever read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, you'd understand. It's amazing.And also, the plural of the number 42 is actually 42s... not 42's. If you have an apostrophe, you make the number possessive. That's incorrect, and I don't want you to feel ignorant in the future.

Whether or not the gimp is outdated at all, it's still very powerful...Also, they're coming out with a new version (that I know of).I'd rather have something good for free than something good for money...So I'll use the gimp.Money is precious, and I am too.

Converting these files can be tricky because a lot of traditional programs don't accept them. If you want to, you can get a program to help you (I don't know of any). Or, you can do the conversion online. There is an awesome site that allows you to upload and then download the file without a program. http://media-convert.com/ It works really well, I haven't had it die on me, and it is pretty quick, especially if you're using flv files... they're tiny. The site should have a bunch of flags and a lizard on it.

I have an nvidia 8800 gt, two gigs of ram and a decent processor... (dual core nonsense). So I have a system in the range of this game.I have it, and I can play it on high graphics (depending on the mood of my background processes, sometimes they get too beefy and I have to shut them off).Last night I had the opportunity to play crysis for the longest period yet, something like two and a half hours...By the time I finished, my computer was so taxed it was jittering.So yes, if you have low-end specs, playing this game for any amount of time isn't possible unless you're liquid cooled. And if you have enough to buy a liquid cooled system, then you probably have high-end graphics already.

I believe that the gimp has a plugin that will process raw images. https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ and this is the plugin to edit RAW files http://registry.gimp.org/node/31 It's totally free. The gimp is quite high power, but it takes some getting used to (just like any program). If you're still not convinced, the gimp has many user-produced plugins and filters that make life easy and fun. And of course the biggest selling point is that it's free.

I like linux because windows is like an uncompromising lover. She goes on a business trip and she doesn't call you to say that she loves you. Instead she gets drunk and gets herpes and spends all of the money in a casino. Then, windows comes back to you and expects you to love her as much as she did before. But you know that you're never going to get past the herpes, you're never going to forget that night where she left you.Then, Linux stumbles into your life. Maybe you're introduced by a friend, maybe you've heard of her, seen her around, but you never cared before.She doesn't know any of the people you know, that you're familiar with. But she's new, and different. Her looks grow on you until windows looks like a dog. And she never asks you to go to her mother's, she never begs you for children, she never asks you to do anything you're not comfortable with. And you take her and you love her and you never look back.Then, at work, you meet Vista. You find out that the old girl's still kicking. But now, she just looks so pitiful. She wears ten layers of makeup to cover the blemishes and the disfigurements. And when you ask her to take some papers to the boss, she stops and asks if you're sure you want to. You yell, "Yes, I told you to, jeez!" So she bats her eyes and runs away. You find yourself dreaming of Linux while you're at work.That's why I like Linux. I've been burned, Windows. I've been burned. You may look good on the outside, but you have no soul.I'll take VLC over media center.I'll take Open Office over Word.I'll take Firefox over Explorer.I'll take the Gimp over ... wait. Windows doesn't come with image software.I'll take Linux over you.

Yeah... I think that spies have it hard. Pyros have nearly endless ammo to throw around because their lives are so short; they're constantly getting more ammo. Your four minute excursion into the enemy base can end by a single man with a flamer hitting you once because he felt like firing at the air. But the spies also are one of the biggest pain in the butt people to play against. If the enemy has a talented spy, they can be death on wheels. I play as a medic most of the time (because everybody that tries to, sucks) and Spies are aggravating. I constantly have my medigun out, so I can't check to see if the dude is actually a spy. I just heal and run. So I die. And I die, and I die some more.If you play the spy right, they can be really destructive.I really like the pen knife idea... It would really give a boostie up to the spy, and make it really hard to tell who is a spy and who isn't. But then, I don't think that Valve is paying attention anyway. So whatever.

Ouch. That hurts.I have often talked about this with my friends, and we have decided that this situation is the worst way to break up.It's like she's saying "You are the reason that I went to women. I can't actually stand men after you."Even if you weren't the reason she came out... I still feel for you.

I believe that the key to a good healthy relationship is respect.If you have that (and there is no adequate way to test) then you are ready for a relationship.If you mix well and the chemistry is right, then good job!We're happy for you.

This is very helpful. I would like to play more as a spy, but I can't because I suck too badly and I don't want to drag down my team. I just always play as a medic instead.I'm pretty decent as a medic.It's true, though. I hate spies. I obviously can't deal with them very well. My bonesaw won't take them one hit, my syringe gun is crap, and using a medigun would be stupid. Your team mates that are equipped to deal with spies (specifically pyros) don't take them very often, or at least not often enough. I continually die immediately before I ubercharge. It's really annoying.If all spies used these tactics, it would be impossible to play as a medic. I'm glad that most people just play as snipers (and poorly at that)

I have found a free vector editor called inkscape.It's actually a pretty powerful editor and allows you to create some high-quality vectors.Thanks for the list. It really helps to have this great list of photo software.

Samsung sgh-a737 is the model of my phone.I noticed something; Mp3 files coming from a friend's phone work as a ringtone. When I use my bluetooth dongle to try and put an Mp3 file on my phone, it doesn't work.That is just not right. I think that I should be able to put Mp3s on my phone. There is no reason why it should distinguish between the two.Does anybody have any earthly idea why they would put that restriction on my phone? Because if I can't turn that feature off, I'm just going to put all my ringtones on a friend's phone and then put them on mine.

What are you talking about, you agree? Seriously? AoE 1 had civilizations that were much the same, the gameplay was the same every time you played, and the graphics for the first were decent for their time... I like AoE II much better. The strategy of base building actually comes into play. A poor layout can cripple you, while a good layout can make you invincible. Plus, you'll run into generic race types no matter what rts you're playing, merely because too many playable races cause repetition. You can't make races both simple and unique, unless you have about three or four race types. If you have ten to twenty races, all you're doing is modifying certain aspects and keeping the rest. Starcraft is a good example of this: they're able to have unique races by keeping down the number. Jack up the number of races and pretty soon you have to start generalizing the units.