http://www.answerbag.com/profile/11463 New Answerbag answers from Relsqui Mon, 28 May 2012 20:33:22 -0700 Mon, 28 May 2012 20:33:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1358031 If you were cheated on and have decided to try and work it out but you still dont trust your partner. Is it okay to check their email if you know their username and password? if you find a message, is it okay to confront?<br /><br />Absolutely, unquestionably no. If your partner has cheated in the past, he or she might not be trustworthy. If you snoop through your partner&#039;s email, you DEFINITELY aren&#039;t trustworthy. Violating the privacy of someone you claim to care about is dishonest and low. If you have fears... Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:21:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1358031 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1021128 Do you think ringtones are a waste of money? If so, why?<br /><br />Yes. If I want to hear a song, I&#039;ll listen to a song, not the first five seconds of it over and over. When I need to know if someone&#039;s calling me, I just need something to get my attention, and paying for that is ridiculous. Besides, mine&#039;s usually set to vibrate. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/1021128 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/88477 What are some ways of getting AIDS considered high risk?<br /><br />HIV--the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which is what leads to AIDS--is transmitted through contact with the blood, semen, or vaginal fluid of an infected person. Oral, vaginal, and anal sex without a barrier to fluid exchange are therefore all major risks. Another common method of transmission... Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:14:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/88477 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/88471 In America, in what order and at what ages are the education stages?<br /><br />Here is a general pattern, with variations noted below. The ages I give are average in my experience, but it&#039;s common for a student to be a year older or younger than listed. Also, most kids will have a birthday some time during the nine-month school year; these are ages at the start of the... Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:46:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/88471 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/60560 i know a already asked this but the answer was only half there. How do you post a comment to any answer.<br /><br />To post a comment to an answer, you must leave a rating on it. You will be prompted for your message. If you leave a positive rating, you do not need to leave a comment; if you leave a negative rating, you must (to give the answer poster a chance to fix it). Wed, 24 May 2006 09:00:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/60560 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51754 What are the advantages of desktops over laptops?<br /><br />Size is an easy one--there&#039;s just more room for extra drives on the front. The extra space inside also separates the components, making it much easier to keep the system cool. Because laptops are so small, keeping them from overheating is a real difficulty, and that along with battery life... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:34:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51754 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51749 What's a dual layer DVD disc?<br /><br />Exactly what it sounds like. It&#039;s a DVD which, instead of having a single recordable layer on a polycarbonate base, has two recordable layers between bases with a clear separator in the middle. It&#039;s not double-sided--the grooves on both layers are pointed in the same direction, so the... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:21:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51749 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51745 If I recieved my period, it is light but still a dark red, could that mean I am pregnant?<br /><br />No. The blood in your period is from the endometrium--the rich, bloody tissue lining your uterus and waiting to support a fertilized egg. If such an egg attaches itself to the lining, the blood in that tissue will stay and start the process of nourishing it. Otherwise, you shed the blood and... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:11:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51745 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51740 Where can I find cheap home furnishings?<br /><br />As others have mentioned, local yard sales, thrift stores, and flea markets are always a resource; you can check your local paper (or just drive around in good weather) to find them. Online sources, though, shouldn&#039;t be overlooked. When buying cheap furniture long distance, the shipping cost... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:53:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51740 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51737 Does high speed internet access leave my computer more vulnerable to viruses?<br /><br />In a sense, it does--after all, anything you download will arrive faster than on dialup, and that includes viruses. Because you&#039;re connected whenever your computer is on, existing software security holes could be exploited at any time. But as always, the best virus protection is you: ... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:42:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51737 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51730 How can I get phone books from other states delivered to me?<br /><br />Contact the local telephone company. AT&amp;T provides the following customer service numbers for this, depending on region (taken from http://www.yellowpages.com/sp/contact/index.jsp): AMERITECH: 800-346-4377 BELL ATLANTIC/VERIZON: 800-346-9639 BELL SOUTH: 800-682-4000 GTE: 800-346-9639 ... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:21:30 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51730 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51729 Is there a limit to how many free email accounts I can have?<br /><br />Only your imagination, really. While, as another answer noted, most sites discourage you from having more than one account, there are quite a few sites available. The Free Email Providers Guide (fepg.net), for example, lists several thousand: http://www.fepg.net/providers.html There used to... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:15:12 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/51729 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/49850 Does anyone know how to get Terminator 2029 to work on a Pentium system?<br /><br />You don&#039;t state your operating system; on a Linux machine, tools like dosemu and dosbox let you run dos games with no problem. (You&#039;d have to see the documentation for those programs for details.) Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:27:34 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/49850 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/48254 How far is a light-year? In miles and kilometers.<br /><br />A light year is a unit of distance (not time!) equal to the speed of light in a vacuum times the duration of one Julian year--in other words, how far light could travel in a vacuum in a year, assuming no influence by gravitational or magnetic fields. It&#039;s used, mostly by laypeople, to... Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:31:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/48254 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/47199 When using your finger to clean out an innie belly button, can you accidentally open the skin if you push too hard?<br /><br />Only as much as you could break your skin anywhere else--that is, with a great deal of difficulty and probably not by accident. Even the very thin skin of your eyelids would not be easy to break with a fingernail, and the pain would alert you long before you actually succeeded. If you&#039;re... Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:40:46 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/47199 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/47198 Why does the US government appoint unelected officials, who are not accountable to the voters, to head government departments?<br /><br />Can you imagine a ballot of hundreds of politicians for every position in the national government? Given the existing level of voter participation in this country (both the turnout to vote at all and the amount of research and careful decision making done on the average), holding a vote for every... Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:33:32 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/47198 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/46296 What is a scripting language?<br /><br />While Alatea&#039;s answer is correct, this is a simpler summary. A scripting language is a vocabulary and syntax for giving instructions to a computer, just like a programming language. The differences between the two are largely aesthetic, to the point that people often differ on whether a... Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:07:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/46296 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/44640 How many ants does it take to screw in a light bulb?<br /><br />Only two, but good luck getting &#039;em in there. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:15:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/44640 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/41578 Can you really sense when someone is looking at you? If so, how?<br /><br />The occurances of this sensation (real or not) in day-to-day life are so varied and subjective that a definite answer about its reliability requires an objective, scientific test. Luckily, there are a lot of those. The loudest proponent of the theory that we can, in fact, sense when we&#039;re... Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:12:29 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/41578 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/41266 I'm in my first relationship, but when my girlfriend talks about her ex it bothers me. What should I do?<br /><br />Get used to it, I&#039;m afraid. It&#039;s common to feel uncomfortable hearing about a partner&#039;s past relationships, especially when you haven&#039;t had many yourself, but it&#039;s not going to go away and it shouldn&#039;t. That person was part of her life; accept it as you do any other... Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:29:40 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/41266 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/40913 How many questions can I submit to become part of the AB Staff?<br /><br />If that were a criterion, we&#039;d probably have a few more staffers, don&#039;t you think? In all seriousness, the qualities that put someone on the high score lists are not really the same ones that define good staff. Most of a staff job, after all, is not adding to site content--it&#039;s... Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:54:15 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/40913 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/40654 What could I use so I could start using my computer as a server to host files on the internet? Where could I get this item?<br /><br />It&#039;s not an item, tangibly speaking--what you want is a piece of software. That software is called a webserver, but since the computer it&#039;s running on is also, I&#039;m going to say webserver software/program to differentiate the two. The basic purpose of webserver software is to... Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:09:37 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/40654 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/39225 What is a shooting star?<br /><br />After reading this, I cannot get this They Might Be Giants song out of my head: A shooting star is not a star, is not a star at all A shooting star&#039;s a meteor that&#039;s headed for a fall A shooting star is not a star, why does it shine so bright? The friction as it falls through air... Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:38:22 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/39225 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38942 I smoke on average one cigarette every 3 days to 2 weeks. If I have been doing this for about 3 months, what are the chances that I am addicted to nicotine?<br /><br />The easiest way to find out is to try not smoking at all for a month or so and see how you feel. From your description, though, it sounds like you&#039;re either very lightly addicted or not at all. There&#039;s a surprising number of people (more than anti-tobacco ads would lead you to believe)... Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:27:43 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38942 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38941 How long do you have to be working to file taxes if you're 18 and working your first job? If you don't file, does it affect your chances of getting a grant or scholarship for college?<br /><br />If you&#039;ve worked during this year, you have to file taxes for it--it doesn&#039;t matter how long you&#039;ve been working. You may, however, be exempt, depending on a couple factors (such as not meeting a minimum income). Your employer should be able to answer your questions about that. ... Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:24:09 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38941 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38940 Where could I begin to learn the basics of how to create my own interactive and animated e-card?<br /><br />Well, that depends on what exactly you have in mind, but I&#039;ll try to cover the likely possibilities. First of all, you&#039;ll need a webpage for the card to be on. This can be very simple (containing nothing but the card image) or very complex (with sound and buttons and whistles and... Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:14:22 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38940 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38939 My Goodman's GMP 315 F MP3 Player won't turn on even though it's brand new. What's wrong?<br /><br />If it&#039;s really brand new (hasn&#039;t been used), it&#039;s almost certainly just a power issue. It may need fresh batteries, or to charge an internal battery. (Ever had a portable phone you had to charge overnight before using?) If you&#039;ve followed all your instructions power-wise,... Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:01:28 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38939 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38937 Can having anal sex cause injury inside the anus?<br /><br />Absolutely. Does it have to? Nope. The usual types of injury are torn tissue, strained muscles, and infection, and you can prevent those by applying some basic care and attention. First, do not have anal sex without using a lubricant. Ever. Unlike vaginas and mouths, anuses are not... Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:58:48 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/38937 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/36672 Why doesn't my boyfriend call or email when I need someone to talk to?<br /><br />Because he&#039;s not psychic. As much as I know you don&#039;t want to when you&#039;re feeling bad (at least, I wouldn&#039;t), you have to make the first move and let him know you need a shoulder right then. It&#039;s not easy to ask, but spit it out. A good friend (boyfriend or otherwise)... Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:09:20 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/36672 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/33426 How early is too early in a relationship to say I love you?<br /><br />No one answer is going to work for every case, but here are my two favorite rules of thumb: First, say it when you mean it--never because it just seems like the right thing to say or you think someone wants you to. If you&#039;re enjoying being with someone so much that you blurt it out... Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:23:22 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/33426 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/32725 If a virus program you use detected something and it can't fix or rremove what it found would reinstalling that program help.<br /><br />Reinstalling the virus checker from the same installer almost certainly wouldn&#039;t, no--but a later version of the same program might help. Check the manufacturer&#039;s website for an update. If there is one, install that and try again. Failing that, ask your friends to recommend a different... Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:29:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/32725 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/485047 What is a sonnet?<br /><br />A form of poetry with many variations; the one usually considered correct today consists of three quatrains followed by a couplet, all in iambic pentameter. (A quatrain consists of four lines where the first/third and second/fourth are rhyming pairs; a couplet is a single rhyming pair of... Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:03:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/485047 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484926 What is an uppercase letter?<br /><br />The larger set of equivalent letters, in an alphabet with two such sets. In English, &quot;ABC&quot; are uppercase while &quot;abc&quot; are lowercase. Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:59:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484926 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484915 What is a signature?<br /><br />A set of pages which is sewn together before being bound, along with other signatures, into a single cover to form a book. Signatures are created by folding over a large sheet containing what will be many pages, and therefore always contain a number of pages divisible by four. Cheap paperback... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:58:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484915 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484923 What are points?<br /><br />The point is a unit of measurement equal to one twelfth of a pica and approximately one seventy-second of an inch. Twelve points is a standard height for a single line of printed text. Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:56:01 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484923 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484922 What are picas?<br /><br />A unit of measurement equal to twelve points, or approximately one sixth of an inch. When a font size is twelve or a multiple thereof, which is common, picas are useful for measuring a quantity of lines. Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:53:41 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484922 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484924 What are margins?<br /><br />The empty space on a page around its content. May contain notes (especially in textbooks), page numbers, etc. They serve two functions: creating a visual gap that increases readability, and ensuring that an accidental offset during printing won&#039;t render any text illegible. Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:51:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484924 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484927 What is a lowercase letter?<br /><br />The &quot;small&quot; set of letters in alphabets which have two such sets, e.g. &quot;abc&quot; as opposed to &quot;ABC&quot; in English. Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:47:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/484927 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29477 Will users receive any prize for having asked the most questions?<br /><br />&quot;Will&quot; they? Since the site&#039;s inception, there has always been someone who has asked the most questions to date. We can assume, I think, that Answerbag could not possibly give a prize to each cumulative winner (nor do they really have anything site-related to give), and therefore... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:40:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29477 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29476 Does the AB staff have laptops so they can still operate Answerbag even when they take a vacation, or are otherwise not at home for a while?<br /><br />How is it a vacation if they&#039;re still working? I expect they do try to take breaks out of sync, though, so that the whole site doesn&#039;t go dead for a week. Of course, since we can still answer questions/rate answers/etc. while they&#039;re waiting for approval, it wouldn&#039;t do TOO... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:36:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29476 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29474 What would happen if Answerbag's volume increased to the point where more people ask questions and give answers than the moderators can handle?<br /><br />Presumably, the volume of staff would be increased proportionately. Twice as many users could be handled by twice as many staffmembers. Just for fun, here&#039;s the mathy way of saying the exact same thing: Answerbag currently has X users. Each staffmember can handle the workload generated by... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:33:19 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29474 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29473 What was the very first question (that was approved) posted to Answerbag?<br /><br />I think it&#039;s fair to assume that the first question asked on the site is the one with ID #1, which can be found here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/1 It&#039;s rather an appropriate choice, don&#039;t you think? Sat, 10 Sep 2005 23:18:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29473 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29459 How can someone join the Answerbag staff?<br /><br />I found this site originally while researching a job listing found on Craigslist--so apparently that&#039;s one way they hire, or at least scope out potential employees. (I&#039;m using the words &quot;hire&quot; and &quot;employee&quot; loosely, of course, since the site is volunteer-run.) Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:31:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29459 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29437 What are the eleven secret herbs and spices in KFC original recipe chicken?<br /><br />Researchers for &quot;The Big Book of Big Secrets&quot; found an employee at KFC who was willing to sneak them a sample of the seasonings used there to prepare chicken. (She also verified that the food wasn&#039;t prepared before arriving at the restaurant, i.e. nothing was already on it.) They... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:37:40 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29437 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29435 Does Answerbag plan on implementing a real-time chatroom?<br /><br />Judging by the following question, I think the answer is a definitive &quot;No!&quot; http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/23151 To summarize, Answerbag is simply not meant as a place for open discussion. It&#039;s a reference site, which is why the question and answer form is maintained so... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:29:48 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29435 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29434 Why are Answerbag administrators so particular about questions?<br /><br />I imagine that&#039;s because this site is intended as a general reference more than, say, an advice column or forum. In order to be useful at all as such, the content needs to be clear and organized; to be a respectable resource, it should also be well edited (hence the spellchecking and... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:21:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29434 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29429 Has Answerbag ever changed a person's life?<br /><br />Yep. Someone Googling a particular question found my answer on this site, and wrote me an email to talk about it. We&#039;ve been friends and penpals ever since! I&#039;m sure there are plenty more stories like that one. Of course, there could be negative changes too. Didn&#039;t... Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:13:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29429 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29428 Can a woman really have a male friend with no romantic tension?<br /><br />Sure--if she&#039;s a lesbian and he&#039;s gay. Apparently the original version of this answer was not clear enough. I am in no way suggesting that the above is the ONLY way that could happen. Far from it. I have male friends in whom I have no interest whatsoever, and those who have no... Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:05:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/29428 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/28454 What would happen physically to a hard drive if it were "overfilled" with data?<br /><br />Unfortunately, nothing. : ) Anything anyone says about &quot;fullness&quot; and &quot;overflow&quot; with regard to computers is a metaphor; it&#039;s easier and faster to think of it in terms of a container being filled than to keep track of what&#039;s actually going on. What&#039;s REALLY... Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:48:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/28454 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27958 Is it true that using your cell phone can give you a headache?<br /><br />Sure, if someone&#039;s shouting at you. ; ) This rather silly rumor is based on the fact that, because they require wireless communication, cell phones radiate. You get the same people whining about it as you do about building new cell towers or, for that matter, nuclear power plants. Fact... Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:15:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27958 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27270 How do I convert a document written in WordPad to WordPerfect without changing the document formatting in the conversion process?<br /><br />Converting a document IS changing the formatting. That&#039;s what that means. If you don&#039;t want to change the format, then all you&#039;re doing is opening the same file in another program--in which case, do as the earlier responder said and just save it as a plaintext file to open in... Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:57:25 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27270 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27269 What exactly is rich text? How is it different from normal text?<br /><br />The slightly more technical answer is that they&#039;re just different file formats. Rich text files contain special tags which resemble the basics of HTML; these instruct the browser or word processor to display the file with special formatting (underline and strikethrough, bold, italic, etc.).... Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:53:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27269 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27268 I have a very large mpg file that I downloaded. I want to save it to disk and put it on my other computer. How would I do this?<br /><br />You have a bunch of options, depending on the capabilities of each computer. If you have a zip drive or a CD or DVD burner, you can pop in a blank disk and drag and drop the file onto it normally, assuming the other computer is capable of reading whatever kind of disk you used. If you have... Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:33:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/27268 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/26479 Why aren't vehicles yet available for purchase online?<br /><br />They absolutely are; see the automobile category on Ebay: http://pages.ebay.com/catindex/passengervehicles.html If you mean, why don&#039;t big dealerships sell their brand-new cars online, the other answer here is correct (it makes it harder for them to pressure or sell you extras) . . .... Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:06:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/26479 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/26478 If I want to secure a login process using SSL, do I have to make the login page on SSL? Or just post the login data to an SSL page?<br /><br />For the best security, both pages should be secure. Depending on what language you&#039;re using to process the logins, you can probably verify that the user is on and came from your secured pages (in PHP there&#039;s a variable to check for it). Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:01:41 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/26478 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/25277 How can I become a better kisser?<br /><br />[I&#039;m using &quot;he&quot; for a third person here because it&#039;s the standard English default--add the &quot;s&quot; mentally if you prefer kissing girls.] As jenniferprofitt said, practice! That&#039;s no joke. As with most disciplines, the best way to learn is to find someone... Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:36:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/25277 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/25130 Why can't a car go backward when it has an empty tank of gas? Why can't gas go back in the tank while it drives in reverse?<br /><br />When the car is moving backwards, the engine is not running backwards; it&#039;s running normally, and the power is being used to turn the wheels in the opposite direction from usual. A little logic explains why gas doesn&#039;t flow back into the tank--in order for the engine to provide any... Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:42:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/25130 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24922 The book was called "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", why was it changed for the movie?<br /><br />You&#039;re incorrect; the title of Roald Dahl&#039;s book is &quot;Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.&quot; You may be mixing it up with the 1971 adaptation of the same story, which was called &quot;Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.&quot; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:22:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24922 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24906 Is it possible to get a ticket for impeding the posted speed limit?<br /><br />It is in California too, and I had the great pleasure of watching someone get pulled over for it once. (A lot of people in this town operate under the belief that 25 is the safest speed to drive at, anywhere, any time. *shudder*) However, if there are circumstances which make it unsafe to... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:32:40 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24906 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24905 Can I fight a ticket for driving on a suspended license in California, while riding a dirt bike off road? (Its not illegal to ride a dirtbike off road without a license but as of 1/1/2005 ,off-roading on public land with a suspended license is illegal.)<br /><br />Can you fight it? Sure. Will you win? Probably not. Without knowing the exact wording of the law, it sounds like the newer one you refer to states that offroading in public with a suspended license is illegal, and assuming you were on public property, that&#039;s exactly what you were doing.... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:25:41 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24905 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24894 How I can add more color and pictures to the background of my PHP website?<br /><br />With HTML or CSS. Specifically, the background attribute of the body tag lets you set an image as the page background, while the bgcolor, text, link, and other attributes let you set colors. (Other HTML attributes also have their own color settings; see any HTML reference, but I use this one:... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:46:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24894 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24892 What is a server-side language?<br /><br />A server-side language is one whose code is meant to run on the server which holds the page content; the opposite is a client-side language, which is run on the computer of the user viewing the content. The main advantage of server-side languages is that they are almost always more powerful.... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:21:34 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24892 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24890 How can I create an e-mail program that will automatically send a confirmation e-mail back to the sender upon receipt of a message?<br /><br />1) Write an email client. 2) Implement automatic replies. By the time you get past step 1, step 2 will be a piece of cake! If you&#039;re not interested in writing your own client from scratch, things get messy. The simplest thing to do is look around for a client that already has an... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:45:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24890 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24889 Where can I find free computer classes to learn how to program computers?<br /><br />If you want one-on-one instruction and don&#039;t have any generous programmer friends, you&#039;re going to have to pay for it. However, there are two great free resources for learning just about anything: the internet and the library. First of all, I have to point out MIT&#039;s... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:33:01 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24889 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24888 Where can I download a program to convert .wav to .mp3 files for free?<br /><br />For Windows? Good luck. MP3 is a proprietary format, and anyone who wants to write an encoder/decoder for it needs a license from Thomson Consumer Electronics. Writing a .wav to .mp3 converter would therefore cost money, and most programmers would want some of that money back from whoever uses... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:32:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24888 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24887 Is there any software I can use with a cable modem to boost my Internet browsing speed?<br /><br />There shouldn&#039;t be. Why? Because if a piece of software speeds up your connection, something else on your computer was slowing it down. How much speed your connection is capable of depends on the connection type, your ISP, your modem, etc. No shower head you can buy will make the water pipes... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:02:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24887 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24886 When I try to run Spybot, I get an error that says, "A required .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL, was not found!" What can I do?<br /><br />Download a new one. : ) http://www.dll-files.com/ That site is exactly what it says it is: a collection of .dll files to download when one of yours has been lost or corrupted. It&#039;s also jam-packed with ads for paid support and software, but since they offer the actual files for free,... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:53:33 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24886 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24884 Is there such a thing as an internal webcam that would allow you to do video chat without the need to attach an actual webcam?<br /><br />Nope. Think about it--the image of you in the video chat has to be coming from somewhere. If you had an internal webcam, it would just send pictures of your hardware. ; ) However, as has been mentioned, you can get a webcam for very cheap (cheaper if you don&#039;t care too much about... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:46:45 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24884 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24883 A friend came to my house drunk and crying about loving me and tried to give me oral sex. I freaked out and we had a fight. Now I feel guilty about it. Should I tell my girlfriend of 2 years, and is this even cheating?<br /><br />Tell her IMMEDIATELY. You haven&#039;t done anything wrong yet, but if you keep it from her for any length of time, she&#039;s going to wonder why. There&#039;s no such thing as &quot;I didn&#039;t want you to worry about it&quot; or &quot;I didn&#039;t want to give you the wrong idea&quot; in... Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:36:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24883 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24619 <br /><br />Any image editor will do, but it&#039;s a lot easier if you have a &quot;blur,&quot; &quot;healing brush,&quot; &quot;smooth,&quot; or similar tool. (Jasc&#039;s Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop are good examples of programs with those features.) The theory is to combine a recognizable image of... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:18:48 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24619 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24618 How do you change the taillight on a 1995 Ford Windstar van?<br /><br />We had this problem with my boyfriend&#039;s &#039;91 Aerostar, the precursor to the Windstar. This is how it worked for us: You can unscrew the colored panels over the lights, but instead of being able to get at the bulbs head-on as you might expect, a big piece of paneling will come off with... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:12:10 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24618 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24617 When is it normal to start masturbating?<br /><br />There&#039;s no single normal time; it&#039;s not uncommon for very young children to experiment with masturbation before they understand what they&#039;re doing. (They typically don&#039;t orgasm until after puberty, though.) Given that, no age can be called &quot;too early&quot;--and since some... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:03:28 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24617 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24615 What home remedies are there for a swollen lip?<br /><br />Swelling can usually be reduced by immersion in warm, salty water. (The reason has to do with osmosis--it&#039;s exactly the opposite of how you get wrinkled fingers in the bath.) That&#039;s probably not very convenient on a lip, but it should work if you find a way to do it (say, a small cup). Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:48:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24615 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24614 What's the point of a female orgasm?<br /><br />Exactly the same as a massage: it feels good, it&#039;s relaxing, and she&#039;ll love having you around if you give her lots of them! From a reproductive standpoint, it has no actual utility. It does not, as urban legend might have you believe, cause the woman to ovulate (or happen when she... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:42:28 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24614 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24613 If the sequence goes a million then a billion, what are the next numbers and how many zeros does each one have?<br /><br />Depends on who you ask, but here are the commonly accepted standards: million: six zeroes billion: nine zeroes trillion: twelve zeroes quadrillion: fifteen zeroes quintillion: eighteen zeroes sextillion: twenty-one zeroes septillion: twenty-four zeroes octillion: twenty-seven zeroes ... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:37:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24613 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24611 What are 'Japanese smileys'?<br /><br />The term refers to a certain kind of emoticon that&#039;s aligned vertically (instead of the usual tilted type) and based on the bright squint-eyed smile that&#039;s common in some anime and manga. For example: ^_^ ^_^ &lt;_&lt; O_O A semicolon (or sometimes apostrophe) added to any of... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:28:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24611 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24610 How do people that write walkthroughs for video games and then publish them on the net make money?<br /><br />With their day jobs. Writing walkthroughs (assuming you&#039;re talking about the most common model where they&#039;re available for free, e.g. gamefaqs.com) is a hobby, not a career. It&#039;s a great example of someone going to quite a bit of trouble to help someone else out, just because he... Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:20:50 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24610 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24183 I have been on Ortho Novum for a month now. I am on my 3rd green pill and I am just now beginning to spot. Could I be pregnant and should I continue to take my birth control pills?<br /><br />It&#039;s unlikely you&#039;re pregnant; a short delay between starting the green pills and beginning to bleed is common. If you don&#039;t do more than spot this month and miss your next period too, then it might be worth investigating Once you&#039;ve started taking birth control pills, you... Sat, 25 Jun 2005 07:08:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/24183 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23791 Are there versions of Konqueror / Safari for Windows? Where can I get them?<br /><br />Sort of and no, respectively. Konqueror is (an optional) part of KDE, which in turn is a desktop environment for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) It&#039;s not built for it, but if you&#039;re willing to do some tinkering, you can use KDE on Cygwin to use KDE and,... Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:20:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23791 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23759 I would like to make an inexpensive web site for an artist. I'd like to post paintings on it and be able to sell them. Where should I start, about how much will I need to spend ?<br /><br />That depends on a heck of a lot of things, but here are the basics of setting up a website. You&#039;ll need hosting, DNS, an optional domain, and of course the code for the webpages themselves. Before anything else, you&#039;ll need somewhere to put the site. That means either hosting it... Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:25:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23759 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23618 What type of stimulation or sex do women enjoy the most?<br /><br />There are two ways to find the answer to this: Ask a website full of strangers, or experiment and find out. Why on Earth did you pick this one? Flip answer aside, every woman is in fact different, and a really good sexual partner starts with a blank slate for each one. Take your time touching... Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:43:32 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23618 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23617 How many sexual positions are known and officially documented?<br /><br />The number of possible positions is limited only by human ingenuity and the laws of physics. Sufficient documentation does not exist to provide a number, but I would hazard a guess that depending on how similar two acts have to be for you to consider them the same position, either hundreds or... Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:58:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23617 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23616 I really enjoy performing oral sex on my boyfriend, but sometimes my mouth/jaw becomes fatigued before he can climax. What are some techniques I can use to avoid this?<br /><br />Practice, practice, practice! ; ) Other than that, I&#039;ll agree with the other answer here: use the most comfortable position you can find, which usually means lining up straight instead of coming at him from the side. (Penises aren&#039;t perfect cylinders; depending on his shape, you... Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:52:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23616 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23614 My girl and I had a threesome, me and her and another girl. Now she wants a threesome with me, her, and another guy. Do you think I should? Do I have to do things with him? What do I do if he approaches me during the threesome to do something?<br /><br />So I can only assume from the wording that you&#039;re not interested in having sex with someone who has a penis. Fair enough; it&#039;s a personal preference. If you&#039;re rejecting the idea automatically, you could consider whether you&#039;re willing to experiment, but absolutely do not go... Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:14:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23614 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23167 When is the right time in a relationship to start having serious and deep conversations?<br /><br />Any time you feel like it! I&#039;ve never heard of anyone deliberately keeping their talk light and meaningless towards the beginning of a relationship. (Why would you--to keep someone from getting interested in you by mistake?) The only other thing I can imagine you mean is having serious... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:17:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23167 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23166 My girlfriend has stopped saying "I love you" as often as she once did. How do I tell her that I need to hear it more often?<br /><br />While both other answers have a bit of truth to them, I think the best way is somewhere in between. If it really does bother you not to hear it, don&#039;t pretend you don&#039;t care. Some girls might see it as needy, but plenty of others will be pleasantly surprised . . . and no girl wants you... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:04:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23166 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23165 How long should you wait before telling someone you love them for the first time?<br /><br />Until you mean it. Any other answer could be taken as permission to be dishonest. I find a good rule of thumb is that when you catch yourself about to say it, and just hold back because you haven&#039;t before, you really mean it. And if you want them to know that, go ahead and say so. That... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:58:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23165 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23164 Whenever we're together, this girl I like says love-related things to me, but when I call her on the phone it's the opposite. What should I do if anything?<br /><br />What do you mean, it&#039;s the opposite? That over the phone you&#039;re the only one being lovey-dovey, or that she starts saying she hates you when you&#039;re not in the same room? If there really is a severe change in her attitude when you&#039;re not talking face-to-face, confront her... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:48:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23164 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23162 My boyfriend of 5 years and I have been talking about getting married, but he said he still has some things he wants to accomplish first. Should I be worried?<br /><br />While the other answer is a good one--don&#039;t be worried, he&#039;s just preparing for a huge commitment--I wanted to add a little advice. Your feelings are understandable, because we&#039;ve all heard stories about the guy who says &quot;not yet&quot; and means &quot;not ever.&quot; The way... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:39:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23162 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23161 Early in our relationship my girlfriend communicated with me regularly by email. Now I just get emails as part of her group of friends, rarely anything personal. What does this mean?<br /><br />The other respondant had a good idea by suggesting that you talk more personally now--but that&#039;s assuming you do! If email is the only way you communicate (for example, if it&#039;s a long-distance relationship), and you&#039;ve stopped getting personal mail at all, something is definitely... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:32:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/23161 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22926 Why do hard-working students sometimes get lower grades than students who put in less effort?<br /><br />Studying and grades do not and should not have a perfect correlation. Some students start out more familiar with the subject than others; some are just fast learners. On the other hand, other students might not learn the way the class is being taught (memorizing notes or absorbing concepts from... Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:19:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22926 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22840 I have unpaired wisdom teeth (none on top), but my dentist wants to remove the two lower wisdom teeth anyway. They're not bothering me. Why should I have them removed?<br /><br />Ask your dentist, not us! There are a lot of possible reasons for wisdom teeth to come out. Sometimes they can rot, as another answer suggested; they can poke out just enough to attract cavities and other bad stuff without being useful; they can come in sideways (this was what mine did) and... Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:18:48 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22840 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22306 How do I know how many octaves I can sing? I would like to be able to sing the higher notes and the lower ones<br /><br />The easiest way is to sit down with a pitchpipe, keyboard, etc. (a MIDI editor would do) and work your way up and down a scale. (Be honest with yourself, though--growling is not singing low, and squeaking is not singing high.) If you&#039;re not trained and haven&#039;t warmed up, expect an... Tue, 31 May 2005 02:16:34 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22306 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22303 A woman files sexual harassment charges against her employer. Does the wife of the employer have standing to file charges against the woman because she's been an active and agreeable participant in their affair, not a victim of harassment?<br /><br />While there is the potential for a countersuit there, it is not the wife&#039;s place to make it. The person supposedly wronged--the employer being threatened by what he claims is a false suit--is the one who can and should respond with his own claim. For the purposes of that case, his wife is... Tue, 31 May 2005 01:47:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22303 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22302 Did pirates ever really exist? If so, when and where did they sail?<br /><br />Absolutely! Pirates have existed all over the world; the Wikipedia article (address below) mentions those in or from the West Indies, Holland, England, France, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The Caribbean has a well-deserved reputation for being infested with them (they didn&#039;t just make it up... Tue, 31 May 2005 01:44:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22302 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22301 What other instruments does the piccolo play with?<br /><br />Uh, whichever ones its musician wants. Common combinations would be a large band or orchestra (with brass, other woodwinds, percussion, strings) or a smaller ensemble (perhaps with a few other woodwind instruments, like a flute or clarinet). There are no rules or even many conventions about which... Tue, 31 May 2005 01:32:12 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22301 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22300 What legal recourse does a wife have against the woman who is having an affair with her husband?<br /><br />None. The only reason the wife has a legal recourse against the husband is that their marriage is a contract, and one which he has presumably violated. Adultery itself is not an illegal act, as I understand it; the crime there is breach of contract. (I suppose it could be argued that the other... Tue, 31 May 2005 01:29:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22300 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22284 My boyfriend fingered me and afterwards I urinated and it burned. I then took a shower and no longer had burning during urination. Is this normal or should I see a doctor?<br /><br />If it only happened the once, you were probably just a little sore. A little more lubrication might be in order. If you have this problem consistently and lubrication doesn&#039;t help, then yes, ask your doctor about it. Mon, 30 May 2005 19:42:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22284 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22283 I'm heavy and don't know the techniques of missionary style (with me on top). My boyfriend really wants it, how do I do this?<br /><br />I&#039;m pretty big too, and haven&#039;t had a problem with that position. Straddle his hips and position him inside you--hands are useful here, but you can do without if you&#039;re dexterous. You can wiggle around a bit sitting up or lean forward onto your hands. If you lean forward, you can... Mon, 30 May 2005 19:38:01 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22283 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22282 I have never been able to orgasm, unless I was alone. Is there anything, besides relaxing, that I can do to help my boyfriend get the job done?<br /><br />Sure--show him how you get yourself off. Don&#039;t be disappointed by not having an orgasm just from intercourse when you&#039;re not even used to having someone else in the room. It won&#039;t work immediately, but as you get used to having him there and he learns how to touch you in ways you... Mon, 30 May 2005 19:31:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/22282