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Does anyone know of some good iPhone-compatible headphones? I have the original model iPhone, with its recessed headphone jack that hardly works with anything, which is half of what I mean by "compatible". The other half is that the headphones have...

This is an extremely annoying action that I've encountered in the past and that my co-worker is dealing with now. I've got no idea how to prevent it, and even less idea why anyone would think it's a good idea. First, the basics: We're both using...

Ages ago, I visited a site which had an app that showed the date in a variety of formats. You had the standard Gregorian calendar, as well as the Julian, Judaic, Chinese, and others. You could also use the app to make your own custom calendar. ...

I have a problem with my DVD drive.. I've had this problem on and off for over a year. I run Vista, I have a Dell Inspiron.. I'll be copying over a large file (five or six hundred MB) to my external drive. It'll work all fine and good, saying...

...and I don't mean tidying up and putting toys away. By Space, I mean the area around Earth above the atmosphere which is currently littered with thousands of pieces of debris of all shapes and sizes. All those little bits and pieces may fall...

Applies, I think equally well to natural as artificial languages, I suppose. Oh and BTW isn't that the main difference, anyway? One has telos with an artificial language, where natural languages have some constraints that are mostly alogical (NB I...

Google talks about the myth that hair growth thickness is effected by shaving (which I knew). So does that mean that a woman who never shaved her pits vs a woman who stopped when she got college would eventually (how quickly) have equally thick hair?

I know the first number indicates the level/intended student, but what about the rest of the number?

Hi, longtime occasional lurker here, some of you may remember me from The Geeb (which I got kicked off of at least twice!) &/or The Unaboard (where I'm a Silver member in good standing, afaik). And typing of The Unaboard, does anybody know what's...

I slept last night with a fan blowing on me and this morning I awoke with an earache. That could be coincidence, but I've definitely gotten earaches after being out in the wind before. Why?

We got new windows last summer, the nice doublepaned ones that fold in for easy cleaning. Sweet! But after just three seasons up in Chicago, the screens are...mucky. With that sort of black greasy city dust, not the nice clean white suburban dust I...

I mostly have outdated skills: say if I want to find out the date that a particular movie was playing a particular theater long ago. I would probably look up (like in a book) the year the movie was released, and then go look up the local newspaper...

My washing machine died about a month ago. In the interim, the hubby and I have been searching for a new one. We got one. It's a Sears/Kenmore "HE" model; I'm happy about the energy/water efficiency. But I have a good bit of laundry soap left over...

ok, I don't really need an answer fast. I've got an Eager Beaver 2.1ci chain saw minus a pull start cord. I've never replace a pull cord before, but I wouldn't expect it to be to difficult. Is this an easy operation? Are the cords universal and I...

My website recently went through a massive stats jump according to google analytics and I have no idea why. A few different things have happened with my little blog over the last couple weeks but nothing I can directly relate to this event. ...

Most computer game graphics engines are still polygon based, which has its drawbacks. Raytracing is used to produce high-quality photorealistic graphics, using physical models of how light scatters when it hits a surface, etc. (Think of the...

I have googled and googled and I can't find the answer to this seemingly simple question. Is it even possible to link an entire sheet from one workbook into another in Excel 2007? I know how to link individual cells but it would make much more...

One of the major trends in the US in recent years has been financial troubles at many of the major daily newspapers. Several formerly healthy newspapers have either morphed into online only versions (like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) or have...

I am a longtime WinAMP user that's slowly converting over to iTunes. I don't actually like iTunes, but since it's the easiest way to copy music to my 2G Shuffle (yes, I know about the WinAMP plug-in and third-party software like Anapod Explorer), I...

I got a cheap KVM switch to run my Linux Box ( Ubuntu 8.1 ) and my Win box ( XP-PRO ) I am only going to use the mouse & keyboard but stay with my 2 monitors. The Win box will not see the mouse and keyboard at all. Linux boxes works fine. ...

So I downloaded Malware Bytes - not having any issues, but just to check. I ran a scan, and it found quite a few problems. Now what? I'm afraid to remove the items - they're registry keys, all kinds of stuff. In general, is it safe to "remove...

One of my customers at work wants a rudimentary (and highly portable) PA system solution to use with a laptop that willbe doing roadshow-type presentations to small groups (including people with hearing difficulties, hence the need for...

When deriving the expression for curvature, I can follow the example given here.However, between steps 13 and 14, they replace the dummy variable (t), since we know y=f(x), we can greatly simplify the expression. What is this technique called,...

The details follow, but in brief my question is: there seems to be a malware-related problem accessing my employer's website via Safari. Internet Explorer and Firefox aren't affected. Should I push for solving this problem, or do so few people use...

I've been hunting around the internet, but can't find a definitive answer. Anyone got the scoop on this?

What is the advantage of a multiplier reel over a spool reel, and why are multiplier reels so often seen in sea fishing? Presumably multiplier reels are somehow better for larger and more powerful fish, but how exactly (this probably ties into why...

There's a yardstick people toss out periodically, which states an approximation of the doubling of human knowledge over time. It lumps together all books written prior to, I think, 1 AD and calls that "one." Based on their metrics, it didn't...

Anybody know what it is looking for or gathering from Domebo?

This afternoon, I went out to check on the mail. I have not opened the mailbox since Saturday, since yesterdy was a holiday, but I most assuredly DID open it Saturday afternoon. It is a typical metal mail box on a wooden post just off my front...

So I go out to my car and find a note on it. Paraphrased: "My neighbor saw you hit my car; please call me at 555-1212 so we can resolve this. I have marks on my bumper and I took pictures." I'm frankly tempted to simply ignore this. I don't...

For the sake of questioning, let's use the example of Tom Hanks from Cast Away. An American citizen survives the crash of a private commerical airplane in the middle of nowhere and becomes stranded on a previously undiscovered island. After...

It has been raining like crazy for the last couple of weeks and I have no idea who came up with the modern umbrella. The idea of a portable covering to keep off the rain has been around for centuries. But anyone have any idea who came up with the...

* OtakuLoki thinks that household radon kits are the biggest rip off since phrenology. I was wondering why Loki said that about the Radon kits. Specifically I was wondering if he thought they don't do the job or if the danger is over-rated? ...

I've done similar to 8-bit , or 'chip music' as it's also known, by putting a riff/melody etc into a cellphone, then putting it through a big speaker, then processing the sound further. Is there an easier way to compose stuff in 8-bit style?

Headline says it, have there been any professional, world-class sports figures recently who had not employed a personal coach for extended periods of time?

Seeing as I'm sure all those stateside are recovering from yesterday, it occurred to me, that several holidays come with specific set of traditions, whether they be food or activity related, and I was wondering what traditions, apart from fireworks,...

Yeah I know people use phones -- I have a new tablet that uses the Android OS, and I want to know what the best way/app to do like those youtube videos of me playing piano/organ + sound is. Obviously there's a way, I just can't easily find a good...

Wasn't that TREASON?! Why weren't they executed? (Assuming treason was a capital crime in the Weimar Republic)

Ok, if I know the raduis of an arc and its length, what is the formula to get the "height" of the arc. I can draw it out in TurboCAD but something I can use as a formula in Excel would be much more easier. Cheers

So let's say that I was in a shipwreck and the only things that washed up on shore were me and several lifetime supplies of sealed, powdered baby formula. There's a spring with fresh drinking water, but no edible vegetation and I'm no good at...

I've been watching NFL Films stuff for the past 25 years or so, and I've always wondered why the occasional audio clips used are always from radio broadcasts and never from TV broadcasts. In all this time, I don't think I've ever heard - not once -...

AVG is my virus/spyware protector, and recently I've been getting these spatters of a black screen from time to time, and the above message popped up once. :lol: I said "No shit, Sherlock", and proceeded to do a scan, and I'm virus free. ...

Lunch conversation today included a brief discussion of the asteroid that narrowly missed the Earth on Monday. One of my co-workers was saying that it would cause more damage if it hit solid ground rather than one of the oceans, but I seem to...

Just occurred to me that my son will have his permit - but not his license - in time for our road trip to New York this summer. Which means we'll have a lot of highway miles on I-90 for him to practice on. Is his Illinois permit going to be okay in...

I can't help with an answer, but I am interested in why there isn't a 50 - 50 split between left and right-handedness. Any theories anybody? Or have I even got that wrong?