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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 16, 2007, 12:31:21 PM »

I have returned!

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General Discussion / Re: Laptop Battery Life

« on: September 16, 2007, 11:04:52 AM »

Yeah somewhere on your laptop there is a light that indicates that it is charging. As furball said, it will stay on while the battery is charging and go off when it is finished.

There is - and it stays on while it's charging - but it goes off at around 97% charge, not 100% charge. :-\

Probably because it needs to be callibrated

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General Discussion / Re: Laptop Battery Life

« on: September 14, 2007, 07:20:27 AM »

Its recommended that you Calibrate your battery every month or so. You can do this by using your computer on battery power until the computer shuts off by itself. Then, plug in the power cord but DO NOT TURN ON THE COMPUTER and let it charge COMPLETELY with the computer off. (Repeat the steps above if desired). It should then work more efficiently.

How would I tell if it was completely charged when the computer is off?

I have yet to see a laptop that does not have a Charging/battery light on it. THe charging light will extinguish when its done charging.

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Local Forecast / Re: A Cool Song

« on: September 14, 2007, 07:19:06 AM »

Yeah, i could never see them using the portion with lead vocals in it/

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General Discussion / Re: Laptop Battery Life

« on: September 13, 2007, 08:39:31 PM »

I figured that i would mention that 12-Cell batteries commonly last 8 hours (approximately)...

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The Game Room / Re: Say Something Random

« on: September 13, 2007, 08:38:44 PM »

Ahh, the "Your mom jokes ... So immature

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General Discussion / Re: Laptop Battery Life

« on: September 13, 2007, 08:36:21 PM »

As with all Lithium batteries (commonly found in Cell Phones, Cordless Phones, rechargable batteries, etc.), the more you "Plug in" and "un-plug", the more it decreases the battery life, as opposed to using the battery until it completely drains out each time.

Its recommended that you Calibrate your battery every month or so. You can do this by using your computer on battery power until the computer shuts off by itself. Then, plug in the power cord but DO NOT TURN ON THE COMPUTER and let it charge COMPLETELY with the computer off. (Repeat the steps above if desired). It should then work more efficiently.

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The Game Room / Re: Say Something Random

« on: September 13, 2007, 07:31:58 AM »

Your mom goes to college.

Lmao

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 13, 2007, 07:31:00 AM »

I wonder why TWC rename songs.

I dont think its ALWAYS TWC. Sometimes the artist changes them, or doesnt even name them at all. So TWC has to put a name on their lists.

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General Discussion / Re: What anti-virus software do you use?

« on: September 13, 2007, 07:29:14 AM »

Norton, since i get it for free from work.

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General Discussion / Re: Post your desktops

« on: September 12, 2007, 09:43:12 PM »

Yes, so you're not actually getting the full amount of RAM. Now usually in the BIOS, you can set the amount of shared video memory. So if you're not planing on doing a lot of hardcore graphics applications like games, you can change it and utilize more of your memory

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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: September 12, 2007, 07:53:32 AM »

Knowing him he's probably ended up in a mental institution again. 

What's wrong with him?

I'm guessing he was banned before i joined?

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The Game Room / Re: Say something about yourself

« on: September 12, 2007, 07:36:36 AM »

Rosh Hashana (sp) is a Jewish holiday, correct?

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: September 11, 2007, 05:18:18 PM »

what's a character map, in my pants?

Its a built-in windows accessory.

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The Game Room / Re: "In my pants" Game

« on: September 11, 2007, 05:16:51 PM »

The Alt+176 ONLY works on the NUMBER PAD on the right side of the keyboard. So if your on a laptop, you're out of luck. You have to use Character Map.