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Recording sound with a microphone

I'm looking for a (cheap) microphone that will be able to record sounds in better quality than standard. Do you have any recommendations?
18:53 Sat 10th Jan 20044 answers, last by Squirrel 16:12 Sun 11th Jan 2004
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Opening links in a new window

Internet Explorer links recently stopped opening in a new window when I want them to. I don't have any pop-up prevention software and I don't think any settings have changed; all I know is that...
16:32 Sun 05th Oct 20033 answers, last by Squirrel 21:26 Wed 08th Oct 2003
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Fridge temperature

Does a fridge or freezer require more power to keep the food cold when it is nearly empty or packed full? At first I thought it would be more efficient when empty because there is less mass to keep...
22:03 Wed 10th Sep 20034 answers, last by Squirrel 14:54 Thu 11th Sep 2003
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John Doe

Just saw an advert for a future TV series with this name, but I'm sure I've heard 'John Doe' mentioned many times before on films and things, so is there any special significance to the name, or is it...
15:37 Tue 19th Aug 20036 answers, last by Waterwolf 12:41 Wed 20th Aug 2003
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Picture quality in Word

I like to use Microsoft Word to arrange photographs on a page when I intend to print them, but I get the impression that Word is reducing the resolution / quality of the images. Am I imagining this?
20:11 Thu 31st Jul 20032 answers, last by Squirrel 13:18 Sun 03rd Aug 2003
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Capital K?

When 'k' is added to mean 'thousand', for example kB and km, is it meant to be a capital 'K' or a small one?
20:22 Mon 28th Jul 20035 answers, last by Squirrel 14:00 Wed 30th Jul 2003
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Plastic sheets

I'm looking for somewhere to buy some large pieces of clear, rigid plastic, but I haven't had much luck. The dimensions I need are about 2.5m x 1.0m.
20:05 Sun 20th Jul 20036 answers, last by Squirrel 18:43 Mon 21st Jul 2003
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Batteries and resistance

When you have a torch turned on to full brightness, does it use the maximum energy output of the battery, or could the battery be drained in, like, 5 seconds or something if you accidentally connected...
19:18 Mon 30th Jun 20033 answers, last by Squirrel 17:43 Tue 01st Jul 2003
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Your favourite online joke

Since watching the Gollum video that Daisy P was looking for (the end bit was brilliant), I've been asking people what their favourite online videos, jokes, hoaxes, and generally anything funny, are....
11:21 Fri 13th Jun 20032 answers, last by Squirrel 20:26 Fri 13th Jun 2003
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Punctuation 2: full stop

In what place does the full stop appear when there are brackets or inverted commas at the end of a sentence? Also, do question marks and such always end a sentence in the same way, and does ''' prompt...
13:36 Thu 12th Jun 200315 answers, last by Squirrel 12:45 Sun 15th Jun 2003
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Someone is listening

Not a question, as such, but more of a deterrant to potential 'Make the site better, please' posts. I've noticed one small change to the Answerbank site - perhaps an indication of more to come - and...
23:31 Wed 11th Jun 20031 answer, last by Malandro 10:34 Thu 12th Jun 2003
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Punctuation 1: quotations

I have trouble deciding when to put a comma before I begin a quotation, whether to use a single or double ' symbol, and also whether or not I should begin the quotation on a new line, or with a...
00:48 Wed 11th Jun 20036 answers, last by Squirrel 13:29 Thu 12th Jun 2003
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3D drawing

How do you learn how to draw and texture 3D objects on a computer, like on one of those drawing programs? I bought a very cheap ?5.00 CAD CD a few years ago, but I never got round to learning how to...
23:34 Sun 08th Jun 20032 answers, last by Squirrel 23:48 Sun 08th Jun 2003
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Modern art and poetry'

Modern art and poetry' ...Are they fake? What I mean is, when an artist paints a picture of say, a yellow squiggle, covered in green and blue diamonds, and then roughly scribbles a toddler-like image...
23:18 Sun 08th Jun 200321 answers, last by Squirrel 17:32 Thu 19th Jun 2003
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Music and film

OK I'd like you to clear up a debate my friend and I have been having. I'll try not to be biased in my question; here it is: Do you think that music adds something to a film or TV show, e.g. makes it...
16:50 Wed 04th Jun 20038 answers, last by woodpam 21:45 Thu 05th Jun 2003
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Buying 0.2A fuse.

I've checked one or two online sellers, but I don't want to pay ?5.00 postage. Does anyone know a better place to get a 0.2A (200mA) fuse? The one I am trying to replace is 20mm long and is has a...
13:37 Sat 31st May 20032 answers, last by Squirrel 11:37 Sun 01st Jun 2003
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Competitions

It seems like whenever I am bored enough to scratch off the foil or look under the label, as if by magic I am a 'Top prize winner.' I know from experience that these prize draw things are a sham '...
18:32 Sat 24th May 20036 answers, last by Squirrel 23:07 Sun 25th May 2003
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Fish tank distortion

I can just about understand why there might be refraction of light when your head is at an angle to the tank, but what about when you look from the front, straight at the back? It still looks like the...
18:20 Sat 24th May 20037 answers, last by Squirrel 13:54 Sat 31st May 2003
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Sound problems

We have four speakers and a big box thing that looks like a larger speaker (?) that they all plug in to. Some of the sound thingies on our computer include 'EAX' and 'Audio HQ' - hopefully this means...
19:19 Thu 22nd May 20033 answers, last by Squirrel 22:33 Thu 22nd May 2003
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Reversing cancer?

About a year ago I remember seeing a cheesy American advert / talk show thing. There was a man ('Robert Barefoot'?) who claimed that his 'coral calcium' product would cure several dozen diseases,...
20:26 Mon 19th May 20034 answers, last by Miss Zippy 16:51 Tue 20th May 2003

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