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Energy consumption of TVs and computers

Can anyone direct me to a site which gives some clear information regarding the actual energy consumption of typical home TVs and PCs? I keep hearing about much energy TVs use when in 'standby' mode,...

alancohen

Golf - order of play around the green

In stroke play, one versus one (i.e. nice and simple) - if a ball is on the green and 20 yards away from the hole, and the other player's ball is in a greenside bunker but only 10 yards away from the...

alancohen

Basketball - 3 second rule

If a player has one foot inside the zone/key/lane (whatever you want to call it) and one foot outside, does this count towards the 3 second violation? Also, can anyone direct me to a rule book which...

carlos

Processes in XP

Can anyone list the processes that need to be running in XP. I have a virus and need to stop the process in task manager - will this work? Thanks in advance

alancohen

Amount of memory within data folders on my PC

How do I determine the amount of memory within my 'folders' on my PC? If I go into 'My Computer', the size (amount of memory used) is only given for individual files, not for a folder as a...

lynprestwood

Where's the best site to download MP3s

I want to download a track called Tomorrow Morning by Gretchen Peters. It's not exactly rare and I can buy the CD easily enough but just want this track. None of the sites I know of...

alancohen

Finding UK hotel phone numbers

Is there a way to find the phone number of a hotel online - whenever I try to do this, all that comes up is the phone number for the central booking office?

alancohen

Windows XP - Emails

Windows XP - how do I remove the notification of how many unread emails each user has waiting for them? I don't want it!!

alancohen

Window size

How to I set my default window size to fill my screen (i.e. maximise)? Occasionally, I need to reduce the size of a window for a particular program and then, for weeks afterwards, I am left with that...

alancohen

Barclays (another question!)

Who is the actor in the Barclays ad?

susan

fragile rock

who are the garbage people in fragile rock

Lord Panda

Malcolms

I am helping someone complile a quiz in which one of the categories is 'Famous People Called Malcolm'. I have several of the obvious ones - Devon & Christian Malcolm, Malcolms MacDonald, McLaren,...