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Computer in domain

What does 'computer in domain' mean ? I have just received a notice, apparently from AVG, saying that my computer's settings have been altered and it is now 'computer in domain'. I only have the one...
08:44 Tue 22nd Jun 20103 answers, last by ambitiousabhinav 19:33 Tue 18th Jul 2017
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Applause

Is applauding by clapping the hands together universal or are there, or have there been, societies where it is not done?
01:05 Mon 21st Jun 20107 answers, last by jno 21:18 Wed 23rd Jun 2010
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Are England caps real?

Years ago a player who was capped received a real cap. There's an old picture of Billy Wright with a great stack of his, for he had over a hundred. Do modern players get an actual cap or is the word...
14:53 Sun 30th May 20105 answers, last by Steve.5 01:03 Fri 04th Jun 2010
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Can't send e-mail

I have AOL on this computer.I get the message that my e-mail addresses on AOL are not connected to the IMAP server and when I try to send e-mails I get this message "E-MAIL_MAILBOX_Disabled, 554...
10:20 Fri 07th May 20101 answer, last by ChuckFickens 10:51 Fri 07th May 2010
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Hotel Bristol

All over Europe there are old, luxury hotels called Hotel Bristol. Why did C19 hoteliers choose Bristol as a name ? Was it associated with royalty or luxury then or was the city itself a byword for 5...
08:50 Mon 05th Apr 20108 answers, last by webbo3 13:58 Mon 05th Apr 2010
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Giddy Aunt

"Oh my giddy aunt !" is an exclamation of surprise and dismay. Is it just a euphemistic rendering of 'Oh my God !' or is it ,say, some quotation from a popular song or play (Charley's Aunt...
06:57 Sat 13th Mar 20101 answer, last by Quizmonster 08:09 Sat 13th Mar 2010
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Who, me?

Any grammarians out there? Yes,well tackle this. Which of these is grammatically correct and why? " There are three people listed, none a) of whom is me ' b) of whom are me c) of whom is I d) of...
10:56 Sat 06th Mar 201019 answers, last by whiskeryron 19:58 Thu 11th Mar 2010
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Double guess

'It's impossible to double guess Max Clifford' said a journalist on TV. Where did 'to double guess' originate ? Is it a recent expression ?
11:37 Tue 16th Feb 20104 answers, last by Bert 17:36 Fri 19th Feb 2010
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Accents

What's the easiest and quickest way to type acute / and oblique \ accents on an ordinary QWERTY keyboard using Windows 7 ? Is there any way to set up the keyboard so it types accented E on pressing...
15:27 Sun 14th Feb 20103 answers, last by fredpuli47 11:07 Mon 15th Feb 2010
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Sky and a phoneline

My Sky service says I need a phoneline connection for the full range of services. What extra services am I missing? It works anyway with basic services,. My phone's socket is on the far side of the...
01:07 Fri 12th Feb 20105 answers, last by fredpuli47 11:11 Fri 12th Feb 2010
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Ways to skin..

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Why a cat? Was skinning cats ever a regular human activity? How old is the saying?
09:48 Tue 09th Feb 20105 answers, last by MalcolmY 13:29 Tue 09th Feb 2010
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Ivy

Does cutting through the main stem of ivy, near the ground, kill the plant or does an established plant have the ability to survive by taking water and nutrients through its leaves and adventitious...
15:29 Thu 04th Feb 20105 answers, last by regulo 19:58 Thu 11th Feb 2010
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Grazing horses

What's the going rate for grazing horses in South East England, specifically South Cambridgeshire? Is it calculated at so much for each horse or at so much an acre (in this case 10 acres, complete...
10:55 Tue 02nd Feb 20107 answers, last by fredpuli47 00:12 Wed 03rd Feb 2010
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Footpath and grazing

Is there now any law requiring the landowner to fence a footpath ? One public right of way on this farm is a footpath that crosses a 10 acre field of grazing with one very old horse in it. There's a...
10:48 Tue 02nd Feb 20106 answers, last by tamborine 19:04 Tue 02nd Feb 2010
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Edible elephants

Are elephants edible? In the days of the Raj,and long before, thousandsof elephants must have been killed for their ivory.What did the people do with the meat ?
13:48 Mon 25th Jan 20106 answers, last by Androcles 16:06 Tue 26th Jan 2010
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Tracing a pipe leak

There's a leak somewhere in the ceiling/ floor space in a house I have (unoccupied). We know where the water is coming in (more than one place, but primarily one) but we don't where it's coming from....
23:40 Wed 13th Jan 20106 answers, last by S_C 06:27 Fri 15th Jan 2010
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Go Compare singer

Who is doing the singing on the Go Compare ads ? Is it an Italian or someone imitating an Italian ? He sounds like a music student,he's got that 'quality' of voice ! [Apologies if this has been asked...
23:29 Wed 13th Jan 20104 answers, last by SurreyGuy 17:43 Mon 25th Jan 2010
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He and I

'He and I went ' is correct . 'I and he went' is not, in the sense that it's not what native speakers say. Is there some 'rule' of grammar which dictates this? And what dictates the order in 'The...
11:41 Wed 06th Jan 201010 answers, last by whitelady 19:33 Fri 08th Jan 2010
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Rat up a drainpipe

How long have rats been running up drainpipes,so to speak ? 'He was off like a rat up a drainpipe' (he got away very fast ). I only noticed the expression when a Welsh friend used it, but it sounds...
11:03 Tue 05th Jan 20105 answers, last by heathfield 18:41 Tue 05th Jan 2010
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Chair, Bench etc

What's the word for using 'Chair' and Bench for the office itself or the person(s) occupying that office, whereby we substitute a symbol or feature for the office itself ? Crown is another example....
10:55 Sun 03rd Jan 20106 answers, last by Quizmonster 09:14 Mon 04th Jan 2010

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