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Slide scanner

I have a collection of old 35mm film slides and would like to scan them to my computer, so that I can save, view and/or print them as pictures. There are many sources advertising slide scanners, but...
19:32 Thu 17th Mar 20115 answers, last by Coldicote 21:55 Thu 17th Mar 2011
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What is a no-fly zone?

There's a lot of talk about a no-fly zone in Libya, as if everyone understands what it would mean. Is it a threat to attack aircraft and, if so, wouldn't it be tantamount to a declaration of war? For...
12:46 Thu 17th Mar 201116 answers, last by Coldicote 19:16 Thu 17th Mar 2011
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analogue to digital

I live in one of the last areas yet to switch over to digital. My fairly new TV provides both analogue and/or digital. At present I like reading the BBC Ceefax pages and will very much miss this when...
11:06 Thu 17th Mar 20112 answers, last by Coldicote 15:48 Thu 17th Mar 2011
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food blenders

I am thinking of ordering an electric food blender from Argos. It is described as having a 'pulse function', but does anyone know what that means please? I could do without the fancy descriptions - a...
00:43 Mon 14th Mar 20119 answers, last by Coldicote 11:23 Mon 14th Mar 2011
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Why Middle East Violence?

Middle-east countries seem to be following one another into violent uprisings - Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen. It's easy to lose track of underlying causes. What grievances do they have and isn't it to...
14:21 Thu 10th Mar 20116 answers, last by danchip 16:56 Thu 10th Mar 2011
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Coalition government

Many people criticise our coalition government, but don't say what they envisage as an alternative. Short of an overall majority by one party what other arrangement could there be? An alternative vote...
08:45 Fri 04th Mar 2011
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Acronyms

We live in an age of acronyms and I guess I'm not alone in spending time finding out what they mean? Have you found any particularly irritating - or amusing? Here are just a few for starters and no...
20:23 Sun 20th Feb 201127 answers, last by ttfn 18:28 Mon 21st Feb 2011
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Love of money .....

....... is the root of all evil. This quotation from the Bible (Timothy) sums up the culture of most if not all parts of the world. We don't seem to know a way of life that doesn't depend on lending...
13:41 Wed 16th Feb 201114 answers, last by beso 10:23 Sat 19th Feb 2011
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ADOBE question?

I have Adobe programs on my PC but don't know what they are for or whether I really need them. The two most recent are Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe Shock Wave Player 11.5. What is their purpose? Am...
15:05 Sat 12th Feb 20114 answers, last by Coldicote 22:11 Sat 12th Feb 2011
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Mubarak's regime.

As is often the case with the 'news' an important point is missing, or it is just taken for granted that everybody knows. I've never been to Egypt and until the recent massive demonstrations started...
20:26 Fri 11th Feb 20119 answers, last by BayBoy1 14:49 Sat 12th Feb 2011
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Light relief

With all the doom and gloom in the news these days, I couldn't help a wry smile this morning on reading that scientists at Cambridge Uni have discovered how fleas can jump so far and so fast. What an...
12:43 Thu 10th Feb 20113 answers, last by Prudie 18:00 Fri 11th Feb 2011
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Stronger National Identity

At a recent conference in Munich, David Cameron argued that the UK needed a stronger national identity. He also said, " We need to be clear: Islamist extremism and Islam are not the same...
12:39 Sun 06th Feb 201166 answers, last by Lonnie 22:46 Mon 07th Feb 2011
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Navigation Bar

Some ABers already know that I am interested in Neighbourhood Watch. The site on line normally shows a horizontal navigation bar. I've recently bought an Advent laptop and find it does not display the...
11:29 Sun 23rd Jan 201117 answers, last by squarebear 16:18 Mon 24th Jan 2011
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Cost of electricity

I've just had notice from my electricity supplier of my estimated household cost for the next 12 months. My home is all electric - no gas. Trying to make comparisons between different suppliers on the...
13:11 Sat 22nd Jan 201111 answers, last by what..the? 23:46 Mon 24th Jan 2011
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Finding topics on AB

Sometimes topics on AB attract many answers in a fairly short space of time. As a matter of interest where do you find those posts to reply to, if not on the Latest Posts list, which changes very...
19:38 Sat 15th Jan 201118 answers, last by chrissa1 23:26 Sat 15th Jan 2011
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'Five a Day'

How practicable is 'Five a Day'? Presumably this means fresh fruit and veg. or is frozen and tinned just as good? Bearing in mind that many people spend a lot of time at sea, where do they get their...
10:36 Tue 11th Jan 201127 answers, last by Coldicote 11:35 Tue 11th Jan 2011
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Who calls me?

I see there are previous items about nuisance phone calls but my problem is this: Quite frequently my phone rings and I answer it but there is no-one there, no sound of any kind until after about half...
12:38 Sat 08th Jan 20116 answers, last by Coldicote 18:01 Sun 09th Jan 2011
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Donations to charity

I hear on the news there is a suggestion that we should all be 'invited' to make a donation to charity whenever we withdraw money from a cash machine, also possibly when making tax returns. According...
10:06 Thu 30th Dec 201020 answers, last by Steve.5 17:51 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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Internet Explorer 8

I'm using IE7 and am thinking of updating to IE8. If I then wanted to uninstall IE8 would it automatically revert back to IE7? The reason I'm asking is that I have some musical items (MIDI files) on a...
23:52 Tue 28th Dec 20103 answers, last by galeck1947 00:52 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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Global Warming

2010. According to news reports this looks like being the coldest December for a century, since records began in 1910, and there's still January to come. I expect it won't be long before we hear the...
21:28 Sat 25th Dec 201032 answers, last by Andyvon 05:26 Sun 02nd Jan 2011

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