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    How to record video tape into an online file

    I have a VHS tape that I need to copy as a file that can be viewed online, what is the best way to do that? The DVD player in the house can't record so the video player has to be connected to a computer first of all I suppose. Cheers in advance.
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    diet pills?

    To the OP: Why did you post the same post on different sections twice?
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    Can we learn from TV or movie or interactive media rather than be distracted by it?

    The finding in an experiment study on the paper: Remembering Television News: Effects of Picture Content by Barrie Gunter found that recalling of brief TV news items can be significantly affected by picture content. And it's strengthened by the result of an experiment study to compare between...
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    Piracy in Canada

    I don't have the newspapers with me at the moment, but in what is called the Epoch Times here in Dublin, there is an article that concluded piracy of movies, etc. either the video-recording or the copying or the sharing or even the purchasing in Canada would still be ongoing. And that is because...
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    Shadowy global timber trade that can worsen global warming

    Read in Epoch times today, some news about the timber trade written by Reuters' reporter: So do you think labelling woods such as what has been used for fair trade products and organic food can work?
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    Hypochondriac or cautious?

    Especially for you guys who are into news and have read a lot of things in the politics in North America especially. My flatmate has been following political news including the ones about US politics. He came to the conclusion, actually he said that it was stated in the news he has followed that...
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    Why that avatar?

    Am curious since I think because of avatar, I thought Zan was a man and shadowshiv was a woman! So why did you choose that avatar you put now? Mine is just simple, I ran into this image file when I was browsing something and has been using it in some forums I belong to. Just thought it looks...
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    Problem accessing google account?

    Since yesterday GMT time for me. Do you guys have the same problem in Canada?
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    Have/will you change(d)?

    Something I heard today when I was volunteering in food coop here and met an Irish hippie :D He said when people are lectured to change, they most likely would resent. But it is more effective to make or to expect people to change if you give a good example of the other alternative (what the...
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    Deleted thread

    Is there any indicator that an existed thread was deleted perhaps? I could've sworn I saw a thread titled something like: Programmers are smugs, but I can't find it now. Either it's my eyes are playing tricks on me or the thread went to the trash bin without a trace?
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    How did you learn French?

    For you guys who are native English speakers (so most likely not from Quebec province), but can speak French too, any tips how to learn it to be at least ok with daily life's conversation in a few months? I know of course practice is important, being discipline in learning new vocabs everyday if...
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    Traditional Ethnic Recipes

    I can't take spicy food that much but really love this when I was in Singapore: beef rendang. It's actually a Malay or Indonesian dish. Sort of like beef curry but the sauce is made from coconut milk. Recipe: 1-2 kg stewing beef, cut into 1" chunks extra garlic, sambal olek, soy sauce and...
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    Keeping virginity till marriage for the Catholics, unrealistic?

    I would be interested to know if anybody here can tell how many people s/he knows especially in what are considered advanced countries who still keep their virginity till they get married. Some people seem to base their argument that it's unrealistic to keep virginity until you're married...
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    How many countries have you been living in outside your own?

    For me 3: Japan for 7 years, S'pore for 2 years, now Ireland, next is going to be France. I'm not really that sick of moving yet, but it does get tiring a little. Haven't really found the "perfect" place where I feel homy, but then again maybe such place doesn't exist and one just needs to...
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    Post your fave movie quote

    You’ve already done plenty of things to regret. You just don’t know what they are. It’s when you discover them. When you see the folly in something you’ve done and you wish that you had it to do over, but you know you can’t because it’s too late. So you pick that thing up and you carry it...
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    Self-righteousness

    I have a flatmate who is a devoted Catholic and a person who I suppose seems to see himself enlightened in the politics matters that he is in the know what most don't. Oh plus he's an engineer. Probably it's true that he knows a lot of things in politics that others don't. He would listen to a...
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    Does having MBA degree have a good affect on your career and getting Canada PR?

    It's not from a top business school in US but at least in Europe last year it's among the top 10. And it's in France, so the students can learn French which is good to get Canada PR, isn't it? Not sure how an MBA degree is perceived in Canada though.
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    Are text and emoticons enough for communication in a forum?

    I heard some criticism that people who spend heaps of time to communicate to others in writing by using text and emoticons may lose the ability to communicate verbally by playing with the intonation or the tone of one's voice. I'm not including gestures/body language here cause it even makes it...
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    Would you use mobile device for m-learning?

    My thought on this is that because a lot of people in some poor countries in South East Asia like Indonesia for example can afford mobile phones rather, then these users might use their mobile phone as a substitute of e-learning or distance learning, provided the internet connection is...
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    Using emoticons to soften the tone of your writing?

    I must admit for me personally, I use emoticons to soften the tone of my writing in other forums I belonged to. I don't use the "angry", basically the emoticons expressing negative emotions, that much at least. But it seems, some people consider emoticons as a rather stupid or silly way of...