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Julie @movicont (495) • United States 23 Apr 09

What are the worst books that you've actually managed to finish? For me it would probably be Eragon, as I thought the plot was extremely overused and ill-defined. In general though, I don't finish books that deem bad, so my...

books

finished

reading

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Julie Yeah, I think a lot of people who read Catcher in the Rye outside of their teenage years tend to find Holden Caulfield to be very annoying. I met lots of people who've read the book when they were younger and loved it, only to despise it when they went back...

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Julie @movicont (495) • United States 24 Mar 09

I recently read an article here [ http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html ] outlining the correlation Facebook and Myspace had with social class. It was an interesting read, positing that Myspace had more lower...

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Julie Well, I think the statement in the article was more of a generalization--it's not meant to apply to every single person on each site. Besides, lower class doesn't equal "bad", as you seem to be presuming, nor does upper class equal "good". They are merely...

25 Mar 09

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 23 Mar 09

I've been using Ubuntu for a while now, and everything has been going quite smoothly. However, I apparently like playing around with different distros, so any suggestions for a different one to try? I was thinking maybe Debian...

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Julie Um, if you've read my post, I've already been using Ubuntu for quite some time now. I just wanted to try something new.

23 Mar 09

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 23 Mar 09

Are there any cooking recipe sites that allow me to input ingredients and will output corresponding recipes? I think something like this would work well if I just happen to open my refrigerator and can input the items there to...

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Julie Thanks, I'll check out that site.

23 Mar 09

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 31 Aug 08

What's the best C++ complier that you'd recommend for someone who just recently started messing around with C++? Is Dev-C++ a good idea? (I know it's an IDE, not a complier, but I'm just asking) Thanks!

compiler

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Julie Ahh, I see, thanks! I'll probably go check out Intel's.

1 Sep 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 13 Aug 08

I've heard several people mention this, but I'm still not sure why. Is it because the actual ground has a surface that's harder (and therefore harder on your legs) than the treadmill?

exercise

running

treadmill

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Julie Well I think the reason the world record is slower is because you have to manually speed up the treadmill. So instead of focusing all your energy on running, you have to put some of it into pressing that button to speed up the treadmill's belt speed. But...

13 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 12 Aug 08

There are many, many types of keyboards out there. Obviously, there's the typical QWERTY style keyboard, one that most of us have (I'm using one now). Another keyboard layout is the Dvorak one (wikipedia link:...

keyboard

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Julie Ahh, yes, that's true. Learning a new keyboard layout can be quite annoying, and even if you got used to Dvorak, you'd still have to learn QWERTY for use on public terminals. Hehe, I'd like to try the roll-up keyboard someday. Thanks for responding!

13 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 12 Aug 08

Can anyone on myLot give some advice about preparing for interviews? Is there any way to tone down the nervousness that I get the night before? If I have a hard time talking to the interviewer, what should I do to make things...

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Julie Thanks! That sounds like good advice. I'll try to relax...hopefully.

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sapphirelilac88 @sapphirelilac88 (91) • Philippines 12 Aug 08

its in the news that a part of the beijing olympics fireworks are faked. any thought?

beijing

olympics

opening ceremony

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Julie Agreed, it was nicely done. :-]

12 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 11 Aug 08

I've just finished reading I, Claudius by Robert Graves, and now I would really like to read some more historical fiction. Does anyone here have good recommendations? Thanks in advance!

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Julie Hehe, yup, "Claudius the God" would be the logical sequel. I'll check out some of the other recommendations as well, thanks!

11 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 11 Aug 08

I've just finished reading I, Claudius by Robert Graves, and now I would really like to read some more historical fiction. Does anyone here have good recommendations? Thanks in advance!

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Julie Sounds like a good book! I'll go check it out soon. Thanks!

11 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 11 Aug 08

I've just finished reading I, Claudius by Robert Graves, and now I would really like to read some more historical fiction. Does anyone here have good recommendations? Thanks in advance!

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Julie Ooh, Saylor's series sound interesting. I think I'll go and look for them soon. Thanks! Yep! I've read a number of Lindsey Davis' Falco mysteries and really enjoyed them. I haven't looked at the most recent ones though, so I think might check out some of...

11 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

I've heard from many people that college is on a whole 'nother playing field when compared to high school. Is it that different? I've heard that classes will be a lot harder and in general the stress level will go up. Any...

college

high school

transition

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Julie Yep, that's true. Wow--you guys were threatened? That sounds scary.

6 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

What are some ideal fonts to use in web design? I know most sites say to stick to a sans-serif style font, but I've also seen serif fonts used well (namely, Georgia). So can anyone recommend some nice fonts to use for web design?...

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Julie Thanks! I guess I should've been more clear--I was looking for logo fonts, not just fonts for the text. I probably wouldn't pick any fancy fonts for the site's content, but the logo (an image) can be slightly more decorated.

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Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

I've heard from many people that college is on a whole 'nother playing field when compared to high school. Is it that different? I've heard that classes will be a lot harder and in general the stress level will go up. Any...

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Julie Ahh, that's true. And there won't be any parents pressuring me to do stuff either. Guess it's time to start developing some self-motivation. Anyways, thanks!

6 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

I've heard from many people that college is on a whole 'nother playing field when compared to high school. Is it that different? I've heard that classes will be a lot harder and in general the stress level will go up. Any...

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Julie Thanks for the advice! Yeah, I've been told that studying is really quite important, unlike in high school, where most people can slack and still get nice grades. Group study sessions sound like a good idea.

6 Aug 08

Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

Can anyone recommend a free FTP client? SmartFTP is now charging, and I used to use it quite a bit. Thanks in advance.

ftp

ftp client

smartftp

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Julie Thank you! I'll check out FreeFTP. Is it a lot lighter than FileZilla?

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Julie @movicont (495) • United States 6 Aug 08

Can anyone recommend a free FTP client? SmartFTP is now charging, and I used to use it quite a bit. Thanks in advance.

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Julie Thanks, I'll look into FileZilla. I actually just started using FireFTP with Firefox, and it seems to be working seamlessly.

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