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    My Xbox is in Japanese

    I didn't know where to put this, but While I was trying to get my new Xbox setup, I must have hit a button on the controller and told my Xbox I'm in Japan because everything on the screen is in Japanese characters. How can I reset it?
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    FLASH MX: How do you reverse text?

    Is there any way to place some text on the stage and then subsequentely make the text backwards i.e. it looks like you are looking at it in a mirror? Or is the only way to do this is to install a "backwards" font?
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    Insuring yourself???

    So my fiancee and I are trying to figure out our budget after we get married in October and the biggest unknown we have is how much health insurance is going to cost us. I'm an undergrad and my school (Purdue) wants $600+/month (no, not a typo) to insure my spouse and I. My fiancee's job is...
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    MBA: What exactly is "Work Experience"?

    I am not going to be applying to an MBA any time soon , if ever, but just to satisfy my curiousity, what do Business schools mean when they require work experience? Experience in Management? Experience at any job at all? Take me, I will have an MS in Genetics and probably end up working in a...
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    Picnic Food

    When you think of a picnic, what type of food goes along with it? I'm thining maybe some homemade subs, but that is where I draw a blank.
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    AC Adapter dilemna (for the electronic illiterate)

    So I bought a scanline converter off the FS/FT forum, but it did not come with an AC-->DC Adapter. It takes 9V and draws 500mA of current, according to the user's manual. So I go to the local, respectable electonics store and the lady shows me that all they have in the right "plug size" is 9V...
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    Do it yourself jacuzzi on the cheap?

    I was wonderring if you take a small, but mildly deep (~ 3 feet), cheap kiddie pool and somehow turn it into a jacuzzi? I would think the two main things are creating the bubbles and releasing them and also getting and keeping the water hot. Any cheap devices out there that would accomplish...
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    Preventing shaving bumps

    Ever time I shave, my neck really likes to break out. This has really discourage me from shaving daily. What do you guys use after you shave to try and prevent this? I've tried using some 5% benzoyl peroxide cream (ie clearasil) but that didn't really help. I heard somewhere that using...
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    Good, easy meat dishes?

    I am trying to think of some tasty, but easy and quick to make "meat" dishes. Right now I eat way too many Carbs, particularly bread, and I would like to concentrate on more protien (ie Atkins) but lunchmeat by itself and hamburgers by themselves get pretty boring. I know there are "Atkins"...
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    Best Electric Razor For Sensitive Skin?

    Right now I have an old Norelco 3 head electric razor that needs new "heads". So I am debating just spending an extra $100 or so and getting a whole new razor that will treat my skin better. Right now, I barely shave at all as it is, because it seems like the Norelco really "tears up" my skin.
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    'Allow Full Menus' In Access2000

    I was bored and messing around with a database I was working on, and in Tools-->Startup, I unchecked "Allow Full Menus". Now, after restarting, I was wondering if there is any way to get the Full Menus back, since the Tools menu is now unavailable I can still access to the VB code for the...
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    AGP + PCI w/ Video Out Possible?

    I recently sold my GF4 with TV-Out and went back to a GF2 with only VGA out. I really miss watching movies on my TV and was wondering if it was possible to buy a cheap PCI vid card with TV-Out and succesfully have it co-exist and provide TV-Out in an XP environment. I know I could always buy a...
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    YASTT (speeding ticket): What does insurance receive from the BMV

    So I got pulled over for not using my turn signal to change lanes which is a 4 point (Indiana) violation. Yes I am guilty; yes I will pay. But my question is, Indiana offers this Defensive Driving Program that reduces your amount of points on your official driving record by 4 but does *not*...
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    Where to buy an old laptop

    Does anyone know where to get a descent used/refurbished laptop? I am looking for probably a PII/early PIII with a 13/14" screen. I just nned one for word processing and internet usage. I have done some basic searches but most people seem to want 5-600 for P150 and 11" screen!! Ebay is just...