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[edit] FirstClass: Accepting External Incoming Email

Hello. How can I accept incoming email outside of the FirstClass community (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.)? I can already send email outside of the FirstClass community. Thanks in advance. --Mayfare (talk) 00:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, try sending an email to yourself (your outside account, ofc), then find the address to that email, then you give that email to other people
My school uses FC, and I can normally receive mail from outside. Anything else (or are you experiencing trouble with my solution?) If you still have problems you can always post on my talk page. --KelvinHOWiknerd(talk) 12:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Definitions

Hey! I have to give the representation on Monday, Dear all ! What i need is just the definitions ,(in various styles) of monitor,scanner, keyboard,and printer,from ancient to remote.Yes it's quite simple but yet some rejuvenated definitions are required.Any help will be helpful. Thanks--121.52.144.114 (talk) 09:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, our articles have definitions of Visual display unit, image scanner, keyboard and computer printer (there are various types listed at History of printing) — Matt Eason (Talk • Contribs) 09:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Free Movie Making Program

hi...........looking for 'the best' movie making program thats free and can get of internet.......any sugestions........thanks (oh and preferably needs to be able to edit .MOV and the format that you get google video/youtube videos in when you download them) thanks..--81.79.83.155 (talk) 11:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Which operating system are you using? Windows XP has Movie Maker built in. The latest versions of Mac OS X have iMovie HD as a part of iLife. Various distributions of Linux probably have even better video editing software packages included with the operating system. On the other hand, I hear that Adobe Premiere is pretty good, probably one of the best movie making programs. It costs a ton of money, though. For starters, Comparison of video editing software and List of video editing software have a lot of information in them. As a side, I want to tell you that Google is quite flexible in the formats of videos it accepts. You do not need to upload videos in .FLV (Flash Video) format to be able to upload videos to YouTube or Google Video. Kushal 20:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glitches in Google News

Navigating Google's help section is really rather confusing to me. Can anyone tell me where I can report news items that show up in the wrong sections of Google News? A while back I saw a headline for a storm system going through Kansas in the entertainment section. This time it's an even more off putting blunder. Dismas|(talk) 13:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

It appears as though you can report a number of issues here. Click the "View details and report" and you just need the article title. --Kateshortforbob 15:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! Dismas|(talk) 03:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Video Encoding for Ipods

Hi Everyone,

This is kind of a specific question but I think has broad applications. I've been trying to transfer lectures that are videotaped for us at school onto my ipod using IMTOO Movie to Ipod converter. However, everytime i try it, the video is wayyy out of sync with the audio (i.e. the video will run for 45 minutes, for an hour long lecture (the audio runs the full hour)).

The stuff I've read online amounts more or less to "Adjust the Frame Rate of the Video" but I'm not sure where to start? Is there anyway of looking at the video file and finding out the frame rate to use??? This is a typical lecture recording file.

And how does it work, is the higher the framerate the FASTER the video will play (i.e. if i set a framerate of 8 million, will the video part be over in like 2 seconds)?

Thanks! --Cacofonie (talk) 14:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Frame rate is handy. "is the measurement of the frequency (rate) at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames." I believe the common frame rates are 24 (ish), 30, and 60. A video is just a series of pictures taken often enough that when shown together, the brain blurs them into the illusion of motion. Frames, in this case, are those pictures, and the rate is the number of pictures (generally per second) that you're using to generate that illusion. Long story short, this can be just a simple math problem. If the run time is 45 minutes, SHOULD be 60 minutes, and you currently have a frame rate of 60... solve for X. Ironmandius (talk) 16:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] windows desktop items

Is it true that having a cluttered desktop (win XP) can slow down computer performance? i remember hearing something about the 'active desktop' function in the explanation that was given me. If so, is it jsut files and folders saved tot he desktop, or shortcuts as well? Please forward a copy of your reply to my talk page. --Shaggorama (talk) 17:17, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Active Desktop basically means your desktop shows a web page. It never really caught on and chances are you don't have it enabled. I don't think that the number of icons on your desktop will have any noticeable effect on performance. -- BenRG (talk) 19:06, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
As a side, I would recommend exceeding a minimum of 128 MB of RAM and 600 MHz Pentium 3 processor. If you have a recent computer, please disregard my comment. Kushal 20:34, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] book for AutoCad(student edition)

Anyone know a good book for AutoCad 2008 that is "good" for a High School student that covers some of the basics step by step because I need some help with using AutoCad, if someone can please help me. You can contact me at my talk page. Rio de oro (talk) 22:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Goggle books has a couple with limited preview hhttp://books.google.com/books?q=AutoCAD+2008&btnG=Search+Books So you can have a look whether any of those are helpful. Different people like different kinds of books. The type I find most useful drive my significant other "up the well known" and vice versa. Amazon.com also sometimes has preview options. (Just two I use, not that I'd like to advertise for anyone.)--Lisa4edit (talk) 08:41, 27 April 2008 (UTC)