Do Mac owners ever have to reformat their hard drives and reinstall their operating system?

Ive reinstalled windows xp 3 times. The first time was an accident, the second time my themes were really broken and i couldnt click anything and the third time the internet connection dll s were bad. i dont have a mac, but it seems very good and solid. I think the easiest thing to do with windows is backup and reinstall once a year for normal maintenence lol!

My flatmate and I are wanting to paint varnished wood wardrobes white. What is the best paint to use? Cheers?

Once wood has been stained or varnished it is poor painting practice to try and paint them with normal wood paints. They are vulnerable to chipping, even when sand them well or even strip them. If you do, then abrade every square centimetre to provide some key for your paint. Knotting is pointless as the varnish will have sealed any knots. Don't put emulsion on them. Two coats of oil-based undercoat and one coat of gloss or two coats of satin (Dulux Satinwood). Any other paints are a waste of time in this situation.

Did Christopher Nolan hit another one out of the ballpark with Inception?

What did you think of the movie? Where would you rank it out of all the movies you've seen this year, last year, past 10 years? 1 through 10, 10 being best, 1 being worst. And why?

Was Bernard Pollard trying to diss Tom Brady with his comment?

Poor Patriot Nation...... always got to call cry foul. you guys / gals are spoiled & forgot what it's like to be a mediocre football team.

Who exactly came up with the term shag? Why not some other word?

the word "shag" has many definitions. One is the transitive verb meaning "to chase and bring back." The term was popularized in baseball, where it is common to "shag flies" in the outfield during batting practice. The term "shag" has deep roots in the English language, and was not just coined as an innuendo joke.

Hinduism - why people say as Lord against using the word God?

Why are you looking to understand Hinduism and thus feel good about it being from Thamilan Naadu? Please dont feel that way. We are all Hindu and we are all one. Those who tell you otherwise want to break the unity.

Mtg amount of dragon help?

Only if you don't have answers to a rush deck. If all you have is dragons in your deck, you need to be able to survive until turn five or whenever you can cast the dragons.

The Obama Youth....is this creepy or what ?

Hitler Youth, Black Panthers, Cor dem rouge, and the Obama Youth all have the same mind set. That doesn't make it a bad thing.

Why is america racially seperated?

I'm african american and I'm just wondering. Like why do people disrespect hispanics and say mean things about them when its not true? Or like why is a smart black person considered a sell out? And why is it a problem to date outside your race?

Why don't they make 5 different harmonicas per key going from low to high?

Instead of just 12 harps - where somebody arbitrarily decided that G in first position is low and F# in first position is high. Why isn't there 5 F# harmonicas going from low to high, and 5 G harmonicas going from low to high, etc. There should be like 60 harmonicas instead of 12, no?

Republican Presidenial candidate Tommy Thompson Iraq proposal?

Governor Thompson has proposed that Iraq be made into a federal form of government (like the US, Canada and Germany for example). There would be three states within the federation - Kurdish, Sunni and Shia. There would be a federal government to deal with defence and the economic infrastructure. All citizens would recieve royalty payments from oil production (like they do in Alaska). He recognises there would be major issues to still work out. Any comments or other ideas? The other candidates don't seem to have the guts to state their own positions.

Help: HP Photosmart 635 2.1 MP Digi Camera?

The battery on my camera works really poorly, I've tried normal alkaline, Ni-Cad rechargables, everything. I got it free at a food show. It was being sponsored by Slim Jim. Does anyone have one, and if you do, is yours a piece of cheap crap, too?

Cutting roses, leaving black ends on remaining stems, what to do ?

When I cut my roses for a bouquet, the ends of the stem that remain on the rose bush turns black ??? Is it because my cutting shears are carrying diseases, should I sterilize them. or what can I do ???

Does the first bit of my book catch your inrtest?

It does catch my interest alright but the standard of english is poor, it moves too fast and its not likely someone would be accused of cheating in an iq test. Story has potential but you need to structure it better and you have to use a more formal wording.

I met my black man at Mixedmingle.com, can we go to marriage?

I met my black man at a free dating mecca --- Mixedmingle.com and we falled in love. We are really happy now, but friends around me said online love is not true, we can not go to marriage at all. Really? Why? Both of us are very serious about our love.

Which team should i support?

it depends on ur love for football and d team....but once u love a team u cant get out of it even if d team is relegated and plays in d npower league 2!!so be wise i wont suggest preston.....if u like tradition then the reds(liverpool)....u like money then manc.....u like a performer-manu(but only till sir alex is in the hot seat)...for perfect football-arsenal and liverpool.....if u want to go BLUE chosse chealsea LOL...

Need Help for costume patterns for a Play.?

Some kids from highschool are holding this play. It's pretty cool but it involves the character dressing like a very young girl (shirley temple as an example) The actress for the part is a size twelve. Anybody have any idea how I can adjust a childrens sized pattern for an adult?

What do you think of my photography?

i like your pictures, i have the same sony a 200 and i would recomend you to play witht he options right next to the click. sometimes one of those options works for other subjects. i have been using sometimes the flower option for portraits, it helps a lot. Now, let me give u a piece of advice, that i always give up to people who ask how to take good pictures, and that is to go outside and in a week, take 1000 pictures, that will train your eye, and always try to pictures of diferent angles, never the front view angle, play with your camera, and you will learn a lot. specially when u take pictures of fireworks, that is a good, excercise

Who is your ALL TIME FAVRAITE FOOTBALLER in the following?

Cristiano Ronaldo is definately good. By the way its not Carlos, its Carles Puyol. He's a very strong player, and he keeps to himself. I like it

Name of book? No one seems to know..?

Another site to look is alibris.com. Go to that site and type in a brief synopsis of the story just like you did here and they may be able to give you a better idea. Or if that doesn't work do the same thing at bibliotec.com. They handle over 10 million books and they are so much better than amazon it isn't funny. Happy searching!

Red nose pitbulls?

ok so i need help on looking for a website that can give me pitbulls for a very low price under of 100 or 130 . uhmm give me the best awnser thankkss

Is fudge poisonous to dogs?

My dog ate about a pound (hopefully less) off the table that we were packaging for the neighbors when we weren't looking. He threw up (we think most of it) within 30 minutes and then several more times over the next hour, until only bile came out. Now he seems fine, but it's a holiday weekend & I hate to bug the vet if I don't need to!

What is the meaning in 45 mercy street?

the poem is stating that you can dance with mr.brownstone; and he'll be knocking, but he won't ever leave you alone.

My narcissistic husband hates me, has mistress........?

We, 50ish have been together 30 and married 25 years with 3 kids age 15-18. We moved aboard and invest all et there with his friend. For years now, he act like he hate me and I am an awful person that he can't stand. I know I am not, and all my children love me and despise him from the way he treat me. He has no respect for me or my feeling. He has mistress and use prostitute, and tell me because he is not happy at home. My 2 children attend school is US, and so he told me to take all kids and live in US because he want to live alone. I am afraid he would not support me, and I still love him. Because he is immigrant and not live in US any more, if I divorce him I get nothing and the law can't force him to pay child support there. I work very hard for 30 years, but he control every penny. What should I do? Refuse to leave him to make sure he support my children, being tortured from his abusive behavior? Please help!!!

Address book has change?

For years I had my addy bk in alphabetical order, now it's all garbled up. Who changed it, how do I get it back?

Would you be surprised to find that Cons are more compionate than Libs?

I'm wondering where the money went. Do you have figures as to exactly what types of charities people donated?

Hi ! question about the palm centro phone.?

The palm centro can do IM. You would have to go onto att homepage or aim or whatever im program you use to download that program. The program is free as long as you pay for internet with att. the internet package for att is 30.00 a month for the pda plan. you are also going to want to make sure you have text messages on your plan because some im program chage you for a text message. the phone is pretty decent, small an keys are hard to hit if you have big fingers. watch out because palm is having a hard time keeping their product on the sheleves, not because they are so good, but because they are low on money, so the centro might be end of life very soon. About your last questions, you would pay the two year contract price for the centro now, and get the rebate in the mail within 2 months. I work for ATT so if you have any other questions gave me an email. Thanks

A question for non-British....?

Usually good posture, bad teeth. a suit that probably fit better when it was in style, and slightly obtuse.