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  • Windows XP question - Quick Launch icons.?

    How does Windows decide which Quick Launch icons to display at the lower right corner of the screen? Sometimes when I boot my computer, it displays a whole gamut of icons, and other times, it only shows a very minimal set.

    One icon that seems to come and go a lot is the icon to safely remove removable devices such as USB keys. You're supposed to use that before disconnecting, but half the time it's not there.

    1 AnswerSoftware1 decade ago

  • Were 1934 and 1998 the hottest years on record or not?

    Now this is really beginning to bug me. I've read a good chunk of the IPCC report, visited lots of sites (pro and con), and generally consider myself well-versed in global warming literature. I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of graphs and charts, and here's a typical one:

    http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate...

    I recognise this from the IPCC report.

    Now look at the first graph on the right: 1934 looks to be a good 0.7 degrees cooler than 1998, and yet when the numbers are printed, the two years are reported to be within about 0.02 degrees of each other.... it doesn't matter if you take the "original' or 'corrected' NASA numbers.

    How is anyone supposed to make any sense of this if even the facts (in this case, instrumental temperature records) change from one report to another?

    Somebody's pulling the wool over our eyes.

    10 AnswersGlobal Warming1 decade ago

  • How does Guiness do it?

    I bought some bottles of Guinness today, in honour of St Patrick's day of course. After I poured my first bottle into a glass, I noticed that there's a plastic thing in the bottle, apparently to help create those amazing downward-moving bubbles. Now, I have two questions:

    1. How does it work?

    2. How did they get it into the bottle? It's bigger than the neck of the bottle.

    3 AnswersBeer, Wine & Spirits1 decade ago

  • A question about glacial melting?

    The Columbia ice field has been melting since the last ice age and feeds three rivers, which of course, have been flowing for thousands of years. The claim is that this ice sheet is shrinking at ever increasing speeds, but the rivers aren't getting any larger. Where's all the extra melt water going?

    Could it be that the glacier's just melting away at the same rate is has been for the past several millenia?

    7 AnswersEnvironment1 decade ago