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This is an ongoing problem on Ubuntu. My BIOS is configured to start my computer after midnight to avail of unlimited downloads, the crontab is supposed to kick in with root access and download and install the updates but it doesn't seem to run.

I created the following crontab with the sudo prefix to get root access, see if you can see what might have gone wrong.

10 0 * * * /usr/lib/bin/apt-get update

20 0 * * * /usr/lib/bin/apt-get upgrade

51 0 * * * /usr/sbin/shutdown -P --quiet now

I'm considering buying a tablet computer, the cheapest I've seen was under £80, but I want one that will let me connect to an external monitor and expand the screen so icons and windows can be dragged between displays. Is this possible?

My brother and I want to play red alert against each other, one on one. We are both using PC's connected to the internet via broadband.

The game was obviously published a long time ago and wasn't set up for broadband.

If you're out there, and you play red alert (1) against friends via a broadband connection, can you help?

I know he was in the Order of the Phoenix but I don't think that was a paid job... correct me if I'm wrong though. Was he in the Ministry? Was he an auror? Did he know Arthur Weasley?

They have cut me off and anytime I have tried twice to pay by internet banking but they have no record of this. Who do I go to to mediate?

I want to figure out what I weigh, all I have to go on is my measurements and age. Does anyone have a formula?

Are we being snubbed. And what's happening with Yahoo!360?

Was it invented in Belfast? Was it named after some bloke called Belfast? Was it just very common in Belfast?

How much do you pay for medical and dental and who provides it?

I've seen dehydrators on amazon.com that are designed for dehydrating food. They don't specify what happens to the water that's extracted. Can you tell me?

Can we use plants and trees to filter pure water from domestic sewage? Could this be a more environmentally friendly way to process our waste?

This year I'm doing most of my Christmas shopping online and having it delivered direct to the recipient. Amazon have a gift wrapping service but their one choice of wrapping paper is a horrible shade of green! Are there any other online sellers who have a better wrapping service?

I haven't been giving my car the care and attention it deserves. I'm really worried about the cost. How much should I set aside every month for servicing and cleaning.

It's a Mitsubishi Carisma, in very good shape at the moment.

Audio books are really expensive compared to books, if I wanted to make my own and sell them, would I have to pay royalties to the publisher/author/agent?

I enjoy working with children and they seem to enjoy my company. Is there a specific agency?

House prices are always rising, but now they are 11 times higher than national average earnings and they are expected to double this ratio within 5 years. Is it the same situation around the world?

Last night I dreamt that I had the power to heal and that I brought my Grandma back from the dead. She actually died early this year! It was influenced by that tv show "Heroes" currently my favourite. But does it have any deeper relevance?

and is it moving in a straight line? This is assuming the big bang theory is accurate and that the centre of the universe is the site of the alleged big bang.

We probably need to know this before we begin time travelling.

They are in MP3 format, some of them go quiet, others go completely inaudible. They are all ripped from legitimate cd's that I have bought. I have tried balancing them with 3rd party applications but this doesn't seem to keep them right.

I've always believed that those in power spend too much of our resources on developing and implementing defences and not enough on tackling the root of problems and preventing violent action in the first place. I can't tell you right now how to do this but I don't have the resources of the US president, or any national leader. So lets brainstorm, assuming there is a way, what is the first thing we need to do when presented with a situation that we would currently respond to by declaring war?