LadyofRivendell

My dog is a two year old Eastern European Shepherd (very similar to German shepherds, just taller and thinner with longer hair) who people tend to be scared of. I suppose it doesn't help that she is solid black. She has never once shown aggression to another person or another dog, she just LOVES to bark. When she does the hair on her back stands up, making her look even larger. But she only barks for fun. Once she's done she'll look at me with a "Did I do good???" expression, and I don't reward her of course but I don't know how to punish her either.

She's completed an AKC Canine Good Companion class, she is fairly well behaved aside from the barking and will still come when I call her or sit when I tell her while she's barking. And still, I can't take her anywhere without people giving me awful looks and treatment because I have a big dog who likes to bark. How do I deal with these sorts of people who are terrified that she's going to eat their child or their chihuahua?

I'm getting really sick and tired of not being able to play games because my roommates each have ten tabs of tumblr open and use up all the bandwidth (I wish I was exaggerating). Normally my ping while playing games is between 20-30, which is pretty much perfect for me, but as soon as my roommates get home it skyrockets to 500+, which is not entirely unplayable but pretty close.

Can I install my own router and get a completely separate connection from everybody else? I believe we've got DSL, through CenturyLink, and it's the only provider in the area. Not the best internet but better than nothing and good enough to play games smoothly when nobody else is here.

And if I were to do that, would it actually speed up my internet or would they still clog the connection? I'm not overly well versed in how internet works, I just want to be able to play games without the grief of not being able to move.

Sincerely, a fed up college student

So, after one of my friends keeps dragging her sister and I off to see movies she really likes (Twilight series, Harry Potter series, Hunger Games, etc, all that annoying girly stuff), we've decided it's our turn to playfully get back at her by making her watch something we "like" that she doesn't.

Our plan was to pretend to rave about a film that we absolutely adore, as if we were huge fans of it already, and convince her to watch it with us. But the movie we "love" will be something she'll end up hating, or thinking we're crazy for liking, you get the idea.

Can I get some recommendations for what we should make her watch? I want it to be a movie you wouldn't see many people adoring, but still something decent enough that her sister and I can sit through it.

She does NOT like: Romance, action (especially heavy action like gunfights, explosions, gore, and the like), sci-fi.

Anything in those genres would be great, especially if it's also confusing to follow. And it should keep comedy to a minimum. Also, preferably something without any explicit sexual content, we want this to be a fun prank, not awkward. We're all over 18, so ratings aren't a big deal. And it can't have Johnny Depp or Leonardo DiCaprio in it, she likes them. Oh, and something we can rent, not something in theaters. I don't want to pay $15 each for us to watch something I know we won't like.

Also, anything completely weird is great, like a documentary or foreign film, or a movie that just makes you wonder "What the heck was this director thinking?!"

Thanks for any suggestions!

So, I'm not insanely tech-savvy, I know the basics and maybe a bit more than that, but that's about it. Task Manager is showing that my laptop is currently running at 5.23GB of Physical Memory Usage, which, to me, seems a bit high for only running Google Chrome, one Microsoft Word document, and Windows Live Messenger. The CPU usage is only showing 12%, occasionally spiking to 15%, which is what I'm used to seeing when I'm just browsing casually as I am now.

But that seems like an awful lot of physical memory usage for not doing much. Is it because I haven't turned it off in two weeks (just closing it in hybernation mode instead of actually shutting down)? I was using Photoshop CS5 Extended and Sony Vegas Pro 10 earlier today at the same time, which I could see taking up more memory - is the physical memory usage reflecting what I did earlier?

Also, it's showing 132 current processes, but none of them are absurdly high when I click on the Services tab (aside from Chrome).

Is this normal? Should I do a virus scan or turn it off or something?

In case it's relevant, the laptop is a 64bit Sony Vaio F Series running on Windows 7 Home Premium, with 8GB RAM and an Intel i7 Quad Core processor. It's about 8 months old, and I have Norton 360 Premier Edition as my virus scanner.

Also, on an unrelated note, my desktop froze earlier today and it's slightly annoying, can't click on any desktop icons or right click on the screen or anything. Dunno if that's relevant.

I'm working on making a costume, and the character has military dog tags with her info on one side and the military logo of the organization she's with on the other side. Is there any place online that will make custom dog tags with custom logos on one side and info on the other? I've only been able to find places that make plain tags with customizable info, but haven't seen any that can put logos on the reverse sides. I have reference pictures, descriptions, etc.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Sorry if this is the wrong section, I really have no clue where this would best go.

This'll be my first year attending, along with four other friends, and I was wondering which days were busier and which weren't? (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday). We plan to attend all four days, and would like to wear our best costumes on the busiest days and not as cool costumes on the not as busy days. I'm guessing that Saturday and Sunday are busiest? Thanks for any info!

Yes, as crazy as it sounds, my 8 year old Quarter Horse mare that I purchased this Summer has an irrational fear of ponies and miniature horses. Every time she sees one, she bolts and acts skittish for the rest of the day. I even had to cancel the rest of my classes at our last Dressage show because she was so focused on shying from two ponies that were also competing that I couldn't get her to concentrate. She would bolt (or try to) whenever they trotted near us, then swing around to watch them as long as they weren't near us. When I would go to make her turn away or get back to work, she would put up a fit until she could see them again, to the point of bucking when I would force her to turn away. I know I could beat her into submission, but that's more of a rodeo than I'd appreciate at a Dressage show!

Usually, I would just desensitize her by being around ponies as often as possible, but no one at my barn has anything shorter than 15hh and I don't know anyone in the area who would let me borrow a pony.

It's not the most urgent matter in the world, but it's certainly frustrating and odd, to say the least. Any advice on how I can work her through this pony-fearing spell or what would cause this? She's fine around calves, dogs, small children, etc, just not ponies.

I have a Dish satellite, and I have my DVR set to record "All Episodes" of Criminal Minds on channel 118, A&E. Now, I keep seeing commercials for new episodes, he most recent being a two hour special this Sunday at 7, which would be 4 for me, as I'm on the west coast, yet on east coast programming. I went to check my DVR schedule, but I couldn't find the advertised episode. I looked through the entire day's schedule, both on my recording schedule and manually on the Guide, but no traces of this new episode. I even checked next Sunday, but nothing. This isn't the first time this has happened...Am I being left out of the fun, or is A&E full of lies?

Last night, I was playing my PS3 (Fat model, 80gb, it was the Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle. Got it in September 08) It had only been on for two hours at this time, and I was playing a game (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, if it makes a difference) but nothing really strenuous was going on, just climbing a cliff. All of a sudden, my PS3 turns itself off, and the red LED light started to blink. After panicking for about half an hour, I flipped off the back power switch and left it all night off. Then, this morning, I turned it back on, and everything seemed normal (Only difference was I got the screen "PS3 has turned off irregularly, please turn it off through the XMB bar to avoid file corruption", which I proceeded to do.) It now works just fine, I can turn it on and off regularly, I put in all 18 of my PS3 games, all of which worked and played correctly, none of my saved data or anything is missing, and the fans sound normal.

If there's a problem, I can't see nor hear it, but I'm still hesitant to be using it, in case something is still damaged, and I do NOT want to get the Yellow Light of Death. It could be an overheating issue, but I don't know what overheated or was damaged on the inside (And I'm a teenage girl, certainly not one who wants to tinker with the insides much myself. I'd rather buy a new PS3 than mess up trying to fix it!) I live in a desert, and while it's been relatively cool for summer (80's on average) there's a lot of dust in the air and such. However, last week, it was in the mid 90's, and I played Red dead Redemption for about 6-11 hours each day, and the fans kicked in big time. I didn't think much of it, because they always do that in Summer, but maybe that was the real cause? I have six cats, if it's worth mentioning, and they do shed...I've never vacuumed my PS3 vents, though I plan to ASAP, as well as syncing my trophies and backing up my hard drive (I had planned on it anyways recently, only 30gb left out of 80!)

Basically, I want opinions on what to do? Sending in to Sony is not really a top priority, but I don't want to continue using it if there's an underlying problem. I don't WANT to have to buy a new Slim PS3 (No backwards compatibility!) but I'll do that before I send my PS3 into Sony. Do I just have to get a new one, or any ideas on what could be wrong? Or will it be just fine after a good vacuum? Sorry for writing an essay, but the more informed, the better the answers! Thanks!

Okay, you know that window that comes up when you click and drag an effect onto a clip (Ex. Dragging the rectangle cookie cutter effect onto a clip in the timeline, the popup window will come up and you can adjust settings, keyframe, etc, then close it). Well, I accidentally dragged that little box into the corner, and now it doesn't appear as a new window, it comes up in the effects box (If that makes any sense, I can screenshot it if anyone's confused). Is there a way to make it come back up as a new window instead? It bothers the heck outta me.

I have Sony Vegas Pro 9.0e 64bit if it makes any difference.

Okay, so I'm sick of trying to level up in Victory Road, not enough exp payout. Where's the best place to train? My team:

Charizard: Lvl 47

Blast Burn

Flamethrower

Earthquake

Slash

Lapras: lvl 46

Ice Beam

Surf

Body Slam

Psychic

Jolteon: lvl 47

Thunderbolt

Dig

Quick Attack

Thunder

(I'd like a better moveset here, might search for TMs)

Dragonair: lvl 46 ( will evolve at lvl 55, so these moves aren't set in stone)

Blizzard

Slam

Twister

Dragon Rage

Pidgeot: lvl 46

Fly

Wing Attack

Aerial Ace

Steel Wing

(Man, I'd kill to have Brave Bird here...)

Growlithe: lvl 44 (Will use fire stone at lvl 49 for Arcanine)

Fire Blast

Take Down (will replace w/ ExtremeSpeed)

Flame Wheel (will replace w/ Flamethrower)

Strength

I also have a lvl 45 Rapidash on hand, just because I always train a Rapidash, but I actually don't plan on using it here. And no, I will not replace any of my team, I've raised them all carefully and done a boatload of IV and EV training on them. I'd like to just plain train now, to level 55, that should be more than good enough. Just a place with good exp payout, please.

Also, could someone tell me the 4 types the E4 use? Believe it or not, the Gen 3 remakes are

the only games I haven't beat the League on...and it's been nearly ten years since I played through Red, Blue, and Yellow, so my memory's a bit fuzzy.

Thanks in advance! And sorry for any spelling errors/grammar errors, I'm typing this on my phone.

We have Verizon, but recently it's been unreliable and very laggy. We've called them, and they say it's not our router, it's something blocking the internet from getting to the router. They keep "fixing" it, which only ends up making it worse. Now, it's to the point where the connection will cut out every half hour, and only one or two computers will be able to connect. When it is working, it's incredibly slow, and any games I can't even attempt to play things like Uncharted 2, Resident Evil 5, and Left 4 Dead online because it's so weak.

So now, we're looking for better services, DSL or Broadband, of course. If it's any help, we currently have about 4 laptops, 2 desktops, a PS3, 2 xbox 360s, a Wii, and 3 iPhones connected to it. So, obviously, it has to be something that can handle frequent use and online gaming. Also, something that has widespread service. I've already checked Comcast and AT&T, neither give service in our area.

Okay, I accidentally turned off the touch on my Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet by accidentally pressing a button. I can't get it back on, does anyone know how?

I have been having trouble finding a nice fitting blanket for my saddlebred mare. She has a thick neck and well defined whithers, like most Saddlebreds. All the blankets I have for her bind into her whithers and are tight around her neck, but I can't order the blankets larger because then they'll be too long. Any suggestions on blankets that have a wider cut neck and allow more room, without sliding back or being too long? Thanks!

I just recently got a 360, and I'd like to have a few games for it...The only game I have at the moment is Resident Evil 5. As for what type of games I like, I'll play anything but Sports games and First Person shooters (third person I don't mind) as long as the game has good characters, at least a decent plot, and fun gameplay. Any suggestions?

I do have a Gold Membership, too, so online games are always a plus. Again, games I DO NOT like are FPSs and Sports games, so don't go saying I should buy Halo or Call of Duty. And exclusives are preferred, since I buy all my multi-platform games for my PS3.

Recently, I've been tempted to buy a 360. Only thing is, I already have a PS3 and a Wii, so any multi-platform games, I would be buying them for PS3, with a few here and there for 360. Are there enough good exclusive games that AREN'T sports games or first person shooters (third person shooters, like Resident Evil 5, I like) to make a 360 worth the buy? Because I don't want to waste my money here...

I have a 30gb ipod classic, and I like to download user made videos from youtube and put them on my ipod to watch in the car and such.

My ipod used to put all videos on there without a problem. But then it started only putting a few new downloads on. I switched to a different downloader and converter, and it still picked and chose which ones to allow. And now I use a new downloader, and none of the videos downloaded with it will work.

All the videos play fine on iTunes, and they'll all even play on my iPhone 16gb 3G, too. They're all MP4 format. Why won't they go on my iPod?

What I need are some songs about trying to be something you're not, but then finding your true self and realizing you can only be you. Or something along those lines.

Preferably a slower song, but anything you've got will work.

I just preordered Uncharted 2 at GameStop, and they gave me a code to get the exclusive demo. But when I try to enter the code, it tells me that it's either expired or incorrect. I entered it 3 times, and got the same thing each time, so I'm absolutely certain I'm getting the code right.

Now, it says the code is valid from 8/19/09 to 9/18/09, but it says the date may change. And I know quite a few other people have downloaded and played the demo, so why would mine not be valid yet, but theirs are?

I need to know some good games to buy for PS2, PS3, PSP, DS, or Wii. I like adventure games, platformers, rpgs, and basically anything with a plot to it. The games I have for each system -

PS2 - All the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts games for PS2, Okami, Prince of Persia the Sands of Time, Shadow of the Colossus, Grandia 3, Radiata Stories, All the Spyro games for PS2.

PS3 - Tomb Raider Underworld, Prince of Persia, and LittleBigPlanet.

PSP - Crisis Core, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy 1

Wii - Zelda Twilight Princess, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and Super Mario Galaxy.

DS - The World Ends With You, Final Fantasy IV, Pokemon Diamond, Platinum, and Explorers of Darkness, and Mario Kart DS.

So, if you could recommend any games that I don't have that are good, I'd really appreciate it. I'll play just about anything as long as it has a plot. I'd prefer no shooters, but if you know really, really good ones then I'm all ears. And I'd prefer to keep the ratings under M, but again, if there are games you want to suggest that are M, I'm fine with that.

Thanks in advance!