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i had 17 gigs of music (mp3) files on my old computer. before i got rid of it I burned all of the mp3s to DVDs. now i have a new computer and cant figure out how to rip them.

the dvd player doesn't recognize the mp3s and windows media player doesn't recognize the dvd. it will play the music but when i try to burn it tells me to insert a cd. and just the opposite for the dvd player because the music is not in a dvd format.

what do i need to do to get it to rip?

What the hell happened to Chuck, (ritchie cunninghams older brother on 'happy days')

Has there ever been an explenation or did he just dissapear???

the president of the US travels to foriengn countries regulary. how often do the rulers of other countries travel to the US or other countries? is this just a US thing?

why is it that soda machines , candy machines, stamp machines, video games (arcade) slot machines, change machines and pretty much anything that dispenses something or that you have to put money in takes bills.

but at the laundry mat you have to put $5 in quarters in the damn washer!! or quarters in the dryer!

why is it that washers and dryers at the laundry still use quarters??

is there a way to get my ringtones, pics and games transferred from my old phone to the new one? i they're both motorolla phones , they are almost exactly the same phone. im not sure but i think the old one is a v710 and the new one is like an upgraded version of it.

i really dont want to lose my pics and vids, is there a usb or a way to send the info by phone or something??

back when the drinking age was 18 years old , the adults 18-21+ would go to the bars on weekends or to parties. for the most part they seperated themselves from the younger kids.

Now days it seems that when you see the kids hanging around at mcdonalds or where ever the local hang out is . there are 20 year old men hanging out with the underage girls. then they turn 21 and buy booze for their young friends. it was the same then but at least the kids were around the same age.

also ive noticed an increase in young adults being immature and mouthy. do you think that the drinking age is a factor whereas they're not interacting with adults when they reach adulthood?

I live in a small town and am sick of seeing men in their early 20's skatebording and riding their way too small bmx's around and most of em partying with the younger kids ,

i mean years ago , you turn 18 you go to the bars , you get cocky , you get punched in the mouth by a 30 yo man, and you grow up quick.

When I was in high school the drinking age in most states was 18. when i was 16 it was changed to 19. Wisconsin was one of the last states to change to 21.

The questions are: Why was it changed, What has it changed? Anyone know the stats or what stats they used to determine the reasons for the change?

Alchohol isn't any harder to get and minors still drink as much as they used to in the past. or so it seems.

what i mean is, I watched 'Unaccompanied Minors' last night. I thought that the movie was really bad, I understand that its supposed to be for kids but ive noticed that all of these types of 'Nickelodeon' type movies seem to "empower" kids. The make adults seem stupid, slow, uncoordinated, etc... and the kids are rediculously disrespectful. Also puts kids on the same level as adults.

I dont know if any of you have seen this movie (and a hundred others like it) but , there is a girl in the movie that is punching grown men in the groin! Not even santa clause was safe!

I dont want my kids to see it. Do any of you feel that movies like this are sending the wrong message to our children? Teaching them that when it comes to adults that there are no boundries, that they are equal, that this type of behavior is ok?

and its not just movies, Kids choice awards and rock the vote and such, I even hear kids calling their teachers by their first names and nicknames.

ive always wondered ,

With a telescope, can you see the flag that was planted there by astronauts?

Do you think that if everyone in the country claimed "exempt" on their W4 starting today that the government would finally change the tax laws? They would have to do something different, dont you think , i mean they cant arrest 200 million people.

so if after claiming exempt and refusing to pay in at the end of the year , what kind of reaction would there be , from the IRS, or from the government.

I hesitate when using the word "government" as if its some seperate orginization, the government is the people. WE are the government. the people who we refer to as the government are only appointed by us to represent us. And yet it seems that they only represent themselves and their interests. I dont remember getting a vote on their pay raises.

after all the constitution says that we are all exemt. that income taxes are unconstitutional.

Do you think that if everyone in the country claimed "exempt" on their W4 starting today that the government would finally change the tax laws? They would have to do something different, dont you think , i mean they cant arrest 200 million people.

so if after claiming exempt and refusing to pay in at the end of the year , what kind of reaction would there be , from the IRS, or from the government.

I hesitate when using the word "government" as if its some seperate orginization, the government is the people. WE are the government. the people who we refer to as the government are only appointed by us to represent us. And yet it seems that they only represent themselves and their interests. I dont remember getting a vote on their pay raises.

after all the constitution says that we are all exemt. that income taxes are unconstitutional.

i have a dvd burner and I tried to rip a copy of a movie i own to my computer, so that i could burn a copy for my daughter but it wouldn't work. I know people that rent movies from the video store and make copies, do i need a program? if so what do i need? ive also been told to disconnect from the internet while doing this?

i dont need a bunch of bleeding heart, halo wearing, good semaritans telling me how bad i am for stealing 2 dollars from a multi billion dollar organization please.

why do people shorten words and use abbreviations in their questions and answers that nobody else in here understands? in fact most of the answers are HUH??? i understand that some things like lol and lmao and ttfn are popular and not to bad because their widely recognized as chat abbreviations. but isnt it getting rediculous?

i was reading the local newspaper in my home town the other day and the unemployment rate was said to be i 8% based on people who have worked at least 1 day per week. 1 DAY??!! so anyway the question, Is this how the government determines the unemployment rate? and do they really believe that someone that averages one day a week for the year is gainfully employed?

also what is the real current unemployment rate in this country? I mean based on people who have had at least 32 hours a week. or maybe your counted as unemployed if you made less than 10,000 dollars or something like that. I believe that the unemployment rate is a huge lie and is probably more like 20% or more in some places.

Im looking for a quote by Shakespeare. It goes something like "our doubts are our enemies and cause us to fail where we might succeed..." can you help me out? i used to have it memorized but, many years ago and i cant find it anywhere.

when entering most establishments with double doors it seems that the door on the left(entering) or the right (exiting) is locked. why the hell do they do that?

i am a defendant in a court case. the prosecuter had a false witness testify. she is a social worker that testified that she met with my wife and children on numerous occasions, when in fact my wife has never met the woman. she provided false testimony and therefore purjured herself. should the case be dismissed? This fact was not realized untill court was in recess when i spoke to my wife.