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some old dance music tune

There is this old-ish dance music tune (radio 1's dance anthems opend to it every week for ages after its relise) it goes somthing like 'ohhh baby.... the music sounds so beter with you baby...' and...

Andy008

Rainbow

Having been a real fan of this when I was a child, I recently watched some downloaded clips. Obviously at the age of four these things didn't quite register, but was it deliberate that: Bungle was so...

UmBongo

The Moon

(dont know where to post this) Remember when you could buy a small plot of land on the moon from places like WHSmiths etc, is it really yours, how do you know where it is and if NASA lands on you...

GirGirl

Dunno if this is the right place for this but...

Can anyone please tell me why Manhole covers are round? i can't see how this could improve their function in any way... Fanks in advance. x

filanto

man holes / drain covers

why are some man hole covers round and some rectangular? is there any particular reason why they use one of the shapes to signify what is below

MURKY

My never ending puter probs

Okay my mic still doesn't work, even thought i checked it is in the right place and its volume is up. Also, completely unrelated every 45-60 seconds i get this program error pop up it says...

Scarlett

Enlarging text on screen

I have just discovered how to enlarge text on web pages and I am VERY excited about it. You hold down "Ctrl" and scroll the scroll wheel on your mouse (if you have one).WOW. I would be interested...

kazza12345

why are adverts so loud?

when you are watching the tv (for example, about a boy) why are the ads so much louder than the programmes, so much so that you have to turn it down when they come on? i would have thought...

Andy008

A slightly controversial one

Tony Blair's youngest kid made the front page of the Times on Friday. Aside from me, anyone else infer the following words?: Damian, Omen, Chucky, Satan, Poltergeist, Ed Gein...etc. PS: I'm really not...

pjm007

IE Vs Firefox

What are the advantages and disadvantages of both these browsers ? Why would you favour one over the other ? PS. I'm not familiar with Firefox at all but If I wanted it, how would I get it ?...

UmBongo

how to remove IE

sorry, mi last question made no sence! i want to get rid of internex explorer from my computer send it to the land of no return etc because it gives me lots of popups and now i have made the switch to...

PhilD

Trojan Horse Startpage19.J

Whenever I try to open IE AVG detects a virus "Startpage 19.J". Originally I was able to manually change the homepage and connect without problem. Now I cannot connect by any method. I get a message...

MURKY

C drive questions (hard drive...?)

I will be chucking my computer away soon and I would like to know how to retrieve things (previously deleted) so i can save them to disk. Any of you know how to do this? Also how do I delete from my...

Info Freak

Downloads

Hi AB's. I normally use Kazaa to download all my music ect. but i recently got load of viruses and crap from it so i got win MX which is very slow n not a lot of files are avaliable. Does anyone know...

Imagine

Potato Cannon - UK Legality?

Sorry to post in this topic, but not too sure else where it would go. Seeing as I vaguely describe HOW a Potato Cannon works, I thought here would be the best topic. ;) Me and a few friends have...

samz90

Ultaviolet lights in public toilets

Why do they have ultraviolet lights in some public toilets? What are they for?

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