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Which form do you prefer? Why?

An example: "There are those who say that watching a Bay movie is itself like watching one long chase scene out of context, as Bay whips from one image to the next, but I think Bay is on to something." When can one use "on to" or "onto"?

I have a SMC modem (EZ Connect SMC8013WG) using Comcast Cable. There are a couple dozen devices (mostly PCs) connected to it. I understand this modem works as a router too. This modem goes down at least a half dozen times each day. This is very annoying and I am looking for a solution to...

Add stickiness to your web site!", the ad blared. What exactly is "stickiness"? I have read definitions of this computing term, and I am still scratching my head. To open the floor, here are some definitions: sticky content - World-Wide Web pages that refer only or mostly to pages on the...

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I was explaining the finer points of OO programming, when I stopped and asked if I was still making sense. The answer was "more or less". Although I understood the meaning of that phrase, it still grates my ears. Is this phrase correctly used in this context? I have heard it a lot in similar...

1. We were witness to that event. 2. We were witnesses of that event. Are those sentences correct and mean the same thing? How would you rather phrase it?

I have experienced this problem with the same computer before. It would then go away mysteriously. When I try to create a new folder, Windows Explorer says it has encountered a problem and must close. This is a Windows XP 2 computer, with around a half million files. At this moment I can't...

Structure myRecord <VBFixedString(2)> Public v1 As String <VBFixedString(2)> Public v2 As String <VBFixedString(2)> Public v3 As String End Structure A couple of questions. 1. Can those variables maintain and preserve their specified lengths? 2. How...

I am developing a support application to enhance my client's EDI system. I need to build a database that will contain among other things some standard EDI codes. For example, "Technical Errors" have a code and a description; is there a table somewhere that has this information? I also need...

I am looking at a computer left over from another user. I am trying to clean it up. Each time I run Ad-Aware, a message shows with among other stuff: "Shutdown initiated by NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM". There is a 60 second ticking countdown clock on it too. At zero, the computer is shutdown (in...

Is it possible to interact with TrustedLink Windows 6.3 programmatically? For example, instead of manually creating print output, I wish to programmatically coax TrustedLink into handing over the output to my program. A script, perhaps?

I just got my PC loaded with an Image of another PC. We changed the computer name, logon IDs, IP address (for our LAN), etc. Everything seems to work fine. I can access Internet unmolested; but, trying to access the Microsoft "Windows Updates" site freezes the browser. When that happens, I...

Should I answer "Yes" or "No"? Why?

He has played a major role in Chelsea's first Premiership title for 50 years." "He has agreed a three-year deal." I found both those two phrases in one article presumably posted from the UK. Those sentences do not seem to be correct to me. Any ideas?

Before I even had my morning coffee (come to think of it, I don't drink coffee), imagine my disgust when I found a bright window squatting squarely on my screen, proclaiming Viewpoint -- a company that supposedly trades on NASDAQ -- has updated my computer! I've never heard of this company or...

Or "Run over the cat"? Is the meaning exactly the same?