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Hello. It is not spam. I really need help with this issue.
Tom,
I have seen this article, thanks-JoelRoy (December 20, 2016, 02:28 PM)
Not saying you're wrong, but when I see something that makes me think it might be spam, I put it in the report to the mods space, so as not to out someone who might be asking for help legitimately...-wraith808 (December 20, 2016, 10:53 AM)
When I try to open a Word file, an error message "Word experienced an error trying to open the file." occurs, and the file couldn't be opened properly.-JoelRoy (December 20, 2016, 08:30 AM)
When I try to open a Word 2007/2010 file, an error message "Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Please try the following suggestions" occurs, and the file couldn't be opened properly.https://support.micr...com/en-ca/kb/2749199-https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/2749199
surprised to read that none of the three Moto G4 variants have regular compass capability, which means most navigation apps will not work.-tomos (December 19, 2016, 05:03 PM)
A compass is not required for (GPS based) navigation, it is only of interest if you want to know what direction you are facing while stationary, (and if you want that added to photo metadata).
GPS based navigation programs will give you the direction you are heading in as soon as you move more than a few meters.
I have had only had one phone that has had a compass (my current one), all my previous (5 Android phones) never did, yet they have no problem doing satellite navigation.
Most early GPS receivers never had compasses ... they still work.-4wd (December 19, 2016, 08:45 PM)
[edit] there's technical term for that, isn't there 
[/edit]Much worse is shame on you Lenovo, the abandonment of basic sensors for navigation. What the hell is that? These are absolute basic features, which even 100 € Smartphones easily master. For a 249 UVP smartphone absolutely unworthy. What does it mean in the plain text?https://www.amazon.d...&ASIN=B01FLZC8ZI
The Moto G4 supports only A-GPS! And it has no magnetometer. There is therefore no Glonass support and a compass. A-GPS needs additional WLAN or mobile phone reception. How to navigate however 99% of the mobile navis and as long as one is in the area of the net cover with mobile Internet is there no problems. There is also a real GPS sensor. Inlandsnavigation by car is thus very well possible (with good satellite reception on 3m accurate).
However, if you do not have an Internet connection for a long time, the corresponding help data can not be downloaded and the GPS fix can take several minutes (otherwise 5-20 sec). Glonass support would have been great, however, to enable even faster and more precise location determinations through a dual system. And a compass for the orientation on the map is also indispensable, if you have no orientation points and you do not want to go a stretch to know in which direction of heaven one moves. Even in the city, it is sensible to know where to go. Where the needle points is the direction of view.
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No idea why these important parts have been rationalized away a few cents away, but a gyroscope is there. If you never navigate with your mobile phone as a pedestrian Problem-free access, who does it, well consider whether one can do without the feature! For me it is a often used basic feature, since I am often in foreign cities and also for wild walks less suitable.
As I said, for a 249 UVP smartphone absolutely unworthy. I hope Lenovo soon reworked. These arguments seem to be unimportant for most and overall, it is still a very good smartphone with limited pedestrian navigation. In addition, I often need a compass when walking and other situations (for example, astrophotography is also facilitated). For me it is however one of the most outstanding negative aspects of this smartphone, which for most should already be an indication that not much wrong can be when relatively bad speakers and a missing compass are the biggest drawbacks.
thanks rj,best camera in a smartphone under 250€ / 300$US appears to be the Lenovo Moto G4 Plus.The opinion of UK reviewers seems to be that the Moto G4 is not only the best budget smartphone (for a given value of "budget") but better than most mid-range phones. If you want something a bit cheaper, and physically smaller, check out its small brother, the Moto E. See e.g. this Expert Reviews roundup: Here are the best budget smartphones in 2016.-tomos (December 18, 2016, 02:01 PM)-rjbull (December 19, 2016, 03:31 PM)
TIS-100 is basically Human Resource Machine's older and veeeeery geeky brother :-)-f0dder (December 19, 2016, 12:45 PM)
Continuing on, another great game for families of ALL ages, is Telestrations
Telestrations is more of an activity than a game. Players pass around drawing pads and have to alternatively draw and then guess what other people are drawing.
It's frequently hillarious, and the worse people are at drawing the funner it is.-mouser (December 17, 2016, 03:22 AM)
Just get some pieces of paper, enough so that each person has as many as there are people playing (so if 26 people are playing, each player needs 26 sheets of paper). Then you just start by writing a word or sentence, then pass the paper to the left. Everyone plays simultaneously. When you get a drawing, you try to write the sentence that the drawing was of (on a blank paper) then you pass it to the left. When you get a sentence, you try to illustrate it with a drawing (on a blank paper) then you pass it to the left.
When everyone is out of blank paper, they pass their entire stack to the right. The person to the right takes the paper from the bottom of the pile (assuming oldest drawings/sentences are on bottom) and passes the remaining stack to the right. This process is repeated until all the stacks are gone. Now everybody should have all the papers for their original sentence, in order (or reverse order, depending on which way the stack was facing). Then you go around one at a time, reading the original sentence, then showing the drawing, then reading the sentence of the drawing, then showing the drawing of the sentence of the drawing, etc. until everybody has had a chance to be the center of attention and laugh at all the silly drawings and twists of the original sentence/word.
If you use pads of paper, it simplifies the process of getting the story back in order, since you can just flip back toward the front of the pad. But other than that there's not much difference and no need to limit the number of players or the possible "secret words" since you're limited only by the number of people who want to play and their imagination. Even people who use the same starting word/sentence could result in very different stories by the end of it.-Deozaan (July 10, 2014, 03:33 AM)
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If unfortunately you forgot the login password of Windows 10, you can easily reset it with Hirens Boot CD.does that work for Win.7 too ?-Queensney (December 15, 2016, 05:40 AM)
bvckup v2 ?-MerleOne (December 14, 2016, 06:36 AM)
Absolutely, Bvckup!
http://www.bvckup2.com/-tranglos (December 14, 2016, 07:33 AM)
It doesn't do versioning, but here are my thoughts on this.
I firmly believe that versioning needs to be done in a way that doesn't lock file history to specific software. This means that the version archive format needs to be open and documented. This in turn means that I should either invent and document such format (but then someone else will need to code alternative tools to work with it) -or- I can adopt an existing format.
Can you guess where this is going? ... 3,2,1 ... That's right - it should use Git :-)
So the plan as it stands is to get the V2 on the road first and then to tackle file versioning.-apankrat (October 22, 2013, 02:24 PM)
I liked the stripeIn recovery mode!-Josh (December 11, 2016, 07:10 PM)
Not to kick you while you're down, but... You should ask your barber for a refund.
I'm glad it went well and that you're recovering!-Deozaan (December 12, 2016, 07:26 PM)
Just to help me choose things you might like better, what do you dislike about this one? (Berlin Sans, for what it's worth.)-oblivion (December 09, 2016, 11:50 AM)
This guy adds improv jazz to youtube videos. Here's a funny one:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/kSZlyNGj3dg[/youtube]-mouser (December 09, 2016, 11:05 AM)
and nice music to itOkay...I thinkI still need to tweak this a bit -- there's at least one major error! -- but just to be going on with -- and any suggestions for less obvious modifications or changes will be welcome, naturally
[ Invalid Attachment ]-oblivion (December 09, 2016, 11:26 AM)
And another useful post from oblivion makes it 400!-Ath (December 09, 2016, 09:42 AM)
Please don't follow this to its conclusion.-fredemeister (December 08, 2016, 06:15 PM)
I agree with this cartoon, and here's a way to see if someone is worth cultivating...
Me: Ask me if I'm a policeman
Friend Who Should Know Better: Are you a policeman?
Me: No.
Friend Who Should Know Better: Uh?
Me: [Hysterical laughter]
I've met about seven people in three years who understand that, so my circle of acquaintances is not large.-fredemeister (December 08, 2016, 03:43 PM)
