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- Windows 11 where is the search box that was in the lower left corner?
I had to buy a new computer which has Win11, I was using Win 10 Where is the search box on the task bar where you could search for things like Control Panel, etc I used to right click and get the shutdown menu What happened to that? How do I put the computer to sleep?
- How Does Fiber Optic Data to a House Work? - Straight Dope
I have a box in the basement - it has 2 phone (RJ11?) jacks and 4 ethernet (RJ45?) jacks The power goes to another box which then goes to the main box – the smaller box is battery backup The phone jack is tied to my landline (yes, I still have a land line)
- Cracker Jack: Offensive? Racist? - Straight Dope
Most people have heard of Cracker Jack® It’s sort of like caramel corn, it comes in a box with a prize, and it was immortalized in “Take me out to the Ballgame” But why does it have that name? The food is vaguely cracker-like, sharing more similarities with crackers than Grape Nuts® shares with either grapes or nuts Apparently, crackerjack was a late 19th century slang expression
- Is it true that Jack in the Box got in trouble for selling horsemeat . . .
It is a common story in Michigan that Jack in the Box is no longer in Michigan because of a scandal in the 80s regarding JITB selling horse meat burgers Is there any truth to this? I did find reference to an Australian company being banned from importing meat into the US because of tainted meat, and the JITB e coli scandal, but nothing about horse meat Any help you can provide would be
- Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery - Straight Dope
Well, that would be enough more content that i might pay for the no-ad version Although i wonder how much they’ll jack up the prices Cervaise December 5, 2025, 1:13pm 3
- Beatles Anthology 2025 on Disney+ - Straight Dope
As a long-time fan I found the “new” version of the documentary very enjoyable (and a little bittersweet as well) I saw the original when it was broadcast in 1995 and have the DVD box set and still the 2025 version was a must-see Hard core fans on other forums have no trouble finding fault with it, whether it be things cut from the original, sound mixes not living up to their standards
- Connecting old game systems to a modern TV - Straight Dope
I dug out a couple of old gaming systems - a Sega Genesis and a Playstation2 - and discovered that my smart TVs have no RCA or S-video inputs I see that there are adapters available to connect them, but I am wondering if the resulting video would be horrible on a 52-inch display I do have an old, 20-inch portable TV that I used to play a few of the games on, and that was fine for my purposes
- Why is the Frankensteins head squared-off? - Straight Dope
From Jack Pierce’s explanation, it appears that he viewed the top of the head like a box lid that can be lifted to insert a brain, and box lids are invariably flat Besides, you must admit that it gives Frankie a more monstery look
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