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Need help, screen distortion Hi, so for the past week my screen has been distorted with dots and shapes across the screen. Sometimes it goes away for periods of time. I have tried reinstalling my graphics driver and at first the problem went away, but shortly after it came back. I have also tried things such as unplugging my monitor from the computer and/or the power, no luck. Has anyone experienced this before? I believe it could be the graphics card, but I'm not sure. Another possibility is the monitor, I have no other monitors to use to test if it really is it. Here are images of what it has looked like during periods of my usage. Any help is greatly appreciated, links to helpful computer forums or sites with some form of help would be a

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Random Bump on my head So, I was scratching my head, and I noticed a bump that was never on the back of my head before. It's about the size of a skittle, and it feels hard, like it's a part of my bone. It's in the lower end of the back of my head around the height my ears are at. It's in the middle width wise. Sometimes I get bitten by bugs such as spiders. Although, the hardness seems to be too abnormal to be a spider bite. I'm definitely going to get this checked out, but does anyone have an idea of what this is? It would be helpful if I knew that I had to get this checked out almost immediately.

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Random Bump on my head So, I was scratching my head, and I noticed a bump that was never on the back of my head before. It's about the size of a skittle, and it feels hard, like it's a part of my bone. It's in the lower end of the back of my head around the height my ears are at. It's in the middle width wise. Sometimes I get bitten by bugs such as spiders. Although, the hardness seems to be too abnormal to be a spider bite. I'm definitely going to get this checked out, but does anyone have an idea of what this is? It would be helpful if I knew that I had to get this checked out almost immediately.

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quotInnapropriate words in front of childrenquot So, to clear things up, no this is not regarding swear words, it's regarding words such as stupid, idiot, or I hate you. I work tutoring for kids from ages of 6-12, and I'm 15, and in some cases I make simple jokes using these words with my coworkers, and I don't use any expressions showing that's what I truly feel, however this is the third time I've done it, and I have to stop, and I will. But this has sparked my curiosity, in your opinion, do you guys believe that these words have such a negative impact on children? I still feel these are the things that are the least to be concerned with. In everyday life I've seen many instances where adults are mindlessly arguing or swearing in front of

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Thesis statement help Alright, for our final we have to write an in-class essay in English, and I really need to do a good job since my grade is borderline @.@. The biggest problem I have with my essays is my thesis statement. My teacher doesn't want me to "list out my ideas" in my thesis. I'm really not quite sure what she means and she has never been clear about what exactly she means. Can somebody help give me an example, on like any subject? I've just been so accustomed to writing it out, ex: Odysseus, the protagonist of the epic poem, the Odyssey, demonstrates several heroic characteristics, including his ability to persevere through difficult situations, his ability to strategize cleverly, and his ability to show leadership.

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Fun computer games that are free I'm looking for a fun computer game that's free. I just want it to be multiplayer. It can be an mmorpg or an fps. If it's an mmorpg I don't intend on playing it unless there are mini games and side stuff. I don't want to play an mmorpg where you spend endless hours training and farming for gold. It's the main reason why I don't play maplestory anymore or when I do, I don't bother leveling. If it's an fps it would be cool if it had a low population of hackers, or was at least decently balanced. Vehicles would be nice too. I'll try any game that's different from most free games.

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Math problem (Rollers) First of all this is a repost since I accidently posted it in the general maplestory section Alright well I found the answer for the problem but I don't quite understand it If you google this phrase "The egyptians used rollers to move the big blocks that went into the pyramids. Suppose a block is supported on two rollers" and go to a google book link it should be there on page 26 and the answer on 229 It doesn't make sense to me. Does it mean that one roller will move the block 22 inches if it is just rotated, but if it is also moved along with the block it will move it 22 more inches? If there is more than 1 roller then it will not make a difference? Idk x.x. The problem is on page 24

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Geometry problem help (triangles) Ok I have a Honors Geometry problem that's due tomorrow and my friends and I can't seem to figure it out. Here's the basic information. Seven equally spaced buoys mark the direct channel across a Lake from Able to Baker landing. Outboard and Speedboat leave able to Baker. Speedboat stops at Charlie landing while Outboard goes direct. Speedboat notices that Outboard is just passing the third buoy as he arrives at Charlie and Outboard is just passing the fourth buoy as he leaves Charlie. They arrive at Baker at the same time. It is seven miles from Able to Baker. The channcels from Able to Charlie and Baker to Charlie are at right angles to one another. How far is it from Able to Charlie? edit: heres my diagr

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Koobface fail need assistance immediately Ultimate fail, I probably know a lot more about viruses compared to my friends, which I do, but I got caught with koobface, I would think that Facebook would actually check their applications before allowing them to be posted, I mean seriously. Right now I'm scanning for viruses but malwarebytes (fully up to date) has not seemed to update it, so I'm guessing its a variant. Although I did it on a quick scan. Also not quite sure, but can Koobface keylog passwords or find saved passwords? Any help would be appreciative Edit: I system restored, I should be fine now I assume

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