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In today's tutorial, where did the little bar magnets come from to find if the loop was attracted or repelled?
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A magnetic dipole field - one with field lines pointing away from one end and getting sucked back in on the opposite end - is equivalent to a bar magnet. By convention, magnetic field lines point away from the north pole. The solenoid produces a dipo
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Can I change the little blue bar (select bar) in the main menu of my iPod?
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Yes. You may only change the top and bottom colors of the gradient, though. You cannot use an image as a selector bar. This hack also requires iPW v1.3 if you have not downloaded it already. You can download the selector bars, and find instructions h
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The left-click to get the menu on the title bar menu button seems a little slow. How do I change that?
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The left-button single-click menu button display speed is linked to the double click speed. If one wants the menu to appear quicker, just change the double click speed in the Xfce 4 Settings Manager Mouse properties to be faster. Or, one can right cl
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How does it work the blue-and-yellow little navigation bar placed on the right side?
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Click over yellow arrows to open respectively the first, the previous, the next of the last listing page of the entire bibliographic database.
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Who is responsible for staffing the Snack Bar at the DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE complex?
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Upon registering a player for participation in DAVIS LITTLE LEAGUE, the player's parent(s) agree to serve a shift in the snack bar when asked by the Team Parent. Each team must staff their shift as scheduled by the Concessions manager. Each team typi
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Why do some work units take very little time to complete? Why did the progress bar suddenly jump to 100% only part way through the analysis?
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Occasionally, a work unit will contain strong radio interference; these strong interfering signals typically come from satellites and radar from our own civilization. If the interference is very strong, the SETI@home program can not analyze that part
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Is there a way to make the bar cursor a little thicker?
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I'd like to have the bar cursor a little thicker, as I tend to "lose" it often.
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In a KitchenAid sausage-stuffing set-up, what is that little white bar for?
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I started out using a KitchenAid and have heard this question many times. When going from grinding to stuffing, this piece takes the place of the grinding plate. The bar slides in the grooves on the side and is used to hold the auger in place. One pr
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OK, I did manage to connect. What's that little beveled control bar and what does it do?
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That control bar lets you do what a normal window's title bar would let you do; you can minimize, maximize, or resize your Remote Desktop session just like any other window on your machine. The buttons that control those functions are on the right, a
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When I am connected to the web I dont see the two monitors on my task bar and I cant see my connection. What do I need to do to place those little monitors back on the task bar?
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In "My Computer", Double click Dial-up Networking, On the top line menu, click on the symbol Highlight "Connections", then click on "settings" On the General Tab, make sure "show an icon on taskbar" is checked
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