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Convert Just About Any Unit of Measure to Any Other

The Online Conversion site contains thousands of conversions. You'll find distance, time, speed, weight, energy, numbers and more. Besides the truly useful conversions, there are some just-for-fun conversions: Pig Latin translator, convert years into Roman numerals, and such.

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The Top 11 Differences in the Middle Ages if Microsoft Had Existed Then

11. Chastity belts require a password rather than a key.
10. Last year's pitchfork not compatible with this year's hay.
9. Lord Gates claims he has no memory of any memo describing his intention to "wipeth my arse with the Magna Carta."
8. The "Good Plague" hoax.
7. Horses routinely stop in mid-stride, and require a boot to the rear to start again.
6. The Microsoft Rack would work, but it would be 3 times larger than it should be and never completely kill anyone.
5. Forget about William Tell; William Gates shoots Apple off the head of Steve Jobs.
4. Use of a large, clumsy broadsword instead of yet-to-be- invented scissors helps explain Lord Bill's haircut.
3. Archbishop of Canterbury gets hit in the face with a pie.
2. Stained Glass Windows MCCCXXXXV actually not released until Spring of MCCCXXXXVI.

and Topfive.com's Number 1 Difference in the Middle Ages if Microsoft Had Existed Then...

1. The Y1K bug threatens to cripple high-tech industries, like stonemasonry and weaving.

Shamelessly hijacked from Chris White

Moving MS Outlook Data to a New Computer

When you get a new computer, how do you move your MS Outlook data (address books, messages, calendars) to the new computer?
- Windows XP has a transfer application. To find it, click Start>>All Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
- However, you don't need to use this feature: Outlook has excellent export and import functions.

Here's how to use Outlook's export/import tools:

Export from the 'old' computer
- In your old computer, open Outlook. Click File>>Import and Export.
- Click "Export to a file"
- Click "Next"
- Select Comma Separated Values (Windows)
- Click Next
- Select the folder from which you want to export (probably the Inbox folders under Personal and perhaps Archive)
- Under "Save exported file as:" enter a name. Note the path to that file
- Click Next. Double check that you're exporting the correct thing
- Click Finish
- Burn this new file to a CD or DVD. You can then try to import it into Outlook on the new computer directly from the disc

Import to the 'new' computer
If importing from the CD doesn't work, copy the exported Outlook file to the hard drive
To import the file, open Outlook
- Click File>>Import and Export
- Select "Import from another program or file"
- Click Next
- Select Comma Selected Value (Windows)
- Click Next
- Browse to the file
- Click Next
- Select your destination folder
- Click Next. Make sure you're importing the correct thing
- Click Finish