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NEW ANSWER IN: Is Steve Jobs dead?

bobbonew: Yes it is true that Steve Jobs has passed away today - October 5th, 2011.

You can see a few sources like abcnews confirming it to be true.

Steve Jobs for the record was born February 24, 1955 and passed away October 5, 2011.

NEW ANSWER IN: What camera does the iPhone 4S have?

bobbonew: The camera is one of the major elements being upgraded in the iPhone 4S. It is going to sport an 8 mp (megapixel) lens which is a huge upgrade from previous incarnations and their cameras.

8 megapixels allows for 3264 x 2448 pixels to be captured in each photo - that's about 60% more pixels from th...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is the iPhone 4S CDMA or GSM?

bobbonew: This time around Apple did something magical, the designed the iPhone 4S with a dual CDMA and GSM attena embedded inside - so both!

This means you can go to different countries without fear of not having service. Good luck paying for the international roaming charges though. =)

NEW ANSWER IN: How big is the iPhone 4S's hard drive?

bobbonew: The iPhone 4S is going to come in 3 different hard drive sizes: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB.

NEW ANSWER IN: How fast is the iPhone 4S?

bobbonew: Apple is putting in the same dual-core CPU that currently exists in the iPad 2 in the iPhone 4S. Currently that is clocked as a dual-core 1Ghz chip.

The graphics chip is getting an update too though and is also a dual core chip supposedly gaining 7 times better performance than its predeces...

NEW ANSWER IN: What carriers will the iPhone 4S be on?

bobbonew: Apple released at their conference October 4th, 2011 that per usual AT&T, Verizon, and now Sprint will be supporting it.

Unfortunately T-Mobile was left iPhone-less.

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the iPhone 4S coming out?

bobbonew: Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S start October 7th, and it is being released October 14th for the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.

NEW ANSWER IN: If you try to update your iOS device it says it will check for another update on Oct 5th - is that because of iOS 5?

bobbonew: Unfortunately no it doesn't have anything to do with iOS 5. Your iTunes is set to check for updates every few days (and not everyday so as not to bog down the Apple network or your own).

Its just a coincidence that Apple is having a press event one day before your iTunes is set to upda...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is iOS 5 coming out?

bobbonew: Hey guys we'll be going through all the replies and cleaning out all the garbage this week. We've also enhanced the pages functionality so you can go through and read [u]all[/b] the replies, not just the most recent.

Thanks for sticking around!

-bobbonew
Questional Programmer

NEW ANSWER IN: In programming, what is a float?

bobbonew: Integers are whole numbers like 7, 12, 24, 900, etc.

Floats are 7.2344, 9.0988, 3.1 basically a decimal placed number. Sounds like your code was expecting a whole number but got a float.

:)

NEW ANSWER IN: How much will the iOS 5 be?

bobbonew: iOS 5 will be free for mostly all users. We answered this question a few weeks ago - please feel free to check it out.

NEW ANSWER IN: Who is Apple's new CEO?

bobbonew: Since Steve Jobs' recent departure as CEO of Apple, their new instated CEO is Tim Cook. He is currently now the COO and CEO and will be in charge of all day to day operations of Apple as well as major decisions within the company.

Steve Jobs is not completely gone as he had requested to be the ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is Hurricane Irene's path?

bobbonew: Hurricane Irene's path is going to be extremely destructive. In the Bahamas as of the time of this post, Hurricane Irene is going to be taking a northward path across the east coast. Going through Florida, South and North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and ev...

NEW ANSWER IN: Can I watch Star Trek: The Next Generation in HD?

bobbonew: The rumor you heard is pretty accurate - there are deals going down at this very moment to prep Star TreK: TNG for HD release in 2012.

Why not earlier? There are a few hurdles that the technical teams have to overcome when doing this conversion process. One of the biggest that comes to mind is ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How much does OS X Lion cost?

bobbonew: Luckily Apple's OS X Lion comes at a somewhat reduced price when you compare it to Windows Operating Systems.

Available from the Mac App Store, OS X Lion costs $29.99. I couldn't find the price if you wanted to get it via disc or USB but I'm not sure that ability currently exists.

NEW ANSWER IN: When is Ice Cream Sandwich coming out for Android?

bobbonew: The version Ice Cream Sandwich for the Android OS is definitely going to be impressive, mixing elements from the Gingerbread and honeycomb versions that are currently out for phone and tablet.

Currently though the expected released date for Android's Ice Cream Sandwich is Q4 of 2011. We can hope t...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is processor cache for?

bobbonew: Processor cache is used traditionally just like regular cache. Cache is used to store data that is used regularly. For that reason if that data is needed time won't be needed to re-grab or re-process commands to get that data/instructions. Doing this makes the chip more efficient as well...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does anyone know when Super Smash Bros. 3DS is coming out?

bobbonew: The current estimates call for a 2013 release of Super Smash Bros for the 3DS taking into account previous release dates. Personally though, the 3DS has never had a SSBM title so I would think that it would likely be sooner for that reason. Why stagnate it when there is no precedent on that system?

NEW ANSWER IN: When is Samsung Attain coming out?

bobbonew: As you briefly touched upon, the Samsung Galaxy S2 is going to be released in the United States in 4 different version for each carrier. The Samsung Attain for ATT, Samsung Hercules for Sprint, Samsung Function for Verizon, Samsung Within for Sprint.

While Canada may be getting the S2 in about a we...

NEW ANSWER IN: Will the Wii U have HD support?

bobbonew: HD out missing from the current Wii is absolutely an eye sore and is probably one of the biggest missing features of the Wii console.

That said the Wii U will support 720p and 1080p HD out! Nintendo was not going to miss that this time around and it will be fantastic to see what kinds of interactiv...

NEW ANSWER IN: Will the Wii U play DVDs or Blue-ray discs?

bobbonew: You are absolutely correct that the Wii did not play DVDs or Blue-ray discs, and unfortunately it looks as though the Wii U will not be able to play DVDs or Blue-ray either.

Some literature was recently released this week that stated that since consumers already have a plethora of ways to w...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is NFC (near field communication)?

bobbonew: NFC also known as 'Near Field Communication' is a technology that enables devices (predominantly mobile devices and mobile phones) to make payments, transactions, or communicate credentials and information.

For example lets you had setup your phone with your credit card or bank acc...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is iOS 5 free?

bobbonew: Officially at this moment in time Apple has not released any information about upgrade prices for their iOS 5 version of their operating system. We can however look back on facts and what they've done in the past.

Traditionally Apple will support the most current generation iOS powered devices....

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the plus 1 button?

bobbonew: The "plus 1" button was indeed created by Google and actually launched earlier this month (June 2011). It was Google's attempt to get into the social networking aspect and to utilize it when showing search results.

You may see the button when searching but you'll probably ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Can you use an unlocked iPhone on T-Mobile?

bobbonew: Yes absolutely you can use your unlocked iPhone on T-mobile!

In fact this means that anywhere in the world that offers GSM (the carrier type the iPhone runs on) can power the iPhone.

There is only one downside, you won't be able to use T-Mobile's 3G connectivity. T-Mobi...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the Samsung Galaxy S2 coming out?

bobbonew: Samsung has been extremely tight lipped with when the Galaxy S2 is coming out, however there are some good rumors going around that are especially trustworthy.

The S2 is currently slated for release from May - June 2011 for the United States. It is going to be extremely unlikely if the S2 does ...

NEW ANSWER IN: If I own a DVD, is it legal to rip it into digital form?

bobbonew: Here's the situation. At the very basic of the matter it is legal in the United States to backup their DVDs for personal use - this is part of a "fair use" law that exists in the country.

The part that however is not legal is the software actually used to circumvent the protection on the DVD - the ...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the next iPhone coming out?

bobbonew: The normal release schedule that Apple follows is to announce their next iPhone release at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) every year in June, and release that iPhone model the following month. This however did not occur this year.

The rumor mill is currently churning out a few s...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the HP Touchpad coming out?

bobbonew: HP has officially announced that the HP Touchpad will be released July 1st.

Its important to note though that that release date is for the "non 3G" model of the device, where the 3G model is slated to be released sometime this summer in partnership with AT&T.

NEW ANSWER IN: When is Windows 8 coming out?

bobbonew: The release date for Windows 8 is tentatively set for sometime in 2012.

No other details at this point have been given to pinpoint exactly when in 2012 the new operating system will be released to the public.

Its supposedly sporting some pretty wicked features though such as the ability to install...

NEW ANSWER IN: Will iOS 5 run on iPhone 3GS?

bobbonew: Yes iOS 5 will run on iPhone 3GS.

There was a rumor going around earlier this year that iOS 5 would be too powerful to run on iPhone 3GS, however Apple completely destroyed that rumor when they announced the official list of supported devices.

These devices include iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, iPad...

NEW ANSWER IN: Can you jailbreak iOS 5?

bobbonew: Have no fear! @MuscleNerd on Twitter announced earlier today that he had successfully jailbroken the first developer release candidate of iOS 5. So yes iOS will be able to be jailbroken!

Many people (including myself) were worried when over the air updates were announced - thus thinking the jailbre...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the Wii U coming out?

bobbonew: Nintendo has publicly announced the tentative release date for the Wii U as sometime in 2012. They haven't gotten any more specific at this point but we can't see them doing it any sooner than summer.

I am personally really looking forward to this new console as it finally bring HD in 1080p to the ...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is iCloud coming out?

bobbonew: The tentative launch of iCloud released by Apple is Fall 2011.

However just like its brethren iOS 5, the iCloud is currently already available to developers as of June 6th, 2011. Due to those facts and that both products are slated for Fall 2011, it is easy to speculate that they will both be relea...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is PlayStation Vita coming out?

bobbonew: At this point of writing Sony has only released that the PSVITA will be released this fall, targetting this coming holiday season.

Despite the fact that many online retail websites have said the Playstation Vita will be released on specific dates, that is completely unfounded, untrue and only thei...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is iOS 5 coming out?

bobbonew: Apple has said that iOS 5 will come out in the Fall commercially - more specifically it looks like October 12th, 2011.

On October 4th there was a huge press event where they made this official statement. No more speculation!

Also check out our question on when iPhone 4S is coming out!



However a...

NEW ANSWER IN: What cheeses are made out of camel's milk?

bobbonew: Caravane is a brie-like cheese made of camel's milk - also known as Camelbert to those overseas in Europe.

Apparently it had to fight hard to get regulatory restrictions lifted but now that it has there are definitely those cheese lovers fighting to get a taste of it.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is Steve Jobs sick?

bobbonew: Several years ago Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. At the time, he took a temporary leave of absence from Apple with a set time frame, and eventually returned back to work on time.

However earlier this year Steve Jobs took a leave of absence with no time frame in mind for return. Wi...

NEW ANSWER IN: How far is Australia from Canada?

bobbonew: The distance between Canada and Australia is about 9,235 miles or 14,862 kilometers. Its rather hard to gauge as you didn't specify a specific section of either country and this is flight estimations.

NEW ANSWER IN: My teeth are killing me from pain and sensitivity. I kept crest whitestrips professional effect on for 3hr. Is this temporary?

bobbonew: This is absolutely temporary. Several years ago when I had my braces taken off I used the professional whitestrips and it makes your teeth extremely sensitive. My teeth were so bad that even touching a piece of paper caused me excruciating pain. But have no fret, it is temporary and will alleviate o...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is Music Beta by Google coming out?

bobbonew: This is a very complicated answer due to the nature how Google works. At this time there is no public information as to when Music Beta by Google is coming out publicly.

GMail for instance was in "beta" for about 5 years or so before they removed the "beta" property to it. That ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I find a hidden folder?

bobbonew: If you are doing your search on Windows (which you probably are) you will be able to specify advanced search properties in some of the versions. However in Windows 7 it is ridiculously hard to figure out how to search - they really did dumb it down.

In Windows 7 you'll have to turn ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Who hacked Sony?

bobbonew: The past week its no surprise that Sony's PSN online system was compromised, sending gobs of personal information into the hands of the hackers. But the remaining question on everyone's mind is who did it?

The rumor going around is that Anonymous or the group behind them was responsible, but that i...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the Wii 2 coming out?

bobbonew: The Wii 2 has a tentative release date of 2012. Its been speculated that to meet the Christmas shopping season for that year it will be released a few months before.

With shortages of the Wii having been so catastrophic when it was initially launched in 2006, one can only hope that Nintendo has lea...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is iPhone iOS 4.4 coming out?

bobbonew: As of this moment the release details for iOS 4.4 are completely under wraps and no information at this point has been released.

There is a high probability of a release coming soon that fixes the issue of iOS continuously logging your geographic location on the phone and in your backups, however t...

NEW ANSWER IN: Will iPhone 5 have a bigger screen?

bobbonew: You are not the only person to hear this rumor as the Apple blogs are going crazy with this. Apparently its been rumored that the new iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S is going to have a 3.7 inch screen instead of the 3.5 inch screen currently in the iPhone 4.

Not only that but the screen is rumored to extend ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is Project Cafe?

bobbonew: Project Cafe is what Nintendo has used as the code name for its next console release after Wii 2. Not much is known about the console or its software/hardware at this point.

NEW ANSWER IN: When is Thor: God of Thunder coming out?

bobbonew: Thor: God of Thunder has a North American release date of May 3rd, 2011. Should be coming out any day now and is pretty anticipated.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why can't I post on Reddit in "emergency mode"?

bobbonew: Currently their site says that its in "emergency mode" - whereas last night it did indeed say "emergency read only mode". If you look at the text carefully it says they are attempting to bring the site up slowly. Looking even more carefully at the users that are posting, all ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I stop getting LinkedIn group e-mails?

bobbonew: To stop getting e-mail contact from groups on LinkedIn, you will have to go to each group manually and edit its settings to stop the e-mail from being recieved. Go to the group and click "view more" then click "my settings". Uncheck the box that says "Send me a diges...

NEW ANSWER IN: How well can this machine play video games?

bobbonew: Well the first good thing is the processor an i7 is not bad at all. The RAM could potentially be running at a higher speed - I believe mine may be 1600MHz but 1333MHz is not bad at all. Good hard drive, and not bad video card.

When I am building a computer on a budget ($1000 is decent for a...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I select all rows in Amazon SimpleDB?

bobbonew: Sometimes you really do need to select all rows in a domain no matter how many that is (eg you want to see all users or an entire data set). You can do this by utilizing the NextToken (checkout exactly what a NextToken is if you are not sure.

For this exact reason I wrote a handy function in my Sim...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is a NextToken in Amazon SimpleDB?

bobbonew: Amazon's SimpleDB is an extremely powerful cloud database - however it does have its limitations. In mySQL you could theoretically select 1,000,000 rows of information - it may be a slow query but you can do it. In SimpleDB you have to cater to their limitations, which at this time is a limit of 250...

NEW ANSWER IN: Can you buy gallium? Is it toxic?

bobbonew: Gallium is non-toxic in the sense that related elements like mercury are. Mercury is another element that melts from human contact, however it is absorbed by your skin and spread through your system. The Mercury metal can travel throughout your body, which is then extremely hard to be removed &#...

NEW ANSWER IN: How is an Xbox 360 game 460 kilobytes?

bobbonew: I'm not sure of the veracity of the question if an Xbox 360 game is really 460kb as I know for a fact there are games that are multiple gigabytes. However, if there is a mini-game, with low level music and graphics I'm sure that it may be able to fit under a megabyte. However extremely l...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why can't I get on the iPad app store?

bobbonew: Sounds like the best solution at this point is to restart your iPad.

A lot of issues remedy that way on my iPhone and it sounds like that may do the trick. If not it looks as though your internet connection may be faulty - it happens. Just the other day I was connected to WIFI, but it just was...

NEW ANSWER IN: How fast is the iPhone 4?

bobbonew: It is no secret that the iPhone 4 runs on the Apple A4 chip. What is still relatively a secret is the exact speed that the chip performs at while inside the iPhone 4. Although it runs in the iPad at a pretty well known speed of 1 GHz, that doesn't necessarily mean that is the speed it is running at ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is iPhone tethering?

bobbonew: One of the great aspects of the iPhone is its great ability to access the internet. As long as your iPhone is connected to a cellular connection (3G for example) then it can access the internet - and at a decent speed too.

iPhone tethering lets you share that internet connection with yo...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I add an e-mail signature in Gmail?

bobbonew: Gmail is one of the top e-mail providers for a reason - it works and does what it does well. As such it comes with a pretty powerful e-mail signature feature. You can even set different signatures to different e-mail accounts.

Heres how:

+ Make sure you are logged into your e-mail account. Click o...

NEW ANSWER IN: How large is the Amazon rainforest?

bobbonew: It is estimated that the Amazon rainforest covers about 1.6 million square miles of land. The area containing the rainforest is actually called the Amazon Basin - of which is 7 million square kilometers in size.

Its interesting to note that the Amazon rainforest isn't inside any one country, but ex...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the iPad 2 coming out?

bobbonew: March 2, 2011 is the expected announcement date.

Apple follows an almost yearly release to its sales products like the iPhone and iPod Touch. Since the first version of the iPad was announced January 27, 2010 its likely that the next version's announcement is coming soon.

Since there is anothe...

NEW ANSWER IN: How much cash does Apple have?

bobbonew: According to the last quarter results put out by Apple, they have about $59.7 billion in cash and securities. That's from selling about 7 million iPads & 16 million iPhones. The numbers are always subject to change but that is absolutely impressive.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your e-mail client and provider of choice?

bobbonew: My favorite has to be Gmail. I got it at first due to the hype and the storage space, but it quickly turned to be my favorite client after Yahoo. Now that I'm doing a lot of business I have a large amount of e-mail accounts that I have to log into on a regular basis - Gmail really does m...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is (content targeting) in my keywords list in Google Analytics?

bobbonew: (content targeting) shows up in your Google Analytics account when you connect it with your Google Adwords account. More specifically, it gives you data on how many people are coming to your site by clicking on your ad on another website by content targetting.

For example if there is a page...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you secure a textarea/form from being hacked?

bobbonew: This is a multi-fold question but I will try to answer it with my own experiences. I want to preface this with the warning that anytime user input is expected you should always take the most time to secure that section of code as that is the #1 area that users can attempt to hack.

Every time I prog...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why should I use Amazon's SimpleDB instead of a traditional database like MySQL?

bobbonew: The choice between utilizing a traditional MySQL database and a cloud database like Amazon's SimpleDB is a big one to make, with both pros and cons. This answer is going to be from the persective that you should use SimpleDB and is actually a reason why I use SimpleDB on all my future projects.
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NEW ANSWER IN: How do I turn logging on for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)?

bobbonew: Turning on logging for Amazon's S3 service is pretty simple. The best way to do it is by logging into the AWS console located here.

Before you can turn logging on you should create a new bucket where your logs will be dumped into by Amazon. If your bucket is named yoursite call it yoursitelogs ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your opinion of e-book readers like the Nook, Kindle, and iPad?

bobbonew: I've never read a book on the Kindle, Nook, or iPad personally, but I have had experience reading an e-book many years ago on my Jornada 565 PocketPC PDA. I only think I read two at the time, as the small screen was just intolerable - I'd have to switch to the next page every 20 seco...

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the iPhone 5 coming out?

bobbonew: Estimated Release Date: June 2011

Luckily for us, Apple seems to have a regular yearly release cycle for iPhones (one per year). Typically it seems as though the new version is announced in early June, and released a month later. This has been the case for every version of the iPhone and one can on...

NEW ANSWER IN: If you root your Nook color can u still get books and magazines and perform regular functions?

bobbonew: Yes, you can still perform regular functionality on your Nook. The whole point of rooting is to get more access to it, not less. However, keep in mind that rooting your Nook will probably void your warranty. You should read all you can about it before you do it as you can create some irreversible da...

NEW ANSWER IN: How can I use memcache to cache database calls?

bobbonew: I've always known about the impressive power of memcache - but only recently have I been able to utilize its true power. Due to starting a new project a few months ago I had to switch to the Amazon SimpleDB - and because I wasn't hosting the app inside Amazon I had to cache database calls. It was no...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your opinions on video game content ratings and restrictions?

bobbonew: I think age has a lot to do with this topic, as well as age in reference to perspective. Being 23 years old I don't have the problem of not being able to purchase a video game - if its being sold in store then I'm legally allowed to buy it. But that's a rather selfish look at the pic...

NEW ANSWER IN: If I end a whole bunch of processes on my computer, will it make downloading this game faster?

bobbonew: It won't make it faster to download, but may make it faster when playing it!

NEW ANSWER IN: What Christmas gifts do you buy for your family members this year?

bobbonew: My brother is getting me a computer bag which is pretty legit! I may treat myself to a new external hard drive as well. Not sure what other goodies I'm getting others.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the most influential medical discovery in the past 50 years?

bobbonew: You know its really hard to name just one discovery, but two that were really important were the progress made in helping blind people see, and deaf people hear. Without those innovations there would be thousands of people who would have lived lives with zero sound, or zero visual activity. Those ar...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts concerning digital piracy?

bobbonew: I am quite opinionated in this subject matter. Not saying that I do download, but honestly I think things need to change. The model that the current system is based on does NOT currently work any longer. And to make things worse, people who do download 12 songs are being fined 1.5 million dollars! T...

NEW ANSWER IN: What gadgets do you take with you on vacation?

bobbonew: Hmm lets see here, a vast number of things! I need my cell phone, charger, laptop, wireless mouse, and headphones. I can use my iPhone to put my laptop on the internet if I ever need to (which is very nice). Going on vacation for me is being able to work at home, and when I'm not suppose...

NEW ANSWER IN: Are you a left or right brain thinker?

bobbonew: I am most definitely a left brain thinker. As most of you know I spend almost every waking hour coding, and coding is straight logic. If this happens then do this, if it doesn't happen do that. I excel at it much more than I can with art or graphics. I also tend to look at life logically, and my...

NEW ANSWER IN: If you could travel to another planet, but never return to Earth, would you do it?

bobbonew: I would never do it. Sure its an experience in and of itself, but that is such an eternity (your life). I pondered this when I first heard about this a few years ago; its really a mind bender.

NEW ANSWER IN: If you could extend your life 1000 years with science and technology, would you do it?

bobbonew: I would do it in a heartbeat! That is my one dream to live longer than my natural life, not because I'm vain but because I don't think you can experience everything life has to give in such a short time. Think of all the places you could go, people you can meet, and things you can learn. Yep...

NEW ANSWER IN: Have you had an experience with lucid dreaming?

bobbonew: Every once and a while I have an experience with lucid dreaming, and unfortunately I just can't do it on command like some people. I love the ones where I'm a superhero saving the world, and ultimately the ones where I can fly!

I know for a fact you can train yourself to lucid dream more o...

NEW ANSWER IN: If an earthquake struck your area right now, how ready would you be?

bobbonew: Honestly I would not be ready. In fact, I wouldn't be ready for flooding, hurricane, or an earthquake. Living in the suburbs of Philadelphia I live in a pretty sheltered area. We don't have any natural disasters around here. In fact I've never been in one myself or anywhere near one. Its...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is human cloning ethical?

bobbonew: Personally for me I am very intrigued with the possibility of cloning a human; but at the same time it scares me to think of the repercussions. If it becomes possible, there will be situations where people with terminal organs clone themselves and harvest organs. This is 2010, we can't be nieve ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How many hours do you spent playing video games a day?

bobbonew: I'm a PC video gamer myself, and I'm happy to say the amount of time I've been spending playing is zero. I was real addicted to WoW (heh Dom you too it seems), and spent about 520 hours in like 4 months playing the game. One could guess that I did not get much done at that time, ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What computer are you currently sporting?

bobbonew: I'm currently sporting a custom build PC. 3.4Ghz quad-core AMD, with 8GB DDR 3 Ram, and about 2.5TB worth of hard drive space. Love it!

I recently just got a laptop (thank you catfish63) that's a Sony Vaio, Intel i5 2.53Gh turbo boost to 3Ghz, 4gb ram and a decent hard drive. Ca...

NEW ANSWER IN: How far are you willing to go to be "green"?

bobbonew: I think to enact many changes to become "greener" you have to have the money to do it. For example, I couldn't add solar panels to my house, or give up my car. And taking public transportation is just not convenient right now, nor is riding a bicycle to work.

I think this is one of th...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are your thoughts on 3D technology?

bobbonew: I am quite heavily opinionated when it comes to the current trends in 3D technologies. I am someone who does not like wearing the glasses, and constantly gets a headache when watching a full length movie. I've even had a contact come out of my eye once! These glasses also cost upwards of $50+...

NEW ANSWER IN: What media players, if any, match the capability of the VLC player?

bobbonew: Honestly I have not encountered any other players that can even compete with VLC. Its free and can play just about anything. If I had to offer a criticism, it doesn't do very well converting various types of audio and video files, which I'm sure others do a lot better.

NEW ANSWER IN: Where are the Questional forums?

bobbonew: Lol @ the wise guy who posted an answer (that's what the comments are for).

But yes I neglected to add the link to the footer. Its been successfully added. Thanks for pointing that out. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: Are we alone in the universe?

bobbonew: I completely agree with Stephen Hawking. The sheer size of the universe is just enormous, unimaginable to the mere human. In the whole scheme of things, the human race is nothing when compared to the entirety of the universe. I think if we can realize that then we can open our eyes to the possibilit...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your favorite invention from the past decade?

bobbonew: I think one of my favorite inventions from the past decade has to be the isolation of certain wireless frequencies, mainly the ones for WIFI and 3G/4G. I couldn't imagine living in a world where relatively high speed wireless data transmission on phones was not readily available, or not being able t...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does the Questional text message system still exist?

bobbonew: Unfortunately it is not currently live. The text system (of all things) was part of Questional Ver 1. When I upgraded to version 2 late last summer the text system was one of the things that never made the transition. Its always something that I wanted to get back on the site, and its defini...

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think will one day replace oil?

bobbonew: I think it will probably be a mix of everything that is out there. There is definitely means to harness the power of the sun that I think we should never disregard, but there is a certain point that it won't be enough. Wind energy is definitely viable to a point, as well as harnessing the power ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Which mobile phone do you want next?

bobbonew: Right now I'm on an iPhone 3GS, and just pike the typical iPhone owner I'm pretty loyal. I definitely would upgrade to the iPhone 4 if I wasn't in contract for another 1.5 years. The problems that are plaguing it now are a little worrisome, but the better screen and faster processor are ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Will we ever be able to play pirated (copied) games on a PS3???

bobbonew: I highly doubt that this will be a "feature" on any future PS3 device. So my answer would have to be no.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think facebook is a waste of time?

bobbonew: Facebook is definitely a distraction for sure. I can't count how much time I've spent on it personally, but far too much. It really makes life a lot more complicated too as you always have to worry about certain people seeing things.

Saying it's a waste of time is definitely subjective....

NEW ANSWER IN: Where do you think technology is going to be by 2015?

bobbonew: I honestly think that things are going to be quite different 5 years from now in 2015.

Just take a look at how mobile phones have changed in 5 years. Back in 2005 it was pretty much unthinkable for the regular consumer to own a smart phone, nor did such smart phones really do much. Now in 2010 hal...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does Questional texting still work?

bobbonew: Nah I never got around to putting the text message software on here from version 1. The technology exists, perhaps I will have another go at it when I get the time.

NEW ANSWER IN: If I run a website and my internet goes down, can other people access my website?

bobbonew: If you are hosting your website from your computer, and you lose network connection, then yes people could NOT access your website anymore.

If you host your website on servers outside your house, and your local computer goes down, your site is still accessible.

NEW ANSWER IN: Does my body lack certain nutrients if I masturbate every day?

bobbonew: Your body will not lack any nutrients or vitamins if you masturbate daily. In fact, masturbating regularly is one of the most healthy things you can do.

It relieves stress, can help you get more sleep, and some studies even show that it reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men later in life. Wome...

NEW ANSWER IN: Can you locate me Sinilahis Digicel phone?

bobbonew: Private lines are always almost impossible to find. If the person you are looking for has their number publicly listed, you can try to google them, or locate them on a website like White Pages.

NEW ANSWER IN: Would you get an ultraviolet tattoo?

bobbonew: I admit, I would love to get one. However, researching it, it may not be the best choice. Apparently the tattoo ink itself has been under suspicion of being a carcinogen (carcinogens cause cancer!).

Tattoos themselves are notorious for scarring the skin, and if your aim is to have a complet...

NEW ANSWER IN: How often do you actually use your cellphone for calling people?

bobbonew: Lately I have been calling people more often due to my job, and just getting out more. I have about 1000 rollover minutes accruing though hehe.

Its just convenience to text. Short to the point, and the other person doesn't blah blah for minutes on end. =)

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you enjoy trolling?

bobbonew: I must say I do not enjoying cleaning up a troll'd up thread/question/answer hehe. Thankfully I've seen less of it lately. Trolls are bad k? =)

NEW ANSWER IN: What did you do when Questional was down?

bobbonew: Apparently it was unscheduled maintenance on the cooling systems. Thankfully everything should be ok now. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: When is the Questional search function returning?

bobbonew: Aka Bobbo can fix it :D (Which he can and will btw).

I'll write it back into the site once I start doing maintenance on the site early next week. We'll get alot of longstanding bugs fixed, as well as some things we desperately need coded in. ;)

NEW ANSWER IN: Why is Questional no longer being kept up to date?

bobbonew: Hey guys. Sorry if things seem to look like they are getting let go. To keep things afloat and me having income I have to do multiple projects and other stuff other than questional.

BUT, once I'm finished this one project that I'm working on (only a few days actually), I've already decided I'm focu...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think we should have a character limit for giving points to answers?

bobbonew: This is something that is for sure coming ASAP. I'm not sure if some people answer questions because they know the answer, or if they want the points. It sucks it has to be added because every answer is valuable in my opinion, but "yes", "no" and one word answers are just not...

NEW ANSWER IN: What's your favorite search engine?

bobbonew: Google is just amazing. They got everything right each step of the way, and I'll give them props for that. Lately they've been nearing the line, but all their products are amazing. I <3 Google.

NEW ANSWER IN: How often do you use Facebook?

bobbonew: I'm a major facebook addict; I check it many times a day! I use it a bit less these days due to my busy schedule, but its an invaluable tool to stay in touch with your friends.

NEW ANSWER IN: Any suggestions of good blogging websites?

bobbonew: If your looking to blog, Questional is always looking for new writers; especially right now.

If you want, send me a private message to Gexthelizard who manages blogs articles on the site, and perhaps she could use you. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: The update's been applied, what's everyone think?

bobbonew: I absolutely love it, and hope everyone else does too!

If anyone was wondering where I had fallen off the face of the planet these past 2 months or so, I was cooped up inside redesigning Questional. Its still got a bit to go, but I'm extremely proud of it. (I'll be making an announcemen...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does questional have any games on their site?

bobbonew: Well we don't right now, but I am working on getting a trivia game going one day! Its on the back-burner, but I would definitely like to get it out in the next few months.

NEW ANSWER IN: Who is a member of Neoseeker.com?

bobbonew: Yeah Neoseeker is definitely not a beat website. Been there since 2002 and its been a fun time. Wouldn't ever have made Questional if it wasn't for Neo :D

NEW ANSWER IN: Who is a member of Neoseeker.com?

bobbonew: Lol I am a member; I heart Neoseeker.

NEW ANSWER IN: How often do you get on Questional?

bobbonew: I'm on Questional for at least 30 mins a day, but I develop/code it for about 8-14 hours EVERY day. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: What Questional member has the best profile information?

bobbonew: I do love pandabears. I don't think she'll ever have any avatar than her current, or ever change her stuff in her profile. I made her set them once in like November 08 and never again lol.

"I grew up in china somewhere in a jungle...maybe"

"bamboo, grass, climbing trees ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why does Lysol only eliminate 99% of germs?

bobbonew: If they said 100%, and there were germs left it would be false advertising and you could sue them. And there are some germs it definitely cannot kill.

(Everyone has to watch their back these days)

NEW ANSWER IN: Will there ever be a Questional add-on for Firefox?

bobbonew: Chiggins started working on one a few weeks ago, not much done to it though. It basically just has the questional logo and "I love Questional!" on your status bar. I like it =D

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think of the website www.fmylife.com?

bobbonew: Makes me bitter thinking about that site. We had the idea to launch a site like that in December 2008 (before that one was launched), and had it planned to come out by end of 2009. Looks like they beat us to it grrr.

NEW ANSWER IN: How does the "magic shell" topping for ice cream work?

bobbonew: Well apparently the "freezing effect" is from a combination of coconut oil and sunflower oil that solidify at low temperatures. It tastes a bit weird in my opinion.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is really in cigarettes?

bobbonew: They are just so delicious though. I'm on my 19th day smoke free and the temptation is still there even know all the stuff in that picture. I can't wait the full list to go out; I believe the FDA is calling for that to be released (they were just given power to regulate cigs).

NEW ANSWER IN: Do all new passports have the tracking chips?

bobbonew: I seriously heard this was going to happen YEARS ago, I would be surprised if they all didn't.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is it legal to buy "dry ice"?

bobbonew: You read my mind :D Dry ice bombs are so fun to watch on youtube!

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think of Myspace?

bobbonew: (Edited the title of your question a bit, hope you don't mind ^^ )

To be honest, I cannot stand Myspace. It was however my first social networking website when I was growing up, and I did like it at first. However, after using facebook and realizing how messy, disorganized, and how mu...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are "tags" on Questional?

bobbonew: Tags are a way to categorize questions in a "human way". For instance, if a question was about "web design" and didn't have the words "web design" in it, it would not show up in a site search. But you can click on any tag and see every question on the site that is a...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you Change your Profile Picture (Thumbnail, Avatar) on Questional.com? I'm puzzled?

bobbonew: [link name=Edit Profile (on left nav) --> [link name=Change Avatar (up top)

Welcome to Questional ;)

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the significance of "endl" in C++?

bobbonew: My guess would just have to be syntax and "that's just how it goes". PHP and countless other languages end lines with ";", I guess endl is just what the developers chose for C++.

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you change your profile picture on questional?

bobbonew: Click Edit Profile on the left nav, and then change avatar at the top. You can also click the direct link [link name=here]/edit_profile.php?fn=change_avatar[/link]. You can upload your own, or choose one from the awesome avatars made by the community. ;)

NEW ANSWER IN: When you played the FIRST Pokemon games, which was your first starter?

bobbonew: I had Pokemon blue, and always started with squirtle! Bulbasaur was also a really fun one to start with. I never really ever started with the fire pokemon, wasn't me I guess.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you ever hit the logout button on Questional?

bobbonew: I hit logout a few times a week. Sometimes its to login as another admin to check stuff out, or to see how certain features or pages look as guests. Its a bitch to be honest; I'd rather stay logged in all the time [link name=like Dio

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you consider downloading music to be wrong?

bobbonew: Hey there. I said not to mention any illegal things as in how to download music, and to also discuss the question without mentioning any legal ties. Looking at the answers below, I believe everyone got what I was trying to say.

NEW ANSWER IN: What are some good simple online multiplayer games?

bobbonew: My addition of all time would have to be [link name=iSketch While I am not a pictionary fan myself, having played just a few round for a day turned into 8 months of 800+ games. Seriously try it out its loads of fun. You can even meet some really interesting people on there ^^

NEW ANSWER IN: Is glass a liquid?

bobbonew: Hmm Moonrise I heard some differing viewpoints on that. I remember in high school, that they *might* have said that glass is a slow slow moving liquid. My teacher said to look at windows that are 50+ years old that they are thicker at the bottom than they are at the top. I could be wrong however...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I change my questional username?

bobbonew: Hey guys. I would really not like to do name changes unless there is a specific reason why you want one. I'm still not settled on remembering Parasyte to be honest lol.

I'm going to have to come up with some sort of criteria for names changes, and I'll still do them I just don't w...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are some good movies about Mars, the big bad Red Planet?

bobbonew: Oh as well, if you have any good "space" type of movies please recommend them. I just finished watching Serentiy and Mission to Mars, I'm in a space kind of movie kick right now.

NEW ANSWER IN: Are "roll you own" cigarettes fire safe?

bobbonew: Bleh personally for me as a smoker I can do without the whole fire-safe aspect to it. I firmly believe that it makes users more addicting (and is annoying at the same time). Its definitely good to hear that roll your owns are still exempt.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the difference between digital and regular cable? Are they the same thing?

bobbonew: Good question, because when the cable guy came here to give us digital cable, he literally just put the cable line into a digital box which apparently gives you digital cable. I was like wahh?

NEW ANSWER IN: What's your favorite type of computer program?

bobbonew: My favorite computer program would have to be a syntax editor. Every computer language has their own syntax, and a syntax editor helps you figure out where you might have gone wrong and also highlights specific code making it easier to read. I regularly have to go through 500,000 lines of code so it...

NEW ANSWER IN: Questional.com, or www.questional.com?

bobbonew: I am a pure user. You guys are lucky I haven't instituted a permanent redirect from www to without it; I might one day :D

Using WWW is just old news. It had a purpose back in the 90's but no longer. Now if its used it solely for looks and aids in nothing. There is a movement trying to get...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your favorite Firefox Add-On?

bobbonew: I use quite a lot of fire fox add-ons. I use Google Toolbar, web developer, namfox, measure it, http headers, download them all, and alexa scooter. My most favorite and most useful is the Web Developer toolbar which you can do just about anything with!

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you need to make a website?

bobbonew: Making a website these days is incredibly easy to do, and cheap. Like you pointed out, the only thing you really need is a domain name (roughly $15.99 for a dot com), and some server space to host your site. You can get incredibly cheap hosting if its just a personal site for about $5/month ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Who thinks Questional is going to succeed?

bobbonew: Our activity doubles and triples without fail every two weeks to a month. If that continues (which it shows no signs of stopping) we'll be a success.

From what we have already achieved thus far, and from the connections and friendships that I have made from this site already I would c...

NEW ANSWER IN: What are some Command Prompt tricks?

bobbonew: Some really cool command prompt tricks are "msconfig". That one is really useful because it opens up a utility where you can control exactly what starts up on your computer in the "starup" section. To speed up a computer many times over, disable everything that doesn't say &q...

NEW ANSWER IN: Rock Band, or Guitar Hero?

bobbonew: Personally I have always opted for Guitar Hero. The Rock Band seems so involved while you just need the guitar to jam out in Guitar Hero.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is there a difference between saving a file as .htm and .html?

bobbonew: Nope, there is no difference between the two. Personal preference is usually used in this matter. Personally I prefer to use .htm and I do see it more on the web than .html (which to me looks messy).

NEW ANSWER IN: How did you come up with your username?

bobbonew: bobbo has been my nickname since 2nd grade (15+ years). Newcomb is my last name so bobbo+new just sounded right. My dad actually came up with newbobbo in 1997 for me, and I switched it around because I thought it sounded better. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: What makes teeth so strong?

bobbonew: I believe it is tooth enamel that makes them so strong. Looking it up, it looks like tooth enamel is hardest substance that the human body can produce. Pretty nifty!

NEW ANSWER IN: If I accidentally mis-categorize a question, how do I fix that without deleting the question?

bobbonew: Hey guys, super moderators & administrators look at every question on the site (literally, we have a page that tells use ones we haven't looked at). If its in the wrong category we will move it. If we don't, you should contact an admin/supermod through PM telling them to move it ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What brand is your computer?

bobbonew: HP Laptop here and quite happy with it!

lol@God :D

NEW ANSWER IN: If you could be stranded on a desert island with 3 objects, what objects would you want to have?

bobbonew: A sexy partner for fun, flint for fire, and seeds to grow crops.

NEW ANSWER IN: What's your favorite Questional image?

bobbonew: OMG this question is hilarious! :D

My fav image is body_background.png which gives us sexy shadowing on the center column. :D

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your favorite card game?

bobbonew: Mine is definitely asshole, or kings cup.

But this is a duplicate question, please continue with your answers here:

NEW ANSWER IN: What is in cocaine that causes loss of an appetite?

bobbonew: Cocaine is a stimulant, and as such stimulants make people not hungry. Caffeine, adderall and cigarettes are also stimulants that cause you not to want to eat. I always found it such a fascinating side effect.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think it is good or bad to download every update for your computer and internet applications?

bobbonew: Personally, I do not install any updates on operating systems. I feel like the amount of bloat that they put on your system is just way too much. For applications if they have an automatic update I'll let it install (Firefox for example). For hardware updates, its good to check out the u...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why is Play-Doh so fun?

bobbonew: Play-Doh is definitely a classic. It feels good in your hands, and you can pretty much build anything you want with it (abstract or not). As well (and I know I'm not alone) Play-Doh just smells so good!).

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you access Questional?

bobbonew: I have it set as my homepage as well as one of my tabs on firefox. Lately I've been online more than usual, normally I pop in every few hours or so after writing code.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you prefer desktops or laptops?

bobbonew: I've always been a desktop person my whole life until I got into laptops 3 years ago with wireless internet. Now I don't think I can ever go back. I just love being able to grab my laptop and bring it anywhere I want, especially laying in bed surfing the internet. Very relaxing. Plus I use i...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does anyone use a RAID setup for their desktop or server?

bobbonew: I believe I setup Raid 1 for questional. We backup everything automatically, and as well our primary drive is always duplicated to a secondary drive due to Raid 1. Pretty efficient and good redundancy for us.

NEW ANSWER IN: What is a RAID setup for a desktop or server?

bobbonew: I believe RAID is a way to use hard drive space more efficiently between two or more hard drives. There are a few different kinds of RAID setups:

Raid 0: Use one or more hard drives as one. Makes it more efficient.

Raid 1: Automatically duplicates the primary hard drive across all hard drives ...

NEW ANSWER IN: How many friends do you have added on Questional?

bobbonew: I've given up adding any friends to my list; it would pretty much be the entire site haha. I'm definitely going to be adding in a mutual friend thing so you guys can know who has added you back in your current friends list.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is it safe to pluck the keys off my laptop keyboard?

bobbonew: Yeah mine aren't too sturdy. Two weeks into having a new laptop I threw a dog toy too close to my laptop and Kenbo's dog jumped on the keyboard and ripped a key off. It ripped so hard that it destroyed the latch thing as well. So it is possible to take it off and break it. Sucks to be one ke...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you like thunderstorms?

bobbonew: I agree with Chad and Dio I absolutely love thunder storms and heavy rain. They are absolutely soothing to me to be honest. I just love laying in bed with the window open and a cold breeze rushing in listening to thunder and rain. Big stress reliever.

NEW ANSWER IN: Why are those circle-y things called 'radio buttons'?

bobbonew: Hmm possibly because you can "tune in" to only one station (choice) at a time? That is really the only answer I could think of. They're bitches to work with by the way.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think there is life outside of our galaxy?

bobbonew: For anyone interested, an astronaut has recently come out and said that our governments are holding this truth from us. Pretty eerie read:

NEW ANSWER IN: Do I have to sign up to ask a question?

bobbonew: As who said, nope. We allow anyone who wishes to participate to do so without having to register an account if they do not wish to. Guests may not post comments however.

NEW ANSWER IN: What Questional member has the best avatar?

bobbonew: I LOVE Vector's woman on fire. Every time I see it I just wanna steal it, but I think he would notice. ;)

NEW ANSWER IN: How long did it take to make Questional?

bobbonew: Question had a few days dumped into it in October 08, and went into daily pre-production November of that year. It was finally launched February 9th, 2009. Needless to say, a lot of time went into it :)

NEW ANSWER IN: What kind of computer language would I need to know to make a forum?

bobbonew: To make the new forums on this site I used HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP.

HTML/CSS is what is displayed to the browser. I used Javascript for things like edit post/delete post. PHP is what stores the threads and posts and decides the logic of what to show to the page. I don't want to toot my...

NEW ANSWER IN: When was Questional created?

bobbonew: Well back in October 2008 I got the "programmer's itch" where I wanted to get back into web design again. It's so hard to come up with a concept for a website these days, but that night I came up with the idea for questional. I wasn't happy with what other Q & A websites ha...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why do people pack their cigarettes?

bobbonew: I'm pretty sure cigarettes are packed to make sure while your smoking the cherry doesn't fall out when ashing the cigarette. At least that's what I always thought and why I pack mine.

NEW ANSWER IN: Questional, or questional?

bobbonew: OMG you gave me a scare; your title said Questoinal or questional and I thought I had it spelled wrong somewhere! (Don't worry edited it).

But yeah I always type in when I head over to here. I don't normally have to type it in as its a favorite and my homepage, but there are some ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why can't we report questions to a moderator?

bobbonew: While we don't like to make this super public, Questional employs a "post-moderation" type of system. Everything that appears on the site is flagged for review to administrators and super moderators. So in essence, everything that does appear on the site is typically looked over an...

NEW ANSWER IN: Do you think facebooks popularity will go up or down over the next 10 years?

bobbonew: I do agree that things tend to die out over time, especially in a time period such as ten years. But things that have gotten THIS big, it is hard to gauge. For example google, I do not think they will be dead in ten years. In all honestly pulling up facebook, I do want to say they aren't going t...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is this site a direct rip-off of answerblog.com?

bobbonew: Definitely not. If you compare the two you can clearly see we went for a simplistic attitude. Plus I can't even tell on that site where you could even ask questions. We didn't copy off anyone; we took an idea that already existed and tried to make it even better. Check back in a year and see...

NEW ANSWER IN: About how many lines of code does a programmer write when creating a site like this?

bobbonew: Questional is definitely a couple hundred thousand lines of code. Every single thing on the site has probably 5 different things that can happen to it, and every 5 things each have about 6 different things that can go wrong and right with it, so we literally have to prepare for EVERY single possibil...

NEW ANSWER IN: How long do you spend online daily?

bobbonew: I probably spend 8-10+ hours or more online a day. But as a webmaster that is what comes with the job, and personally I love it. I probably spend 6 or so hours on questional a day, a few hours just for my own interests, and a few hours doing web research. Finding better search engine optimiz...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do websites make money?

bobbonew: Well it depends; a website is either free to use or not. If it is a pay for use, the website's primary money intake is more than likely through the member subscriptions that they have. They should also have advertising on there, and have two ways they can then make money. It is pretty difficult ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think about facebook's new upgrades?

bobbonew: Hmm well personally I was FOR every upgrade that they had done in past. There was outcries of protest against every upgrade, yet I liked each one they did. This one is completely different. They completely sold out to compete with Twitter, rather than continuing on in their own direction. They are f...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why is there a moon?

bobbonew: Some theorize that a large object smashed into the Earth and that the moon is actually Earth material that "fell away" from it. With all our tests on the moon and multiple visits there i'm surprised there isn't a more conclusive answer to your question.

NEW ANSWER IN: Which do you prefer, Photoshop or GIMP?

bobbonew: I prefer Photoshop hands down. I find GIMP extremely hard to use. I only really use Photoshop for basic stuff, cropping, adding stroke, finding colors that match well; medium level stuff. It works and does exactly what I need.

NEW ANSWER IN: Do most humans have innie belly buttons or outie belly buttons?

bobbonew: The thing is, if the doctor who delivered you didn't do it correctly 100% you will have damage to your belly button which results in an outie belly button. So having an outie basically means that something went wrong during birth concerning your belly button. Kinda sucks. You can have surger...

NEW ANSWER IN: What's the best games console?

bobbonew: My favorite is absolutely Gamecube. Super Smash Bros & Mario Kart were the most addicting games I have ever played. As well Mario Party wasn't that bad. I really miss my Gamecube; I have yet to even think about getting a Wii. One day though.

NEW ANSWER IN: Is it possible to make a .lnk file to use as a desktop icon?

bobbonew: Well, you need a .ico file if you want to change the icon on your desktop. But here's the secret. You can 9 times out of 10 find the .ico file for said program in your Program Files folder that the application belongs to. Any specific program that your looking for? (You can just comment my a...

NEW ANSWER IN: What makes a good/unique/memorable username?

bobbonew: Well I have had the nickname bobbo for about 15 years now, and my last name starts with new, so bobbonew was formed many years ago. My first account on the internet was newbobbo but switching it around made it sound better. What makes it a good username it to be able to be remembered. As well, I nev...

NEW ANSWER IN: How many Galaxies are there?

bobbonew: If the Universe is ever expanding and parallel universes exist, then there are an infinite amount of them. I find that quite perplexing.

NEW ANSWER IN: Have you ever made a website?

bobbonew: Before questional obviously, I made a website called stickypapers.com. Its basically where I learned to hone my html/php skills and was a complete learning experience for me. It was basically a television and movies website. It really wasn't a success but did pull in a few couple thousand people...

NEW ANSWER IN: What's your favorite internet meme?

bobbonew: I still do like the Picard facepalm best, but only when it's deserved.

NEW ANSWER IN: What kinds of things would you like to see on Questional?

bobbonew: One thing is a suggestions area on the site, which is coming ASAP! But until then, I suppose we could use this question to siphon off any suggestions you guys may have for the site.

NEW ANSWER IN: What one game are you looking forward to the most right now?

bobbonew: Diablo 3 I am dying waiting for it to come out. I played D1 with my younger brother, and was addicted about 5 different times to Diablo 2, so my life will be sacrificed to D3. I never got into WOW, but this should be pretty similar so i'm very excited!

NEW ANSWER IN: What is the best OS?

bobbonew: So my answer only comes from using the Microsoft brand of Operating Systems. Keep in mind I would love to try the Linux branch one day and know that I will, but at this point in time it's not really possible. I have a few computers, but each computer has Windows on it due to the fact that the pe...

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think the 8th generation of video game consoles will be like?

bobbonew: The eighth generation of video game consoles really has me excited. I'm unsure what they are going to come up with exactly, but looking at the progression of consoles (from my personal experience starting with Playstation One) its really going to be exciting.

Already in the 7th genera...

NEW ANSWER IN: Are more of you on desktops or laptops?

bobbonew: I'm on a laptop myself as I like to work on my computer everywhere in my house. Its nice to sit in bed and code. I am dreaming about the day I do get a super powered PC though. So i'm a little bit of both worlds.

NEW ANSWER IN: Will high definition technology one day surpass human sight?

bobbonew: I think this might be a catch 22. Whilst a computer can render images at higher and higher details, there comes a point where the human eye cannot physically see more than what is there. Its kind of mind boggling to imagine it to be honest. The physical world being duplicated at such a high scale di...

NEW ANSWER IN: Is there a reason why the keyboard for computers is mapped out the way it is?

bobbonew: Yeah if you notice where you put your fingers initially on there is supposed to be the most used portion of the keyboard. I love it. I can type at upwards of 90 words per minute.

I remember in grade school when everyone was learning how to type we would be going through lessons that would take t...

NEW ANSWER IN: What do they call seismic activity on other planets?

bobbonew: Hmm, i'm going to have to go with that they don't have a name for it on other planets. An earthquake is just another name for seismic activity, so when it occurs on other planets they just say seismic activity. This is based of personal knowledge as well as doing some web research.

NEW ANSWER IN: Which is the better online movie rental company netflix or blockbuster online?

bobbonew: I guess I might be impartial working at Blockbuster, but definitely Blockbuster! Here is why its better. Instead of mailing your rentals back to Blockbuster, you bring them in store. When you do that, they give you a free rental for each one you bring back.

Not only is that great, when they scan ...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is your favorite card game?

bobbonew: Since you said favorite card game overall, i'm going to have to say Kings Cup (best drinking game ever), or asshole. Asshole is such a fun game to play with friends; although I really hate losing as you have to shuffle the cards. (Not my favorite thing to do)

NEW ANSWER IN: What do you think this site will be like in a year from now?

bobbonew: A year from now i'm hoping it will be filled with so much activity that the front page won't be the same for more than 60 seconds :D

We also have sooo many more features that we are building that are pretty damn cool as well. Stick around and see! :)

NEW ANSWER IN: Why can't I log in?

bobbonew: What is your username?

What browser are you using?

Are you posting on questional.com or www.questional.com?

I'm assuming your normally click "stay logged in"?

We encountered this problem before launch and thoroughly tested it until it was gone, i'm sorry you are enco...

NEW ANSWER IN: Favicon?

bobbonew: All you have to do is make a 16 X 16 px image and name it favicon.ico. Then put it in your root directory. You can see ours here: (You do not need to own a domain name, you can use a subdomain if you wish.)

It did take between 4-24 hours for it to start showing and update for people w...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why use Questional?

bobbonew: Well, there are a few reasons why a site like this can work. For one, there are still a lot of people on the internet these days that just have no idea how to search Google, use Google and think Wikipedia is a fine wine. To those individuals, an easy to use site like this can really help them out. W...

NEW ANSWER IN: When will HTML5 be released for use?

bobbonew: Sorry to say man, but it doesn't look like its going to be released anytime soon. I am also quite interested in it. Looks like there is going to be tags for <nav> (your navigation) and <footer><header> (you can guess those). I'm really waiting on CSS3 :D

NEW ANSWER IN: Why are we unable to tickle ourselves?

bobbonew: Hmm to be quite honest, I can still tickle myself on my feet. I believe because your feet is basically the end of all your nerve endings down below, light touching excites the nerves and that "excitement" is "tickling". But elsewhere I am unable to be tickled.

NEW ANSWER IN: Feedback on Notifications?

bobbonew: Hey guys notification was down for approx 30 mins but is now back up. Sorry for the inconvenience. Apparently it wasn't taking into account smaller browser resolutions, but it is now fixed. If you were having problems with it yesterday it should now show up in the appropriate place. (There g...

NEW ANSWER IN: Does music relax you?

bobbonew: I probably couldn't live without music in my life. When i'm doing work on questional I constantly have music playing or I think i would probably go insane. Also when I was in school I had music on all the time while studying and I really felt it helped me concentrate a lot more. Its funny be...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why do we use daylight savings?

bobbonew: That might be true, but trying to get times correct in web applications is pure torture! Imagine trying to get every member who views your site to have the correct time. Its hellish! This person doesn't use it, this person does use daylight savings; I said screw it all and we run by minutes ago ...

NEW ANSWER IN: Who uses a music networking site?

bobbonew: I have definitely looked into last.FM in the past. Going from song to song that I like in the alternative genre and having it find "alike" bands/songs that I might like is definitely cool. My music collection has been a bit stale lately; I definitely need to check that place out again.

NEW ANSWER IN: DlinkVWR?

bobbonew: Sounds like some phantom signals dude. I know sometimes when my computer is acting up I will get wireless signals listed in the available list that have no possibility of being there (ie somewhere 30 miles away). A restart of the computer helps a lot; but if its giving you problems and you d...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do I set up correct Web Server port forwarding?

bobbonew: Well this depends on your router. You have to correctly setup port forwarding on your router to point to your local ip address that your computer is on. What kind of router do you use? There are many guides out there on the web to help you with this; I personally use a linksys router which in my opi...

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you make money from a site such as questional.com?

bobbonew: Well right now while the site is forming I would prefer to not put any advertisements up. But when I feel confident that the site is progressing at a steady level I will probably go ahead and put some small advertisements in the left and right columns of the site.

I do not plan on putting any ads...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is infinity squared?

bobbonew: Well infinity is itself infinity. Doing things such as infinity plus 1 or infinity squared just equal infinity.

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you like questional.com so far?

bobbonew: The member forums are going to be home coded. I prefer to code that way so I can modify/fix ANYTHING and everything I wish. :)

NEW ANSWER IN: How do you like questional.com so far?

bobbonew: Thanks for the feedback guys. We are going to try to launch member forums tomorrow or Wednesday so we can use a thread based way of giving announcements, doing bug reports, and so you guys can make any suggestion to your hearts content.

So be sure to check them out; we're going to be develop...

NEW ANSWER IN: Why do cows have 4 stomachs?

bobbonew: Cows do not have 4 stomachs; they have one stomach with 4 digestive compartments:

* The rumen holds up to 50 gallons of partially digested food. This is where cud comes from. Good bacteria in the rumen helps digest the cows food and provides protein for the cow.

* The reticulum is called the...

NEW ANSWER IN: What is better, Myspace or Facebook?

bobbonew: My opinion is one based on the fact that I have used both of them in the past. I started out on myspace in high school when facebook wasn't even around. I started using facebook when I went to college as that was a prerequisite back then to register for their website.

I definitely have to si...

NEW ANSWER IN: Gaming, Good or bad?

bobbonew: Well in the most simplest kind of debate on whether gaming is good or bad, I would have to say its quite good. When gaming you have the ability to relax and just unwind. Due to these basic principles that gaming gives you, I have to say its good.

Who doesn't like to sit back and place some h...