| Gauge orphans are out-of-service rail lines that have been rendered obsolete as a result of the rail gauge change (upgrade) on the main feeder lines.  | |
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| You can add up to 2 GB of music to your Apple Watch so you can listen to music on your watch using a Bluetooth speaker or headphones even when it's out of range of your iPhone. However, if you want to remove the music, that's easily done. | |
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| Do you have a really cool Minecraft world, and want to show it off? If so, Chunky will take very high quality pictures of your Minecraft worlds, which will show off your creations better than a simple in-game screenshot. | |
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| The command prompt has been around forever, and while it might not be as useful in Windows as one would hope, it’s still a great resource to have at your disposal. Today we’re showing you all of the different ways to open the command prompt. We’re betting you don’t know all of them. | |
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| Being able to compress our files so that it is easier to share and/or transport them can make our electronic lives much easier, but sometimes we may see odd or unexpected sizing results after we compress them. Why is that? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a confused reader’s questions. | |
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| Got a big party coming up, but don't want to leave the DJ duties to just one person? Thanks to Spotify's collaborative playlist feature, you can be sure that no matter what taste in music might suit the mood best, everyone will get their say. | |
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| The Windows 10 taskbar works much like previous Windows versions — it offers buttons for every application you're running and lets you pin icons for later, and a system tray for icons. The main difference is that Windows 10 has a Cortana search box located right on the taskbar, although you can easily disable it. | |
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| Modern versions of Mac OS X no longer need you to repair disk permissions. However, that’s not the only issue that can occur with a disk or file system. Mac OS X contains a variety of tools for repairing disk, partition, and file system errors. | |
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