Ask The Director 2.0

[BeckoningZebra1]

I recently tried to make my first purchase (using an iTunes card) on a new iPod of mine. I tapped the download function, and it proceeded to ask for my Apple ID. I entered my Apple ID and pin then went to another screen that asked me the answer to my two security questions. I do not remember the answers to these. How can I reset these questions and proceed to downloading my new app?

[The Director]

I recently tried to make my first purchase (using an iTunes card) on a new iPod of mine. I tapped the download function, and it proceeded to ask for my Apple ID. I entered my Apple ID and pin then went to another screen that asked me the answer to my two security questions. I do not remember the answers to these. How can I reset these questions and proceed to downloading my new app?

It's actually pretty easy. You can go to appleid.apple.com, sign into your Apple ID by clicking "Manage Your Apple ID", click Password and Security, and it should ask you to answer two of your security questions. If you have a rescue email set up, below that will be a link to send yourself a security question reset email.

 

If you don't, you need to get ahold of AppleCare. You'll still need this page, as they are going to ask you for the Temp Support Pin.

[The Director]

My question is split up into three questions.

 

1. Do you watch anime?

 

2. (If the answer is yes) What's your favourite anime?

 

3. (Same basis as two) What anime character do you resemble the most out of the animes that you have watched?

1. Yes

2. Death Note

3. This one is difficult. If you mean physically, nearly all of the main characters with black hair and blue eyes. If you mean in a "point of view" way, probably Pain from Naruto.

[Sikslik7]

Hodor?

[The Director]

Hodor?

Yeah. Game of Thrones. Woo.

[Rue]

Do you know everything?

 

Oh and who is the lead singer of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, and is he married???

[Vaulting♥Frog]

Who is called Hodor from the 93X Half-assed Morning show?

Edited August 10, 2014 by Vaulting♥Frog

[The Director]

 

Do you know everything?

Oh and who is the lead singer of the band 30 Seconds to Mars, and is he married???

No.

Jared Leto, who I consider to be an actor who happens to sing on the side. lol He's not married.

 

 

Who is called Hodor from the 93X Half-assed Morning show?

No idea. I live on the opposite side of the United States. We've got 100.3 The X here. 

[Vaulting♥Frog]

So do I win something since I asked you a legit question and stumped you?

[D-38 Boss]

Do you know of any ways to enter states of lucid dreaming? (Dreaming, whilst being fully aware you are asleep, for those of you who aren't HIP to the LINGO)

[The Director]

So do I win something since I asked you a legit question and stumped you?

Lol not this time. However, if an award does come out for this thread I'll give it to you for the stump.

 

 

Why is it that whenever you look at the link on Youtube when you're watching a video the link says Watch?

 

Why does it say that?

Oh this one takes a bit of memory. Alright, so the watch? is part of the link. The watch is the part that brings you to the player, the question mark is either a placeholder or a conditional operator, and the rest of the link from that point determines what is streamed through the player. It's usually v= if I remember right, meaning Video Equals in a non-computer language.

 

 

Do you know of any ways to enter states of lucid dreaming? (Dreaming, whilst being fully aware you are asleep, for those of you who aren't HIP to the LINGO)

The way I use is to lay comfortably on my back in a room-temperature room (or colder with a blanket covering me), lay my hands at my sides so that they are not touching me, let my mind drift off and ignore the itching and small pains that happen, and don't move. After 7-10 minutes of this I usually feel a weight on my chest signifying sleep paralysis has taken over, and then drift off into lucid dreams after about 13-15 minutes.

[Rue]

Is it possible to put a picture from your desktop into a PM? If so can you please tell me how?

[The Director]

Is it possible to put a picture from your desktop into a PM? If so can you please tell me how?

Directly? No. Using an image hosting site, yes. Imgur, imageshack, and a couple others out there are great for it. You can either put the link in the PM to show off the picture or use the tags.

[Yoshi1176]

How easy would it be to get into Azaxx's pants? For his wallet of course ...

[The Director]

How easy would it be to get into Azaxx's pants? For his wallet of course ...

Depends on which pants he's wearing.

[Connor Kenway]

Hey Director I recently made my xbox account a U.S one and I noticed some big changes like you guys get heaps of ads and I was wondering what's with all the U.S Army ads?

[The Director]

Hey Director I recently made my xbox account a U.S one and I noticed some big changes like you guys get heaps of ads and I was wondering what's with all the U.S Army ads?

Microsoft makes money off of the advertisements, and a big contributor to that just happens to be the United States military.

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

I recently tried to make my first purchase (using an iTunes card) on a new iPod of mine. I tapped the download function, and it proceeded to ask for my Apple ID. I entered my Apple ID and pin then went to another screen that asked me the answer to my two security questions. I do not remember the answers to these. How can I reset these questions and proceed to downloading my new app?

 

I had this exact same problem. But unlike what The Director has told you, AppleSupport could not fix the problem for me.

 

The only way they could get it to work was for me to remember 1 of the 2 security question answers, and I could not. My dilemma started out with a regular Support Handler, and then went all the way up to a Manager. Even she did not know how to fix it. I bet if I had stayed there the problem would have gone even higher in the ranks.

 

That 10$ is still gathering dust on my Apple ID.   

Anyway, Director, I have a question... Mirror glass is green, yes?

[The Director]

I had this exact same problem. But unlike what The Director has told you, AppleSupport could not fix the problem for me.

 

The only way they could get it to work was for me to remember 1 of the 2 security question answers, and I could not. My dilemma started out with a regular Support Handler, and then went all the way up to a Manager. Even she did not know how to fix it. I bet if I had stayed there the problem would have gone even higher in the ranks.

 

That 10$ is still gathering dust on my Apple ID.   

Anyway, Director, I have a question... Mirror glass is green, yes?

Immediate answer to your question: It doesn't have to be. It can be any color.

 

Also, you wouldn't have been able to go any higher than the manager you spoke to. That would be the "Senior Adviser" level, which is the highest level lol

 

But yeah, you need 1 piece of identifying information. If you don't have a credit card set up or the ability for device code verification, then there's nothing anyone can do.

 

(I was once able to guide a guy through setting up his credit card because he remembered his password though).

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

Immediate answer to your question: It doesn't have to be. It can be any color.

 

Also, you wouldn't have been able to go any higher than the manager you spoke to. That would be the "Senior Adviser" level, which is the highest level lol

 

But yeah, you need 1 piece of identifying information. If you don't have a credit card set up or the ability for device code verification, then there's nothing anyone can do.

 

(I was once able to guide a guy through setting up his credit card because he remembered his password though).

 

Well yes, a mirror can reflect anything: including colors, but on a tiny scale... a mirror is green.

 

 

And I think that AppleSupport Question thing is a fatal flaw in the system. I know my password, and Apple ID, so it should let me change my Security Questions: which it does not. If someone who was completely intolerant of this system came along I bet they would attempt to sue Apple. I wouldn't because that's a stupid thing to do... but it happens. And I bet they could get away with it too. 

 

Thanks for the reply though.

[The Director]

Oh, you meant what color was the mirror... I thought you meant the actual glass used in it's construction. lol Because the glass itself can be dyed any color. You can have green tinted, red tinted, yellow tinted, blue tinted, and pretty much any other color you can think of tinted.

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

Oh, you meant what color was the mirror... I thought you meant the actual glass used in it's construction. lol Because the glass itself can be dyed any color. You can have green tinted, red tinted, yellow tinted, blue tinted, and pretty much any other color you can think of tinted.

 

Dangit... I thought I stumped you.

 

Anyway. Is it possible for Humans to achieve Photosynthesis?

[The Director]

Dangit... I thought I stumped you.

 

Anyway. Is it possible for Humans to achieve Photosynthesis?

Right now? No. However with genetic engineering or advanced machinery, sure. Our skin already has what can be VERY loosely called photosynthesis, where it can convert a small amount of the sun's energy to convert the 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin into Vitamin D3. That's not quite the same as photosynthesis, but conceptually it is. So, it should be a simple matter of some genetic tweaking or discovering the right kind of light rays we need to absorb to replace our food needs.

 

Also, I wouldn't call it "achieving" photosynthesis. Requiring photosynthesis isn't exactly a strength. True, our average lifespan may increase (I say may because this is all hypothetical), however we would require quite a bit of sunlight. The larger and more complex a creature is, the more energy it requires to function. Without machines that can adequately output the same type and amount of energy that we get from the sun, we wouldn't be able to live indoors or in areas of the planet with extended periods of darkness. Yes, we would require less food, but we would still require food. We wouldn't have to eat nearly as much, but we would have to get nutrients that the sun doesn't supply from our food. Just like plants need nutrients from the soil.

 

Not to mention that fearing the dark would no longer be an irrational fear...

 

A far more efficient way to go about things would be to genetically enhance humanity so that we do not require as much energy or nutrients (or at least make it to where we can use them more efficiently) and create artificial food. Food that has the same nutritional content that we require, but in pill form (or in injections). This would increase our lifespans to nearly the same length as photosynthesis and make our food able to be manufactured. We could then fit more food in storage. That way, instead of a month's supply, you can hold a year's supply.

[The Director]

So you're saying that Superman is actually Superplant? He absorbs energy in yellow and blue suns but red suns weaken him? Does that mean that Superman found out a way to make humans do photosynthesis and he takes that energy and make himself stronger?

1. No. Plants are defined by their photosynthesis, they are defined by the way their cells are shaped.

2. That's correct, according to the comics, which are not real btw.

3. No, Superman was born the way he is. He didn't do any gene splicing or anything scientific. Not to mention that he's not human. Or real.

[I_Make_Big_Boom]

What is NASA's $ budget compared to the 60s?