Right click on the selection, mouse over "Select...", choose "none".
In the tool bar. State the obvious.
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The Selection Box ended in 2003.
The Selection Box was created in 2003.
you click on the black box in front of the white box under all the tools.
The duration of The Selection Box is 3600.0 seconds.
it wood be 2 long to say--but here's a good website for learning some gimp stitches. It's called (you can't google it; you gotta use the big box at the top of the google page next to the googling box) igimp.webs.com.
Using a layer mask, using path tool, convert path to selection, invert selection, fill selection in mask with black
I assume you mean after pasting an image into gimp. Right-click on the layer in the layer box, and click "new layer" that will put the image on it's own layer. Odd wording, I know.
use the lasso tool, drag around where you want the selection to be, and press ctrl+X, then ctrl+v
There's a video of that on this site: http://igimp.webs.com Highlight the website address, then press open.
if your making a box, take the four pieces that are left-over and tie a knot on each one