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How can I read TNR, Commentary, The Weekly Standard and other emags and ebooks on a Hanlin reader?
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at 10:17 AM on July 14, 2008
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Will the Spotlight indexing on my Leopard update never end? It's been on blue barber pole for 12 hours now and it's dragging everything with it. What can I do?
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at 11:57 AM on October 31, 2007
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A very quick and light-hearted 80-year-old I'm been sweet on since the day I was born is about to cast caution to the winds and enter the Internet. What chatty-but-literate merry widow and laughing cavalier websites should be fighting for her attention?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 1:38 AM on June 18, 2007
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A year ago, a friend of mine was drunk-driving and killed his best friend in a car accident. He needs help. Where can he turn to?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 8:11 AM on April 24, 2007
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Please tell: Is it worth waiting 4 whole weeks for the 2GB RAM, 500 GB HD 24" iMac I want to arrive, if Apple here in Lisbon can bring me the standard 1GB, 250 GB set-up tomorrow? Is the spec difference worth the wait?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 6:06 PM on December 21, 2006
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How can I convince my accountant and my tax inspectors that I truly do need to buy a new
24" iMac in order to continue being a productive member of society? Because I don't. Please help me lie.
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 11:05 AM on September 21, 2006
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I badly need a recommendation for an audio-recording instrument (and directional mike) for print interviews. Many thanks beforehand. [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 4:32 AM on February 15, 2005
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I'm baffled by the American colloquial expression
Later and its many usages. Can someone pin it down for me? [
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at 10:50 AM on January 19, 2005
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I'll be 50 this year and I've decided to give up smoking, My doctor's prescribed
Zyban but, after reading the leaflet (more like a computer manual, actually) that comes with the package, I'm terrified. Has anyone had any direct experience of the drug? Many thanks! [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 12:57 AM on January 6, 2005
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How do other Jewish members here - whatever their affiliation, if any - deal with Christmas? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 12:52 PM on December 20, 2004
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One moment, you're a noob; the next you're old furniture. If fairly lax criteria were applied (say at least one post, even if it's only a brief lackadaisacal or flippant comment per month -
but no no less! (more prolonged absences, for whatever reason, counting for nothing, whatever the original date of joining), just how many old-timers or veterans (inveterates even) does MetaFilter have? Who are these people? The interesting question being, of course, what made them (you) stay and, as it were, stay regular, despite all the alleged turmoil and changes we've been through?
P.S. This might be a silly question and I'm not painlessly aware of this.
posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 12:28 PM on December 14, 2004
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Which would you consider to be (or have heard to be) the best philosophy departments (for a Ph.D. tentatively on "Husserl, Time and Love") in the U.S. or the U.K. in a pleasant, interesting, social and cultural environment? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 4:14 AM on December 9, 2004
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It would be nice if the question
Are there any other community weblogs where you regularly participate? could be added to the standard welcome questionnaire ("What's the deal with your nickname? When did you first start using the Internet?" etc.)
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posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 11:19 PM on November 29, 2004
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What does New Jersey mean to a New Yorker - and does it mean different things according to what borough you live in? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 2:12 AM on November 23, 2004
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Rejection Slips: How should they be worded? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 1:38 AM on November 16, 2004
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How do you regard the time you spend on MetaFilter? Is it information time (
keeping up with the web; news-gathering); social time (
discussing; engaging with others); fun pure and simple; vegetative-time (
like watching indifferent TV); time-wasting when having a break from work...or what?
[
Apologies if this question is of no interest to anyone but me.]
posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 9:20 PM on November 10, 2004
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Perhaps it's time to reconsider using MetaTalk to denounce single comments and only slightly contentious single posts. [
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posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 1:03 PM on October 26, 2004
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Can people actually die in their sleep, without first waking up with the pain or surprise of the sudden crisis that lead to their death? What are the chances? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 7:50 AM on October 25, 2004
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What do you say or do when someone out of the Blue - generally a fellow user who rarely comments and so is quite new to you - suddenly e-mails for the first time saying he or she will be in town, is interested in something you could help with and would like to have a drink with you?
It's clearly a friendly invitation but how do you politely decline, without having to lie and/or appearing to be a stuffed shirt?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 11:35 AM on October 21, 2004
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Bush Food and Kerry Food: Any ideas for a light-hearted Election Night buffet and cocktail party? [
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at 4:34 PM on October 12, 2004
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Here I am enjoying "Dear Heather", the new record from Leonard Cohen, who turned 70 last month and wondering how many other septuagenarians and eightysomethings are still out there and still adding a fine song or three to the repertory of popular song?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 6:11 AM on October 7, 2004
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A NYC Question: Just what are the socioeconomic and cultural stereotypes for Manhattan's more traditional department stores? In other words, why is Bloomingdale's often referred to as
exclusive by (possibly ignorant) British journalists? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 1:26 AM on October 6, 2004
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I've never understood. Is
loser an all-American, classless and politically neutral term of derision, or is it predominantly used by people who tend to place a high value on the importance of winning and success, i.e. significantly more likely to admire capitalism and be critical of more cooperative and less competitive frames of mind ? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 3:15 PM on September 27, 2004
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Where does the American construction
doesn't know from come from? How is it used? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 3:29 AM on September 21, 2004
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Is anyone interested in helping to organize a
MeFi Searchathon? [
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posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 3:45 AM on September 15, 2004
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As God Is My Cleaning Lady: Crypto-Fado For Bohemian Pagan Popsters.
They can't play their classical Fado guitars very well; they have a punky drummer and the Fado singer not only smiles pouts and shakes her hips, but actually seems to
enjoy herself! What's become of this country? Are they mad? Reckless, certainly. They call themselves
A Naifa and what they've done is taken a massive, ice-crunching Waring Pro blender to all the sacred potions, fruits and flavours of Portuguese traditional music and poured out a vulgar, shameless, disrespectful and utterly
delicious shambles of a
Pop cocktail. Heresy in old Lisbon? I nearly choked on my 30-year-old
aguardente velha, but then realized I was dancing merrily and had already spilt most of it anyway. [
Probably not fun for those unfamiliar with the Fado. QuickTime required.]
posted to MetaFilter by MiguelCardoso
at 11:09 PM on September 13, 2004
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Is there an unspoken brotherhood/sisterhood of mac users?[
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 1:33 AM on September 7, 2004
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Can
genius be used as adjective, as in this
example from the BBC: "Send Dave your genius idea."? If so, why? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 12:28 AM on September 2, 2004
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"Troll" may have a respectable lineage on the Web but, frankly, for some of us who joined later in the day, it seems like a quaint, medieval way of classifying anyone who's the least bit provocative, thought-provoking or even unorthodox. Recently, any forceful, strongly-worded attempt to spark discussion with a non-mainstream viewpoint, generally from the Left, has been lamely denounced as a "troll". Could it be time to give the
ye olde troll accusation a well-deserved rest? I hope so. The English language is one of the richest in the world and
troll sounds parochial, pimply, nerdish, cliquey, incestuous and, ultimately, meaningless.
posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 10:56 PM on August 30, 2004
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Do current table manners in your part of the world suggest you should finish everything on your plate or leave a little? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 9:07 PM on August 23, 2004
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MetaFilter is an American weblog. Europeans here, whether British or continental, are mere tokens. Perhaps we should all give up the international pretense. The truth is that MetaFilter, for those of us not lucky (or, to be frank, unluckly) enough to live in the U.S. or Canada, is fast becoming a domestic concern with an ever-decreasing regard for what happens in the (enormous) rest of the world. Whereas (the few remaining) Europeans here are curious about America, Americans here seem boringly and predictably obsessed with themselves. Is isolationism the growing trend on this board? It certainly seems so. Say the word, by the way, and you can have it all to yourselves, no hard feelings.
It is not a good idea but it's a stone's throw away...
posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 8:43 PM on August 15, 2004
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I now find myself (temporarily perhaps) in a growing class of MetaFilter users not often mentioned: the
relurkers. [
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posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 10:15 PM on July 26, 2004
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The New European Football Champion Will Be Greece Or Portugal:
Sunday's Euro 2004 match is the first final ever between two national teams who've never made a final before, after dispatching the biggest, richest European powers like England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. Meanwhile,
Maria Sharapova, a 17-year old Russian from Siberia has
won Wimbledon, defeating the mighty Serena Williams. Perhaps size and money, despite the multi-million contracts, still aren't everything in sport. Or does it depend on the sport? [
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posted to MetaFilter by MiguelCardoso
at 7:08 PM on July 3, 2004
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Are there any intelligent, cool celebrities (specially women, gays and intellectuals) who are conservative, quiet-spoken and traditionally-minded (and preferably non-religious) in a soft-spoken, non-libertarian, non-gung-ho, non-gun-totin' sense? Here's a
list and here's
another - but they both seem full of loud-mouthed, unthinking yobs or evangelists. Many thanks for any help with a list I've been asked to compile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 2:04 AM on June 22, 2004
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I Like To Watch:
A photographic record of cats transfixed; self-referential cats; cat Witnesses of Our Time; cat onlookers; cats gazing stupidly at infinity; lightly hypnotized brainpan-fried cats; feline couch potatoes; cats afflicted by the staring disease; briefly and easily amused cats; UN observer cats; guilty bystander cats. All in all, an extremely important investigation into the perennial question of how to hold a cat's attention. [
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posted to MetaFilter by MiguelCardoso
at 11:43 PM on June 21, 2004
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Where is this
globalization one hears so much about? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 11:50 AM on June 10, 2004
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I'm compiling a list of good, decent, honest men and women who aren't saintly, moralistic or freakish and do their jobs in a professional, hard-hitting and yet fundamentally human and gregarious way. The best example of the kind of person I'm looking for is
Tim Russert. [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 12:33 AM on June 1, 2004
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Is there a Canadian-American community? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 5:24 PM on May 27, 2004
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Baffling Things About America, #819: What is a date? [
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posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 9:39 PM on May 18, 2004
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Can we - even if only briefly - discuss stuff on AskMe or not?
This Sopranos thread started off as a question but the discussion of last night's episode was inevitable and almost irresistible. My own opinion, fwiw, is that it would be nice if a little discussion was indeed allowed or, as has happened already, generously overlooked.
posted to MetaTalk by MiguelCardoso
at 11:38 AM on May 17, 2004
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