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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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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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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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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at 12:52 PM on December 20, 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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at 4:14 AM on December 9, 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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at 2:12 AM on November 23, 2004
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Rejection Slips: How should they be worded? [
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at 1:38 AM on November 16, 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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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?
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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?
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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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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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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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at 3:29 AM on September 21, 2004
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Is there an unspoken brotherhood/sisterhood of mac users?[
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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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at 12:28 AM on September 2, 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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at 9:07 PM on August 23, 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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Where is this
globalization one hears so much about? [
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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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at 12:33 AM on June 1, 2004
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Is there a Canadian-American community? [
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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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at 9:39 PM on May 18, 2004
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Duh question: On OSX is there any neat way of interrupting that annoying, multicoloured spinning fan that tells you it's still trying to load a page, short of just rebooting? You know, to tell your computer you're no longer interested and would prefer to move on. Many thanks for any tips!
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at 6:46 PM on May 11, 2004
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I'm trying to write an essay on the current nostalgia for guilt-free (and information-free!) smoking, boozing and drug-taking and desperately need sources, whether web-based or bibliographical. [
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at 8:41 PM on May 5, 2004
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I've been asked to present a special three-hour radio programme on pop/rock bands from Manhattan. Not NYC - a very limiting factor. I'm currently bowled over by
The Walkmen and I want to book-end them with The Velvet Underground. Any suggestions for in between? All I can think of is John Lurie and his progeny, as we tend to think of New York bands, rather than "Manhattan". Thanks beforehand!
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at 7:27 PM on May 2, 2004
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Thanks to a MeFi friend, I postally exchange my favourite weakness (American, Virginia-grown peanuts, the best in the world) with theirs ( >70% cocoa dark chocolate). As the next exchange is coming up and my scant experience of U.S. nuts is limited to
Beer Nuts and
Planter's Cocktail Peanuts, I need to know what other roasted, salted, expertly packed American nuts are worth trading for? [
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at 11:09 PM on April 26, 2004
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Does anyone remember a funny U.S. commercial featuring three bumpkins ("Little Yuka" and "Big Yuka", pronounced "yooka") living in the back of beyond, where one is found to be uncool for some reason (he breaks something?) and is duly whacked for it? The voice-over was, I think, in a Swedish-inflected hillbilly accent.
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at 9:17 PM on April 16, 2004
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Why do the most professional news web sites so often - and
increasingly often - include bad or wrong links? I'm talking NYT, WP, Daily Telegraph and Google News et al. (
For a recent example, click on the Researching the New Joy of Sex highlight in today's Observer and you get this.)
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at 7:25 PM on April 10, 2004
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Here's what could be called an urgent question for Europeans who make their living writing (amongst other things) about the United States. How do you explain to intelligent Europeans that "America" is actually as big and varied a proposition as "Europe"? If not more. [
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at 5:59 PM on April 7, 2004
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Which are the truly, undeniably American sodas and bar snacks? [
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at 6:53 AM on March 26, 2004
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Another (probably stupid) Safari question: how can I (if it's at all possible) add bookmarks without driving one of my essential links off the toolbar? [
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at 8:38 PM on March 23, 2004
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There are a lot of American products you can't get in Europe and vice-versa. Does anyone know of any private, Internet-based mail-swap scheme, similar to CD swaps? [
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at 9:14 PM on March 16, 2004
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It's embarrassing but a real need: Is there a simple one-click way, freely downloadable or hidden somewhere, to keep a permanent notebook while surfing and writing? I'm on an imac with OS X/Safari. [
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at 5:33 PM on March 10, 2004
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Excuse my naiveté: is Bush vs. Kerry the first modern presidential contest between two members of the American equivalent of the aristocracy? Call them patricians, preppies, rich kids, "old money", members of the upper or property-owning class; whatever. What does this mean, if anything? It looks significant seen from old Europe. [
Given that Kerry is, like the Kennedys, a Catholic, I suppose WASPs no longer mean much in this respect.]
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at 8:19 PM on March 2, 2004
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A writer's question: how does British English read (and internally, silently sound) to Americans? [
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at 3:25 PM on February 22, 2004
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A panicky question: we've invited over 2 American and 3 Portuguese couples on February 17th to watch the Wisconsin Democratic primary. We rashly promised a "typical Wisconsin supper" because we received 2 pounds of delicious (if salty) 7-year-old Wisconsin cheddar last month. Yeah, right. What about the rest of the meal? Any (simple) menu suggestions gratefully received. [
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at 6:53 AM on February 10, 2004
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If several friendly, nosy and very tech-savvy, code-breaking sort of people have access to your computer and you wouldn't wish to hinder their access, but still need to hide, beyond all chance of detection, a folder where you keep your works in progress; innermost thoughts and tentative, early drafts (the kind that could easily be misinterpreted, specially if you write fiction); is there any John Le Carré-approved way of guaranteeing a private patch? I.e. So that they would think it's all open to anyone, but not really? [
Mac OSX, if it's relevant.]
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 8:01 PM on February 4, 2004
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Quite a few American MeFi users, notably
Matt, write "not so big
of a deal" or, as in the linked example, "too subtle
of a point." Is this a legitimate American construction or is that
of redundant and/or just plain wrong? If it's acceptable, is it in any way related to the colloquial English construction "
Of a Saturday, I enjoy a walk in the park"?
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at 7:06 PM on January 30, 2004
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What, if any, is the traditional saying or cultural attitude which lies behind the computer-age excuse
It's not a bug - it's a feature? [
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at 6:25 PM on January 28, 2004
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Does American real-life, i.e. (in this case) geek etiquette (as opposed to the
mainstream standard), require that all e-mails, however perfunctory or informative, be answered? [
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at 11:29 PM on January 24, 2004
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A serious question: for which euro-friendly Democratic candidate
in Iowa should we pro-American Europeans
root for? Which one is less isolationist, less likely not to speak Spanish, French or Italian, more pro-EU, more cosmopolitan and, to put it mildly, more civilized?
posted to Ask Metafilter by MiguelCardoso
at 6:01 PM on January 18, 2004
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Now that Levi's are
no longer made in the U.S. what American-made jeans, similar in quality, durability and style should European diehards buy? [
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at 3:24 PM on January 15, 2004
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