MeFi comment:
""OK, so raise your hand if a) you are a sysadmin and b) nobody, I mean nobody in the company has the authority to make a pissed-off phone call and request you reboot a system immediately."
That'd be me. I'm one of three people with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Actually, this video explains exactly why tiered support exists. Clueless kids who answer the phone and do whatever the sales dude says to do should not have root. Ever. They should have the power to pick up the phone and ask someone who knows..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
10 days ago
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""Give me a call at (555) 555-1234 if you'd like to set up a time for us to meet."
Stop doing that. Really. Really, really, really. Stop that. Now.
You got an email lead specifically because that person did not want to speak on the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lia, Robert Angelo, sunshinesky
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
""Erm, thanks for submitting something that's been all over digg, reddit, delicious, and so on for the entire day."
First I've heard of it, so thanks indeed. (People actually wade through the crap on Digg and Reddit?)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by merelyglib
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"LOADINGREADY.LIST
0 GOOGLE/6411 "AHAJOKES.COM " PRG7 "DREAMHAVEN.ORG " PRG42 "COMEDY-ZONE.NET " PRG585 BLOCKS FREE.READY...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bonaldi, quonsar
Last month
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"There are plenty of people here who can give you useful advice, however in order to get that helpful advice you're going to have to explain what "There is someone with or using my name at one of the Yahoo services to access Asian porn..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
Last month
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""why doesnt clicking on the address bar in Firefox on OSX leopard highlight it like it does on windows"
It's not supposed to. Clicking once isn't supposed to highlight things on OSX. If it did so, users of the software would find it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pullayup
Last month
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"I use one of these. You're missing a step.
"I put it on the toothbrush, position it at the gumline..." mash the toothpaste and brush around a little to get it squished into the bristles, "... and turn it on...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
Last month
MeFi comment:
"His premise seems to be that we're starting to see a shift away from pure mindless broadcast, and that's clear enough. However he undermines his point later on:
Maybe she's going back there to see if Dora is really back there or whatever......." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cool Papa Bell
2 months ago
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"Whoever promised the kid that the iPod would be replaced should pay for it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by headspace
2 months ago
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"Here is my hard-earned wisdom, in small, easy bites. They might sound like blurby truisms, but there's an essay of meaning behind each one:
Fresher is always better.
Eschew recipes! They lie!
Cooking is art; baking is science.
Sharpen..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by pumpkin11, vito90, synecdoche, brain cloud, DevilsAdvocate, junesix, Mick, algreer, streetdreams
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'll stop trotting this out soon, I promise. But first, please allow me to run the gag into the ground. Thanks.
Your post advocates a:
[ ] community moderated
[X] technical
[ ] social
[ ] legislative
[ ] economic
[X]..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by smackfu, tickingclock, ShawnStruck, stavrosthewonderchicken, LobsterMitten, owhydididoit, ob, ersatzkat, Brandon Blatcher, Ambrosia Voyeur, Sys Rq, dg, Blazecock Pileon, Artw, dubold, SlyBevel
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
""I've done it on occasion, checked back, joke gone, system worked, made more work for someone, slept well."
The system worked, sure, but the question is: Why exercise it unnecessarily?
HEY EVERYONE!!!!
"CLEAN UP" AFTER..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by russilwvong
3 months ago
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""She... then complains that we're not intimate enough" "I do not want to cheat on my wife but I have needs that aren't being met at home..."
Maybe I'm not correctly parsing this, so forgive me if I'm totally off the mark, but..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chelseagirl, numinous, litlnemo, missmagenta
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
""not the ones who post to hear themselves talk (you know who you are)"
Pipe down, you." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Ooo, I've been itching to do this! Finally my chance!
Your post advocates a:
[ ] community moderated
[X] technical
[ ] social
[ ] legislative
[ ] economic
[ ] authoritarian
[ ] free-for-all
solution to crappy..." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by ourobouros, Blazecock Pileon, bigbigdog, beandip, misozaki, tehloki, LobsterMitten, theiconoclast31, bru, gemmy, smackfu, sveskemus, misha, scrump, Gary
3 months ago
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"0. Stop drinking. Two bad things happened with your drinking being a contributing factor.
1. Finding the strength to break up with someone for your own good is something that comes from within. I can't much advise you on this.
2. Have your..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by anildash, blueberry, ZakDaddy
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
""... viewers will be given a glimpse of their personalities prior to the actual competish."
Competish? Seriously? Someone wrote that for publication?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
""How many more times can we mention "security theater" in this thread?"
At least once for each person going through the security checkpoint. Security theater deserves repeated mention because, let's not mince words, it is the..." [
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favorited 19 times, recently by Jess the Mess, Flitcraft, like_neon, tehloki, amethysts, bitter-girl.com, ekstasis23, DevilsAdvocate, homunculus, gum, digaman, quin, eriko, phliar, lupus_yonderboy, uncleozzy, Kadin2048, stevis23, quonsar
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"" TSA wants to suggest ways that people can help the lines move more quickly."
I'd like to suggest a way the TSA can help the lines move more quickly, too: ENGAGE IN LESS SECURITY THEATER...." [
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favorited 25 times, recently by Flitcraft, This post was deleted for:, tehloki, cobra_high_tigers, smbird, amethysts, bitter-girl.com, grouse, louie, mek, gum, quin, lumensimus, mr. strange, longdaysjourney, PontifexPrimus, homunculus, iamkimiam, porn in the woods, abulafa, boo_radley, klanawa, unixrat, ekstasis23, uncleozzy
7 months ago
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""We arrive on time, and find that everyone is almost done eating .... My mom gets a kick out of calling my husband by my ex boyfriend's name and making little mean jokey comments about his family."
Don't go. You're under no obligation..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ekstasis23, IndigoRain, Asherah
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The title, like tagging, is metadata. In this case, it's the title of a microdocument: the question. The problem is that there are just enough people out there who simply won't conceptualize their question as a microdocument in need of metadata...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by teleskiving
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Was that a metaphorical walk that excels in its walking capacity? Or a literal walk?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
7 months ago
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""I haven't been able to come up with a way to say "hey, lock the fucking door before we get raped or our shit gets stolen" that doesn't seem to imply "I'm paranoid" or "I think you're stupid."
Say this:..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, litlnemo
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
""Regular self-serve rose 9 cents to an average of $2.80 per gallon"
TWO BUCKS AND EIGHTY CENTS!? Good god, at discounts that deep it's almost worth driving to Texas with a trunkful of gas cans. I haven't seen regular unleaded fuel on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mick
8 months ago
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"You can do fairly well by purchasing an empty enclosure and a drive to put in it. You'll do reasonably well with just about any variety of drive, but I myself would steer quite clear of using Western Digital drives to store important information..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by estherbester
8 months ago
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"Converse moved manufacture of Chucks to Indonesia somewhere around 2000 or so and the quality went way downhill at that point. A pair of Chucks that used to last years barely had a few months of life in them after that.
The Nike buyout in 2003..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by croutonsupafreak
9 months ago
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"You haven't completed the procedure, which is to fully discharge the battery after charging. It's at discharge time that battery calibration is performed...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
9 months ago
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"I don't see what's wrong with her attitude or behavior. What I see wrong is your inability to accept it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Didn't someone come along and ego-shit on the last young musician thread, too? I'm sensing a trend." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by found missing
10 months ago
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""Also, having numbers on every single facet of your department makes you look like a kick-ass manager to your boss which could be a big help for your career."
I'm going to have to point out that while this advice is really, really great..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by porn in the woods
10 months ago
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""I think the bigger issue is that the gf said "it's ok, I won't see you Mondays" when she really meant "I'm seeing if you will reject football to validate me."
Read this again. Then read it over again. You contrived to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greycap
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I guess I'll take loquacious' advice, then.
The arrangement of bits your compiler puts out are stored in an identical manner on my disk by fucking courtesy. You want to tell me which bits on the platter I can flip? You buy the storage and pay..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Kadin2048, kcds, hototogisu, spaltavian, chimaera
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
""Thoughts?"
Your post advocates a:
[x] community moderated
[x] technical
[ ] social
[ ] legislative
[ ] economic
[ ] authoritarian
solution to crappy MetaFilter posts.
I'm afraid it won't work due to:
[x] the..." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by lalochezia, cdadog, halonine, saraswati, grandsham, tickingclock, pamccf, shmegegge, matildaben, Zero Gravitas, GalaxieFiveHundred, tigerbelly, Mamapotomus, sparkletone, Plutor, gleuschk, grouse, EndsOfInvention, wendell, tehloki, juv3nal, stavrosthewonderchicken, carsonb, Kwine, lysdexic, jessamyn, and hosted from Uranus
10 months ago
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"I'm fairly cynical about my father in a lot of ways, but hopefully these responses are in fact helpful despite that:
My father taught me (implicitly) that diet and exercise aren't enough to keep you from succumbing to stroke and heart attack if..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by flibbertigibbet
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Weird. It's like this guy never heard of the KiwiX tools for creating a fast Wikipedia offline reader, or the ready-to-run version." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lodurr
10 months ago
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"MySpace isn't ruining your relationship. Your girlfriend treating you like crap is ruining your relationship. Address that, not your concerns about a web site...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by beth, Ookseer, frosty_hut
10 months ago
