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Pony Request: Can we add Instructables.com to the list of social networks?
posted to MetaTalk by dejah420
at 1:21 PM on July 24, 2008
(31 comments)
The Department of Homeland Security has
expressed interest [PDFs] in forcing all commercial airline passengers to wear a taser bracelet that can be used to incapacitate anyone on an airline. This
video, from the company that will produce the bracelets, explains how the bracelet would be put on the passenger at the point that they clear security, and would not be removed until they leave secure areas. It would take the place of boarding passes, carry personal and biometric information about the passengers, track and monitor every passenger via GPS and shock the wearer on command, immobilizing him or her for several minutes. DHS official, Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology Directorate, office of Research and Development is also excited about the possiblility of using it as an interrogation tool at airports. Ah freedom, who knew it smelled like burning flesh?
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 10:35 AM on July 12, 2008
(152 comments)
Inspired by
this thread; has anyone every hired an architect? How do you do it? What sorts of things should I be looking for? How do I go about finding one that specializes in "weird". (By weird I mean, not your standard mcmansion floor plan.) What do architects charge to design a building. And do they oversee the building process as a rule, or no?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 10:52 PM on April 26, 2008
(16 comments)
I bought a high end Dell laptop for my business. When I purchased, I bought the 3 year OMG "complete care" warranty. Two days ago, the system bluescreened with a "memory parity 500 error". System won't reboot. In the last couple of days, I've spent over 6 hours on the phone with tech support, none of whom are native English speakers, to be told that my options are to either wait 3-6 weeks for a replacement system, or to accept a significant downgrade in components to have a tech come out and repair the system. Am I just screwed if I need to get my system up asap?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 3:26 PM on April 2, 2008
(15 comments)
I got divorced almost 15 years ago. It was not a friendly divorce, and as such, I've not spoken to the ex since the night I found him in flagrante delicto. I've since remarried, had a kid, bought a house and have a stellar credit rating. Recently I've started to get collection agencies calling the house for the ex's debts. Other than dealing with each individual collection agency as they call at insane hours, is there any sort of general clearing house type place where I can say "I don't know where he is, I don't know what he's doing, and I'm certainly not going to pay his bills?" Is there anything I can do to make the phone calls stop? Do I have any legal recourse at all?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 7:54 AM on February 9, 2008
(13 comments)
Trying to find a children's series, but I can't remember the titles or the protagonist's name. I can remember salient details however...
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 8:56 PM on December 7, 2007
(6 comments)
Last week I rescued a 7week old lab (mix) puppy from the pound before she was put down. She's a sweet girl, but I can't seem to get her house trained. We've got a soft crate, we feed her on a regular schedule, I take her out every two hours. ...more if she looks like she's sniffing around. Just a few minutes ago, I took her out, she tinkled, we came back in. I took my eyes off her long enough to get something out of the freezer, and she peed and pooped on my Xmas tree rug.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 12:46 PM on November 28, 2007
(34 comments)
Tis the season...to shop Mefi? In this
post, MadamJuJuJive posits an idea for us to have a Shop Mefi page for the holidays. I like the idea a lot, and not just because she pimped out my soap company. I would love to buy some of the art, music, photography and other goodies that fellow Mefites are making. So, how hard would it be to make a MeFi Mall?
posted to MetaTalk by dejah420
at 8:31 AM on November 26, 2007
(124 comments)
Strong earthquake hits Japan,
hundreds of homes have been destroyed, bridges have been leveled, tsunamis are forming, and most frightening, the nuclear power plant appears to be
leaking radioactive water. The quake registered as a 6.8 on the
Richter scale. I hope that our Japanese Mefites are safe and sound and will let us know if there is anything we can do to help.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 7:36 AM on July 16, 2007
(52 comments)
There's been much talk about the Supreme's decisions on
desegregation and
free speech, but another ruling with broad consumer impact has gone relatively unnoticed. In a
5-4 decision [PDF], the U.S. Supreme Court
struck down a 96-year-old ban on minimum pricing agreements between manufacturers and retailers. Dissenting opinion believes that this ruling will hurt consumers, raise prices and keep new retailers out of the marketplace. The 1911 ruling that was overturned was
Dr. Miles Medical Co. vs. John D. Park & Sons which decided that it is always illegal for a supplier to dictate minimum prices to a retailer.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 12:13 PM on June 29, 2007
(47 comments)
Soldiers may no longer use MySpace to communicate with family.
The Defense Department will begin "worldwide" blocking access, as of today, to
YouTube,
Metacafe,
IFilm,
StupidVideos,
FileCabi,
MySpace,
BlackPlanet, Hi5,
Pandora,
MTV,
1.fm,
live365, and
Photobucket on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander. Note that most soldiers deployed in war zones don't have access to any network outside of the military network.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 12:10 PM on May 14, 2007
(76 comments)
Share your personal stories about explaining euthanasia to a preschooler.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 7:00 PM on April 1, 2007
(19 comments)
GamerDad,
a site which has been around since 2003 (and is a registered trademark), has been a source of amusement and reviews for parents who play games, and parents who want to know what their kids are playing. Microsoft decided that they liked the name so much,
they would steal it. But at least they had the courtesy to
admit they knew about GamerDad before they stole the name.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 10:41 PM on October 19, 2006
(19 comments)
Dallas based school administrative software company seeks a full-time programmer/software developer to join their talented development team. Candidate will be responsible for development, implementation and troubleshooting of elements for a web hosted software system.
Requirements:
- Excellent logical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Extensive knowledge and experience in application development
- Communication - oral, auditory and written
- Ability to work in team environment as well as independently
- Ability to prioritize and meet strict deadlines
- Degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Desired Computer Skills:
- ASP.NET, C#, V.B.NET, JavaScript, DHTML, Transact-SQL, ASP
Candidates only. No agencies, please.
posted to MeFi Jobs by dejah420
at 9:36 AM on October 12, 2006
Client bounces check, and threatens to sue me for defamation when I report it to an industry group.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 12:48 PM on October 7, 2006
(39 comments)
After interviewing and visiting many, many, preK academies, I picked a secular one for my son (age 3) that has an outstanding curriculum, caring staff and an exemplary record with the state...and most importantly; a part time program. However, I've just discovered that his new teacher is demanding that his class pray before lunch and possibly nap time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 5:55 PM on September 7, 2006
(27 comments)
Police abuse remains one of the most serious and divisive human rights violations in the United States. The excessive use of force by police officers, including unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and rough treatment, persists because
overwhelming barriers to accountability make it possible for officers who commit human rights violations to escape due punishment and often to repeat their offenses.
This reporter went out to discover just how hard it would be to anonymously file a complaint report. As it turns out, he was threatened, roughed up, and even intimidated by the suggestion that he would be shot. After reporter Mike Kirsch filed this story, the
retaliation was swift and one would have thought, illegal.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 1:33 PM on April 5, 2006
(67 comments)
Doubleposts and deletions; now that MeFi is a bit of a monster, rather than a very small community, is it time to perhaps do away with the concept of doubleposts, and just let topics stand? For instance,
this post was deleted as being a double, although the comments and links inside were significantly more active and amusing than the
original, which wasn't linked by the deleter. (As an aside, if we're going to make content disappear because of doubleposts, may I request that the deleter please link to the original topic?)
posted to MetaTalk by dejah420
at 9:25 AM on March 14, 2006
(33 comments)
Leukocytosis: Anyone have any experience with it...and it didn't turn out to be something scary?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 8:22 AM on January 5, 2006
(11 comments)
I admit that I am the daughter of Chaos. I seem to have zero organizational skills when it comes to objects, use of space, and clutter. I would like to hire someone to come organize my house, create a logical system whereby things are stored, and walk me through clearing the detritus of my mad packrat tendencies. To whom do I turn for this sort of skill set?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 7:10 PM on March 13, 2005
(11 comments)
After an accident a few years ago, I had a significant amount of physical therapy and they used a tens/ems unit both for muscle memory and for pain relief. I find some of the pain is returning, and I'd like to try one of these units before going the narcotic route. However, most of the sales sites I've found seem kind of shady. Does anyone have a medical supplier they recommend or any personal experience using one of the commercial units?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 8:21 PM on March 1, 2005
(5 comments)
I need a divorce lawyer. (Well, *I* don't, but a friend does.) A mean one. One who makes other lawyers cry. Preferably one who has dealt with abuse cases and very wealthy people. In South Carolina. Anybody have any recommendations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 8:51 AM on November 12, 2004
(8 comments)
I apologize two-fold, one for my unwilling absence from the scintillating minds that are my MeFi sisters and brethren...and secondly, because this may very well be the wrong arena, but darned if I know where to post AskMe follow ups...so here it is. A month or more back, I
asked for advice on taking a specific type of pictures. The advice that I was given, both online, and in one case, carried into email, was invaluable. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed. You not only made me a better photographer, but you taught me a new way to see.
posted to MetaTalk by dejah420
at 7:56 PM on October 5, 2004
(13 comments)
ChemistryFilter: Can
NaOH lose it's potency? Is there any easy way to test it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 11:53 AM on September 4, 2004
(14 comments)
PhotoPhilter: I'm in the process of getting ready to launch a new business based on a product that I manufacture. I've just realized that I need pictures of various products for web and possibly sales brochures. I know absolutely nothing about how to take good product pictures. Do any of our photo gurus have tips, websites, examples that they'd like to share? (more inside)
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 6:57 AM on August 17, 2004
(16 comments)
The HIV virus has jumped from primates to people
on at least seven separate occasions in recent history, not twice as is commonly thought. And people in Cameroon are showing up with symptoms of HIV, but are testing negative for both the virus and its primate equivalent SIV, the virus from which HIV is thought to have evolved. That suggests that new strains of an HIV-like virus are circulating in
wild animals and infecting people who eat them, sparking fears that such strains could fuel an already disastrous
global HIV pandemic.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 10:17 AM on August 6, 2004
(15 comments)
double post, double post...you missed something from 2001 I would hereby like to call a moretoreum on "double post" callouts in threads when the original link was more than, lets say, 18 months ago. Not everyone has been a member since the beginning, most people don't have the time to go back and read multiple years of archives, nor is it reasonable to expect that they would. The search is wonky, we all know that. [more inside]
posted to MetaTalk by dejah420
at 9:07 PM on June 24, 2004
(51 comments)
Weapons that can incapacitate crowds
of people by sweeping a lightning-like beam of electricity across them are being readied for sale to military and police forces in the US and Europe. From guns that shoot streams of conductive fibers to plasma that will stop a truck, the military and the police are getting
whole new ways to deal with protestors.
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 7:10 AM on June 17, 2004
(30 comments)
Ok, I've blown up another hard drive...even knoppix can't help me get the data because the first few sectors are hosed and knoppix can't determine what the file structure is/was. Do anyone of you godlike system gurus have any suggestions that can help me pull data off this poor, corrupted drive?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 9:05 AM on June 1, 2004
(11 comments)
Middle-Class 2003: How Congress Voted (executive summary)
Who is doing better under the a Republican White House and Congress? If you're part of the vast majority...the middle class...it isn't you. So finds a very useful new report out today from the
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a non-partisan think tank.
Full report here. (PDF) The study defines middle class as Americans with incomes between approximately 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold and those of the top 5 percent of earners -- roughly $25,000 to $100,000 a year. (Which excludes Congresscritters, who have consistently given themselves raises to
well over 150k a year.)
posted to MetaFilter by dejah420
at 1:22 PM on May 21, 2004
(13 comments)
Bicycles. I know nothing about them outside of the obvious 2 wheels and chain part. I need a bike. Not a fancy bike. A sturdy bike. A bike that can handle a wiggly 30+ pound toddler on the back...in a seat, preferably...or maybe something that can be towed behind a bike? Recommendations for bikes? Recommendations for kid seats?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dejah420
at 4:38 PM on May 18, 2004
(24 comments)
