MeFi comment:
"I think it was kind of dumb for Harper to set fixed election dates in the first place
I so totally agree with that. The fact that we can have an election over a done with in a month, with minimal preliminary campaigning is such a blessing. If the..." [
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favorited by desiderandus on
September 5, 2008 7:07 PM
MeFi comment:
"I think it was kind of dumb for Harper to set fixed election dates in the first place
I so totally agree with that. The fact that we can have an election over a done with in a month, with minimal preliminary campaigning is such a blessing. If the..." [
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favorited by five fresh fish on
September 5, 2008 4:46 PM
MeTa comment:
"I can't believe that the VPILF comments being allowed to stand.
When's that CPoIP technology coming again?" [
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favorited by Pope Guilty on
August 30, 2008 8:45 AM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that one person's "unwanted, threatening stalker" can be one man's "charming rouge scamp."
Using romantic comedy social norms in real life always ends in tears (for the cock-punched, hopefully)...." [
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favorited by LN on
August 29, 2008 7:43 AM
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"...you'll find that the official-languages bit in Canada means only that everything the government does must be available in English and French.
Speaking as one who has wrestled with this many times, that's exactly what it means: any Canadian..." [
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favorited by netbros on
August 28, 2008 3:09 PM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that one person's "unwanted, threatening stalker" can be one man's "charming rouge scamp."
Using romantic comedy social norms in real life always ends in tears (for the cock-punched, hopefully)...." [
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favorited by ursus_comiter on
August 27, 2008 8:37 AM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that one person's "unwanted, threatening stalker" can be one man's "charming rouge scamp."
Using romantic comedy social norms in real life always ends in tears (for the cock-punched, hopefully)...." [
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favorited by winna on
August 26, 2008 8:34 PM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that one person's "unwanted, threatening stalker" can be one man's "charming rouge scamp."
Using romantic comedy social norms in real life always ends in tears (for the cock-punched, hopefully)...." [
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favorited by electrasteph on
August 26, 2008 2:11 PM
MeFi comment:
"The problem is that one person's "unwanted, threatening stalker" can be one man's "charming rouge scamp."
Using romantic comedy social norms in real life always ends in tears (for the cock-punched, hopefully)...." [
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favorited by small_ruminant on
August 26, 2008 1:33 PM
MeFi comment:
"critiquing a specialised and very technical discourse for being opaque is inane. what would happen if we held science to this standard?
There are many people who do. To name a few: judges, sitting at the bench; investors, looking for a new idea;..." [
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favorited by sculpin on
August 18, 2008 11:59 PM
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"Fit is indeed the most important thing. If the bike isn't comfortable or "fun", she won't like it no matter how well made it is. The shop should be fitting the bike to her and alowing lots of test rides. If the shop just says: "Well,..." [
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favorited by nushustu on
August 13, 2008 11:37 AM
MeTa comment:
"agregoli, while I may not comment in such posts often, please let me thank you for reframing the post and rescuing the links. I thought they were important and fascinating. I mentor a lot of young women at work, some of them Russian (and from other..." [
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favorited by LN on
August 12, 2008 7:27 AM
MeFi comment:
"Aluminum's made of....
electricity. So much so, that it's cheaper to site the smelter near electricity sources and move the bauxite 1000's of kilometers rather than smelt near the mines.
Here's a map of one of the major producers: notice how..." [
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favorited by infobomb on
August 11, 2008 11:28 AM
MeTa comment:
"I wonder what $5 in gold bought in 2004 would be worth now.
*clickity-google*
Based on August 2004 prices, $5 of gold would get you about 11.25 now. Interestingly though, $5 of silver is now $12.30, and $5 of copper is about $13.50 today. They..." [
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favorited by fixedgear on
August 11, 2008 2:29 AM
MeTa comment:
"I wonder what $5 in gold bought in 2004 would be worth now.
*clickity-google*
Based on August 2004 prices, $5 of gold would get you about 11.25 now. Interestingly though, $5 of silver is now $12.30, and $5 of copper is about $13.50 today. They..." [
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favorited by Pope Guilty on
August 11, 2008 12:38 AM
MeTa comment:
"I wonder what $5 in gold bought in 2004 would be worth now.
*clickity-google*
Based on August 2004 prices, $5 of gold would get you about 11.25 now. Interestingly though, $5 of silver is now $12.30, and $5 of copper is about $13.50 today. They..." [
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favorited by Blazecock Pileon on
August 10, 2008 9:20 PM
MeFi comment:
"Aluminum's made of....
electricity. So much so, that it's cheaper to site the smelter near electricity sources and move the bauxite 1000's of kilometers rather than smelt near the mines.
Here's a map of one of the major producers: notice how..." [
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favorited by Durn Bronzefist on
August 9, 2008 12:34 PM
MeFi comment:
"Aluminum's made of....
electricity. So much so, that it's cheaper to site the smelter near electricity sources and move the bauxite 1000's of kilometers rather than smelt near the mines.
Here's a map of one of the major producers: notice how..." [
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favorited by manguero on
August 8, 2008 8:56 PM
Ask comment:
"So after this wine runs out, what, specifically, do I do?
Talk to her. Tell her what you told us. Come to an accommodation that works for you both. You've had lots of good advice on what that should be, but first, you have to talk to her...." [
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favorited by The Great Big Mulp on
July 25, 2008 5:30 PM
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"Sorry I'm late to the party.
If you want to make a sol, (relative) density is only one of the factors to consider. The liquid viscosity and the particle size are also very important. The physical factors that make soil in liquid dispersions last..." [
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favorited by BrotherCaine on
July 21, 2008 5:33 PM
MeFi comment:
"We must be reading different threads. moxiedoll's comments, in particular, read as derogatory and dismissive to me. She's just another sex-worker, what else is new? Sad, but at the end of the day, "Catherine" just fucks for money. That's..." [
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favorited by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious on
July 7, 2008 1:10 PM
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"The tradeoff in any research setting is usually $ for freedom. Going corporate is where the big bucks are, but you don't generally get to decide what to do. The academic and, to a lesser extent, government labs, have much more freedom to do what they..." [
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favorited by murtagh on
July 4, 2008 5:20 AM
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"Two of my obscure favourites are:
Last Night is a movie about the immanent destruction everything by a solar flare. It's the story of the last day of half a dozen or so people. The first "fade to white" tale I've every seen.
Arslan is..." [
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favorited by Elsa on
June 27, 2008 8:53 PM
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"Lee Valley has a very nice set of reprints that you might be interested in.
Here's a sampling:
* Overshot Water Wheels for Small Streams
* Lee's Priceless Recipies - Not cullinary, but how to clear a field of stones, and similar. From 1895
*..." [
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favorited by Telf on
June 11, 2008 11:00 AM
MeFi comment:
"Here's a new, fifteen-speed, 24"-wheeled bike for smaller people for $48 at Walmart. And here's a nice big twenty-one-speed bike with 700c wheels, also new, for $158 at Walmart.
...and those are not bikes for people to ride, those are bikes..." [
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favorited by BrotherCaine on
May 30, 2008 2:01 AM
MeFi comment:
"I agree with most of the list, but there is one omission: the U3 fuckery that's being installed on every flash/thumb/jumpdive I buy these days. No, I don't want to install software which requires a reboot every time I plug the drive into a new..." [
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favorited by aeschenkarnos on
May 21, 2008 6:45 PM
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"The biggest effects I see on enjoyment for inexperienced adult riders are:
- proper fit. (1) Make sure the seat is at the proper height. With the pedal all the way at the bottom of the stroke (6 o'clock) the seat should be at the height that your..." [
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favorited by chicainthecity on
May 19, 2008 1:28 PM
MeFi comment:
"Uh, Pan's Labyrinth?
Right, but also Hellboy. Hardly a perfect movie, but better than good for what it was. One of the reasons it was what it was was Del Toro's ability to play with a camp sensibility and allow a bit of comedy to salt the mix...." [
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favorited by jpdoane on
April 27, 2008 8:50 AM
MeTa comment:
"It's interesting to see how many of the redesign ideas have made their way into the current site. Fandago_matt's tabbed bar, for example. Which bring up my only real problem with the current design: there's too many freakin' bars at the top of the..." [
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favorited by oxford blue on
April 25, 2008 7:27 PM
MeFi comment:
"It sounds like they're talking about bisecting The Hobbit into two movies. I can see this working, with the mid point being arriving at Bjorn's Farm. The pursuit out of the mountains would make a nice climax. It would be difficult to fit that and the..." [
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favorited by JHarris on
April 25, 2008 10:41 AM
MeFi comment:
"This is something I follow pretty closely. The biofuel/algae folks have been developing these technologies for more than a decade and it doesn't look like any of them are very close to commercialization right now. It turns out that it's really hard..." [
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favorited by sebastienbailard on
April 19, 2008 12:57 AM
MeFi comment:
"This is something I follow pretty closely. The biofuel/algae folks have been developing these technologies for more than a decade and it doesn't look like any of them are very close to commercialization right now. It turns out that it's really hard..." [
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favorited by Hubajube on
April 18, 2008 6:53 PM
MeFi comment:
"This is something I follow pretty closely. The biofuel/algae folks have been developing these technologies for more than a decade and it doesn't look like any of them are very close to commercialization right now. It turns out that it's really hard..." [
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favorited by russilwvong on
April 18, 2008 12:07 PM
MeFi comment:
"This is something I follow pretty closely. The biofuel/algae folks have been developing these technologies for more than a decade and it doesn't look like any of them are very close to commercialization right now. It turns out that it's really hard..." [
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favorited by LN on
April 18, 2008 8:05 AM
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"I've recently enjoyed:
The Necessary Beggar, by Susan Palwick. The story of some extra-dimensional refugees and how they deal with fitting into modern society.
Benighted, Kit Whitfield. The world is dominated by werewolves, humans are a..." [
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favorited by kwaller on
March 26, 2008 12:51 PM
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"I ditto bingo's and jmnugent's comments.
For guys in my social circle (30-40s), the left hand is one of the first things to check, in my experience. I've also known many women use a diamond on the right ring finger to indicate that they're..." [
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favorited by jmnugent on
March 26, 2008 8:49 AM
MeFi comment:
"I formed the impression that some of today scientist/researcher are incredibily focused on grant-funding obtaining and maintaining strategies.
If by some you mean all, then you are correct. Every professional scientist I know spends a good portion..." [
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favorited by Comrade_robot on
March 14, 2008 10:45 AM
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"Is the dog ringing?" [
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favorited by Serena on
March 10, 2008 9:43 PM
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"Is the dog ringing?" [
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favorited by puddpunk on
March 10, 2008 2:00 PM
MeFi comment:
"monster + 1 quidjillion years == oil" [
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favorited by yerfatma on
March 5, 2008 12:00 PM
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"We recently took a course on making sushi from one of the local supermarket ladies. As one might expect, the skill level required was about that of a good home cook. Roughly calculating from the cost of the course, and assuming that she makes a small..." [
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favorited by Deathalicious on
March 5, 2008 7:25 AM
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"We recently took a course on making sushi from one of the local supermarket ladies. As one might expect, the skill level required was about that of a good home cook. Roughly calculating from the cost of the course, and assuming that she makes a small..." [
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favorited by LN on
March 4, 2008 11:22 AM
MeFi comment:
"if some bonehead put a fist through a van Gogh
It weren't me, I wasn't there, and besides it was a lesser work anyways." [
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favorited by weapons-grade pandemonium on
February 27, 2008 12:57 AM
MeFi comment:
"if some bonehead put a fist through a van Gogh
It weren't me, I wasn't there, and besides it was a lesser work anyways." [
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favorited by spacewaitress on
February 16, 2008 3:53 PM
MeFi comment:
"if some bonehead put a fist through a van Gogh
It weren't me, I wasn't there, and besides it was a lesser work anyways." [
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favorited by Faint of Butt on
February 14, 2008 10:31 AM
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"Oh, and keep your head UP! If you're looking at your front hub, you're not looking aT OMG THAT CA" [
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favorited by LN on
February 14, 2008 6:11 AM
MeFi comment:
"if some bonehead put a fist through a van Gogh
It weren't me, I wasn't there, and besides it was a lesser work anyways." [
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favorited by LN on
February 14, 2008 6:02 AM
MeFi comment:
"if some bonehead put a fist through a van Gogh
It weren't me, I wasn't there, and besides it was a lesser work anyways." [
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favorited by reventlov on
February 13, 2008 8:01 PM
MeFi comment:
"Baron-Cohen: Striving to give people equality of social opportunity is still a value system worth defending, but we have to accept that equality has no place in the realm of biology.
papakwanz: This requires one to first determine the criteria by..." [
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favorited by Llama-Lime on
February 12, 2008 5:07 PM
MeFi comment:
"papakwanz: "We can try to make people equal (that is, without advantage or disadvantage) in the social realm, but biologically there will always be inequalities (superiority vs. inferiority)."
That's not a bad reading of it but..." [
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favorited by Llama-Lime on
February 12, 2008 5:07 PM
