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Why is there so much talk about dependence on "foreign oil"? (Meaning, as opposed to "domestic oil," not alternative energy sources.) Is there really any meaningful distinction between foreign and US oil, given that the oil market is mostly global?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:27 AM on July 31, 2008
(17 comments)
When AVG antivirus finds a virus, it tells me where it is and the filename. Is there any way to find out where it came from? I'm showing a handful of trojans and exploits over the past six months and I'm curious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:58 PM on July 5, 2008
(3 comments)
I'm moderately handy. Is installing a replacement window something I can do? Or should I leave it to the pros?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 1:21 PM on June 10, 2008
(10 comments)
Is there a service that will give me a "throwaway" phone number in another US area code (of my choice) that will ring on a second (US) phone number I specify? Looking for a solution that's dead simple, and free or very cheap.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:21 AM on May 9, 2008
(5 comments)
I need to create a website in Wordpress in a test domain, and then when it's all ready, to move it to another domain. What's the best workflow to accomplish this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:48 PM on April 18, 2008
(5 comments)
If throw an address like c:\my documents into an IE address bar, it opens up the folder in windows explorer. If I put the same thing in a firefox address bar, I get an html page that displays the folder/files as a series of links down the page. Anyway to get firefox to replicate the IE behavior on this type of address?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:26 AM on April 11, 2008
(7 comments)
Looking for online quiz material to help 7-8 year-olds learn rudimentary baseball defensive strategy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:17 AM on March 26, 2008
(3 comments)
What are some songs where the narrator's occupation is the focus of the song? For instance, "
Customer" by Raheem DeVaughn, where the lovin' comes with fries, or "
Garbage Man" by Ike Turner (thanks Miss Lynnster), where the lovin' is expressed through gifts of garbage.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:02 PM on March 6, 2008
(52 comments)
Good news! Going through some old paperwork I just found a check for $2,600 that I'd never cashed from 2003. Bad news! It was a rollover distribution from a 401K at Fidelity, made out to E-trade. Fidelity says they did file a 1099 in the year they cut the check. Am I screwed for the back taxes, plus penalties?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:00 AM on February 19, 2008
(12 comments)
Why is there a disdain for the future conditional tense among people who talk about sports?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:26 AM on February 8, 2008
(31 comments)
Is there a way (plug-in, hack) to give Wordpress a more fully featured post submission box?
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at 9:05 PM on January 29, 2008
(5 comments)
I like the idea of "tour" audio that's loaded into my GPS unit, and as I drive through, say, Virginia, a voice tells me about Civil War battles and troop movements that took place in my immediate area.
Here's one vendor that makes these. Question is -- how hard would it be to make my own? What technical expertise/hardware/software would be required?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:50 AM on December 26, 2007
(3 comments)
I know that if a President (U.S.) were to send/receive emails, that those would be considered government documents, subject to retention policies, archiving/disclosure, etc. What about all the other online stuff?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:23 AM on December 11, 2007
(4 comments)
Another puppy housetraining question. She'll be 1yo in three weeks and she's still having accidents.
help
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:27 PM on November 28, 2007
(6 comments)
I volunteered to be an auctioneer for a charity event. All I know is that I have to acknowledge people's bids and try to nudge people higher, while talking really, really fast. What else should I know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:26 AM on November 8, 2007
(15 comments)
What is the cheapest model of satellite radio receiver I can purchase for my car with these requirements:
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:36 AM on November 1, 2007
(7 comments)
I have long contended that when people randomly whistle a tune, walking down the street or whatever, 9 times out of 10 they will be whistling a certain melody. I have no basis for this contention other than gut suspicion. My wife scoffs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:11 PM on September 16, 2007
(103 comments)
Another treehouse question. I'm almost done building mine, and I can't figure out why it's so wobbly. Take a look at photos & video, please, and let me know what I might do to make it more solid. No treehouse experience necessary, this is mostly carpentry 101.
Degree of difficulty: I do not want any posts in the ground supporting the treehouse. I want all the support to be in the tree.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:54 PM on September 3, 2007
(16 comments)
MP3 tagging: I have hundreds and hundreds of songs tagged with the title like this: Stairway_To_Heaven. In a Word file, fixing this is trivial, and I could save that to a txt file. Is there tagging software that will rename by pulling from a text file? Windows only, please.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 5:48 PM on August 16, 2007
(9 comments)
Can someone point me toward a fake newspaper layout I can easily modify? I would prefer to pay for it, no, I mean NOT pay for it, sorry!
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:21 PM on August 6, 2007
(7 comments)
I want to fear my toilet. Have a seat and grab the sports section while I explain.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:37 PM on July 23, 2007
(14 comments)
Is there an alternative to Windows Media Center?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:27 PM on June 27, 2007
(7 comments)
I'm building a media center PC for my living room and I'm trying to plan out the hardware/software I'll need. So I have several questions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:09 PM on April 28, 2007
(4 comments)
Gmail question, here's the scenario: I want to forward an email to an ad hoc list of people (meaning, not a group I've forwarded to before, or am likely to again). I open the email, I hit reply, and on the To: line, I click....what?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 2:45 AM on April 16, 2007
(9 comments)
Did you ever have your handwriting analyzed by a professional graphologist? What did you learn about yourself? What does it cost? Was it worth it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:21 AM on March 28, 2007
(12 comments)
Popped in a DVD, the Paramount thing with the circle of stars around the mountain starts in with that sweet drumroll and that martial music that means the movie is starting. Wife turns to me and says, "That music?"
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:01 PM on March 12, 2007
(6 comments)
Please help me save my digital camera. Inside the compact flash card slot, I have a bent pin. I can see it, but I can't think of anything small enough, yet rigid enough, that I could get in there that could straighten it out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:29 AM on February 20, 2007
(19 comments)
XP machine in a reboot/restart loop. I want this to happen. Is there a script I can run that will cause it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:49 PM on January 27, 2007
(11 comments)
How can I turn off a hot-water radiator to avoid heating a room I never use?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:52 AM on January 11, 2007
(20 comments)
Flashing cursor problem (XP). Easily replicated, easily worked around, but highly annoying.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:30 AM on December 16, 2006
(5 comments)
Recognize this movie? Somebody asked the Onion's AV Club about it and they (I think)
got it wrong -- and it's a movie that's been bugging me for some time also. Can AskMe get it right? Details inside include a crashed WWII bomber in the desert and spooky ghost crew members.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:41 AM on December 1, 2006
(12 comments)
When I go to a Wal-Mart or a Home Depot in an urban location (aka, lots of black customers) and then I go to suburban locations of these stores, I've notice that in the urban areas, the lines are longer, there are fewer staff to help, the store is generally a bit shabbier, and the employess seem to be less-well trained and held to lower standards regarding how they treat their customers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:50 PM on November 22, 2006
(48 comments)
I was in a bar the other night and the bartender passed out a poker chip to everybody in the house, which was, I found out, how the bartender or bar owner buys a round for everybody. I never saw this before. How widespread is this tradition (a round on the house via passing out a token to everybody?)
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:09 AM on November 12, 2006
(21 comments)
The third floor of my neighbor's home was made into a children's playroom many years ago and hasn't been touched since. There's very interesting (and possibly offensive)
handpainted artwork on the (plaster) walls he would like to preserve, but hasn't a clue how to do it or who to talk to for advice. How should he proceed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:10 AM on November 5, 2006
(4 comments)
Before Hitler, what historical figure did people refer to as the pure archetype of evil?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:52 AM on September 24, 2006
(46 comments)
My WinXP PC is suddenly playing music with a weird mix between the two channels.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 11:07 PM on September 12, 2006
(2 comments)
Probably an easy CSS question, just not for me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 10:45 AM on August 12, 2006
(11 comments)
Bruce Sutter's Hall of Fame plaque notes that he ..."lead the league in saves five times." Is this a typo? Or this one of those things that can go either way? ("led" or "lead" for the past tense of "lead")
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 6:16 AM on July 30, 2006
(14 comments)
There's a site somewhere that archives a ton of news video from 9/11 -- before, during and after the planes hit. It's network news, CNN, that kind of stuff. Anyone know where that site is?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 7:01 AM on July 2, 2006
(5 comments)
I've got a mouse problem in my house and I need advice on ending it once and for all.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:39 AM on May 12, 2006
(23 comments)
Sometimes, but not always, when I play my acoustic guitar, I get this dark "dirt" on my fingertips...
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 9:30 PM on March 24, 2006
(12 comments)
Why does adding a third drive to my WinXP system cause the error "NTLDR is missing" upon subsequent boot? In the past it's worked fine like this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:49 AM on March 9, 2006
(11 comments)
Scheduled car maintenance -- what's needed? My owner's manual and service technician disagree.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:01 PM on February 18, 2006
(5 comments)
Most PC mistakes are undoable -- I can undelete deleted files pretty reliably, and many applications have some kind of undo function. The one thing it seems I can't undo is accidentally saving one file on top of another.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 12:11 PM on February 1, 2006
(24 comments)
Thinking about creating a website very similar to Metafilter. Have no php/mysql skills. What's the platform/CMS that comes closest to replicating the MeFi experience without requiring a lot of tech skills?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:31 PM on January 18, 2006
(13 comments)
Sharing Outlook on a home network without using Exchange?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:43 PM on December 27, 2005
(6 comments)
I had to buy an air compressor to blow out some outside plumbing for the winter. What are some other fun/useful things I can do with it? Already know about: airbrush painting, snowmaking, inflating tires. Others?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 4:51 PM on December 7, 2005
(18 comments)
NYC Christmas shopping question.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 3:53 AM on November 23, 2005
(14 comments)
