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Is there any sort of discography for albums created/recorded at Studio PASS? What was the story behind Studio PASS anyway?
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at 10:37 AM on March 30, 2008
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Let's say there are two identical light fixtures, on two identical dimmer switches. One fixture has two 15W dimmer-compatible compact fluorescent lights, the other has two standard 60W incandescent bulbs. The dimmer switches are turned just beyond the "off" position to the "dimmest" position (identical on both dimmers). What will the difference in power utilization be between the two fixtures?
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at 7:46 AM on February 27, 2008
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Apart from the Rainforest Cafe or the Tonga Room, what kid-friendly restaurants in the Bay Area have that "Enchanted Tiki Room" vibe?
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at 2:34 PM on February 2, 2008
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Why are films from the 70s so grainy?
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at 1:24 PM on January 5, 2008
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In Slate's
Explainer column today, they have the unanswered questions of 2007. Most are inscrutable, unanswerable or ridiculous... but I've wondered this one myself too many times to let it go: "Very rare to find a hotel room with a light on the ceiling, they're usually floor lamps or desk lamps. Is there some structural reason for that?"
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at 8:56 AM on December 20, 2007
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Other than XO Communications, who in San Francisco offers ADSL2 service or bonded G.SHDSL service (aka "Ethernet over Copper") and allows BGP?
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at 12:36 AM on November 11, 2006
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So, I just hooked up my laserdisc player to the HDTV, and boy does it look bad. Looks like I'll need a scaler/upconverter, but they seem prohibitively expensive. Help!
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at 8:46 PM on May 8, 2006
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Where can I get pre-packaged gyros meat in San Francisco?
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at 6:32 PM on March 23, 2006
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Can anyone explain the strange results received when doing a search on the keyword 'http' on Google?
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at 8:19 PM on February 16, 2006
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I got rear-ended by a drunk driver. They're offering to pay the damage outright versus going through the insurance company. Do I take the offer?
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at 1:36 PM on November 10, 2005
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Did the movie NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (discussed
here) originate the device of having HATE tattooed on one hand, with LOVE tattooed on the other?
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at 8:51 AM on October 25, 2005
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An early VoIP casualty.
Think VoIP is a new phenomenon, and talking to people with
Skype or
Free World Dialup is incredible? Ten years ago, Onlive! put the
Onlive! Traveler -- a collaborative VoIP product that's amazing even today -- into beta. With Traveler, a Windows95 (!) PC, a decent graphics card, a SoundBlaster and a dial-up Internet connection, you could not only chat with a friend, but participate in collaborative chats with the avatars of multiple friends in
various 3-D rendered worlds. The
avatars' lips even moved with your voice (.mpg movie). You could talk worldwide, for free. But even though Onlive! was around well before the boom, they were an unfortunate dot-com casualty, as Traveler never quite took off.
Perhaps Traveler was doomed by the limited connectivity available in the mid 90's, or perhaps it was doomed by its
occasionally creepy, fantastic 3-D designs -- but due to a number of
collaborators, the Traveler still lives on today on a
series of servers, and the (free)
software still works on modern Windows PCs.
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at 8:38 AM on October 7, 2005
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Has
BART ever operated regularly without drivers?
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at 3:50 PM on September 29, 2005
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Samba and the Mac OS X Finder are driving me crazy.
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at 3:55 PM on August 19, 2005
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Where can I buy cuts of Piedmontese beef in San Francisco?
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at 3:00 PM on July 29, 2005
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I'm moving in with my girlfriend... and cohabitating for the first time. Anything I should know going in?
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at 7:40 AM on July 7, 2005
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Why do signs to deter trespassers use the convention "Posted: No Trespassing" when the very fact that such a sign is physically posted makes the use of the word "Posted" redundant?
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at 7:34 PM on June 26, 2005
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I have an embarrassing confession: I love the music on The Price is Right. Help me find more like it.
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at 6:59 AM on June 16, 2005
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My girlfriend is obsessed with the
Cillit Bang advertisement remix. Back in the 80's (or early 90's), there was a similar "remix" video of 50's black and white advertisements set to a beat-box soundtrack, with "lyrics" consisting of samples the sales pitches of those ads. Can anyone ID this?
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at 5:08 PM on May 16, 2005
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I left my heart in San Francisco. Now I want a job there. Problem? I'm in Philly.
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at 1:54 PM on May 9, 2005
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How can I obtain a copy of Eduardo Paolozzi's short film
The History of Nothing for home viewing in the United States? Any format is acceptable.
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at 10:24 PM on March 27, 2005
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Up until the late 80's, while shopping at a large department store, you'd often hear a series of chimes in different patterns. These chimes weren't related to the time, nor were they the door alarms you hear in stores these days. What was the purpose of these chimes?
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at 7:54 AM on January 15, 2005
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My long-out-of-warranty TiVo just died. Do I go MythTV or TiVo? [mi]
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at 7:52 PM on January 4, 2005
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NotQuitePepsiBlueFilter: Vacationing in Europe, I was surprised and pleased by the flavor of Coca-Cola Light, which is not made with the same formula as the rather dire-tasting American Diet Coke. The drink tastes pretty much the same as Coke's new C2, but instead of that soda's bizarre half-sugar, half-sweetener compromise, the European Coke Light does it with no sugar or calories. Why they don't sell this stuff in America is truly beyond me.
Thing is, I'd like to import some -- and while imports of other (slightly stiffer) European beverages are common, I can't find anywhere locally or on Google who will sell it to Americans. Then again, my EU language skills are lacking. Anywhere I can have a 12-pack of this stuff shipped to me?
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at 8:59 AM on December 5, 2004
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Looking at
this thread about fitted shirts, I figured I'd ask about my men's dress shirt predicament. I'm 6'5", have a 14.5" neck, 36" arms and a 37" waist. If you've ever shopped, well, anywhere for men's shirts, you'll know that such a size doesn't exist. My neck seems to throw everything off.
I've tried the Lands' End and JC Penney online custom shirt services and the shirts have come out very wrong -- they don't seem to rely on real measurements, just generalities about one's build which don't take my quirks into account, and I get the feeling they're just sewing long arms onto a small-necked shirt (which doesn't fit well around my torso). I've gone in for a few custom tailoring quotes and, well, I really don't want to have to pay $500 for a small set of shirts that I won't wear every day. Anyone else solve this one?
posted to Ask Metafilter by eschatfische
at 6:36 PM on November 23, 2004
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