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MeFi post:
The Prognosis, Doc?
Good luck, Universal Health Care.
Mandatory health insurance is not the same thing as universal health care.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 3:52 PM on July 2, 2008
MeFi post:
It's all in your head.
Call me when they report in a peer-reviewed journal. (Tier 2 or better please!)
Call me when you RTFA.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 4:54 AM on June 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Only God Can Judge Me
The first question told me that I was wrong, because a black woman "working on a gospel album" was responsible for the homophobic quote. I think they intentionally miscategorized these.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:35 AM on June 14, 2008
MeFi post:
GATTACA
GFP does not "glow in the dark" any more than a black-lite poster glows in the dark.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:18 PM on May 13, 2008
MeFi post:
Akon Calls T-Pain
Yes, as several people here have already pointed out, it's all the same auto-tune software that makes everyone who uses it sound exactly the same, hence the joke. The talkbox (keyboard with tube) in the video is a prop.
Here's a modern-day dude who knows how to use a talkbox.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 7:10 PM on April 28, 2008
High point: Akon sighing through his autotune. Twice.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 9:37 AM on April 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Charges against artist Steve Kurtz thrown out
The collection includes Bacillus anthracis
That's like saying that because you lied about your identity to order 10 pounds of sodium chloride from Sigma, you might as well have lied to order 10 pounds of sodium azide. Yes, ATCC has all sorts of organisms available, and they require different types of MTAs depending on what biosafety level organism you're requesting.
Serratia marcescens has caused at least one human... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 3:56 AM on April 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Ricky Flores photographs of B-Boys in the 80s.
jonmc may have been generally correct about the 80s over in that Atari thread, but a little bit of American culture definitely peaked around 1981, as documented in these sorts of photos.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:08 PM on April 21, 2008
MeFi post:
The Re Generation
Let's not leave out Girl Talk (AKA Gregg Gillis) who's work consists purely of existing pop culture sounds.
Actually, that's just the Night Ripper album and a couple loose tracks. All of his other stuff is damn-near-unlistenable glitchy electronic stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 10:10 AM on April 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Everybody must get stoned.
There are certainly people with normal/healthy liver function who just happen to metabolize caffeine very slowly. Half-lives of over 15 hours are totally possible in normal/healthy people. If you drank a big cup of coffee at 8, that would still leave you with a soda's worth of caffeine at 3.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 3:45 AM on April 11, 2008
MeFi post:
Your Favorite [Cassette] DJ Savior
Congratulations, you produced a crabby fucking scratch with a tape deck.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:59 PM on March 20, 2008
Oh, and Loquacious: the "old trick" you are referring to is the very first DJ skill ever developed, looping the "get down part" a/k/a breakbeat. It's not some way of avoiding beatmatching between different songs.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 7:06 PM on March 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Synthetic life is now just around the corner.
scodger: What capability does this "OS" have that any naturally existing organisms, combined with any previously implemented modifications, do not?
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 1:01 PM on January 26, 2008
scodger: The M. genitalium genome contains 470 predicted ORFs. Cutting this down to 328 genes isn't a trivial task, but as delmoi said, well, it's a little stupid to spend time re-synthesizing all of the minimal genes just so you can say you accomplished something that nobody really doubted you could do. There are a number of notable individuals working on mycoplasmas because of their natural simplicity, and only Venter is going to the popular press every other month and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 1:34 PM on January 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Italian Prog
DEVI USARE UN POLLO
DEVI USARE UN POLLO
SE ME LA VUOI TASTAR
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 12:58 PM on January 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Green Team!
More like, the obvious jokes that aren't funny anymore team.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 3:21 PM on November 23, 2007
How does this have anything to do with environmentalism? You could substitute just about anything for "GREEN TEAM" and it would be the same stand-alone rape and crazy-guy jokes (and wouldn't be ripping off Tina Fey as much). The exclamations of "Green Team!" just reminded me of Tom Green's (no pun intended) "People Helpers!" sketch.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 10:13 AM on November 25, 2007
MeFi post:
Umami is so fat
Wouldn't a package of pure MSG be the best thing to pick up if you wanted to try unadulterated umami flavoring?
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 11:58 AM on November 20, 2007
Um, no, as I said 11 days ago when this came up.
Um, no, you are talking about a flavor in context, and we were most likely talking about an "unadulterated" flavor. If I said "I want to taste unadulterated salty flavor," would you tell me to eat some KFC? Or would you tell me to eat some damn salt?
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:58 AM on November 22, 2007
MeFi post:
Game Center CX
I googled but all I saw was a torrent of the Game Center CX video game.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 3:19 PM on November 16, 2007
MeFi post:
creepy banjo
You did not just post song lyrics to MetaFilter.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 5:21 PM on November 12, 2007
MeFi post:
The 2007 Japan Series
can't remember the last time I saw anybody pitch as well as Daisuke Matsuzaka did the other night.
How many MLB games have you watched in the last, I dunno, 5-10 years?
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 12:30 PM on October 30, 2007
MeFi post:
zuni food
Very hot dutch oven, preheated empty in the oven, salt and oil the chicken (under the skin if you've got time), drop in the hot pot, cook 45-60 minutes, rest 5 minutes out of the oven. 45 minutes and a smaller bird is tastier with a better balance of doneness in the dark and light meats.
Anything more complicated would be retarded!
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 6:20 PM on October 25, 2007
MeFi post:
Dynamic, articulate, so high he can eat a star
Jesus christ, you people. You might as well be saying PLEASE CANCEL HIP HOP. Dr Quinn indeed.
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 7:44 PM on October 19, 2007
The most legit knock against him from what I can tell is that he relies *so much* on the one-liner or the quick couplet. He hasn't really shown much interest in carrying out a complete narrative; that said, he's young and obviously talented.
Exactly. Da Drought 3 might as well have been called Some Similes I Said. Not that there's anything wrong with that... but you have to say it with a style that makes it... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 7:34 AM on October 20, 2007
The World Famous: I would also be interested to hear what "hip hop" would sound like in an odd time signature. The thing is, hip hop is still tied to dance music, and you don't often see people dancing in 5 or 7 (and dancing in 3 hasn't been popular for like a hundred years). Jazz stepped out of the dance-based culture and began doing things with polyrhythms and odd times and so forth, but not until like 30 or 40 years after its original development. Rock music took less time, but... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rxrfrx
at 10:38 AM on October 21, 2007
