Its way easier to clear a tough infection if you're not booting from the infected drive. In general, I'd boot from a live cd from an antivirus company and let it take care of the infection.

From your windows install, you can still edit his registry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:45 PM on December 3, 2008 marked best answer

Wacom. Wacom. Wacom. This can't be stressed enough.

The "Bamboo Fun" is fine for getting started with graphics work, but if any of the Intuos line fits your definition of reasonable price, the added features (better pressure resolution, tilt detection, added pens, etc) are definitely worth more than the price of admission.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 1:13 PM on December 3, 2008

"Does she need to put it on grad school applications?"
"...she is technically obligated to put it on grad school applications."

Lying about a conviction would look worse than being honest about it.

If the application asks only about felonies, then theres no need to provide info about any non-felony convictions.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 1:03 PM on December 3, 2008

Theres a very simple 'talent release' at Dependant Films.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:03 PM on December 2, 2008

Forgot to add that you might want to get a location release from the market if you're going to be filming there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:05 PM on December 2, 2008

I think it may have more to do with the fact that we're in a sort of transition time. Standard def DVD currently has the biggest market share, so it would be foolish not to release on DVD. The studios are trying to push Blu Ray as the new physical format while at the same time online streaming / downoadable distribution is starting to take hold. It's not yet clear to the studios which of these formats will be the big winner, so they hedge their bets and release on both.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:40 AM on November 11, 2008

I picked up an Acer Aspire One yesterday, and after getting rid of the newbie friendly interface, one of the first app I added was comix.

Set the image to rotate 90 degrees and a full page is totally readable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:01 PM on November 7, 2008

Blastwave FX has quite a selection of sound libraries. I've worked a little with the Sonopedia and found the sounds to be excellent.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:03 AM on November 1, 2008 marked best answer

You can upload to YouTube or whatever, link it all over the place, and hope for the best, but you can't force it, theres no magic button that guarantees success. If your entire marketing campaign relies on a video going viral, you might want to rethink your campaign.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 2:04 PM on October 30, 2008

nth call the FD. They'll probably give the management company at least a warning if not a citation or a fine. False alarms degrade the FD's ability to respond to real emergencies.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 4:33 PM on October 29, 2008

Stickam lets you put a bunch of people's cams up at once.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 3:52 PM on October 25, 2008

Handbrake might be able to do this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:56 PM on October 23, 2008 marked best answer

CBC streamed all of their hockey coverage last year at CBC Sports. I don't know if they stream anything else, but I wouldn't be surprised.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:17 PM on October 14, 2008

I think this is one of the guides I used. There's also the Bash Reference Manual.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:20 AM on October 11, 2008

nth S3. its cheap, fast and reliable. Come November, its going to be even cheaper.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:05 AM on October 9, 2008

They don't want your program to start right at the beginning of the tape, they wany 5 minutes of black / bars & tone / whatever before the actual footage starts.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:03 AM on October 1, 2008

Any local PC shop should have an eee or two in stock. If they don't, any chance you can pick one up when you arrive wherever it is you're going?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 3:06 PM on September 27, 2008

NCIX has a gaming notebooks section on their Canadian site. My brother picked up an ASUS a few months back that does a great job running hl2/tf2/wow etc. It was in the $1300 CAD range.
The US site should have the same stock, but they don't have the gaming notebooks isolated from the pack.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:21 PM on September 22, 2008

shothotbot beat me to it, Nikon's new D90 DSLR produces very nice video from the samples I've seen.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:33 PM on September 12, 2008

Encyclopedia Dramatica has plenty of examples of Extreme Advertising
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:31 AM on September 10, 2008

nth-ing Lawyer up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:20 PM on September 4, 2008

How long is the video? I'm betting the crap software that came with the camera used a pretty old / inefficient codec, so you could re-encode it with a better codec, perhaps xvid or DivX and get it down to a more reasonable size.

Applications like VirtualDub for windows or AviDemux on Linux make it very easy to quickly re-encode video.

As for hosting, Vimeo generally seems to have better video quality than YouTube or Google Video, last I checked... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:45 AM on August 12, 2008

Cheap guitars are one of the biggest reasons people give up on learning to play.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:15 AM on August 12, 2008

I've got a few M-Audio interfaces. The FastTrack Ultra routinely handles 16 channels (8 in/8 out) over a USB2 connection without any problems. USB will be just fine for what you're doing.

The FastTrack USB is very basic, 1 - XLR, 1 - 1/4" inputs, headphone and RCA outputs. It works just fine for guitar and vocals, provided you don't need phantom power.

If you want phantom power or proper stereo input, the MobilePre isn't too big a jump... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:57 PM on August 11, 2008

As arcticwoman stated, 8gigs doesn't hold a lot of video. Either get a player with a larger internal capacity, or something that will take removable media. I've got a Cowon D2 that I really like, but it is a little picky about the video format. I find the 2.5" screen is big enough for me to watch a movie or some tv on.

Something to keep an eye out for is battery life, video eats up a lot more battery than audio.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:23 PM on August 9, 2008

I've seen a couple stories of people calling in and claiming breach of contract in order to get the fees waived, so its possible that you might be able to talk your way out of it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 3:40 PM on July 31, 2008

Costco usually carries a decent selection of fairly sturdy folding tables.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:19 PM on July 21, 2008

These guys are trying to sell a wiping app, but they have a decent explanation of the problem.

Essentially, the heads of a drive aren't 100% accurate, so there can be some overlap that could possibly be read by someone with enough time/money/motivation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:21 PM on July 18, 2008

What sort of work are you looking to do with the camera?

There's a world of difference between shooting a 30 second clip for the station's website and shooting a segment to use in the 6-o'clock news.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:04 PM on July 11, 2008

Cameras like the Canon XH A1 and the Panasonic AG-DVX100, are both aimed mostly at indie / documentary filmmakers and ENG crews. Both are in the $3000 USD range.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:29 AM on July 12, 2008

(Disclaimer: I know very little about excel) Could you have the spreadsheet pull the data to a new sheet each time and then graph the differences between sheet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:18 PM on July 11, 2008

I've only seen full brim hats on linemen EHV types. Any other trade/craft I see wearing the 'standard' hard hats.

A google image search for 'lineman hard hat' brings up a couple of the full-brim hats (that for some reason glow).
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:10 PM on July 9, 2008 marked best answer

that should read linemen / EHV types...
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:11 PM on July 9, 2008

Walk (limp) away, sir. This is a pretty obvious DTMFA situation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 7:33 PM on June 22, 2008

No. There really isn't.

Given the choice, I'll virtually always use the Adobe apps. The only exception is in video production, where I'll use AVID tools over Premier.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:01 PM on June 20, 2008

You can also try Lakeside resort in Oliver.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:49 PM on June 19, 2008

Pretty much any sign shop could cut you a bunch of bumper-sticker sized white vinyl that you could then draw on. Or you could just get them to create it and print some off, probably for much less than CafePress.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 4:48 PM on June 17, 2008

Do you have multiple input languages set up? I'm pretty sure on the German layout the quotation marks are on the 2 key. Perhaps outlook has decided you're German?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:47 AM on June 12, 2008

Costo wins, no question. Service and Quality go beyond the extra mile.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:10 AM on May 28, 2008

I can't imagine trying to convince word to do screenwriting!

Celtx is a pretty decent free screenwriting app for Windows/Mac/Linux. It's no Final Draft, but it will get the job done. The only caveat is that it doesn't yet do TV act breaks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:23 AM on May 27, 2008

Assuming the drive supports it, you could try a DVD-R DL disk, perhaps the trouble is only with the +R disks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:43 AM on May 25, 2008

As Tomorrowful said, pop open the case and hook it up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 6:25 PM on May 22, 2008

Its been a while since I used Pro Tools, but can't you just apply one of the pitch shift plugins you already have to each of the non-drum tracks and see how it sounds? Sorry if you've already tried that, but in case you haven't, it can't hurt anything to give it a shot, its not like you can't undo it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:01 AM on May 20, 2008

Windows search used to have a 'words in files' or some such checkbox in the advanced options of the built in search. I'd assume the option is still there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 9:12 AM on May 19, 2008

Under linux, with FF3 beta 5, new instances of firefox will start however it last closed. I wonder if there's a setting in OSX that you'd have to mess with to make this work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 10:16 PM on May 7, 2008

As others have said, having a site mocked up in photoshop or whatever doesn't mean the design is done. Translating your design into good, cross browser CSS/HTML is not a trivial step.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 8:53 AM on May 6, 2008

This does not make you bridezilla by any stretch of the imagination. This is your wedding, not your mother's.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 2:48 PM on May 5, 2008

There are a ton of options out there that let you stream your own live content. Even if you decide to go it alone, its worth taking a look at services like uStream, Stickam, Mogulus and the like.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 5:15 PM on May 3, 2008

In my experience, it really depends on the camera. I know there are program to control various Canon cameras from a computer, though their names totally escape me.

Google for "tethered" and your camera model and you might come up with something.
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 12:07 PM on April 27, 2008

The wikipedia article is pretty good for live sound. In smaller venues, the FOH engineer often has to deal with the monitor mixes as well. It's trivial to run a click track through a drummers in-ears, but in my experience many drummers don't like / can't play with one.

Things go a little differently depending on if its a tour or a one-time show, but a typical show breaks down very roughly like this:

Pre-Show
- set up mixers,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by jjb at 11:53 AM on April 18, 2008