Are yours magnetized every time? Do you ask them to try it when yours are NOT magnetized? If yours are only magnetized say, one out of ten times, and you eat with 3 other people, chances are that if you only ask them to test when you've found yours to be magnetized, theirs will rarely be magnetized.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 4:47 PM on May 28, 2008

"we have to sit in the back to watch the movie, otherwise this crazy car will keep beeping."
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 4:26 PM on May 27, 2008

I did it to see if i could, and to play with the jabber libraries for perl. I figured maybe i'd find a use for the account, but didn't. I haven't logged into it in months. Basically if you posted to the live stream during the few hours i was doing that, I am following you.
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posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 9:07 AM on May 23, 2008

i use a zassenhaus knee mill smiliar to these. I might hesitate to recommend it for someone who's making full pots (tho i use it for that), but for a small french press, they're perfect.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:14 PM on April 30, 2008

Not sure if it's the first, but: 'In the 1956 short story "The Next Tenants" Arthur C. Clarke describes tiny machines that operate on a microscale (thousandth of a meter), not on a nanoscale (billionth of a meter).' via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology_in_fiction
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 10:29 AM on April 23, 2008 marked best answer

why not do what normal people do, and secure another job before quitting?
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 10:07 AM on April 12, 2008

I'm guessing Mac the Ripper makes an ISO file from a DVD? In k3b, under "copy dvd," theres a checkbox for "only create image."
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 8:09 PM on March 24, 2008

can you use javascript? my first thought is to accept the letters & convert them to the numerals with javascript.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:07 AM on March 16, 2008

Liquid war is loads of fun. Download it here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:30 AM on March 11, 2008

I think progressive uses the average of kelly bluebook and primark redbook. When I had a to deal with them for a totaled vehicle, they were really great. The only snag was they wanted to deduct because my car didn't have an option that wasn't actually an option on my car, but I argued with them untill they called nissan and confirmed that it wasn't an option. I literally had a check in my hands 3 days after the car was totaled, and one of those days was a sunday.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 12:38 PM on March 3, 2008

Frog Hollow, in Hartford, CT. It's not nearly as bad as it used to be, though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:08 AM on February 15, 2008

i have a lenovo x61t, which i love. it's not as small as your examples at 12.1", but it's fast, has gobs of ram, and runs linux perfectly well. If you want smaller, fujitsu has some tiny stuff. No idea how well they run linux, but i'd assume it'd be pretty workable.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 10:25 AM on February 13, 2008

off topic: if it's still below freezing, tie a thread to the end of the icicle and anchor directly below so the drips travel down the line, and it'll quickly form a solid column of ice from your eaves to the ground.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 9:33 AM on February 13, 2008

i don't think File Scavenger will do it - "Files can only be restored if the disk areas allocated to the files have not been overwritten by new data." - I expect that if it spent all night syncing the drives, it wrote over ever byte of your data with whatever was on the new drive. Like jrishel says, you're probably screwed, unless possibly you want to spend a lot of money. Even then... i don't know.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 6:20 AM on February 6, 2008

found this zip, dunno anything about the device tho.

http://www.software.rockwell.com/download/other/6180touchscreendrvs2k.zip
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 2:26 PM on February 5, 2008 marked best answer

Any of a billion dynamic dns services should do it. I use dyndns.com
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:14 AM on February 5, 2008 marked best answer

samsara, dyndns.com is free for everything i've ever used it for - http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ - i think most of the other ones are free too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:55 AM on February 5, 2008

You can get laptop ide adapters which will allow you to install an IDE laptop drive in a desktop computer. That's how I installed linux on my vaio n505. Here's a random result from googling "laptop hd adapter" http://www.eforcity.com/phdx2535ad01.html
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 12:06 PM on January 29, 2008

Do you have reasonable reception outside, or on your roof? There are things you can install to boost your signal strength.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 8:40 AM on January 14, 2008

What Canard de Vasco said:

 /\[(?![Aa]lt(?:\.|ernat(?:e|ive))?:?\s+)[^\]]+\]/ 

posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:25 AM on December 28, 2007

The "1/2.5" number isn't really a ratio, it doesn't really seem to mean anything specific at all, though the larger it is, the larger the sensor will be. Here's a list of sensor "types" (which is what that number is called) and their physical dimensions
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:14 AM on December 27, 2007

DAMN. TOO SLOW.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:15 AM on December 27, 2007

If it's just for you and some friends, why not put it behind some authentication?
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 6:10 PM on December 17, 2007

You could unplug it when its not in use?
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 11:37 AM on December 5, 2007

declare -a PINGHOSTS=(192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2); 

while true; 

do ping -s $[$RANDOM/218+50] ${PINGHOSTS[$RANDOM/(32767/${#PINGHOSTS[@]})]} -c 1;

sleep $[($RANDOM/13+500)/1000];

done

seems to work, but i won't be surprised when someone corrects something in there.

Zed_Lopez, smaller sleep intervals can archived in perl with select:
select(undef,undef,undef,0.1); #sleep for 100 milliseconds

posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 12:01 PM on October 11, 2007 marked best answer

beeradvocate (You'll need to create a free account) turns up a half dozen:

Brew Wharf
Bunker Bierhall
Cock & Hen
The Horseshoe (no site listed, 28 Heath Street, Hampstead London, NW3 6TE)
Mash (no site, 19-21 Great Portland Street London, W1W 8QB)
Zerodegree Micro-brewery Bar And Restaurant


None of these seem to have exceptionally high ratings on BA.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:04 AM on August 28, 2007

I think the default keybinding in metacity is Super+V .. try different combinations of ctrl/alt/windows-key/shift and "V"
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:34 AM on June 18, 2007

frank zappa - bamboozled by love
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 9:19 AM on June 5, 2007

Its not "doing nothing" when the market's closed. You're investing in a company, and that company is still doing business and experiencing events that are having an affect on it's value, regardless of your ability to buy or sell.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 9:52 PM on May 27, 2007

i don't think so; picture a dogbone shaped yard, with one end larger than the other. the mower is going to end up somewhere in the large end of the dogbone, but the balance point is going to be somewhere on the skinny part, right?
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 10:03 AM on May 24, 2007 marked best answer

I haven't been there, and don't know NYC at all, but how about the brandy library? Looks like they have couches and stuff.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 11:45 AM on May 1, 2007

previously.. doesn't look like any conclusive answers, but you're not alone.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 6:52 PM on April 11, 2007

previously
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 1:58 PM on April 10, 2007 marked best answer

O'Rourke's Diner in Middletown. An insanely gourmet menu in an insanely neat old school metal diner.

Burnt down, but they're rebuilding. In the mean time, mama roux's kitchen up rt 9 in cromwell is damn good too.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 8:58 PM on February 4, 2007 marked best answer

I'm in the panasonic camp now too. After months of research and flip flopping, I decided on the panasonic lumix dmc-lx2. It's possibly a little bigger than what you're looking for, but I'm thrilled with it.

The lumix dmc-fx07 looks very nice too, as jpozadrides mentions above, and it's tiny. One thing he didn't mention: it has a 28mm equiv lens (vs 35 or 38 on most), which doesn't sound like much of a difference but is very nice, and something not found on many... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:40 PM on December 15, 2006

I haven't used one, but this thing looks great: Solis Master 5000 Fully Automatic Espresso Machine with Built-In Burr Mill
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 12:24 PM on November 27, 2006

crap dude, what everyone else said. if there's anything i can do lemme know.

Let me know if there is a #tapes collection.
posted by Krrrlson at 10:18 PM PST on October 26

same
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 4:00 AM on October 27, 2006

I've used chrsh for this, but with a very limited number of users that I'm sure I could've trusted with a normal shell.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 8:59 AM on October 19, 2006

If you have or have access to a linux machine, this might be of use: http://jbj.rapanden.dk/magicrescue/
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 10:47 AM on October 7, 2006

I can't beleive you were even considering that this might be legit. Of course it's a scam! Here's a tip: Whenever you think "Hmm, maybe this is a scam" .. IT'S A SCAM!
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 2:33 PM on June 2, 2006

I have trouble with left and right.. when i was probably five or so, my mom pointed out a little birthmark on my right side. I'm in my 30s now and still use that to figure out right and left, except when I'm in a car. In a car, its usually no problem. Also, I'm fairly ambidexterous. Not sure if that's related. Holding up my hands to see which makes the letter "L" works fine, but.. I'd have to hold up my hands.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 6:52 AM on June 1, 2006

I like Ameritrade's Izone.. $5 a trade.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 2:40 PM on March 28, 2006

I had a dog like this, my vet gave me valium for him. (I think it was valium, it was a few years ago.) I'd give him a tiny tiny dose before a thunderstorm would roll in, he'd still be nervous but wouldn't hide and drool and generally freak out when dosed up. Eventually he didn't really need the valium anymore, except for the first couple storms of the season.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:14 AM on March 27, 2006

Does it have a mechanical ringer? If so, this or similar is a horrible possibility.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:37 AM on March 17, 2006

Do you have or can you get interns? We have interns for this kinda thing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 11:02 AM on February 3, 2006

Caffeine has a calming affect on those with ADHD, apparently. Here are some anecdotes
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 11:56 AM on January 18, 2006

if you can get a directory listing with dir/s/b/a:d you could possibly then use a text editor to convert the txt into a batch file that specifically deletes each individual directory.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 7:24 AM on January 6, 2006

Sawfish is really great. I've been using it for years and can't imagine giving it up.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 5:48 AM on January 6, 2006

throw a linux box on the lan and get urlsnarf, part of the dsniff package.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 3:00 PM on December 8, 2005

Go for it, manuals are more fun. My daily driver is 20 year old rwd stick shift with no power steering or cup holders, and i sometimes get a coffee on the way to work. I've got an automatic in my driveway that hasn't been used in months.
posted to Ask Metafilter by duckstab at 6:24 AM on October 11, 2005