MeFi comment:
"And I like Quinto as Spock--but, honestly, who the heck is the guy playing Kirk? He seems utterly unremarkable.
Ditto. Spock looks to be perfectly cast. But Kirk feels wrong. He doesn't have nearly enough Shatner, sorry to say.
The ship..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Space Kitty, ShawnStruck
more than 12 hours ago
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"You think that's cool? They have programs out that will generate statistics for all your photo collection using EXIF data. This creates a powerful tool to learn about yourself and your shooting habits. You could, for example, point a few..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Solon and Thanks, wei
Yesterday
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"Well, for one thing, their schema is simple as fuck. The banking institution I work for is at least an order of magnitude more complex, and most of our stuff is transactional, which means the queries can't be "close to exact". When you..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon
3 days ago
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"note that it does not autofocus with your D60
Crap, didn't notice that. In that case, the second-best option is the 12-24mm DX Nikkor, but that's probably three hundred more than the Tokina, and it's an f/4 instead of an f/2.8.
Do those 7 mm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zardoz
4 days ago
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"Little babies are little, which means that their surface area to volume ratio is high. Their heads are big compared to their body size, and they have little subcutaneous fat.
This here is your answer. Cultural relativism doesn't even enter the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dejah420
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What's the opposite of shame and embarrassment? Pride? Something like that. It's new and unfamiliar, so I can't put my finger on it.
IT'S DIGNITY. Haven't you ever seen DIGNITY before?
Alright, fine. YOU draw it...." [
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favorited 24 times, recently by paleyellowwithorange, Sangermaine, letitrain, Twicketface, Cygnet, rossination, cadge, proj, minifigs, tehloki, like_neon, tzikeh, Brainy, shinynewnick, clearly, lunasol, brain cloud, yeti, JoeXIII007, sugarfish, The Whelk, DU, Jimbob, azpenguin
7 days ago
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"Obama will become the first black president." [
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favorited 30 times, recently by ahdeeda, lalex, MythMaker, starzero, bigbigdog, kortez, olya, donnagirl, liquorice, snofoam, Miko, hexxed, Pollomacho, JaredSeth, Dr-Baa, gman, onlyconnect, kuujjuarapik, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing, deathofme, Jaybo, -harlequin-, furiousthought, gladly, drezdn, ageispolis, fullerine, gatorae, reishus, Mitheral
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Given those things, it doesn't seem at all implausible to me that a lot of die-hard Republicans might stay home rather than voting for Obama.
No, see, there you go trying to stupid around the problem. This is not what the article said, nor what..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"The outcome of the presidential contest was not going to be close in Alaska, and Barack Obama's victory in the Electoral College was apparent as of about 4 PM local time.
There are two very large problems with this argument.
The first is that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Amanojaku
7 days ago
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"Nikon SuperCoolscan 5000 owner here.
To answer your questions:
Am I right in thinking a negative scanner is my solution?
Yep!
Can I get a decent one for under $300?
Nope! But the good news is that you'll be able to make most of that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dancestoblue
8 days ago
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"The punishment for doing something stupid that makes a big mess after someone warned you is that you have to clean up the mess "with your anus." (From Duece Bigalow)
The woman at my dentist's office has gotten into the routine of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aliceinreality
8 days ago
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"I would actually say no. Rather, I would say that the reaction of the people of this country (and our allies) has been far, far more receptive for Obama than it was for Kennedy. Recall that the Kennedy/Nixon campaign was one of the closest in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by languagehat
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Every day just has just kept getting brighter these past couple of weeks. Nice work, India." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nickyskye
9 days ago
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"Tough call.
If you prefer "discovering local culture" I would recommend Laos, particularly Luang Prabang. From there you can take 3-day trips into the jungle and meet up with the Hmong hill tribes, or you can check out local waterfalls,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
11 days ago
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"Been to every country in SEA, and seen most of it all -- the posh nightlife in HK and Sing, the jungles of Cambodia and Laos, even got Malaria and almost died. With those qualifications, I'll give you my recommendations.
1. Laos. This one is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by bardic, MasonDixon
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Fox has called Ohio for Obama.
That's insane. What in the hell are you doing watching the election returns on FOX for?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brain cloud
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"If I hear one more TV asshat use the phrase "an historic" I'm going to have to throw down and burn some houses." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by horsemuth, jessamyn
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I saw a black family walking to the polls today at lunch. Two adults, an elderly woman and a child. They were dressed like they were going to church--the little girl was well-behaved, almost solemn. I felt like I was witnessing a historical..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by mothershock, rokusan
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Obama says his energy plan will bankrupt the coal companies and make electricity prices skyrocket
Is that what he said? Did he talk about how his stance on abortion will bankrupt hospitals around the country and make the price of health care..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Reverend John, ShameSpiral, aeschenkarnos
2 weeks ago
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"What's more likely than being shot is being kidnapped. Foreign workers can fetch handsome ransoms." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by razzoid
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I guess I'm the only person here who thinks this is fundamentally revolutionary. Not the resolution--there are already video cameras that can handle HD.
No, what's revolutionary is that you now have HD on a platform with literally..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by snowleopard, riane, quin
2 weeks ago
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"My attitude and personality have made me pretty successful at a young age and I feel like I'm "right" and other people who critique me or my methods are "wrong".
Ah yes. What you are forgetting is that you can be both correct..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by footnote, utsutsu
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Some light non-fiction from Wallace's work with Harper's: Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise. [PDF]" [
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favorited 10 times, recently by librarylis, dog food sugar, jeanmari, availablelight, spiderwire, stopgap, lysistrata, JHarris, exhilaration, longdaysjourney
2 weeks ago
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"but are there any absolute beginner techniques to make your pictures pop like the pros
The absolute easiest way to improve any photographs of people is to shoot very, very open. Get a fixed prime that goes down to f/1.8 or 1.4 (you can get them for..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by wuMeFi, Akeem, computech_apolloniajames
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"He was able to communicate with such stunning clarity. I don't think he was saying anything that I didn't already know. It's just that I had never been able to express these things in words. He did it for me. It was like he gave me a voice.
I read..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Hat Maui, Lapin, spiderwire, ageispolis, rokusan, nickyskye
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Other Harper's articles:
Laughing with Kafka [PDF]. Harper's Magazine, July, 1998.
Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the wars over usage [PDF]. Harper's Magazine, April, 2001...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by dog food sugar, JHarris, nicolin, longdaysjourney
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Heck, might as well link to the other two. They're also great stuff...
Ticket to the Fair [PDF]
(Wherein our reporter gorges himself on corn dogs, gapes at terrifying rides, savors the odor of pigs, exchanges unpleasantries with tattooed carnies,..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by dog food sugar, spiderwire, lysistrata, JHarris, longdaysjourney
2 weeks ago
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"didn't realize I was coming into a town (with a 35mph limit) until I was pulled over
This is par for the course throughout the Great Plains and Midwest. Any stretch of road with more than two lanes is going to have a town built around it, usually..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by deborah
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"That and, since #11 is the next-to-last incarnation according to TimeLord Canon
Yeah, well he never had no wife & kids, either.
I can see this going in a couple of different directions.Scrap the whole twelve regenerations bit. Just pretend..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Popular Ethics, BrotherCaine, chuckdarwin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Beautiful. I wish that generation could live forever." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Miko
2 weeks ago
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"Here's how it works.
You can either get over it, or you can get dumped. That's the breaks, kid. If you weren't exclusive, that means he had every right to be sleeping with whomever he wanted, just like you did. The longer you harp on this, the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by juicedigital
3 weeks ago
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"You can do it, but it won't be easy.
The most important component was said in the first comment. You need to create a caloric deficit by eating less than you burn off. Exercising is the best way to do this, but needs to be compounded with eating..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by alicetiara
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"XHTML deal-breakers:All content has to be dished out as application/xhtml+xml -- or application/xml for older versions of IE
I have to encode all my ampersands. EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY AMPERSAND. Like this & this & this? That's 8..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by limeonaire, liza, ShawnStruck, lodurr, influx
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It's too easy to forget that these crazy fuckers are the engine if modern American society. They're the reason the 2004/2000 election happened. They are fucking everywhere among us. The bovine populace. Too lazy or too stupid to bother exercising..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Senor Cardgage, cj_, zarah, Mastercheddaar
Last month
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"Good bread, pesto, mozzerella (or another cheese, ideally something soft), a fresh tomato, and a glass of wine
This is neither the cheapest nor the healthiest meal I could think of off the top of my head, which got me to thinking:
Tasty,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jaltcoh
Last month
MeFi comment:
"So dipshits that bought more house than they could afford and knew the ARMs would kick in after 1, 2, and 3 years get a better rate and a free loan? That kind of blows.
And about the fucking geniuses around here who told people that under almost..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by benzenedream, Thoughtcrime, Reto, shrabster, transona5
Last month
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"it can be challenging for a casual trader to do better than a coin flip
Not when there's emotion involved, as there is during any recession. Then it's a pretty foregone conclusion that people will be dumping their local denomination for something..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by emjay
Last month
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"It actually takes quite a bit of intelligent and foresight to drop all the preconceptions you have of your audience's knowledge and write something as universally understandable as "Google, an internet search company, announced..."...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by garlic
Last month
MeFi comment:
"The only time I did this was when I watched the first season of 24 on DVD
You guys are babies. The only time I ever watch television is like this... in weekend-long stints. If something is good, I want to watch all of it in an orgy of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by JHarris, Kato, pyrex
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Am I alone in being confused as to why Obama would want to raise the FDIC insurance ceiling?
Small businesses usually have all their money with a single bank... often a single account. They're often-times the hardest-hit by the $100k ceiling...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, roystgnr
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