MeFi comment:
"Ubiquitous wide-screen monitors are a challenge that today's web designers have valiantly met with giant bars of background color.
Amazing that, with all the wide-screen paper available to publishers, they still opt for the same ~1:1.5 ratio...." [
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"A variation of this question has been asked nearly every single month on AskMe since its inception. The answer should really be in the FAQ.
It goes something like this:You are always going to be running into people that, were things different,..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Ibuprofin is over the counter. It's available, legally, anywhere in the country. It's even available in generic form. A kid could walk into a supermarket, purchase a giant tub of 1000 ibuprofin generics for, like, $10, but as soon as the analgesic..." [
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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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MeFi comment:
"Worthless quiz. All the scenarios are rigged with pre-determined result paths, which is something you would almost never have in real life. Just from the OP's example:"Enemy soldiers are approaching outside and will be drawn to any sound...." [
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"Not exactly what you're looking for, but I live across the street from a home that was "Extremely Made-Over." I can tell you a few things:The house was really built in 5 days. For real.
Money was no object because most of the stuff was..." [
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MeFi comment:
"ubi -- Sorry I didn't explain it (I hate explaining jokes that people already get). Here's the story for those not in-the-know:
When the Germans invaded Holland in the second World War, one of worst crimes it commited against the Dutch people (of..." [
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Ask comment:
"Have all your shit together.
Seriously. That's what made the difference between my friend and I scoring an apartment and the guys that came and saw it before us. We had our shit together. They had to go back to their apartment and get their..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Please get a grip, jerk - is it going to kill you to be civil?
Just imagine, please, how it feels for the checkout person.
Guy in front of you: "Sure is busy today, huh?"
Checkout person: "Yeah, boy it sure is!"
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You:..." [
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MeFi comment:
"he ran against Mr. 7 of 9 Sex Clubs, and then Allan Keyes, for God's sake
Man, got to hand it to the Republicans. They're like living parodies of themselves. You tend to lose it under the soft adjectives like "thugs" or..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Newspapers solved that little problem some 400 years ago, though.
<sigh>
Newspapers and books are not web browsers. There's a huge, vast difference between a browser and any form of print medium. The primary difference: print medium is..." [
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"I haven't seen a digital that can shoot above 800 to my satisfaction
Yeah, I really meant to say the Canon 1Ds M2, but that's a few thousand dollars difference from the D70, and kinda negated my argument. :) Here are some 1600 ISO samples..." [
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MeFi comment:
"The man who would be king.
You motherfucking idiot. You could have been the goddamned president. But no, you had to go fucking prostitutes in your own fucking state?! What kind of fucking moron governor breaks the laws in his own state? Christ,..." [
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Ask comment:
"What's good for certain situations, their capabilities, and limitations?
Right here's a good place.
A lens is like the human eye -- the iris opens and closes to let more/less light in, the lens focuses it onto the optic nerve (or in a camera's..." [
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MeFi comment:
"Palin won't last September. Mark my words. After all the political backlash that accompanies her selection, McCain will have no real choice but to drop her. Of course, he won't do it himself--she'll suddenly decide "her family needs more..." [
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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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MeFi comment:
"I thought newspapers were supposed to report the news, not create it.
You thought wrong.
Here's a little story for ya. I went down the Maine caucuses in Portland last weekend. Got there around 5pm... still an hour to spare, according to every..." [
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"A black guy, a white guy, and a Chinaman go to work in a coal mine. The foreman says, "Black guy, you're in charge of picking the coal. White guy, you're responsible for carting the coal through the shaft. Chinese dude, you're in charge of..." [
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