Ask comment:
"Divide up the funds and give everyone $715. That would boost my moral. With such a diverse group of people you're going to end up doing some lowest common denominator type thing. I went to so many of these things, ranging from 20 people to 2000..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Scram, anthropoid, crapmatic, Phalene
Last month
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"I reject the premise that the Environmentalist movement is the most authoritarian philosophy in America." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zardoz, DU
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So this test defines a non-idiot as:
* Someone who knows the difference between a square and a rectangle.
* Someone who isn't color blind.
* Someone who can count cats.
* Someone with good mouse dexterity.
* Someone with a decent memory (or a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by brain cloud
3 months ago
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"No. I asked my bank about this. If you call them in advance and tell them how many you want they can get them for you. I like carrying them around to leave as tips for waiters. And I like the idea of carrying around a bag of gold coins...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jahaza
3 months ago
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"My wife will take pita bread bought from the store, cut it into triangular pieces and separate the top from the bottom layer, take each individual piece, cover it with a bit of cheese (paramsean or whatever is laying around) and bake it until crispy...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This list is obviously compiled from some list of bullshit statistics that someone thought up. Having lived and driven in many of those cities, I can safely say that Seattle is by far worse than San Francisco, LA, Chicago, Dallas and Houston and NYC...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kittyprecious
5 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Really? You are that susceptible to suggestion?
All comments in this thread taste like send-jeffamaphone-money." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Faint of Butt
5 months ago
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"Hmm, my wife looks at these things all the time at Nordstrom and I've never seen anything with Fendi written on it that cheap.
Basically, it all depends on what it is worth to you. It's not an investment...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
5 months ago
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"Bok Choy is one of my favorites.
I think Brussle Sprouts count too.
Whole Foods always has a pretty interesting selection of leafy things.
You can always grill or bake them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.
And, I don't know about you,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"People. It isn't hard. If you want something to not start on boot:
1) Install the debugger to c:\debuggers.
2) Create HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\[process-name.exe]
3) Put a reg_sz value in..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by converge, The Light Fantastic, infravires, tehloki
6 months ago
MeTa comment:
"What good are the Internets without snarky comments? I'm all down with hate, I just prefer it to be clever and interesting hate. But, you know, whatever...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Gucky
7 months ago
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"My wife, one of my friends, and others I know have used this company: http://branecompany.com/resume.aspx
Specifically they have e-mailed taunya at the-domain-above dot com...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by parmanparman
7 months ago
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"All I can say is change is good, and almost always results in something better than what you had, even if you don't expect it. Stagnation is death. Be adventurous...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by JohnYaYa, cass, molrak, infinityjinx
7 months ago
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"I have been doing salami and spinach recently.
Popcorn is good too, oddly enough.
Chicken Tikka and Jalapenos with curry is good too." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Hot Like Your 12V Wire
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Heh. I hate it when the Internet is wrong about stuff I like.
To all you haters: this site is just a bunch of guys who got bored and started talking about how silly the "stuff * people like" sites are and decided this might be a way to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by schyler523
7 months ago
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"So I just broke my smartphone (it fell under the seat of my car, and I power seated the wrong way and it smushed the LCD). This thread just gave me a brilliant idea. My idea is this. I will go buy myself an iPhone right now. Then when the new one..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by By The Grace of God, Rafaelloello
8 months ago
Ask comment:
"Hotel Lucia gives a 10% discount if you say you're a Mario's client coming to shop there." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
8 months ago
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"Chuck Darwin:
You seem to imply he's not much of a computer guru. Most likely he just wants to browse the web and type the occasional document / spreadsheet. And doesn't know much about security. By down grading him to XP, you remove some of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delfuego
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I've seen Berry at Blueberry Hill in STL. It is actually what I did the night of my 21st birthday (BH is 21+). The man is ancient, but he can still rock. His finger agility is ridiculous. The man has a 7 or 8 fret reach... no mere mortal can play..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Ambrosia Voyeur, grouse
9 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Just because Metafilter set's a higher bar doesn't mean that occasionally we all need a good laugh.
I for one welcome our new single link youtube posting overlord...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Doohickie
9 months ago
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"Start with the following basic:
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1lb ground beef (lean if you like)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 3 pieces of garlic, chopped
- salt, pepper
- optional: some mushrooms, finely chopped
- Put the olive..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by notjustfoxybrown, olya, Askr, YamwotIam, dawson, ferociouskitty
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I'm just glad the gold bar--er, information bar--is keeping you all safe from whatever this thing is. :)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nomisxid
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm torn, because I too have fond memories of the early days of browsing with Netscape on Solaris, as well as on Windows and doing the Trumpet Winsock dance. But, I also worked on IE, so I'm kinda glad that they've finally stopped trying to pretend..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Democritus
10 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I implemented comment editing on a site that I run. I did what odinsdream suggested here. Whenever a comment is edited, I put a big [EDITS] button at the beginning of the comment. Clicking the [EDITS] button takes you to a page that shows you all..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jpfed
10 months ago
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"The only thing I can think of that I know how to cook that features Balsamic in such a way that it matters whether or not you use a good one is grilled steak.
What you need:
- Steak (NY Strip, get a good one from your local butcher or Whole..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
10 months ago
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"Find a real programmer and get him or her to mentor you. It's a trade, and the only way to get good at it is to do it a lot. Doing it in a vaccum is bad, because you'll learn to do it wrong...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Listener
10 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Some thoughts. It's a really difficult situation and there is not a simple solution. I think that only the Lakota (and other American Indians in similar situations) can help themselves. I think head-on conflict with the rest of the US is misguided...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by spiderwire, padraigin
11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Jeeze, I went to lunch. Remain calm.
So the way IE6 did it was when you made something a Favorite, it would download the favicon once. The url for the favicon would be stored in history, the actual icon would be stored in the temporary internet..." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by 913, MLIS, anifinder, curse, GuyZero, Servo5678, kev23f, rider, IndigoRain, loquacious, Abiezer, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, pb, ourobouros, mathowie, timeistight, Rumple, KevinSkomsvold, box, John Kenneth Fisher, puckupdate
11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Whir: No--it should be brain dead simple if you build it right. I was stuck patching an existing system. The crappiness comes from building it on the shell image list and all the shell interfaces, like IExtractIcon. It should be just a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by GuyZero
11 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I was actually the developer who fixed this feature in IE7. The IE6 version is horribly broken. The only way to reliably fix it is to clear your history AND cache. This can be done from the inetcpl (Tools->Internet Options).
If anyone wants..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Servo5678, MythMaker, sugarfish, flod logic, misha, GuyZero, shmegegge, box, davey_darling, peep, grouse, ofthestrait
11 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The "piece in the corner of my computer is a different shape" thing was where she basically lost me. My immediate thought was: you can just shove a quad core CPU into a motherboard designed for a 386 -- it's a "different shape"..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by schyler523, chrismear
11 months ago
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"You may not need to tip at an open bar. I know at our wedding we had an open bar and the bartenders tip was included in the bill we got at the end of the night.
In most catered scenarios, the bartenders and waiters all have a tip built-in to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Gungho
11 months ago
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"You need a flexible grabber tool. You can get in varying lengths from Sears.
I remember our school janitor used this to remove ball-shaped soaps from a sink drain once. As soon as I bought my house, I bought one.
They're also great for when..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
11 months ago
