I am looking for a quote that I heard or read recently, something along the lines of "It is pointless to struggle against overwhelming injustice; it is worse not to struggle against it" or "You ask how it is that I can expend effort fighting against an unchangeable, unjust system? I ask how it is that you can live with not doing so." I'm looking for the exact quote, and the book or essay or what-have-you in which it originally appeared that I can read for some context.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mistersix at 3:01 PM on January 25, 2008 (9 comments)

Help me find a series of fantasy books (NOT the Gor series) I read in the 1980s about an Earth man periodically teleported by mysterious god-like beings/aliens to dangerous situations on another planet, which had a swords-and-sorcery tech level. He spent years on this other planet, built a life there, etc. Over 30 books in the series, I think.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mistersix at 3:39 PM on May 29, 2006 (15 comments)

Have you read all these books? Hell, no. Yes, and many more. The answer is yes. No, these are the ones I have to read by the end of the month. Nay, I have written them. No, only four of them. No, and I never intend to live in a house where I can't find a book I haven't read. Not one-tenth of them. No, but I know why I bought each one. Probably not.
posted to MetaFilter by mistersix at 1:10 PM on February 6, 2006 (42 comments)

I want recommendations for good headphones and a microphone (or headphones and microphone and adapter(s)) that work well for VOIP on my computer, and with regular office telephones, and to listen to music on my computer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by mistersix at 5:01 PM on November 30, 2005 (8 comments)

Voter Protection Center You know how you're supposed to call 866-OUR-VOTE if you're having some problem - whether machine, or human error, or whatever - with voting in a US election? The people on the other end use EIRS (the Election Incident Reporting System) to record the problems, to gather more-than-anecdotal evidence of problems. Over 40,000 incidents in 2004; far fewer in 2005, when fewer people voted and we didn't advertise as much.
posted to Projects by mistersix at 3:19 PM on November 19, 2005

Owner of FPP'ed Flickr set: "I'm 19." FPP author: "Age: 19" Inconclusive. Likely coincidence.
Owner of FPP'ed site: "Copyright 2005 Aaron Wynn & William Wynn." (google cache) FPP author: "Aaron Wynn" (home page) Conclusive. Enough.
posted to MetaTalk by mistersix at 2:06 AM on July 11, 2005 (37 comments)