Just about every Korean film ever made seems to deal with the topic of family -- though usually by blood, but they always tend to be flawed and struggle to maintain cohesion. If you've never seen it, The Host is as good a place to start as any, and like most of the Korean films I've seen, it tends to skilfully and seamlessly genre-hop -- in this case between drama, comedy, Godzilla-style monster movie and tearjerking melodrama.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 12:40 PM on June 18, 2008

It must be Pertwee or Baker, or you're wasting your time.

Meh. William Hartnoll was the one true timelord. All others were fakers.

Though Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy were worse than fakers. These actors should have been taken out and shot for crimes against the franchise.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:08 AM on June 16, 2008

How is it, then, that I spend so much of our time together bringing her down over small things she says or arguing over minor issues?

Are you sure that you actually do these things, or is it possible that you are uncritically accepting your girlfriend's worldview -- which may not necessarily be a reasonable one?

Firstly, you can't argue in isolation. It takes two people to argue, so you should only bear half of the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 11:51 PM on May 3, 2008

This late, you won't have a chance of finding anywhere with a roof to put anything on yourself, but that doesn't generally stop people.

I've just put down a deposit on a two bedroomed apartment within walking distance of the City Centre for the second week of the festival -- near to Arthur's Seat, judging from the map. It cost me £500 for the week though that's definitely at the cheaper end of what you'll pay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 7:36 PM on April 30, 2008

Oh, sorry, holgate, I've just figured you were saying that he wouldn't find a venue. I thought you were saying he wouldn't find somewhere to stay this late.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 7:38 PM on April 30, 2008

- Slick production doesn't do a whole lot for me

Don't let that blind you to the sheer wonderfulness of Timbaland's work with Missy Elliot.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:09 AM on April 25, 2008

I don't think it counts as the most misogynistic, but it definitely warrants a mention:

Here's an oldie but goody,
Hit it
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 5:33 AM on April 4, 2008

Have your boyfriend increase his child support payments?
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:48 AM on March 14, 2008

whomever is on top bears some responsibility for finding what will work

This isn't my experience. My experience is that women, regardless of their position, invariably figure out what works for them in this situation, and then use me like some enormous dildo until they get to the place where they want to go.

My role in all this seems to be limited to getting them to a place where it's possible for them to accomplish this with... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:59 AM on March 9, 2008

Weezy -- because he carries big things, if you know what I mean.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:21 AM on February 25, 2008

since you admit your ex is not only increasingly violent but also suffers from a mental illness

I'm dubious about the mental illness line. OP said he's diagnosed as bipolar. Not that he's being treated for bipolar. Men use a lot of excuses to justify their violent behaviour. Unless you know personally that he's been diagnosed, or he's taking meds for the condition, I'd suspect him of a bullshit self-diagnosis aimed at getting sympathy and a free pass here.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:14 AM on February 25, 2008

Most kits will also have alcohol swabs and some sort of citric acid / lemon juice to help things along.

This is an English vs. US thing, brautigan. Our heroin comes mostly from Afghanistan/Pakistan and is produced primarily for smoking, so it needs the acid to break it down for injection. Most US heroin (esp. on the East Coast) comes from South East Asia -- Burma, Thailand, etc. and is produced for injection, so it really only needs a bit of heat to... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:59 AM on February 20, 2008

Wiki entry on Durham's Rule

See also: M'naghten Rule.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:42 AM on January 24, 2008

This one usually keeps poop away from the one that is actually the "exit" until you go to the bathroom.

And from the active male side of the equation, I'd just like to say that I've been having anal sex for the last thirty years or so, and only once during that period have I ever seen shit on my dick after I've pulled it out.

My partners have never done anything to prepare for the anal sex. As Maias says, all the... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:47 AM on January 12, 2008

Have faith in yourself. It sounds like your friend doesn't want to hear the insights of the Zen Masters, she wants to hear what you have to say. Trust her instincts. Say what's in your heart.

Strongly agree with this. I know how to use a library and I don't have trouble reading, so if I wanted to talk to a friend about my own mortality, it would be because there was something about them and the way that they related to the world that I found helpful.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:18 PM on January 9, 2008

Thanks for the suggestions, people. As is so often the case, it seems to be a driver problem. Unusually, it seems to work OK without any drivers. The Intel video driver and the Realtek sound driver are reportedly reliant on a Microsoft HDMI driver, but when I removed the Microsoft HDMI driver, the picture kicked in. I'll start a fresh install and just add a bit at a time, and see how that goes.

There also appears to be a problem with a blue cast when I display via the TV.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:18 AM on November 15, 2007

is it possible that the dvi is set as "default". is there possibly a setting in the driver software to set one output as primary?

Actually, the software recognizes that it's connected to a 'Digital Television' via HDMI, and I know that it's sending a signal, because the screen flickers wildly, but it never loses that 'no signal' sign.

The VNC idea is a good one though. There are scores of computers knocking around... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:40 AM on November 15, 2007

I'm a bodger rather than an IP pro, but:

I think you have the wrong subnet mask. IIRC, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, your router would have to be at 192.168.1.50 before your network would see and talk to it.

Also, is your firewall allowing the packages through?

Finally, on every router I've ever configured, the IP number on the internet facing side tends to be the one that's allocated by your ISPs DHPC server and... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:41 AM on November 5, 2007

If I leave the Integrated Controller settings to auto grab the IP (instead of hardcoding as above), then it doesn't acquire an IPv4 gateway. The autoconfig IP is set to 169.254.56.168.

Actually, this is as it should be if the router is talking to the internet. Your IP gateway (the one that you enter into your TCP control panel) should be the routers IP number, which you've allocated as 50.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:44 AM on November 5, 2007

Even if you do go the whole hog, you wouldn't really need a single face cam per player. You'd just need 4 cameras, one covering each quadrant of the table, in order to cover the faces of everyone playing. As lodev says, just managing all that footage would get pretty damn tiresome otherwise.

While your idea appeals to me greatly, the more I think of it, the more impractical it seems. Each hand would generate mountains of footage. An evening's poker will result in an... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:30 AM on October 26, 2007

Oops. That second line should read 'as peacecorn says'
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:31 AM on October 26, 2007

I'm not sure about sliding all the cards across a single cam. Poker is a game of position, and how you play a hand very much depends on what position you're in. Given that, it's hard to see how you wouldn't need nine cams -- plus a cam for the the community cards -- not so much for the dealer though. Have you thought about how you intend to:

a.) link the hole cam to the player, and
b.) track the hands in relation to the blinds for each hand
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:28 AM on October 26, 2007

Nah, it's Bear and Thomas, and they're Australians.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:54 AM on October 26, 2007

Oops. Cuppatea beat me to it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:57 AM on October 26, 2007

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but if this really is a story about a wrongfully issued staff discount, why don't you just offer the company the difference between the discount price and the full price to make up the difference?

Personally, I don't see how you're obliged to. Employee buys goods on his staff discount. Employee gets tired of said goods. Employee sells goods on with no profit involved. I don't see how they can force an employee to keep a product that... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:23 AM on October 26, 2007

If you don't, then SERIOUSLY leave.

Leaving each of them a 'brown' apple pie bed as a goodbye present.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 11:27 AM on October 23, 2007

Richard. "Runs on freebase and drives hotter than hell"
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:08 AM on October 10, 2007

If you can't get those, try a local florist for the stiff wire they use in displays

Or a gardeners supply store, for the wire that you use to tie in your espaliers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:31 AM on October 8, 2007

How can I reset my connection to "Obtain DNS server address automatically" rather than using OpenDNS' nameservers?

Can you log into the computer using the administrator account rather than logging into the domain?
Failing that, can you log in using safe mode?

If you can get access using either of these methods, then you should be able to fix your DNS choices.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 1:55 AM on October 5, 2007

Linda Lovelace blowing a dog from her notorious peepshow reel.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 12:38 PM on September 18, 2007

I hear a lot of people whining about how, given your spend on the wedding, the cost of the vendor meal that you've decided to deduct is nothing.

OK. But given that this firm is charging $1500 to provide a DJ for the night, that isn't going to be very much to them either. Their refusal to ensure your satisfaction in this matter shows them up as being a shitty operation.

Given that, this is what I'd do if I were you and cared about the principle... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 1:05 AM on September 7, 2007

Any wedding that is truly "marred" or any couple who is actually "traumatized" by such an incident has far bigger problems than the loss of 25 dollars.

You're missing the point. The point is payback. The extent of any trauma or marring, genuine or otherwise is completely immaterial.

It's the Keyser Sose school of dispute resolution. Fuck with me or mine and I *will* make you pay.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 3:23 PM on September 7, 2007

Stickin' it to da man.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 3:53 AM on September 2, 2007

That all the bottles are lined up doesn't have to mean anything

It isn't just the bottles. The whole tableau is arranged in a symmetrical pattern, from the springy wire things at the bottom of the square slab, to the chalk arrow above the candle.

I still don't think it has to mean anything though. My money is on homeless art student.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 3:42 AM on August 12, 2007

And that board only has VGA-out.

Actually, I was picking those boards because I thought they both had HDMI out. While I've built PC's before, I've never really made intelligent, informed choices regarding my motherboards, and the whole microATX thing seems to make it even more difficult, because you're losing options not adding them.

Silent PC review is a real find though. I'd been checking places like Tom's Hardware, Ars... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 2:30 PM on August 9, 2007

Yeah and, it all goes much faster the second time round.

My old mum used to say that after the first one, subsequent births were like shelling peas.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 5:40 AM on August 9, 2007

Have your company only hire people who read for pleasurse. If they don't consume at least one book a week, then don't be shortlisting them.

And that includes the admin staff and the cleaners as well as the fee earners.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 5:32 AM on August 9, 2007

Ralph Ellison - The Invisible Man
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:23 AM on August 9, 2007

Oops. I suppose the central theme of The Invisible Man *is* racism. Sorry
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:25 AM on August 9, 2007

Not enough hiphop. So how about:

The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Kanye West - College Dropout
Eminem - The Marshal Mathers LP
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Nas - Illmatic
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 1:22 AM on August 9, 2007

Yeah, when I used to go to gay clubs, back in the early seventies, there were always a lot of non-lesbian women about. We called them 'fag hags', and today they'd be old enough to be Sarah Jessica Parker's grandmother.

straight guys simply usually don't fit well into the gay men/straight women friendship dynamic

I've noticed this as well. Although I had gay friends with fag-hag friends, these women never wanted to have sex... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 3:50 AM on August 3, 2007

Methadone withdrawal can be fatal.

No it can't.

McDermott's Guide to DIY Detox
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:29 AM on July 22, 2007

Or the hard copy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:48 AM on July 22, 2007

For example, this article says that prior to 2003, each episode of "The Practice" cost $6.5 million.

The bulk of those costs must be salaries, given that each episode of Deadwood was reported as costing $5 million.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 8:18 AM on July 8, 2007

Happydaz writes 'Having someone say "no, i'm not ready for a committed relationship" is not something that should cut someone so deeply.'

Really? Personally, I think an insistance that you're going to keep your options open and reserve the right to see other people after you've been dating someone for several months is a flat-out rejection. It's saying 'you don't meet my needs, but I'm happy to keep on seeing you until somebody better... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:27 AM on June 30, 2007

What's pink, wrinkled and hangs out your pyjamas?

Your mother.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 5:55 AM on June 30, 2007 marked best answer

A woman visits her doctor. "Doctor, I've been having some strange discharges from my big toe."

The doctor examines her toe carefully, and then runs some tests. A little while later, he comes back with his diagnosis.

"OK, it's not a big problem and we can clear it up with antibiotics, but you have a venereal disease of the foot."

"Venereal disease of the foot", she replies. "I've never... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 6:02 AM on June 30, 2007

The real answer in my opinion has to do oppositional culture, also called subculture.

Part of the answer, perhaps.

I have a friend. When their son was ten years old, he wanted a bride's dress for his Christmas present. Being good gay-friendly liberals, they bought it for him. Similarly, when he wanted to take his Barbie dolls in for Show and Tell, they were happy to go along with that.

Today, he's a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 7:19 AM on June 26, 2007

freudenschade posted 'If it helps, I'll be playing dancey indie electro type stuff to hipsterish mid-twenties urban types.'

DJ Cunt.
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:09 PM on June 23, 2007

Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Louvin Brothers - Tennessee Waltz
R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
posted to Ask Metafilter by PeterMcDermott at 4:00 PM on June 23, 2007