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On our website, we've got a little one-field form where people can fill in their e-mail address and sign up for our mailing list. The form seems to now be the target of spammer-hacker bastards, and random people are complaining about being signed up for a list they've never heard of. What should we do, besides take down the form altogether? The only thing that comes to mind is a captcha (but that adds another step to what should be a one-step process).
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 9:45 AM on June 3, 2008
(7 comments)
Aside from the problem of retraining people to use the new system, and the problems inherent in any drive-by-wire system, is there anything stopping us from using Playstation and Xbox controllers to drive cars?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 4:09 PM on September 10, 2007
(18 comments)
BookFilter: I read an odd science fiction book when I was younger, but then it got lost in a move long ago and ever since I've been wondering what it was.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 8:00 PM on July 30, 2007
(12 comments)
The Center for Nursing Advocacy seems like your typical professional advocacy group—the group's mandate is "to increase public understanding of the central, front-line role nurses play in modern health care." While often the group does its work by highlighting
serious issues facing the
nursing profession, the Center also keeps a watchful eye on portrayals of nurses in popular culture, both
good and
bad. And then there are the reviews that, frankly, seem to be
stretching things
just a bit.
posted to MetaFilter by chrominance
at 4:25 PM on July 14, 2007
(17 comments)
Bizarre Windows XP behavior: when switching between applications, sometimes more than one window will pop to the foreground. Huh?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 8:42 PM on June 21, 2007
(11 comments)
[VegasFilter] A friend of mine is heading to Las Vegas for a rock climbing trip with a buddy in March/April. He wants to know about interesting and crazy things to do in Vegas that
don't involve drinking or gambling.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 6:04 PM on February 19, 2007
(26 comments)
Remedial physics and sustainability: if energy is neither created nor destroyed, why do we have an energy crisis? Much more extensive question follows:
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 4:27 PM on December 8, 2006
(17 comments)
Help this desktop power user protect his new laptop from evil internet demons while using public Wifi hotspots.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 11:22 PM on October 27, 2006
(18 comments)
Quick question about HTML entities: are they no longer accepted in comments? I've been trying to use em-dashes like so: [ampersand] [pound sign] 8212 [semi-colon] and this has worked fine until recently. But lately, I've left a trail of comments with ugly "8212;"s all over the place, as if the [ampersand] and [pound sign] were stripped off before post (but after the inline preview).
posted to MetaTalk by chrominance
at 1:22 AM on September 21, 2006
(32 comments)
I've had two DVD drives exhibit the same odd behavior when ejecting discs, and I can't figure out how to stop it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 1:26 PM on September 1, 2006
(4 comments)
I'm considering buying a Wacom tablet. I've found the Intuos3 6x11 for the same price (actually slightly cheaper!) than the Intuos3 6x8. I don't have a widescreen display. Will I be able to use the 6x11 effectively?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 11:31 AM on August 20, 2006
(11 comments)
Say that interethnic breeding has created a homogenous-looking mixed-race human species in the far-flung future. What kind of effect would this have on biodiversity?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 4:50 PM on April 14, 2006
(22 comments)
TVFilter: I caught the tail end of a reality show on the Discovery Channel and noticed a continuity person in the credits. Continuity? On a reality show?
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 3:07 PM on March 17, 2006
(15 comments)
Name that song! Half-remembered music sample and...
posted to Ask Metafilter by chrominance
at 11:03 PM on January 12, 2006
(10 comments)
