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MeTa post:
Favorites... from the past!
Make this an AskMe question and a FPP,
And you can tell everybody that this is your song.
It might be quite simple, but now the time-travel's done,
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
that I co-opted this song...
...how wonderful MeTa is, if only I could come up with a clever closing line.
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 11:08 AM on March 19, 2008
P.S. SCIENCE!!!
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 11:09 AM on March 19, 2008
MeTa post:
It's not a question if your voice doesn't go up at the end
I 3rd (?) the suggestion to remind folks to put their question in the top box, rather than in the [more inside] box. Something like "This will show up on the front page, so remember to include your actual question while keeping it to a paragraph or so (if you must go on longer, use the optional extended area)"
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 12:49 PM on April 9, 2007
MeTa post:
Gross violation of AskMe etiquette....
As someone who tried to help the guy, I feel kind of dirty and used.
Kind of like when you volunteer to help a psych student with their experiment and you spend 15 minutes waiting for them to get the equipment set up, and then you sit in front of a computer trying to recognize facial expressions for 20 minutes, but then later you find out that the whole experiment was really about how you acted in the waiting room.
I don't know if banning is the answer, but... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 11:28 AM on December 18, 2006
MeTa post:
Our fair city...Boston hasn't had a meetup in ages,...
I'll be out of state on the 20th, but here are some suggestions that appeal to other people's requests:
The Living Room, Boston
Common Ground, Allston
Flat Top Johnny's, Cambridge
I think it's ambitious to find a place that has free-n-easy parking and is on the T.
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 9:22 AM on May 3, 2006
Wow, I'm in NY that weekend, too!
Also, any place that has darts and an AT-AT target sounds like some good, nerdy fun.
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 1:34 PM on May 3, 2006
MeTa post:
TimezonePony .... It's that time of the year again....
Okay, but what about next year, when Daylight Savings Time in the U.S. is for seven months of the year? That means the timestamp will be off by an hour for most people more often than it's accurate. Perhaps it would be better in 2007 to use EDT year-round instead of EST?
(Thanks for leaving the thread open, btw.)
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 9:16 AM on April 4, 2006
Oh, ok. I had it backwards, I think. I assumed that where this page refers to the time from April-October as "Daylight Time", that that's what "EDT" meant, and that "EST" was the time from Nov-March. I take it all back.
by the way, cortex, I think Chuckles would prefer that you *ynchronize watch*.
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 10:52 AM on April 4, 2006
MeTa post:
Yet another specific example from the same user...
The original question is an interesting one, and has elicited some really thoughtful and helpful responses, despite the original questioner's subsequent rude attacks. It seems like indio1919 doesn't like the answers he's getting, but the (non-ad-hominem) responses are certainly helpful to other readers who are encountering similar issues in their workplace and are more receptive to the advice of others.
If he asks good questions that elicit advice... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Sprout the Vulgarian
at 7:28 AM on February 24, 2006
