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In late 2006, Santhi Soundarajan took the Silver Medal in the Women's 800m at the Asian Games in Qatar. Less than a week later, she was
stripped of her medal by the Olympic Council of Asia after a chromosomal test.
According to the Times of India, "the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said the 25-year-old had failed a sex test, implying she had deceived the sporting world by competing as a woman when she was actually a man." The disqualification ended her athletic career, and several months after returning to her rural village in Tamil Nadu, India, she
attempted suicide.
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at 11:22 AM on July 29, 2008
(26 comments)
How do I get this Bluetooth headset working with Skype on Windows Vista?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 11:34 AM on June 15, 2008
(3 comments)
The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem.
Even as the Defense Department prepares to send Congress its
$481.4B FY2008 budget request, it also prepares to admit -- for the 18th year in a row -- that its finances are in such poor shape that it is effectively impossible to audit or account for over a trillion dollars in past expenses.
posted to MetaFilter by Kadin2048
at 2:49 PM on April 16, 2008
(38 comments)
How can I make a growable hardware RAID-5 Linux system? Is LVM the right choice, or am I setting myself up for trouble? Lots of geeky details follow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 2:36 PM on March 1, 2008
(10 comments)
How do I restart an X Windows application running on a remote machine, and have it display on that computer's locally-attached display? (I
do not want to forward/tunnel it to the machine I'm sitting at.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 9:16 PM on November 16, 2007
(16 comments)
Can anyone recommend a phone for tethered EDGE data use with a PC, and basic voice calls? GSM, T-Mobile, Motorola preferred but not absolutely required. I've done some research but I'm a bit confused.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 10:50 PM on October 8, 2007
(4 comments)
I distinctly remember reading a thread in AskMe a few weeks (?) ago, where someone was asking, in a nutshell, 'how do I get sent to Iraq as a defense contractor?' It might not have been that, exactly, but it related to jobs as a defense contractor, or maybe overseas jobs in general, or maybe just 'dangerous jobs.' I think it specifically mentioned the idea of defense contracting (Blackwater, etc.), and the question related to how one gets their foot in the door.
I can't find this, using any combination of searches or tags, looking under all the logical terms (jobs, employment, iraq, all combinations thereof).
Does anyone else remember or have a link to this thread? Or did I just totally hallucinate it?
posted to MetaTalk by Kadin2048
at 1:22 AM on July 16, 2007
(9 comments)
What blog/CMS software would you recommend that doesn't rely on MySQL or another database backend?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 9:26 PM on May 30, 2007
(18 comments)
I have a bunch of files, in a nested directory structure. I'd like to collapse the directory structure and move all the files into one folder, preferably sorting them by file extension or name. How do I do this as quickly and easily as possible in WinXP? (Using Cygwin is OK if that's the only way to do it.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 7:15 PM on May 9, 2007
(7 comments)
[DirtyPowerFilter] My CRT monitor has developed a nasty shake/vibration at certain refresh settings, since I moved to a new apartment. I think the problem stems from the old electrical system. Is there anything I can do to "clean" the power and alleviate the problem? Or are all "power conditioning" products bogus? Backstory and more info below the fold.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 6:37 PM on February 13, 2007
(16 comments)
I'm looking for a good computer-parts store in or around the DC Metro area; 'good' meaning one that has "junk bins" of parts that can be pawed through, lots of used gear, no salespeople, etc. Specifically not a big-box store.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 12:11 AM on December 28, 2006
(6 comments)
Which is best for the long-term storage of slides: Kodak-style slide carousels, or polypropylene sleeves? In addition to scanning, I want to try to preserve the analog originals for the next generation in my family. But how to do it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 10:45 PM on November 25, 2006
(7 comments)
I just got a second-generation iPod Nano as a gift, and I want an inexpensive-yet-functional case for it, that will protect it from damage.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 11:17 PM on November 11, 2006
(4 comments)
Does anyone remember an older Macintosh single-player shareware role-playing-game, possibly called "Boden," "Boden," or some variation thereof?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Kadin2048
at 11:19 AM on October 31, 2006
(8 comments)
