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How do I sync the 'Notes' in MS Outlook to go to the Notes on an iPod Touch?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 1:35 PM on June 10, 2008
(2 comments)
Recommendation for professional 35mm slide scanning services, either through the mail or in the Washington D.C. metro area. Best recommendation for extremely long term archival storage of slides. About 400-500 slides.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 9:41 AM on April 28, 2008
(7 comments)
Two-year old caught his thumb in a door. After two hours, the child no longer complained of pain, was using thumb fine. No swelling, cuts, or outward signs of trauma. However, the thumb "clicks" and locks in a straight position if the child extends his thumb. Is this a permanent injury? What damage was sustained? What should we ask the doctor when we visit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 8:02 AM on April 9, 2008
(10 comments)
How do you say "Damn kids, get off my lawn!" in Latin?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 9:28 AM on March 25, 2008
(15 comments)
FinanceFilter: Is the money supply contracting, or expanding, after netting all the Fed action, bank closures, mortgage defaults, etc?
The dollar falling seems to signal a net increase of money supply, but this is inconsistent with the thesis of a credit or liquidity crunch. If the money supply is growing at a slower rate due to tighter lending practices, shouldn't the dollar be rising, even in the face of Fed-rate cutting? Do we know the net expansion or contraction of the money supply due to the
combination of rate cuts and mortgage defaults?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 11:39 AM on March 17, 2008
(8 comments)
The Wager:
"I'll bet you that video games will never become a significant form of cultural discourse the way that novels and film have. I'll bet you that fifty years from now they'll be just as mature and well-respected as comic books are today," posits game designer Steve Gaynor.
Responses and rebuttals.
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 12:46 PM on February 19, 2008
(140 comments)
Capitalization issue: why is my username capitalized differently in different places on Metafilter?
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 10:09 AM on December 14, 2007
(33 comments)
PhotographyFilter: How can I improve the dynamic range of photos at the time they are taken without resorting to curves and levels tools in photoshop?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 10:59 AM on December 12, 2007
(25 comments)
9-11 Technology Filter: I have never been able to even get signal on my Blackberry 8200 (GSM) within 10 seconds of liftoff, so how were cell phone calls completed from hijacked planes on 9-11? Specifically, given the prevailing handset, carrier, and tower technologies present in the Boston, NY, and DC metro and intervening areas at the time, and given the flight paths and altitudes of the hijacked planes, how were passengers able to complete cellphone calls to loved ones?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 8:20 AM on November 30, 2007
(20 comments)
This thread is a shining example of how a humble single link blog post can bring out the best in Metafilter. Some of the comments in that thread are among the most candid and moving I have every read, especially those by
bookish,
wendell,
uh126, and
swerve. But there are many other insightful, poignant, and informative comments as well. In general, the discussion has progressed with a dignity and class that have become a hallmark of Metafilter. To all those who commented, thank you for sharing your lives with us. And thanks, 2shay, for the post.
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 10:00 PM on August 6, 2007
(65 comments)
Please help me find a PDF or other free printable document that I can take with me to identify trees using a YES/NO question and answer format.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 8:52 AM on May 10, 2007
(6 comments)
"The church of global free trade, which rules American politics with infallible pretensions, may have finally met its Martin Luther."
A thorough summary in The Nation of the brilliant but ignored
Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests by
Ralph Gomory, former IBM Senior Vice President for Science and winner of the National Medal of Science. His heresy? Arguing, with supporting technical and economic data, that multinational corporations and their home countries have divergent interests in shipping skilled labor and advanced technologies overseas, and that this "divergence" is a net negative for the American economy and the American public. Globalization, he argues, has its losers, the United States paramount among them.
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 8:53 AM on April 20, 2007
(76 comments)
ParanoiaFilter: Is there a federal database listing every prescription drug each person in the US has been prescribed or has purchased? ABC News seems to think so.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 7:27 AM on April 19, 2007
(11 comments)
Sorry if this has been addressed before, but I am logged in and see ads from fmpub.net on the front page. The ad presently displayed invites me to "chew the fat at serious eats". It's the same ad after multiple refreshes also. While I am a fan of bacon, I don't normally see ads when I'm logged in. This is all the more curious given that I'm using adblock plus and don't usually see ads on any site. Is this a temporary thing, or is bacon now an integral part of the site?
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 10:57 AM on March 1, 2007
(94 comments)
Rebecca Riley died of a drug overdose in December. The police charged her parents with murder, alleging that they poisoned her with an overdose of clonidine. What's
clonidine? A drug used to treat hyperactivity. You see, Rebecca was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and was prescribed clonidine. She was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder and put on valproic acid and
Seroquel. Rebecca was diagnosed with both disorders by a psychiatrist when she was 2 1/2 years old. She died when she was 4 years old.
Some in the psychiatric community are
outraged.
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 1:51 PM on February 26, 2007
(84 comments)
Help with tagging home movie video files, not DVDs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 11:13 AM on January 4, 2007
(4 comments)
Software design question - Why do people still write PC archiving and cataloging software?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 8:22 AM on December 15, 2006
(8 comments)
Compassionate Slavery.
A representative of the World Trade Organization proposes foreign corporate "stewardship" of workers in Africa from the moment they are hired until they die, describing it as "the best available solution to African poverty, and the inevitable result of free-market theory".
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 12:30 PM on November 14, 2006
(24 comments)
I need help learning the rules of composition for photography or fine art. What makes a good photograph? What makes a bad photograph?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Pastabagel
at 8:12 AM on November 7, 2006
(26 comments)
I was sorry to see
this post on Dawkins get deleted becuase it was "yet another Dawkings post", when
the one from three weeks earlier was deleted as well. I understand he's discussed alot, perhaps ad nauseum to some folks, but they can skip the post. I think the mistake being made here is that the same arguments will always be rehashed over and over. This disregards the fact that new people may have registered since the last time the topic was discussed.
In a very "meta" sense, the addition of new people to the discussion allows the argument to evolve, over the course of multiple debates. These kinds of topics - religion, rights, abortion, etc. - appear not to have objectively correct answers, however the passions on all sides and the articulation of arguments are a reflection of the community and our collective culture. By returning to the argument, with newer and older members we start to understand everyone's basis for their position, the forces that motivate the passions behind people's positions and give rise to the issue in the first place.
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 10:32 AM on October 13, 2006
(99 comments)
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posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel
at 11:56 AM on September 20, 2006
(46 comments)
How about creating including in each user profile a discussion thread, so that we can have a friendly conversation with
and about the user whose profile we are viewing?
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel
at 11:13 AM on August 18, 2006
(65 comments)
