pidgin is a no brainer
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:30 AM on June 12, 2008

asus eeepc901 when it comes out
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 11:29 AM on June 1, 2008

this is an easy one.

Just set your letter out like this.

Dear "employer"

Thank you for the opportunity you have given me.

please consider this letter as notice of resignation.

regards

job done..

just google resignation letter you'll find a million ways people have worded the same exact thing.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:04 AM on May 3, 2008

Godaddy is not the best place to back order a domain from.

If you were really serious about getting the domain you must use a proper company that specialises in the backordering of domains.

read this great article on the subject.
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/03/how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain


from what i understand the "expiring" registrar has no special controls over... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 11:55 AM on April 27, 2008

I do not think they will be asking generalised questions about what kind of person i am.

because if my accountant was hired on a professional basis, he would be unable to answer such questions or unwilling to make such statements.

I think what they want is actual proof that I was actual self employed and not just an unemployed bum.

I'm guessing tax returns or something (the problem being my LTD being formed in 2007 has... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 11:15 AM on April 27, 2008

unless you were dropped on your head as a baby.

AVG
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:49 AM on April 27, 2008

WoW fantasic replies, great reading.. thanks to everyone.

From what im gathering.. and please tell me if im wrong.

The 2nd Law of thermodynamics is simply this.. "energy moves about"

& of course we all know when stuff moves, newton gets involved.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:28 PM on February 8, 2008

how does anyone know if a domain is going to be renewed or not.. thats the whole backordering game.

once it goes into redemption its a good sign tho.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:04 AM on November 22, 2007

The O2 dome sounds good, but I can't find any information about it online what soever.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:22 PM on October 17, 2007

yup thats the site where they have no information what soever about rugby on.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 3:13 AM on October 18, 2007

I just text 02 for a free ticket to the event.. sadly it seems even tho they didn't tell anyone about it.. and the millennium dome can fit like a billion people in it.. the event is...SOLDOUT

:( that blows .. any more ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:17 AM on October 18, 2007

GOM player.

or

VLC

GOM has got a more sophisticated GUI but VLC is probably more adaptable at playing every codex there is.

GOM player it is then.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:32 AM on October 2, 2007

http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:32 AM on October 2, 2007

yes im looking for all words that could be loosely described as cognative, its just really to help in terms of conversational usage of the languages.

Im mainly just looking at English/French/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese

because of the large number of cognates within the group, if other languages hold a large number of cognates let me know.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 1:16 AM on September 19, 2007

yup sound the same and mean the same is what im looking for.

If technically thats not a congative word I think sometimes they are called harmonous.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:29 AM on September 19, 2007

Ive had both of these speaker systems.

its no contest.. Logitech all the way.

they are far superior, and the klipsch speaks eventually blew after a few months had to chuck them.

THX-Certified doesnt really mean a thing.. who cares what that George Lucas thinks...
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:09 AM on September 14, 2007

could be power management there is a setting to save battery power.. but i definately have it turned right off and am plugged into mains power anyway.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:33 AM on August 24, 2007

1.)yes it is an Exchange server
2.)It seems to be contact specific, it only happens when I receive emails from a couple of clients from the same office (a bank as it happens)
3.) The email appears to be plain text
4.) The same thing happens for forwarded messages
5.) Ive turned off my antivirus and the same thing happens, im fairly certain its a outlook setting
6.) If it was a IRM setting you'd expect it to happen for every contact,... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 1:49 PM on August 1, 2007

Ive managed to stop outlook automaticly deleting the message thread.. but im not sure why

Tools>Options>Mail format

Unticked the box [] Use Microsoft Office word 2003 to edit e-mail messages


anyone know why that was doing it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:48 AM on August 2, 2007

http://www.phonevite.com/

thank you.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 6:17 AM on July 27, 2007

getting true stats on this issue is all but impossible.. you ask the music companies they'll tell you billions are using p2p.. the same is true if you ask ISPs.. if you take the figures they give.. and cut them in half.

Then divide that number by the actual number of prosecutions. Then youre hell of alot safer downloading p2p than you are walking down the street.

and that is a fact.!
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 12:43 PM on June 25, 2007

no.. the card is not checked against a central database normaly.. all the credit details are held on the card. At the end of each day details of your travel movements are sent to a database and kept for 8 days.

Why check if i have credit.. when the barrier will check that when i go through. Its virtually impossible to tailgate the barriers are so small and quick.. and why not just wait and watch to see if i do.. plus i work in an office and wear a suit, not exactly a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:25 AM on June 22, 2007

has im not getting any reply can i have my question back?
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 1:12 AM on June 15, 2007

legally UK CVs can not have any age data on them, this includes even the date you got qualifications and degrees.

We also don't put our previous employment salaries.

We only have a brief one personal summary at the top of our CV instead of a whole cover page.

I work for an HR company
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:46 AM on June 14, 2007

Endsofinvention wrote "Wha? So I'm breaking the law if I put my DOB on there?"

No not you personally.. but if you gave your CV to an recruitment company who then started to give that CV to clients they would liable to litigation and the companies who looked at the CV.. so they won't accept them unless the date is removed.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:31 PM on June 14, 2007

phone boxes, parking metres, bank safes... need i go on.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:54 AM on May 30, 2007

i clear my temp directory often.

I don't think it could be the usb cable, else it wouldn't work on my computer downstairs either.

haven't tried a hub.. good idea tho.. have to see if ive got one.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 3:42 AM on May 27, 2007

it happens on all usb ports i try, ive tried slave/master/cable select it makes no difference.

just ordered a new ICY box encloser so will probably just chuck this one out.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 3:28 AM on May 28, 2007

black & white hair wax is good

gels tend to dry out during the course of the day, wax is best for long term effect.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 3:27 AM on May 28, 2007

Rugby football was banned in amercia for being too dangerous (the pansies)

This is why they invented amercian rules football, which is basicly the exact opposite rules of rugby

eg:
you throw the ball forward instead of backwards

You have a line of scrimage not a scumage.

You Must wear padding vs You Mustn't wear padding

but they kept the name
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 6:53 AM on May 24, 2007

I never said rugby is banned in America.

go away read what i said, then .. oh wait actually i don't care.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:31 PM on May 26, 2007

http://www.netstumbler.com/
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:44 AM on May 23, 2007

well if what your saying is true.. it would explain all my problems.

However clearly the router the ISP provides manages to do it.. so it possible.

and the ASUS router is very good, with lots of changeable settings.. so it should be possible to make it do the same.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:45 AM on April 25, 2007

ah the settings are hard to get out of the isps router.. i think its a closed box.

The problem is this ISP is the greatest ISP in the whole of the UK, its like 10x faster 10x cheaper, and truely unlimited. So theres no option of going anywhere else.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:07 AM on April 25, 2007

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : mycomputer-d714495
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : config

Ethernet adapter Local Area... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:34 AM on April 27, 2007

Mycomputerl-d714495

Information

Status: Active
Type: Generic Device
Connected To: ethport1 (Ethernet)

Addressing

Physical Address: 00:17:31:92:ee:56
IP Address Assignment: DHCP
IP Address: 192.168.1.64
Always use the same address: No
DHCP Lease Time: 0 days, 19:32:27


DSL... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:37 AM on April 27, 2007

yes its an isp supplied router

SpeedTouch 780
firmware: 6.1.4.3
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 10:45 AM on April 28, 2007

telepathy isnt needed..

Id already said the isp supplied router works just fine... dsl/lan/ethernet everything as you would expect from a normal router... So its a yes to all the other questions too.

screen shots...
www.thekn0wledge.com/images/Untitled-1.jpg
www.thekn0wledge.com/images/Untitled-2.jpg
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:32 AM on April 29, 2007

I contacted my isp and they got back to me with the settings they should work.. they still don't really make much sense to me.

They say the settings should be:

VPI:0
VCI:101
Encapsulation: LLC based
Modulation: G.dmt 992.5 An.A
DSL con.mode:RFC1483 bridged
DHCP with no username and password
DNS Primary:87.194.0.51
DNS Secondary:87.194.0.52
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 1:12 AM on May 10, 2007

i think i got the spec from amazon, and we all know how dodgey they are, so thanks for the headsup.. ill double check.

im not mad enough to actualy buy anything directly from amazon.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:28 AM on May 3, 2007

Thanks for the concern about MRIs, they do certainly effect the device.. which is why after i have any MRI we reset it to the correct known level and the check its position with a fluoroscope.

Its not for a story... apart from the crazy story of events that seems to be my life.

Not sure i want to implant a magnet into my finger.. but the EMF alarms look hopeful.

I am not sure how powerfull a field needs to be to effect it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 2:24 PM on April 5, 2007

i see we have an expert in spinal cord injury in the room great.. lets see what other pearls of wisdom he has to share.

and it doesn't read like its written by a "sufferer" because im not a sufferer... mutation is how evolution works... i can think of worse things than having an enlarged brain and a reduced sensitivity to pain.

As for sneezing i can certainly relate.. people don't realise how enjoyable a good sneeze is until you start... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:17 PM on April 5, 2007

i love the hat :) not sure if its my colour tho.

Im using the speaker phone on my mobile now.. although its not so easy just holding the phone to your other ear.. its like how you only wear your watch on one side.. or write with one hand.. you naturaly go for one ear or the other.. and with me it happens to be my right.

Ive put my phone right far over on that side of the desk which is a help.. but i still have to catch myself from doing it.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:57 AM on April 6, 2007

Ive just been reading about Photochromic Lenses, and apparently they work by Electronic magnetic radiation.

Would buying a pair of these give me an early warning of when im in a electromagnetic zone?
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 11:37 AM on April 30, 2007

I like Chessington World of Adventures Zoo, for the exact opposite reason everyone else has given here.

Things may have changed.. (but i doubt it), from when i visted about 10 years ago. It was a very poorly run zoo, all the animals looked mangey, bored and generally unwell.

They didn't have much room to move about it.. and many rocked from side to side out of boredom.

If your like me and find watching humans abuse... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 8:43 AM on April 27, 2007

here in the UK gas is banned.. all dental anaesthetic is done by a local.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 4:10 PM on April 25, 2007

the best page in the universe deals with this problem the best ive seen.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=911_morons
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 7:26 AM on April 15, 2007

the best running shoes are asics, the more expensive the better.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 11:19 AM on April 6, 2007

I have chiari and syringomeylia ( a very dangerous condition caused by more server forms of chiari )

and yes.. sneezing is very bad for people with the condition.. however this one symptom alone is not anywhere near enough for anyone to make a diagnosis from..

Even if you went to a doctor with it, they probably wouldn't even put you forward for a MRI which is the only way to detect chiari, because your not showing any of the other symptoms.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 5:26 PM on April 5, 2007

Reefs are king.
posted to Ask Metafilter by complience at 1:44 PM on April 2, 2007