I also do this.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 5:19 AM on July 23, 2008
Swap Magic is great for playing PS2 games from other regions.
(And that's all it's great for.)
(Nothing else.)
(Shhbittorrentshh.)
You can expect a small amount of screen-weirdness unless she has a PAL-compatible TV. But for SingStar it shouldn't be a problem.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:29 PM on July 15, 2008
What are the dimensions of the universe?
We don't know. There is no unified theory of physics. There are contradictory theories that work well within their domains, but they cannot be used to discern any dimensions with any confidence, because they contradict each other.
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Basically everything else you've said is fiction. If you said that the orthogonal dimension to Jesus was Satan, it would be just as scientific.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:54 PM on July 11, 2008
I got this when I was dieting hardcore. (Don't diet hardcore!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:15 PM on July 1, 2008
Out of the Park Baseball is #2 on MetaCritic's PC games ranking. I imagine that's a good way to get immersed in the game. There's a new version coming out in a few days.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:10 AM on June 9, 2008
Cigarettes are not a healthy alternative to lunch.
Get a nicotine replacement therapy. Gum worked for me. Smoke a cigarette in good circumstances and then never smoke again. Eat lunch. Eat fiber-rich food. Even something like English muffins enriched with soy fiber is good. Put peppers etc on your pizza. Weigh yourself once a week. If you're putting on weight, eat less or exercise more.
Treating your body somewhat responsibly feels great.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:56 AM on May 30, 2008
By the way, a Slim-Fast shake is a healthy lunch which takes like zero nanoseconds out of your busy day.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:04 AM on May 30, 2008
This happened to me once. The file was nowhere to be seen in Temporary Internet Files. The problem was that I had the default setting of "Hide protected operating system files" in Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View.
Why in Vishnu's name my temporary Word doc is treated as an operating system file I have no idea.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:54 AM on May 27, 2008
Not trolling.
http://45.135.66.195.in-addr.arpa doesn't work, and http://foo.135.66.195.in-addr.arpa doesn't work. How did this guy get http://unicyclist.135.66.195.in-addr.arpa to work, and why does Google pick it up, and why are there no other sites in the list? Could I do it with my site?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:01 AM on May 27, 2008
I assume you're talking about an external modem connected to your MacBook with an Ethernet cable. Right click My Computer, Management, Device Manager, Network Adapters. What is listed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:30 PM on May 22, 2008
If I wasn't a programmer, and I started by learning C, I would never be a programmer. I'd go nuts. Learn something object-oriented first.
Clearly that's just my opinion though.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:52 AM on May 22, 2008
I don't see why any significant amount of counterfeiting would originate in developed nations, where A) costs are much higher and B) you're a billion times more likely to be sued or prosecuted. But I could be wrong.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:06 AM on May 22, 2008
This synopsis indicates that they are just very sad to be saying goodbye to each other and reluctant to do so.
Could it be that the unbelievably cheap and shitty animation is failing to express the intent of the writers? meowth that's right
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:52 AM on May 22, 2008
I have a feeling this thread might do more harm than good. AskMe is not good at diagnosing neurological conditions; it's good at gathering together 20 different diagnoses, at least 19 of which will be misdiagnoses. Please consult a psychiatrist!
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:00 AM on May 21, 2008
By the way, the image of the Chase check doesn't have the check's value printed in machine-readable font in the bottom-right corner. Apparently it should have that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:53 AM on May 7, 2008
Thanks Medieval Maven. I've sent you the image.
The only 9-digit code on the back has an "S:" in front of it, and it starts with "00". If it's a routing number, Wikipedia says it indicates the US Government. Is that possible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:30 AM on May 7, 2008
For the record, Medieval Maven responded with:
wow, there is nearly nothing on the back of that check. If you scroll down here you can see what a substitute check would look like under check 21,but if you look at the back of the check in the example, it has all this machine stamping on the back of it, which is more like what I would expect to see. generally whatever bank gets the check first will do all the stamping and converting to electronic and so forth.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:42 AM on May 7, 2008marked best answer
So if I'm getting this straight, we now have a system where even with oldskool paper checks, everyone's relying on the seller to provide accurate information, and no-one at either the debited bank or the credited bank checks the data at any point before paying out. Is that right? That sounds pretty unfortunate if that's right.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:21 PM on May 7, 2008
This is true!
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:35 PM on May 7, 2008
Follow up: my bank said they would refund the money to me. What they actually did was refund the money to someone with an account in a THIRD bank. Whether that was my doctor's account, I do not know. The clerk also informed me this is the fourth time she's seen this sort of thing happening recently.
Yeah, I don't think I'm going to be letting them handle my money any more.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:50 AM on May 16, 2008
Titanic.
Sorry, it's true.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 5:12 PM on May 15, 2008
"Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday.
Note that at one point he moves away from the mic to breathe.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:33 PM on May 9, 2008
Barry White's song "Any Barry White Song"
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:35 PM on May 9, 2008
Yeah, the 40GB doesn't play PS2 games, many of which are excellent and cheaply obtained. If your financial situation is anything better than "sub-prime", I consider it a no-brainer. (If your financial situation is "sub-prime", consider getting a DS and some Chinese-made accessories)
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 5:19 PM on May 7, 2008
Did you look under Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:32 PM on May 7, 2008
If your OS can't recognise that a drive physically exists... well, I strongly suspect your last resort is your only resort. Sorry.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:49 PM on May 7, 2008
Eric Godon
Date of Birth:7 February 1959, Baudour, Belgium
Udo Kier
Date of Birth:14 October 1944, Cologne, Germany
So yes, they are the same guy and there's a vast global conspiracy to trick you. (?!)
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 2:29 PM on May 7, 2008
Awesome/tragic. I'm obviously missing something... how did you find the hi-res version?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:24 PM on April 10, 2008
I don't doubt that when someone signs an arbitration agreement it's binding. But in this case, the customer is giving up his rights by merely not responding to the notice. If I were a judge I would gnaw my own leg off rather than let them get away with that shit (but I am not a judge).
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:04 AM on March 11, 2008
By the way, Comcast bought out my local cable company and is transferring customer accounts to them, so the customers in my area won't be signing anything (and 99% won't be reading anything) for this clause to affect them.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:07 AM on March 11, 2008
top google hit for ".kr register"
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:51 AM on March 4, 2008
here ya go
Vice City and San Andreas! With mouse control!
Company of Heroes is unfeasably polished.
I have a deep love of Medieval II: Total War.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:47 AM on March 2, 2008
The expansion packs for Neverwinter Nights 1 are particularly bodacious.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:34 AM on March 2, 2008
The term "psychosomatic" doesn't mean that what happens to you isn't real. If you're feeling the pain, the pain is real. It's that simple. But the idea that people are deliberately doing this to you is not real, and it will never be real. You need to speak to a doctor.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:36 AM on February 29, 2008
Here's the course. Looks lovely.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:54 AM on February 29, 2008
I know this guy in Lagos who will sort you out. Just send me your bank details and I'll let him know.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 3:14 PM on February 27, 2008
K-1 folks should get the disclaimer on the card until adjustment of status. It's almost certainly a mistake.
Could he get away with working based on this mistake? Probably, but it is certainly not worth risking. Expect a few fun trips to the SS office to sort this out.
I'm familiar with a K-1 who was told flat out on repeated visits that she simply couldn't have a Social Security number, even one with the disclaimer, until she got a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:53 PM on February 25, 2008
If there really is an increased tendency, I imagine it's a poor/rich thing rather than a black/white thing. People from poor neighborhoods will have more experience with vicious and mistreated dogs.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:58 PM on February 25, 2008
You might want to experiment with Lucid Dreaming techniques.
A friend told me that after a few weeks of writing down everything he could remember about his dreams immediately upon waking, he could reliably experience lucid dreams. A side effect was that while awake, he would sometimes momentarily feel like he was dreaming.
You did not see the future, but like everyone else you have an awesome and largely untapped capacity for imagination.... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:39 AM on February 20, 2008
Also, it gets kind of mean. Mean's not going to work either.
This is mean. Doing this in any humorous way is mean. When she doesn't get your intention and you're forced to spell it out, it's an added layer of mean.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:28 PM on February 6, 2008
The CNN count only includes *pledged* superdelegates, of which there are none currently
What do we mean by "pledged" here? I thought that superdelegates were unpledged delegates who just give their opinion to pollsters and can change their mind at any time.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 3:59 PM on February 6, 2008
this
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 3:54 PM on February 6, 2008
CreamTeam, because everyone loves a bad pun, and it's easier to parse and recall.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 3:44 PM on February 6, 2008
Love is not binary/a switch/a big truck. It's a continuum. Everyone has experienced love to lesser or greater degrees.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:09 AM on January 27, 2008
I think people need to be able to accept "loving, helpful" actions as being romantic actions, and vice versa, before they can possibly be satisfied in life. Otherwise there's always something "missing".
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:15 AM on January 26, 2008
Inline Frame.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 6:14 PM on January 25, 2008
Manic Hedgehog
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 8:35 PM on January 5, 2008
If we happened to have multiple cards with the same account number, there might hypothetically be some room for confusion and plausible deniability there (if I was a dishonest person which I am not). No?
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:52 AM on January 5, 2008
It's a US card.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:03 AM on January 5, 2008
We told the card company the truth, and they put the charge in dispute and gave us a US phone number for the people that charged us. Those people say there was a $15 connection fee and a per-minute fee of around $8. The card company will send us a dispute form but I doubt it will achieve anything.
Learn ye from our folly.
posted to Ask Metafilter by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:33 PM on January 5, 2008
