MeFi comment:
"My favorite thing about Krugman is that he's enough of a geek to make an "all your base are belong to us" reference on Olbermann.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Midnight Rambler
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"As requested, the memetic force of Miko's Ivy League Elitist list can now be experienced at Ivy League Elitists.
As mentioned in the MefiProjects post, any ad revenue from this will go to a recipient of Miko's choice...." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by merelyglib, mudpuppie, Big_B, graventy, Megami, clearly, blueberry, ooga_booga, odinsdream, like_neon, cashman, shiu mai baby, contessa, fourcheesemac, Marisa Stole the Precious Thing
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Alaska is a magnificent backyard. So full of riches and beauty. So let's kill the beauty and plunder the riches!
Wolf and Polar Bear hunt from airplane after we convince people to Drill BABY DRILL!..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by cashman, fourcheesemac, jonp72
4 weeks ago
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"Er, StickyCarpet,
Even at the 40%-70% of the speed of light that tracert's linked wikipedia article states, at the slowest, you'd be looking at less than 1ms of delay for each 100 meters of cable. And, I stand by my statement that propagation..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lothar
Last month
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"Sorry, wavering, that's just not possible.
Electromagnetic energy moves at nearly the speed of light. (On preview, I see Aquaman has already mentioned it, but I have links and equipment suggestions!)
The speed of light is over 860,000 times the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lothar
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I've searched through all of the major still and HD footage houses for "walter reed" and come up empty.
I have a hard time believing that this mistake was this hard to make.
I further doubt (given the music rights discussion) that..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Mr. Gunn, fourcheesemac, LobsterMitten, mrballistic, Artw
Last month
MeFi comment:
"A little funny:
While Mitt Romney was cracking jokes about Al Gore's private jet...
... Al Gore was flying from San Francisco to Tampa on Southwest, on the same plane as my business partner and his wife...." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, Lou Stuells, glycolized, cashman, schyler523, ambrosia, konolia, shiu mai baby, bitter-girl.com, clarahamster, Hutch, iamkimiam, wendell, mwhybark
Last month
Ask comment:
"For something rack mounted, you want an ATA-style case, probably with shock mounts. The shock mounts might be a case inside a case with foam in between, or it might be a coil of steel cable on the corners suspending the rack rails inside the fiber..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bcwinters
Last month
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"You could set up a firewall machine using something like m0n0wall or pfSense, or one of the many Linux based ones out there, between your internet connection and the LAN.
Whatever shaping solution you choose, the easiest way to shape torrents is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by By The Grace of God, astrochimp
2 months ago
Ask post:
What was this photoblog?
favorited 10 times, recently by MagicEightBall, zardoz, apdato, altcountryman, ijoyner, parmanparman, Neiltupper, P.o.B., wsg, mrunderhill
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"The whole antenna thing is a misnomer anyway, because rabbit ears currently, and after the transition still will receive the digital content.
It's about the tuner. But, explain that to joe sixpack's grandfather...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dabitch
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Dammit, I was going to come in here and brag about my $16.68 and low UID, but user frakking 1 had to come in and ruin my fun.
Best of luck to you, Sean. I'll be looking for this type of progressive forward-looking government in my state -..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by infini
2 months ago
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"Offer free recycling drop off for old electronics, batteries, etc.
Offer a discount for computer and electronics trade-ins, especially if you can make the money back by selling the items used, or to scrap dealers.
Get your upstream providers to..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Twicketface, Roach, Jemstar, M.C. Lo-Carb!, santojulieta, By The Grace of God
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Some bits and pieces of why what you're trying isn't working are up there, but there are a couple more.
First, I don't think that newer versions of MacOS X (which would be what's on the G5) understand regular old Appletalk. They only understand..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LooseFilter
2 months ago
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"The Apple-centric solution:
Get a Mac Mini (with a wireless card), a couple of external Firewire 1TB drives. Use iTunes to rip the CDs, into Apple Lossless (if you are a stickler for quality) or AAC at 256Kb/sec (if you'd like a good space/sound..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by hal_c_on, jadepearl, fire&wings
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Shit.
This pisses me off.
Fuck, the guy was only 71.
So many cunts wanted him silenced.
Now the cocksuck(ing) motherfucker is tits-up." [
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favorited 46 times, recently by Hicksu, ZeroDivides, xmattxfx, gen, MikeKD, tehloki, illuminatus, adamp88, pwicks, wendell, Jaybo, jayCampbell, Goofyy, Goblindegook, Twicketface, wmeredith, schyler523, Afroblanco, Sk4n, headspace, crunch buttsteak, ursus_comiter, Aversion Therapy, Reverend John, melissa, Midnight Rambler, dasheekeejones, rzklkng, shoebox, JaredSeth, kuujjuarapik, chronic sublime, mmahaffie, Jimbob, elfgirl, Korou, champthom, dopeypanda, mek, cmyk, Marla Singer, suedehead, every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, Space Kitty, brundlefly, Senor Cardgage
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"La Teresita, either in West Shore or the one in Pinellas Park (on 66th St.) are both very good Cuban.
Vallartas on N. Dale Mabry is pretty good Mexican...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Flamingo
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When I was but a lad, my family was vacationing in the Smoky Mountains, and we were witness to the results of an accident involving a CANDY TRUCK which strew its' remains across the road and shoulder.
My parents wouldn't stop.
I never forgave..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by 1f2frfbf
6 months ago
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"I don't use Photoshop to do the bulk of the work - I use Aperture, but Adobe's Lightroom would be good for the initial sorting and tagging. I'm sure there are other consumer photo managers out there that would be equally good.
Anyway, my workflow..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chewbud, adamt, special-k, heeeraldo
9 months ago
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"The main problems between Windows Office and Office for Mac are when the fonts are different versions of the same named fonts, or when there are embedded files which don't have decoders on one or the other of the platforms.
For instance, you can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by donovan
Last year
