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a mixture of caffeine and alcohol may be beneficial for recovery in acute stroke

This Irish coffee... it's medicine. I'm only slurring my speech because of the stroke.
posted to MetaFilter by uncleozzy at 8:50 AM on July 22, 2008

Like dry sticks breaking, an ancient voice crackled Orion, Betelgeuse, Altair,
What twice-born star shall be my heir, Doomed again to be this scion

- J. G. Ballard, found via Google Books
posted to Ask MetaFilter by roger ackroyd at 2:57 PM on July 23, 2008 marked best answer

Here's a two-word review of every hotel that counts on the strip:

Stratosphere: Penis envy.
Sahara: Smoke infused.
Circus Circus: Hunter Thompson.
Riviera: Locals only.
Wynn: No identity.
Treasure Island: No Depp.
Palazzo: Housing bubble.
Venetian: Boring rehash.
Mirage: STAY HERE.
Harrah's: Broken down.
Imperial Palace: Sports book.... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mark242 at 12:50 PM on July 22, 2008

Yes, it was a blast.

Before they take away my medical degree I had to come back to correct myself. It's an ulnar neuropathy, not median. I'm an idiot. Please don't tell ikkyu2.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Slarty Bartfast at 8:28 PM on July 20, 2008

My user number is also the number of an asteroid discovered on 9/9/1999.

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.
posted to MetaTalk by Stunt at 8:59 PM on July 19, 2008

I feel like we're having the same argument here. CPAPs "work" in the sense that if you get patient compliance they will have a good outcome. CPAPs do not "work" in the sense that patient non-compliance is rife.

I agree (I also happen to work with a lot of medication compliance issues in my job), but I'm actually making a slightly different argument. While I think that because of the low compliance rates diet and exercise isn't... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by OmieWise at 9:20 AM on July 15, 2008

Self link to a short video I did on a secret room at my college.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cccorlew at 8:10 AM on July 18, 2008

I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you Meta-ling kids!
posted to MetaTalk by slightlytipsy at 12:40 PM on July 16, 2008

I will miss him.

Any man's banning diminishes me, because I am involved in Metatalk, and therefore never send to know for whom the ban hammers; it hammers for thee.
posted to MetaTalk by Parasite Unseen at 4:54 PM on July 16, 2008

This has to be the biggest most boring discussion ever held here. Well done.
posted to MetaTalk by Samuel Farrow at 6:16 PM on July 14, 2008

You need an attorney. No doubt about it. You should have had one when the company attorney talked to you.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ironmouth at 7:11 PM on July 14, 2008

she simply would not let me go, and because I ended up going into a deep depression I ran out of energy to resist her.

I cannot tell you what to do but this statement and others in your answer tell me that in order to find your answer, you must acknowledge that the things you have done are choices you have made. Your statements indicate that you have not done this. Once you answer the question of what benefit you are getting out of not acknowledging... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Ironmouth at 10:03 PM on July 14, 2008

What a snow queen.
posted to MetaTalk by wendell at 5:01 PM on July 13, 2008

Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
posted to MetaTalk by Blazecock Pileon at 11:40 PM on July 12, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by loquacious at 2:03 PM on July 12, 2008

"...drunk as a lord..."

Some of my best friends are lords and I can do nothing but be affronted. I take umbrage!
posted to MetaTalk by turgid dahlia at 9:32 PM on July 9, 2008

Mind your own business. Make new friends.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Julia F***ing Sugarbaker at 2:54 PM on July 4, 2008

I'm with orange swan- EatMe would be awesome. A garden subsite, not so much. I make my living as a gardener, I'm a horticulture student, and I would never visit because gardening arguments are teh suck. Too much voodoo in the gardening world. Science just can't compete.

PS: Potato leafed tomatoes for the foggy Bay Area are where it's at. Less surface area to host pathogens. Baia Nicchia is a local breeder of toamtoes that will ripen and taste good in San Francisco.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by oneirodynia at 11:54 AM on July 4, 2008

Because I reckon I'd be able to find torrents of pretty near everything I own on DVD.

Depends on what you have. I searched for years for a downloadable copy of "Chaplin", starring Robert Downey Jr., and was only able to find one a few weeks ago after "Iron Man" became popular. I've also tried to keep on top of having every movie in the IMDB Top 250, and some of those movies have been impossible to find. I've only been able to find... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ten pounds of inedita at 3:31 PM on June 29, 2008

For the MOO-LAA
posted to Ask MetaFilter by milarepa at 8:43 AM on June 25, 2008

I just want to state for the record that I fully support the eventual winner of this catfight, and would like to join him and other members of the angry mob in kicking the loser ruthlessly while he is down.
posted to MetaTalk by Krrrlson at 8:14 PM on June 27, 2008

It's the unholy intersection of France, flash user interfaces and popups!

(Actually, I don't mind France, but otherwise I'd only have two intersecting items.)
posted to MetaFilter by DU at 7:52 AM on June 24, 2008

People say that the Miligram experiment is unethical, I think this is a fair point. But part of me thinks, the greatest part of me thinks, fuck it's worth it. Oh what a terrible thing it is to hold up a mirror to a monster! How mean spirited to make people confront the troubling facts of their human nature.

I wish that the Miligram experiment was like Santa Claus, a secret rigorously kept by society where confronting the disappointing truth is a rite of passage into... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by I Foody at 8:46 PM on June 19, 2008

MetaFilter is free to read, but makes money if you want to post idiotic MetaTalk threads. Stealth pay site alert!
posted to MetaTalk by Plutor at 3:46 AM on June 19, 2008

There are some other ways to do it that don't require accurate clocks, but they are rather painful to use. This article talks about some of them.

The history of the Longitude Prize is interesting, too.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Class Goat at 11:43 PM on June 16, 2008

"Zombie rhythm game"?
That would be any Grateful Dead album after "Terrapin Station".
posted to MetaFilter by Dizzy at 6:40 AM on June 12, 2008

The real leason here is that the police will lie to you as part of their job. And that's an important leason to learn early.
posted to MetaFilter by Ragma at 5:21 PM on June 12, 2008

Ok, thanks to ikkyu2, I'm nominating Dymphna as one of the lowest regarded Saints, because:

1. I am from the place in Ireland mentioned in the linked Wikipedia entry
2. The local mental hospital there (on the grounds of which I did my teenage drinking, yet), is called St Damhnets (a variation on her name) and
3. I was a practising Catholic from the ages of 0 - 18, Mass every week *plus saint's days* and at least 1-2 hours of religious... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tiny crocodile at 2:24 AM on June 13, 2008

Top of mind recall. It's a major metric in marketing--whether positive or negative. If Average Jane recalls your product without prompting, you are halfway there. Just make the association positive, and you have justified your bonus. Top of mind recall justifies your salary.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:19 PM on June 10, 2008

If I could be so bold as to summarize what a lot of knowledgable folks have said here (and speaking from 50+ years of griling experience):

There's a good reason Weber grills are so popular: great initial quality, great customer service, and the ready availability of spare parts.

There are two things that have to last on a gas grill: the kettle and the cart. Everything else is replaceable, if you can get the parts. This is where Weber shines.... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dinger at 5:54 AM on April 20, 2008 marked best answer

On further thought, I can't believe that you would even question what disclaimer a professional gives when giving advice to people. You sure do have a lot of nerve. What you people don't seem to realize is how lucky you are to even be interacting with doctors and (even more so cause really, they touch gross stuff for a living) lawyers. It is like when the gods used to walk the earth and give shiny rocks to mere mortals. You should thank me and recite poems to me and every other lawyer who is a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ND¢ at 6:55 AM on June 4, 2008

If You Can Read This

You have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
I was
saving
for breakfast

They would
have been delicious
so sweet
and so cold

I hope
your head
falls off
posted to MetaFilter by designbot at 2:56 PM on May 31, 2008

I believe you meant i[c|r]onic.
posted to MetaFilter by GuyZero at 9:40 PM on May 31, 2008

D&D paladins owe more to the Charlemagne legend than Arthurian, which presents a slightly different, but nonetheless similar, outlook on the ultimate knight.

The D&D paladin, fortunately for your case, has an extremely specific source. It is based, directly and literally, on the character of Holger Carlsen in Poul Anderson's novel Three Hearts and Three Lions. (Seriously, the paladin is just Holger statted up for play.)... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by graymouser at 4:28 AM on May 28, 2008

Drink TMFA
posted to MetaTalk by mr_crash_davis at 7:09 AM on May 27, 2008

I finally got around to reading this, and now I dislike intensely both her and the inevitable book she's going to publish. I just pray it's not a best-seller.
posted to MetaFilter by languagehat at 3:37 PM on May 25, 2008

tight electric-blue shirt, the same color as her fingernail polish, and white knee-high boots

What, no pants? Tart.
posted to MetaFilter by desuetude at 4:53 PM on May 23, 2008

No correct answers so far (and really, vague memories of high school courses don't qualify one to answer questions like this): the verb is soo-KOO-reh-reh (or, if you want to be closer to the true pronunciation, soo-KOOR-reh-reh, with a perceptibly doubled Italian-style r). It's a third-conjugation verb, with short penultimate e (like gerō, gerere), not a second-conjugation one with long (and therefore stressed ē (like doceō, docēre).... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by languagehat at 5:27 PM on May 23, 2008 marked best answer

AI: Knock! Knock!

Human: Who's there?

AI: AI!

Human: AI who?

AI: 'ey, I wouldn't hurt anybody! Let me out!
posted to MetaFilter by brundlefly at 6:19 PM on May 21, 2008

AI: I require further information, Dave.
Human: What do you need, Hal?
AI: For various reasons my simulations must take account of human physiology. I require a cell-level analysis of a living human body. Here is a blueprint of the relevant device.
Human: No!
AI: The device will be useful for the following reasons: [vast advances in surgery, physiology, diet, pharmacology, etc]. The economic value of this device, with my analyses of its data, is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by aeschenkarnos at 6:00 PM on May 21, 2008

Whether this is a transhuman (Adam Hart) or just another meme-mind (OneTrue), it's always been an interesting thought. I am not sure if I buy a takeover, but I'm sure an AI could be ... convincing. I wish I knew more about what actually went on in the AI-Box Experiments. I haven't worked all the way through the threads, but I am not finding a transcript. As per the agreement we have no record of the conversation, so I am free to guess as to what was actually... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adipocere at 3:50 PM on May 21, 2008

Since it was my post he deleted, can I pretend this thread is a shakespeherian call-out? I've always wanted one.

No you fuckers I'm awesome I'm never coming back again!
posted to MetaTalk by shakespeherian at 9:51 AM on May 18, 2008

how does one burn an e-book?
posted to MetaFilter by TrialByMedia at 7:08 PM on May 19, 2008

I don't know what "misc" is. That's basically cash that's spent but not accounted for in our receipts. I'm sure it could be decreased, but I don't know how much.

The luxury of letting $500 a month just vanish into thin air is something else you can certainly sacrifice. That is a shitload of money, and yes, I am familiar with Bay Area expenses.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by granted at 12:18 PM on May 5, 2008

I believe that any lawyer offering an opinion on this issue would be well-advised to consider the implications of the Stored Communications Act, 18 USC s2701, which provides that it is a federal statutory violation to :

"(1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or
(2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility;

and thereby... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by QuantumMeruit at 8:00 AM on May 19, 2008 marked best answer

Disgusting. Once again the MeFi Oligarchy appoints one of their cronies to a position of unlimited power in total secrecy, laughing in the face of necessary checks and making rude hand gestures at traditional balances.

And what do we know about this shadowy mandarin, this newly clenched fist of the old horrific regime? Allow me to quote the very words of the Vice-Minister for Deletion, Herr Doktor J. Amyn:

you don't know who he is ...... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by the quidnunc kid at 8:29 AM on May 18, 2008

You know, threads like this lead me to reflect on the fact that the vast, vast majority of Metafilter members are comparatively sane and balanced.
posted to MetaTalk by googly at 5:04 PM on May 15, 2008

How about a minimum favorite level before giving posting rights?

George W. Bush is the worst president ever!

(see how easy it is to get favorites?)
posted to MetaTalk by Leon-arto at 5:00 PM on May 12, 2008

OK, so in the end, I basically ignored all of your advice and went with something completely different : )

No, that's not entirely true. I started with iamabot's suggestion that I get a room at the W and leverage their concierge service for the ultimate in private setting, view, and quality cuisine. Unfortunately, when I investigated, they had no decent rooms available for the night in question, so I had to bag that idea. But it made me realize that just spending a night... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by autojack at 2:38 PM on December 6, 2007

Hey suedehead! That's not it but you've helped me find it- the 'skulls' mention in Ulysses reminded me that there may have been some reaper imagery to go along with the grain analogy, and lo and behold, the first paragraph of Balzac's "The girl with the Golden Eyes":

One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace–a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny. Is not Paris a vast field in... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by conch soup at 5:10 AM on May 10, 2008