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What's the best online place to follow the latest subnotebooks and ultraportables to arrive on the market?
posted to Ask Metafilter by meso
at 11:01 AM on August 4, 2008
(8 comments)
I was thinking today about the idea of choice. The existentialists talked about choice all the time- How every human has the "burden of choice". In other words, we all have the "burden" of free will, the choice to do something or to not do something. I know my philosophy knowledge is rudimentary at best, but I guess my question is: when did this idea of choice emerge? Primitive man had no luxury of choice, everything was about survival- So at what point did humans develop the idea of having a choice?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ISeemToBeAVerb
at 12:22 AM on July 22, 2008
(23 comments)
I've read so much here lately
1 2 3 about not browsing as an admin, decided to
check it out and yepper, I surely was using an admin account. I've set up a non admin account, made a few other changes (described inside), hoping to find out from The Hive Mind if I am now safe enough to breathe easy(er).
posted to Ask Metafilter by dancestoblue
at 9:06 AM on July 21, 2008
(11 comments)
I'm suddenly getting little boxes of letter-number combinations in the text on my computer screen. What are they?
posted to Ask Metafilter by bryon
at 9:17 PM on July 16, 2008
(11 comments)
I'm wondering if there is an "organic" alternative to the very popular Crystal Light drink mixes these days. CL is full of artificial sweeteners, flavors, food coloring, the whole shebang.
posted to Ask Metafilter by ssnickerer
at 11:19 AM on July 2, 2008
(21 comments)
What is the best way to draw website mock ups?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tseo
at 12:29 AM on June 13, 2008
(20 comments)
i have about 3,500 CDs. I want to rip them to MP3. I'm too lazy to do it one at a time on my computer and too cheap to pay a service like MusicShifter. Any other options?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tundro
at 3:04 PM on June 5, 2008
(29 comments)
Is there a quick way of copying files "up" an SSH connection?
posted to Ask Metafilter by caek
at 6:56 AM on June 2, 2008
(15 comments)
Iwase Yoshiyuki
"In the late 1920s, young Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea, he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for "the simple, even primitive beauty" of
ama – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters." "By the late 1960s, they had disappeared. This body of work stands as the final, most comprehensive visual document of the life and work of these divers."
[NSFW]
posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:45 PM on March 27, 2008
(48 comments)
What are the best cinematic movie soundtracks you've ever heard?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Christ, what an asshole
at 4:26 PM on January 14, 2008
(116 comments)
What's a good example of a song whose emotional power affects the artist performing it? I'm trying to compile a list of songs whose musical landscape and/or lyrics are so emotionally potent that the emotion emerges clearly in a recorded version of the song.
posted to Ask Metafilter by AngerBoy
at 2:13 PM on January 30, 2008
(97 comments)
How do the guys here creatively and efficiently organize their pockets to carry the three essentials: cell phone, keys, and wallet?
posted to Ask Metafilter by comatose
at 6:58 AM on February 22, 2008
(78 comments)
What's the modern, ecological equivalent of a Volkswagon Bus (oh yeah and make it cheap, please).
posted to Ask Metafilter by sully75
at 7:29 AM on February 17, 2008
(29 comments)
Suggest a small, linux-compatible laptop.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tylermoody
at 10:02 AM on February 13, 2008
(27 comments)
Why is there a disdain for the future conditional tense among people who talk about sports?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stupidsexyFlanders
at 8:26 AM on February 8, 2008
(31 comments)
What are countries to which a US citizen can easily immigrate/move?
posted to Ask Metafilter by fjardt
at 5:16 PM on February 6, 2008
(17 comments)
Haruki Murakami doesn't do many interviews. However, he granted one to a University of Hawaii journalism student and it was published in the January 2007 issue of GQ Korea. The text has been translated by the blog owner.
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4
posted to MetaFilter by spec80
at 8:44 AM on February 1, 2008
(25 comments)
I'm a grad student. I like the subject(s) I'm studying, I like research, and I know I'm capable of doing the work... except when I sit down to actually do it, I choke. I know I'm not the only one suffering from both
imposter syndrome and perfectionism - how do you manage to get your brain to stop spinning its wheels and get to work?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 5:38 PM on January 31, 2008
(33 comments)
Does doing anything sex-industry-related (from taking a nude photo to actually working as a prostitute or exotic dancer) actually damn you from ever living a successful life in another area? Has anyone ever managed to be known and respected in their field without falling into "OMG SHE POSED NUDE" controversy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by divabat
at 6:13 PM on January 28, 2008
(49 comments)
Where do 35 to 45 year olds hang out on the web? Do social media sites specifically for this age group exist out there?
posted to Ask Metafilter by vizsla
at 6:23 AM on January 29, 2008
(21 comments)
While it may be old news the US was drawn into the Iraq War under false pretenses,
a new report by the Center for Public Integrity documents 935 specific falsehoods in public statements by eight white house officials: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell, Wolfowitz,
Fleischer and McClellan.
posted to MetaFilter by CheeseDigestsAll
at 6:32 AM on January 23, 2008
(71 comments)
CSS, greasemonkey, sunglasses? Is there a way to stop white web pages hurting my eyes (firefox, osx).
posted to Ask Metafilter by pompomtom
at 3:38 PM on January 15, 2008
(14 comments)
travelfilter: Peru vs. elsewhere: best places to go/things to do in central/south america?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nerdcore
at 1:15 PM on January 16, 2008
(9 comments)
What music can you listen to while reading, and not get distracted from your text?
posted to Ask Metafilter by comwiz
at 11:55 PM on January 13, 2008
(43 comments)
Please help me restore my user settings (Win XP Pro). All of my wife's personal settings (also folders and files) have beem sent to the recycle bin upon restart. I tried to use the recycle bin restore feature, but to no avail. There is only one user account, and that seems to be set to new machine status. She wants her desktop back ! Last time, you guys saved my butt...can you do it again? Thanks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by lobstah
at 6:59 AM on January 11, 2008
(4 comments)
"But, it's a post on film noir!" I told her. She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me. I knew that caving into my desires meant I might lose her. But I didn't care. I went out to the kitchen to make
coffee -- yards of coffee. Rich, strong, bitter, boiling hot, ruthless, depraved. I knew she'd be back.
posted to MetaFilter by miss lynnster
at 12:56 AM on January 11, 2008
(48 comments)
How can I protect my privacy online?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ClanvidHorse
at 6:15 AM on January 4, 2008
(13 comments)
How do you avoid chef's stomach?
posted to Ask Metafilter by oflinkey
at 11:01 AM on January 4, 2008
(32 comments)
The hotel I'm at uses T-Mobile HotSpot (or whatever..) for the wifi. It seems to work fine for web browsing, but I can't seem to use any ssh clients to connect to work and get any real work done.
I've seen that others have also had problems with this. As far as I can tell it's just an issue of outgoing port blocking, and (from previous questions) there's nothing much to be done. I've called hotel support but it is just T-Mobile support, and moronic. I really don't feel like dealing with people.
Am I just out of luck?
posted to Ask Metafilter by xorry
at 7:50 PM on December 11, 2007
(10 comments)
I want to ditch my cell phone for a text only device. I want my wife to be able to reach me at will, but other than that, folks will just have to wait. What is the best option?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stuboo
at 8:48 AM on December 12, 2007
(17 comments)
This is an ironic tale of the consequences of inept application of cryptographic tools.
Or is it? Dan Egerstad, a Swedish hacker, gained access to hundreds of computer network accounts around the world, belonging to various embassies, corporations and other organizations. How did he do it?
Very easily: by sniffing exit traffic on his
Tor nodes.
posted to MetaFilter by Anything
at 6:04 PM on December 4, 2007
(27 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)
BackpackingFilter: What items are must-takes for South East Asia (or generally)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by UbuRoivas
at 9:13 PM on November 28, 2007
(40 comments)
What podcasts will make me more intelligent just by listening to them? I enjoy the BBC's "In Our Time", which features serious discussion of historical events and people by academics working in the field, and also quirky, thought-provoking programs like WNYC's "Radio Lab" and "This American Life". I'm not so keen on some of the podcasts I typically get from newspapers that gloss over the surface of a subject with little analysis. What other highbrow podcasts are made by people who really know their shit?
posted to Ask Metafilter by nowonmai
at 9:01 AM on November 20, 2007
(63 comments)
I've become bored of digg, slate and reddit. I'd like some substitutes (but not too close of substitutes that I get quickly bored again).
posted to Ask Metafilter by survivorman
at 2:05 PM on November 15, 2007
(21 comments)
Seeing some minor nudity in a 1950s film made me curious. What were some early examples of 'R-Rated' type material in films? I feel like non-Hollywood cinema makes this too easy, so what of naughty bits and foul language in American films?
I know about 'Convention City.' Is there anything else Pre-Code that is anachronistically R-Rated for the time?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tremspeed
at 11:07 PM on November 13, 2007
(10 comments)
