Are there any circumstances in (UK) law that would allow a friend to 'sue' his wife for what he considers the money she stole from their joint account.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by daveyt at 6:12 AM on January 26, 2009 (15 comments)

A shocking scene from the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica was paired with a rather unfortunate commercial. Warning: Big spoiler in the scene if you follow the show and have not caught up. Graphic violence.
posted to MetaFilter by furiousxgeorge at 8:35 PM on January 18, 2009 (252 comments)

Did you spend the years out of high school and into your early-mid twenties royally fucking up from an academic standpoint, bouncing in and out of college--but then went on to be a successful, productive adult despite it? What did you do? How did it happen? Yes, this question is young and silly but I need the advice of those older and wiser.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 2:38 PM on January 9, 2009 (31 comments)

A small collection of special programs for system administration, written at a level suitable for senior admins.
posted to MetaFilter by 31d1 at 2:18 AM on January 3, 2009 (36 comments)

I work as a film location scout in New York City. My day is basically spent combing the streets for interesting and unique locations for feature films. In my travels, I often stumble across some pretty incredible sights, most of which are ignored every day by thousands of New Yorkers in too much of a rush to pay attention. As it happens, it's my job to pay attention, and I've started this blog to keep a record of what I see.
posted to MetaFilter by grumblebee at 4:30 PM on December 26, 2008 (44 comments)

How automated is PIXAR-caliber computer animation these days?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by umbú at 8:59 PM on December 25, 2008 (14 comments)

Some time ago either on MeFi or BoingBoing there was a link to a bunch of songs that I *swear* were Christmas songs played in the wrong key or one half-tone down or something... Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about and where I could find this (again)?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mrzer0 at 8:17 AM on December 24, 2008 (8 comments)

I've got math anxiety but not the traditional kind. I'm graduating with a math degree but I feel very insecure pursuing higher math. How did something this beautiful turn into a bugbear?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 5:35 PM on December 4, 2008 (20 comments)

I have about a week to get in shape to do a 6 minute choreographed dance. What exercises will help me with endurance?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by abdulf at 10:51 PM on December 6, 2008 (7 comments)

Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental & Storage SLYT [via]
posted to MetaFilter by alby at 8:35 AM on December 5, 2008 (22 comments)

Pattern Tap: an organized collection of web design ideas.
posted to MetaFilter by signal at 5:42 AM on November 29, 2008 (8 comments)

What is the official, medical definition of a newborn's "time of birth?"
posted to Ask MetaFilter by sjl7678 at 5:52 PM on November 26, 2008 (7 comments)

Is there a name for this visual design motif?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by svolix at 1:34 PM on October 14, 2008 (16 comments)

The Li'l O'Reilly Factor SLYT
via Ectoplamosis, via The Percy Trout Hour
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris at 1:31 PM on October 4, 2008 (30 comments)

"A dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare" - that's The Diving Pool, a newly published collection of three novellas by Yoko Ogawa. Despite having won every major literary award in Japan, Ogawa is little known to the English speaking world (the French have translated her extensively), although two stories - Pregnancy Diary (one of the novellas in The Diving Pool) and The Cafeteria in the Evening and A Pool In the Rain - have graced the pages of The New Yorker. Here's a preview at Google Books. If you liked that, consider pre-ordering The Housekeeper and the Professor, her latest novel to be translated into English.
posted to MetaFilter by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:05 PM on September 15, 2008 (15 comments)

In light of yesterdays events with Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch and AIG and all the hubbub with the the "Mac" banks, I'm pretty confused about the economy. I'd like to spend the day reading up to understand the entire situation, starting with the housing market leading up to Bear Stearns and culminating this weekend's events. Could someone please recommend some key articles that will help me wrap my brain around this entire situation?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Telf at 7:46 AM on September 15, 2008 (17 comments)

Do you have a career that allows a great deal of flexibility? What is it? How do you get it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by btkuhn at 7:25 PM on September 7, 2008 (16 comments)

Help me make sense of my career. Advertising copywriter, now working in marketing agency as a creative whatsit, also an About.com guide on the side. I want to do more stuff like the latter, want to dump the former. What should I be doing to get there?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by micketymoc at 7:10 PM on September 7, 2008 (2 comments)

Fox, the BBC and CNN have all revealed that Republican US presidential candidate John McCain has picked Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate on his 72nd birthday on the eve of the start of Republican National Convention. Despite being wildly popular in Alaska, Palin has recently been involved in an investigation over whether she dismissed a public safety commissioner because he refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.
posted to MetaFilter by HaloMan at 7:52 AM on August 29, 2008 (5463 comments)

Without actually pole vaulting, how would I, a woman who is a marathon runner, approach a closer approximation of the pole vaulter physique?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Punctual at 1:29 PM on August 25, 2008 (15 comments)

Who took this photo? Where can I buy it?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by exphysicist345 at 6:54 PM on August 16, 2008 (6 comments)

Why did Facebook disable our accounts?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 7:49 PM on August 3, 2008 (8 comments)

So I bought a Wacom tablet. How can I learn to do THIS
posted to Ask MetaFilter by deeman at 6:21 PM on July 19, 2008 (13 comments)

[grooming-filter] how do I beat the five o'clock shadow?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by krautland at 5:56 AM on July 17, 2008 (28 comments)

What is your one best ethical suggestion for promoting a blog/website?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cjorgensen at 10:27 PM on July 7, 2008 (14 comments)

I want to find a video I saw on YouTube about a year ago. It was a short animation about a pig with a song in Spanish. What is it called?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by comfortinsound at 4:24 PM on June 28, 2008 (1 comment)

Why did my UHF stations change after a storm? Can I get them back?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Jenesta at 7:45 AM on June 26, 2008 (7 comments)

What do I do about a sleepwalking partner?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 5:53 AM on June 26, 2008 (16 comments)

I'm going to be filming a documentary in the Philippines about families supported by the pornography industry, and I'd like to hear any interesting questions you might have for the subjects.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by premiumpolar at 2:23 AM on June 23, 2008 (15 comments)

[Link is NSFW: graphic childbirth.] What is the maternity staff chanting in this video? They seem to have a few different songs, one for when the woman is pushing and another for once the baby is born. The notes for the video say that they are in "an Asian country" but I don't know what language they're speaking.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lemuria at 11:38 PM on June 22, 2008 (3 comments)

SeattleFilter: What does "[t]his photo opportunity © Getty Images" mean?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by saeculorum at 6:20 PM on June 21, 2008 (14 comments)

Dell Inspiron 5100 BIOS password reset?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by doomtop at 10:04 AM on June 18, 2008 (9 comments)

These "track boards," or "fix push" boards, were initially developed to be raced in the velodrome, and differ from traditional skateboards in one major way: the rider can never coast. A brief documentary on the increasingly popular fix-push skateboard culture and its roots in San Francisco's Mission district.
posted to MetaFilter by whir at 9:38 PM on June 17, 2008 (54 comments)

I have a Eee PC 701 4G laptop running Xandros Linux. I also have an Apple USB modem, and a Samsung SPH-A580 cellphone with USB connector and unlimited Internet access. Are there any ways for me to connect via dial-up with what I currently have? If not, any other recommendations?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by remi at 12:13 PM on June 13, 2008 (12 comments)

My father has recently found a stock certificate for 500 shares of Norpoint Exploration Limited (issued or certified by Sterling Trusts Corporation out of Toronto on April 22, 1966). This has been living in a junk drawer since 1966 or so, if I had to guess. He's convinced that he's hit the jackpot but I can't find much in the way of information on either of these companies which leads me to think that he hasn't found anything of value. Given that Google isn't helping, who should he talk to about this? Has he found something of value?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by pookzilla at 4:23 PM on June 1, 2008 (6 comments)

Do non-English-speaking countries hold spelling bees?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by strangeguitars at 8:18 AM on May 31, 2008 (21 comments)

Modelling Human Memory. Or, really, predicting the point of forgetting.
posted to MetaFilter by weston at 2:03 PM on April 22, 2008 (26 comments)

Where can I buy baby clothes with Massachusetts Institute of Technology logos on them online?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by drezdn at 9:18 PM on May 24, 2008 (4 comments)

I tutor several people in a "Mathematics for the Social Sciences" course at a local university. This semester the material is focused on matrix algebra. For the most part, they have no trouble wrapping their heads around the notions of basic vector operations, row reduction, systems of equations, inverse matrices and determinants. But, they have a lot of problems with more abstract concepts such as linear independence, subspaces, basis and dimension. I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on helping them visualize and understand these ideas more clearly.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Proginoskes at 7:33 PM on March 30, 2008 (7 comments)

If my favourite reference on C++ is The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup, what would be my favourite book on Ruby. (And my favourite book on Python.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by chunking express at 6:07 AM on May 21, 2008 (16 comments)

what are the chances she's pregnant?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 4:30 PM on May 15, 2008 (45 comments)

Statsfilter: I have a bunch of noisy measurements. Each has an (x,y) coordinate and a "score" for that location. Most of the scores are trustworthy, but with the occasonal outlier. I want to come up with a function f(x,y) that estimates what the score at (x, y) would be (whether or not I have an observation at exactly that location). I'd like the function to be smooth and resilient to noise. Can someone point me in the right direction?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Sockpuppet The First at 3:46 PM on May 14, 2008 (9 comments)

What influences trends in baby names? And why have popular girls names changed more over the past 20+ years than boys names?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:19 PM on May 11, 2008 (65 comments)

I think I'm in a bit over my head in a new job. Any good resources for learning to plan/execute successful marketing initiatives?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Elminster24 at 3:24 PM on May 11, 2008 (3 comments)

What are my options for granular goal tracking websites?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by jhscott at 10:12 AM on May 8, 2008 (2 comments)

What open-source project should I work on? Or how do I find one?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mkb at 1:23 PM on May 5, 2008 (12 comments)

A comes upon B cheating on her with C. Grabbing the covers frantically, B shouts "This isn't what it looks like!". Does this flimsy excuse ever get uttered in real life? (Kind of NSFW, obviously.)
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Zarkonnen at 5:55 AM on May 1, 2008 (20 comments)

Questions about character and fitness standards for bar admission. Are they going to let me be a lawyer?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Anonymous at 8:18 AM on April 28, 2008 (33 comments)

Any good Rails 2.0 books for beginners?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Blazecock Pileon at 5:09 PM on April 9, 2008 (6 comments)

Car of the Future , NOVA's latest episode, is fully online and includes a slew of extras including CC-licensed content, a brief historical overview of "innovative" automobiles, Amory Lovins flogging his Hypercar concept, the Car Talk guys making nuisances of themselves, and much more. (It's no Design for Dreaming, but really, what could be?)
posted to MetaFilter by cog_nate at 1:22 PM on April 24, 2008 (20 comments)