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puke & cry: how about you wait a bit and reload before shitting into the thread? you would make less an ass of yourself that way.

I tried reloading. I also turned on referrers thinking that was the problem. Then I turned on scripting and found that lovely on load music, not mentioned by the poster by the way. When I see that combined with a page full of broken image links, my reaction isn't going to be a good one. But hey, the coral cache link... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by puke & cry at 7:42 PM on October 12, 2007

I love how everyone gets drawn into an argument they weren't planning to have.

The article is only interesting to the extent that it reveals the psyche of the author: "Don't they know that the mute indifference of nature is as terrifying and empty"

I've long held a pet theory which I call the Background Noise Theory. The background noise theory is quite simple: stupid people, violent people, and people who are... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel at 7:43 AM on September 4, 2007

I'd love to find a group that would like to minutely dissect Douglas Hofstadter's book "I Am A Strange Loop" or perhaps "Godel, Escher, Bach" over a few months.
posted to MetaTalk by DarkForest at 7:39 AM on August 25, 2007

Subprime is an issue, but it's not the issue. Of itself it's nowhere near enough to break the market. What is enough is a spread from subprime into a contagion of other credit / credit derivative markets, and that is what's proved so interesting / alarming about the past few months. Will it or won't it?

There have been multiple distress signals from credit markets, hedge funds and mortgage providers in recent times. All par for... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by bookie at 7:39 PM on August 9, 2007

As jamaro says, the pith (white part of the peel under the yellow zest) is terribly bitter.

The zest itself, though, is the difference between pretty good lemonade and the tangy, fragrant lemonade you deserve. The zest is full of delicious citrus oil.

I slice the zest from the lemons before slicing or squeezing them. I use a sharp knife, since it's easier to control that a vegetable peeler. Then with the edge of the knife, trim off any residual... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Elsa at 6:33 PM on August 1, 2007 marked best answer

This is a huge problem we face on Chowhound--people visiting new cities and asking the same questions repeatedly, with no information. We *encourage* people to search first, so as not to annoy the locals, but as a matter of policy we don't remove them. The general idea is that asking the same questions engages new answerers each time, as well as capturing the every-changing restaurant scene at a point in time, so they're worth the repetition. Also, we figure locals who really are tired of the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jacquilynne at 7:11 AM on August 2, 2007

Also you may want to watch out for setting up too many hurdles for people. I've seen some questions tank badly because the person who asked them basically made one of a few (to me) mistakes

1. set up limits for question answering that were basically impossible and pissed off everyone early (i.e. "I need a solution for charging my car battery in the winter, answer can not involve electricity")

2. set up a series of limits that, when... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 11:26 AM on July 24, 2007

In Xanadu, there was this guy
Built a pleasure dome for which to die
It had rivers to Hades
and mad singing ladies
and then - oh man, I am so high
posted to MetaFilter by bibliowench at 7:51 AM on July 23, 2007

What equipment were you using that night?

Bodies: Canon 5D, DReb XT. Lenses: 16-35/2.8, 24/1.4, 85/1.2. Speedlite 430EX.

Okay, please tell me how to take pictures like that.

This is not a rhetorical compliment. I really want to know how you do that.

Here's an example: this photo of melissa may.

Before I had met melissa may in... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by DaShiv at 5:27 AM on July 20, 2007

At which point I suppose we are suppose to point and laugh at the stupid people with stupid beliefs.
posted by dios at 11:29 AM on July 19

Ok, I won't laugh. Let's take them seriously for a moment.

Faith healing, exorcism, the casting out of evil spirits, etc like all other seemingly odd religious practices in which both the healer AND the victim appear to be complicit in what a non-believer outsider may think of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Pastabagel at 9:28 AM on July 19, 2007

A few past questions that may help out:
Your-alltime-favorite-book-fiction-or-non'
Influential-novels-of-each-decade
Please-recommend-me-some-reading-material
Stock-my-liberry (the best sort of berry!)
A-book-everyone-should-read

On a side note, I wish I had the technical know-how to build some sort of system for combing the site and by counting the respective references of author/novel come up with some sort of... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by oxford blue at 8:27 PM on July 3, 2007

But let me again emphasize, to be good at chess, you need to study and read a bit.

But you also have to have the talent.

I used to be, what I thought, was a pretty decent chess player. I easily beat most people I played and could defeat most of those hand-held computers that were coming out in the 1980s.

Then, one day, a friend invited me over for a smoke and a drink. Seeing that he had a chess table... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by three blind mice at 1:33 AM on June 20, 2007

The only piece of info I have on anything aside from what is public on the site is your IP when you make posts to mefi. If the fascist pig cops came after me with guns blazing, that's the only piece of info I could give.

But then again, I have a low tolerance for torture, so I'm sure they could make me crack with a minimum of effort. In my own tests, it only takes a 9V battery on my nuts before I sing like a bird. I can take a AAA and AA battery though, so if that's all... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 5:17 AM on September 26, 2006

Since you asked, here's the story.
posted to MetaFilter by fraying at 9:53 PM on May 14, 2007

It is officially ON.

I just got off the phone with Ground Kontrol and July 14th is open and available. I'm going to be renting out the entire place from 7pm to 2am, and all games will be on freeplay. It'll accommodate up to 125 people. I'm going to figure out an open bar thing with the staff but at worst, beer and wine is a buck or two a glass during a private party.

We could be spinning MeFi Music tunes on the sound system and they've even got... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 1:09 PM on May 14, 2007

Dude. We can't go acting like the Internet is surpassing and outmoding television if we openly aspire to be on television!

We not only don't care for the medium, we don't even own such devices. If we do, we certainly only keep them around for our Criterion Collection and PBS.
posted to MetaTalk by ODiV at 10:28 PM on May 9, 2007

More. Same caveats apply:

Let's start with some basic mind-sets.

Parents of these farm families took it for granted that the families had to have a sizable number of children: boys to grow up and help with the farm labor and girls to grow up and help with the many household chores - which in those days often included: caring for the garden, the poultry, gathering eggs, tending small calves, young pigs, light yard work, sowing garments, household... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by ontic at 11:03 AM on May 3, 2007

Duh.

Now stop speaking of it.
posted to MetaTalk by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:17 PM on April 19, 2007

HI I'M ON METAFILTER AND I COULD OVERTHINK A PLATE OF BEANS.
posted to MetaFilter by solistrato at 2:29 PM on April 2, 2007

Thanks for your hard work, Matt.

But let me tell you, the internet without Metafilteris not so good.

I went to this site called "Digg", with two g's. Have you heard of it? They have articles and you can vote on which articles go to the top. I don't get it either, I mean why can't people just scroll down or click 'Next'? Anyway, on each of the articles, you can log in and post a comment, kind of like how Metafilter does it.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Pastabagel at 8:16 AM on March 26, 2007

boo, don't make me embed a youtube video of me taping your mouth shut.
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 10:20 AM on March 16, 2007

The timestamp is below the title (look upwards to see the timestamp). I need to remove it from Metatalk actually.

Also new feature just launched: instant ajaxy favorite add AND remove! Try favoriting this comment, then remove it instantly.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 4:28 PM on March 9, 2007

Should be live on ask mefi and metatalk...
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 4:05 PM on January 18, 2007

Hardly anyone knows about these provisions; are they really causing widespread distress to atheists?
posted by brain_drain at 9:24 AM PST on August 18

Carson v. Carson, 401 N.W.2d 632, 635–36
(Mich. Ct. App. 1986) (quoting trial court as opining that it “was a little bit distraught in finding that there was no particular affiliation [held by either parent] with a church,” because “[p]robably 95 percent of the criminals that I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Optimus Chyme at 9:36 AM on August 18, 2006

For any of you who have been saying that "we're surprised": let's be clear: we're not. Just because the Dems gave up on habeas (as they did before the 2005 DTA) doesn't mean that the people have similarly given up. The will of the many requires inspiration by the few.

Many good people, including U.S. military officers, press, teachers and individuals, have long been (since '02!) in the trenches sounding the alarm and rising in opposition on this front.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by soda pop at 7:39 AM on September 29, 2006

Well, it's kind of like a mormon masterbating. Sure, it ruins a dream, but I'm doing it myself and in the end it's a good thing.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 5:09 PM on September 1, 2006

John Cage must be truly cleaning up now.

Actually, he did win a six-figure settlement over some silence on another record as plagarism.

The world is truly as fucked up as it seems, and laws around this stuff totally suck ass.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 9:15 PM on July 12, 2006

Two Posts within four months of each other.

OH MY GOD IT'S A TIDAL WAVE TREND THAT CAN'T BE STOPPED.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 8:10 AM on June 26, 2006

What the hell? This is a fucking brilliant freaky little commercial and downright daring for a corporate client. It's twisted, edgy, and amusing.

Is MetaFilter now one big hipster pissing contest where we race to see how can be the most jaded and cynical about everything? Lately it seems I can't read a single post without 2-3 people saying it sucks and should be gone (and that's not even taking flags into consideration). It's like we've veered into self-parody at this... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie at 9:23 PM on June 13, 2006

Be disgusted by the foods you shouldn't eat.

Practice thinking of the junk foods you shouldn't be eating as repulsive garbage that's getting in the way of your goals. Snacks and junk food are not "treats" or "indulgences." You only get one body, and you only get one chance at each day to maintain that body properly. Do you want to fuel it with candy, sugar, grease, oil, sludge? No, you want to consume wholesome, substantial foods that contain the... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by techgnollogic at 7:43 PM on May 14, 2006 marked best answer