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TheAngryDrunk posted:So about the expiration date on cold medicine. Does it just mean it may not work as well if you take it after the date or that you're going to slip into a coma and die if you take it? Potency aside, I can vouch that NeoCitran tastes absolutely rancid two and a half years post-expiration date.
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I am trying to get by without Flash since it likes killing Macs. Is there a way to have YouTube serve the html-5 version instead of the flahs version (which does not work since I don't have flash)?
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kapalama posted:I am trying to get by without Flash since it likes killing Macs. Is there a way to have YouTube serve the html-5 version instead of the flahs version (which does not work since I don't have flash)? Flash doesn't kill Macs - I'm using it on my MacBook Air as I type this... Anyway go to http://www.youtube.com/html5 aNd hit yes. There'll still be a lot of videos that can only be watched in the flash player though.
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fishmech posted:Flash doesn't kill Macs - I'm using it on my MacBook Air as I type this... It kills older macs with hard drives. I removed it two days ago and my system has stopped locking up completely. Flash should gently caress off and die. My new MBP with an SSD does OK with it but it still is responsible for all the beachballs not caused by iTunes and Numbers. Thanks for the link. kapalama fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Feb 11, 2011 |
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Feb 11, 2011 09:54
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kapalama posted:Flash should gently caress off and die. Seeing as it works fine on other computer platforms and even on phones, I don't think it's Flash you should be blaming for the problems on your Mac.
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BorderPatrol posted:There's an entire subforum dedicated to (mostly) cellphones. Whoops, go me. Thanks to you and Danger Mahoney.
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TheAngryDrunk posted:So about the expiration date on cold medicine. Does it just mean it may not work as well if you take it after the date or that you're going to slip into a coma and die if you take it? My dad is an ER doctor and he still has antiseptic with the year 1989 stamped on the packets sitting in our medicine cabinet in case any of us get hurt. (Obviously we haven't gotten hurt in awhile). He would clearly never use that in the ER, but it just goes to show that those dates mean almost nothing.
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If I want to be able to build a modern-looking website, which area should I start learning stuff and with what resources? Anything online or is this something I need to break open some textbooks for? Should I only bother if this is going to be a full time endeavor?
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Dudebro posted:If I want to be able to build a modern-looking website, which area should I start learning stuff and with what resources? Anything online or is this something I need to break open some textbooks for? Should I only bother if this is going to be a full time endeavor? When you say modern-looking what do you mean? Design or functionality? What basis are your starting from? Core skills: HTML, CSS Design: Photoshop/Illustrator, Flash if you want animation Functionality: Language+Database Fancy pants design/functionality: AJAX, jQuery It really depends what you want. If you just want a blog that looks contemporary, go to wordpress and pick a theme you like. edit: Sorry that doesn't really answer your question. There are plenty of free online tutorials that cover the same content as books. Try https://www.w3schools.com for the basics. Also, there's Cavern of COBOL in SH/SC with various threads including web development, and specific languages. gwar3k1 fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Feb 11, 2011 |
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Feb 11, 2011 18:50
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stubblyhead posted:I won't argue that drinking water and eating vegetables is the better path, but V8 does have 2g of fiber per 8 oz. serving. Yeah, V8 is definitely a better choice than, say, orange juice or any other fruit juice. It's also delicious. I'm just saying it's not the optimal choice. Besides, if you're depending on it for your vitamin intake then I would imagine a lot of the nutrients found in the veggies that get put into V8 are lost in all the processing. Tastes great though, and definitely low in sugar for juice.
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TLG James posted:Is there a way to cancel geico insurance online? No. I just did it over the phone last month, it was pretty easy and they didn't hassle me much.
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stubblyhead posted:V8 specifically has a shitload of sodium and a fair amount of sugar, but otherwise yeah. They make a low sodium version as well though. Shitloads of sodium won't hurt unless it's vast amounts over a long time, if sodium is the worst thing about V8 it shouldn't be anything to worry about.
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BorderPatrol posted:No. I just did it over the phone last month, it was pretty easy and they didn't hassle me much. Did you have to have the replacement insurance already?
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Knightmare posted:Shitloads of sodium won't hurt unless it's vast amounts over a long time, if sodium is the worst thing about V8 it shouldn't be anything to worry about. Yeah you frankly just piss it out fairly quickly if you've had too much at once.
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TLG James posted:Did you have to have the replacement insurance already? No, Insurance companies don't care whether you have insurance or not, its the state and the DMV that care.
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TLG James posted:Did you have to have the replacement insurance already? They didn't even ask me. EDIT: I made sure I did so I didn't have a lapse in coverage, but like Bojanglesworth said it's not really any of their concern.
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I was assigned the task of creating some score sheets for judges to use in a talent competition. The coordinator referred to it as a "rubric", a term that I had to look up, but that almost fits the description -but it seems more analogous than apt. I guess what I am making is a scoring model, kind of what I imagine beauty pageant or dog show judges are given, since when I hear that system described it always seems like different variables are weighted differently. What I am asking is if there is a better, and more common, term for this kind of thing. "Judge's Scoring Worksheet" or "Score Sheet" are fine, but I want to be able to refer to the entire scoring model, not just the form they are given to fill out, when I explain it to judges, contestants, and audiences. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv thelightguy posted:That's the scoring rubric. (Which isn't that obscure a word by the way, I'm surprised you had to look it up, especially if you've had any post-secondary education.) Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Feb 11, 2011 |
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Very Strange Things posted:What I am asking is if there is a better, and more common, term for this kind of thing. That's the scoring rubric. (Which isn't that obscure a word by the way, I'm surprised you had to look it up, especially if you've had any post-secondary education.)
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thelightguy posted:That's the scoring rubric. (Which isn't that obscure a word by the way, I'm surprised you had to look it up, especially if you've had any post-secondary education.) This. Try looking up some sample rubrics for student teachers. Those generally have really good advice on how to allocate each category to make it easy for anyone to use. This will be most important when you're making it for other judges to refer to.
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Very Strange Things posted:vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Art school here too, so v  vThey were using rubrics for grading from junior high on up when I was in school, so I doubt it'll be that hard of a concept to explain if somebody, for some reason, doesn't instantly get it.
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thelightguy posted:Art school here too, so v It was almost 20 years ago. I'm looking at sample rubrics now for things like judging dance auditions and I guess the only place I've seen such a thing was in my girlfriend's performance review worksheets at her job. "[below] [meets] [exceeds] expectations" kind of thing. Would that really be the best format for a judging worksheet? I was thinking of something like 4 categories, the judge assigns 1-10 points for each, and then those are multiplied by our predetermined weight. For example : technical ability x 4 Stage presence x 3 Difficulty: x 2 Originality: x 1 In this example, if someone was given scores of 7, 9, 9, and 3 then their score would be 76 out of a possible 100 (or you could call it 7.6). Is that kind of scoring model still a rubric?
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Very Strange Things posted:It was almost 20 years ago. I'm looking at sample rubrics now for things like judging dance auditions and I guess the only place I've seen such a thing was in my girlfriend's performance review worksheets at her job. "[below] [meets] [exceeds] expectations" kind of thing. The problem with this is that it's very arbitrary. What constitutes a 5? What is a 10? This is a scoring method, yes, but it is not a rubric. A rubric would be basically a chart that says: Technical ability: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and then list under each what it represents. It's much easier to do a rubric 1-5 or 1-3 in each section.
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So I was playing an original song on guitar that I'm working on, and someone mentioned it sounded like some song on the radio that goes, "da doo run run run, blah blah blah blah(sic)". Mine is just a simple acoustic reggae/ska islandy sounding 4 chord progression, so it could sound like any reggae/ska song really, which I pointed out, but it would be nice to hear what the person is talking about so I know if I'm wasting my time and should rework it. If it helps any music heads, the progression was a simple D A Bm G. I know it's not the old fashioned "Da Do Ron Ron Ron" doo-wop song, but I don't listen to the radio ever (no car, no need to). Any idea goons? Your time spent listening to the radio so I don't have to is greatly appreciated.
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OK. Thanks guys. It sounds like what I should do (if I was using the example I gave) is expand the categories into more aspects to give them the weight I'd like and adapt it to the rubric format. In other words, if I want technical ability to have more weight I just add more sections about that aspect of the performance. I can see why it's used, and otherwise I'm guessing some people will say, "Why didn't she just use a rubric?"
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This morning, I was on the way to school in my 2000 Toyota Rav4. I had just cleared the on-ramp and was speeding up when the gas pedal stuck to the floor. I did 80MPH up Route 3 to Lowell for a good minute trying to get this drat thing free. When I pulled up on the pedal with my foot, all I got was slack. When I pushed or kicked down, it stayed a little deeper. I was going fast enough that my brakes locked out. This has never happened to me before, so it didn't occur to me to put the car in neutral (if it had, I would have done so and pulled over to deal with the problem). Because the pedal was loose when I tried to pull it back up, I'm pretty sure that the issue is internal. What might be the problem? The car is going to the garage tomorrow morning for maintenance regardless of whether we figure it out, tonight.
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Raimundus posted:This morning, I was on the way to school in my 2000 Toyota Rav4. I had just cleared the on-ramp and was speeding up when the gas pedal stuck to the floor. Could be tons of rust seizing the pedal hinge. You confirmed there's no notorious floor mat issues that might have jammed it? Ask in the AI question thread, too.
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gwar3k1 posted:When you say modern-looking what do you mean? Design or functionality? What basis are your starting from? Sorry. Functionality I guess. I'm not really design/art-oriented. I might just use wordpress then. Thanks for the info though.
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Hi. A friend is currently tasked with doing a paper on Archontophoenix cunninghamiana/Bangalow Palm and it's invasive effects on the environment of new zealand. She has scoured libraries and internets (as have I) looking for any substantial source or reference material on the subject and has essentially nothing to show for it. Since SA has often been a surprising source of information, I was wondering if any goons might know of any papers or significant research done on the palm! I wasnt sure if this deserved it's own thread, so I started here. Thanks!
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You might want to try asking in the Science, Academics and Philosophy forum: http://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=162
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Raimundus posted:This morning, I was on the way to school in my 2000 Toyota Rav4. I had just cleared the on-ramp and was speeding up when the gas pedal stuck to the floor. Is 2000 the correct year? Toyota's website says some Rav4s from 2009-2010 are subject to a recall due to sticking accelerators, but I don't see anything for the 2000. Stick your VIN number in here and see what it spits out: http://www.toyota.com/owners/SSCInfo-index.html?siteid=too_toyota_recall_vinlookup
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BorderPatrol posted:They didn't even ask me. They asked me, but I guess it was to make sure there wasn't a lapse. Took like 3 minutes total, saving 30 bucks a month now 
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stubblyhead posted:Is 2000 the correct year? Toyota's website says some Rav4s from 2009-2010 are subject to a recall due to sticking accelerators, but I don't see anything for the 2000. Stick your VIN number in here and see what it spits out: We've had the car for 11 years, yes. We expect problems to arise, but we're not sure where or what, yet. kimbo305 posted:Could be tons of rust seizing the pedal hinge. You confirmed there's no notorious floor mat issues that might have jammed it? I'm sure of it, but I've been asked so many times by three different people now, so I may as well doublecheck. Raimundus fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Feb 12, 2011 |
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Raimundus posted:This morning, I was on the way to school in my 2000 Toyota Rav4. I had just cleared the on-ramp and was speeding up when the gas pedal stuck to the floor. If you are lucky it was just the linkage, the actual little metal rod that opens the throttle. If it happened right after you got going it could have been ice, considering where you live, or just a little rust. Just open the hood and have someone in the car push the gas; up on top of the engine you can actually see a little rod moving in and out -or not moving in and out if it's broken. Did the problem go away?
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Very Strange Things posted:Did the problem go away? Like I said, I unstuck it after about a minute of fighting with it and then went on my merry way to school. I stayed off of the highway coming home.
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I have a (kind of) stupid and small questions. As I'm sure some of you goons are aware, there were some massive floods in QLD, Australia. 75% of the state was affected and a lot of people's homes were destroyed. How would the reunited/rehomed animals be after all this? Will the house pets be traumatized? Afraid of water and rain? I know that they have basic survival instincts but would this be enough for a domesticated animal?
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revolther posted:"Da Do Ron Ron Ron" http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2388112&pagenumber=1
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What is a free, extremely user-friendly software or service for sending emails in bulk? The ones I've found so far are MailChimp, SendBlaster, and ePostMailer; each has pros and cons. MailChimp seems best so far but its upper limit on subscribers (for free, anyway) is 2000. Is there something with a higher limit that's also free? It has to be user friendly because the organization I volunteer with that needs it... well, they think "browser" counts as a technical word.
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Is there an actual way to download songs off myspace profiles? I've searched exhaustively on google but all I can find are shovelware apps and how-to videos for said shovelware apps. jDownloader, which is what I use to download youtube video, doesn't support this apparently...
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The GTA3 guy posted:Is there an actual way to download songs off myspace profiles? I've searched exhaustively on google but all I can find are shovelware apps and how-to videos for said shovelware apps. jDownloader, which is what I use to download youtube video, doesn't support this apparently... I use the Ant Video Downloader. It's an older version, but it works for anything flash.
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