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It changes it to "bounce house" just like yours does. I don't know how Google knows where you are. I assume they use the same internet magic as those porn ads that tell you lonely single girls in (nearby city) can't wait to chat with you.
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Google can generally guess where you are from the IP addresses it detects.
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Aug 29, 2011 05:29
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WillieWestwood posted:Google can generally guess where you are from the IP addresses it detects. It tends to vary even with just IP. If I go in normal browsing mode and search, it guesses my town. If I search in incognito mode I get the nearest major city (~100 miles away).
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Aug 29, 2011 07:08
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Fig Newton posted:Does Google actually know where I am, or is Google just going by the fact that the vast majority of my searches when I'm looking for stuff include "Decatur IL"? Here's what Google thinks about you : https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
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Aug 29, 2011 08:08
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Hi folks, I'm having a bit of a mouse problem at my house. I live in an old funeral home built somewhere around 1900. Because it's an old house I understand that there are a bunch of cracks and weird architectural poo poo that would prevent me from sealing off all points of entry that a mouse could access. I actually don't mind the little guys and I've always lived in old homes in the Northeast so mice are a thing that I'm used to. The problem is that they poo poo on my computer desk and my work table right next to it. If the little fuckers feel like running around on the ground they can be my guest, but I hate having their evidence near my keyboard or the places where I snack or do projects 4 feet off the ground. What can I do to keep these little mice from climbing my furniture? I won't do anything that will trap or kill the little fellas. If they were swarming or I was seeing more than one a month I might take more drastic measures but as it stands they just run around with their cute little ears while I'm at work, doing little poops as they pass by all my stuff that I'd like to keep sterile. Any ideas?
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Aug 29, 2011 09:26
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I'm not a native English speaker and I'm trying to describe the situation where a president of another country comes for official visit and they line up soldiers. Then he and the host walk in front of the soldiers, looking at them. What's all that called in English?
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Aug 29, 2011 10:39
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I think you're talking about a parade inspection.
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Aug 29, 2011 11:09
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Doctor Malaver posted:I'm not a native English speaker and I'm trying to describe the situation where a president of another country comes for official visit and they line up soldiers. Then he and the host walk in front of the soldiers, looking at them. Loosely, inspection, or as that other guy said a parade inspection specifically.
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Aug 29, 2011 11:14
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That's it, thanks!
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Aug 29, 2011 12:08
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In the UK, the deodorant/shower gel/male toiletries range aimed at 15 year old boys with boners is called 'Lynx'. In the US, it seems to be called Axe: What I want to know is, do Americans not find it a bit weird that Axe is spelt the English way, ie with an E? Or do you just not associate the name of the product with the thing you use for chopping wood?
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Aug 29, 2011 13:40
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marshmallard posted:In the UK, the deodorant/shower gel/male toiletries range aimed at 15 year old boys with boners is called 'Lynx'. In the US, it seems to be called Axe: Since when is "axe" the British way to spell it? I've spelled it like that all my life.
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Aug 29, 2011 13:49
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Ax is also used in America, but axe is way more common and how I've always spelled it.
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Aug 29, 2011 14:08
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Xandu posted:Ax is also used in America, but axe is way more common and how I've always spelled it. Really?! Ohh, I thought it was always 'ax' in the States. D'oh. Thanks.
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Aug 29, 2011 14:27
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trandorian posted:Loosely, inspection, or as that other guy said a parade inspection specifically. On this note, what do they typically say to the soldiers? Specifically Prince William when he was in Canada.
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Aug 29, 2011 15:29
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The usual banalities: "Wow, you all look awesome. Good show. Very impressive." Probably they'll make a couple very weak jokes.
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Aug 29, 2011 15:33
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marshmallard posted:Really?! Ohh, I thought it was always 'ax' in the States. D'oh. Thanks. If it makes you feel any better, 'ax' is listed as the primary spelling in the couple of online dictionaries I checked, with axe as an alternate. I see that axe is shown as a misspelled word in Chrome also. I prefer axe personally, and I feel like it is used more often as well.
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Aug 29, 2011 16:22
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stubblyhead posted:If it makes you feel any better, 'ax' is listed as the primary spelling in the couple of online dictionaries I checked, with axe as an alternate. I see that axe is shown as a misspelled word in Chrome also. I prefer axe personally, and I feel like it is used more often as well. At hardware stores I see it as "ax" and in games I see it as "axe" so I've always thought that an "ax" is a tool and an "axe" is a weapon.
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Aug 29, 2011 16:34
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WillieWestwood posted:Google can generally guess where you are from the IP addresses it detects. Thanks, even after all this time I seriously had not realized that those were tied to geographic locations.
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Rubies posted:Hi folks, I'm having a bit of a mouse problem at my house. I live in an old funeral home built somewhere around 1900. Because it's an old house I understand that there are a bunch of cracks and weird architectural poo poo that would prevent me from sealing off all points of entry that a mouse could access. I actually don't mind the little guys and I've always lived in old homes in the Northeast so mice are a thing that I'm used to. The problem is that they poo poo on my computer desk and my work table right next to it. If the little fuckers feel like running around on the ground they can be my guest, but I hate having their evidence near my keyboard or the places where I snack or do projects 4 feet off the ground. What can I do to keep these little mice from climbing my furniture? You can try putting the table legs into empty glass Mason jars, as glass is difficult to climb up. You can start with the pint jars, and if they're still able to climb those somehow, switch to quart jars. Or larger. I love your H.P. Lovecraft house, BTW. 
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Aug 29, 2011 17:00
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Could someone identify this snake that I found on my deck and almost stepped on? http://imgur.com/WxCvl I live in the Pensacola, FL. I want to say it looks like a hognose snake of some sort, it was flattening its head/neck out a bit when I startled it.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:33
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How did I miss Homestuck? I've been reading it here and there over the past week and it's great. No spoilers, please, I'm at the one year mark. How did it work when it was going live? Did people make suggestions through a forum? How frequent were the updates? I'm really taken with it and the story and I'd love to read some behind the scenes stuff on it, though I'm guessing I should wait til I finish so I don't get spoiled.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:40
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Hughmoris posted:Could someone identify this snake that I found on my deck and almost stepped on? What's up, Pensacola buddy?   Sure looks like a hognose to me.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:42
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stubblyhead posted:What's up, Pensacola buddy?  Where in the Pensacola area are you? It sure scared the hell out of me, I was about 3 ft away and walking towards it when I saw it.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:46
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Hughmoris posted:
I'm not anymore, I got out of Dodge almost eight years ago now. I grew up in east Pensacola though, just a little bit south of the airport. My immediate family is still in the area though.
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Aug 29, 2011 17:51
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TremendousMajestic posted:How did I miss Homestuck? I've been reading it here and there over the past week and it's great. No spoilers, please, I'm at the one year mark. Hussie took actual player suggestions for some of his earlier stuff, though early Problem Sleuth, but quickly realized that readers were too OMG ZAINY to tell an actual story, and he drastically drew back player involvement for Homestuck. (He still read the forums, took some suggestions, and occasionally directly asked for player input. I don't know if you're to the part where the kids start making stuff, but those were all taken from the suggestion box.) He updated incredibly frequently, but not terribly regularly. You'd get maybe three pages one day, none the next, five the next, one the next, etc. He made a policy of publishing pages as soon as he was done with them, so for a week or two before any of the big flash content, you wouldn't see any updates at all. Hussie had an explicit "as much decent-quality stuff as I can push out, as often as possible" policy; he intentionally stuck with a low-effort art style, so he could push out updates more often.
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A question for anyone with dental knowledge or experience losing fillings and the like: I am a little paranoid about something I felt in my mouth while eating. I chewed down (luckily not too hard, I didn't break anything) and felt something really hard, pulled it out, and it looks like a small piece of glass. It's small, not smooth, has a gritty feel to it, and is partially translucent kind of like glass. It's probably glass. But I'm paranoid that it might be a filling, I definitely have had my share of them. I then realized I have no idea what a filling looks or feels like if it's fallen out. Is this definitely just glass in my food?
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Orzo posted:A question for anyone with dental knowledge or experience losing fillings and the like: I am a little paranoid about something I felt in my mouth while eating. I chewed down (luckily not too hard, I didn't break anything) and felt something really hard, pulled it out, and it looks like a small piece of glass. It's small, not smooth, has a gritty feel to it, and is partially translucent kind of like glass. It's probably glass. But I'm paranoid that it might be a filling, I definitely have had my share of them. I then realized I have no idea what a filling looks or feels like if it's fallen out. Is this definitely just glass in my food?
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Aug 29, 2011 19:21
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Orzo posted:A question for anyone with dental knowledge or experience losing fillings and the like: I am a little paranoid about something I felt in my mouth while eating. I chewed down (luckily not too hard, I didn't break anything) and felt something really hard, pulled it out, and it looks like a small piece of glass. It's small, not smooth, has a gritty feel to it, and is partially translucent kind of like glass. It's probably glass. But I'm paranoid that it might be a filling, I definitely have had my share of them. I then realized I have no idea what a filling looks or feels like if it's fallen out. Is this definitely just glass in my food? Fillings look like white rocks, or really hard plaster. They do chip away over time and you could definitely loose a piece without being able to tell that something's missing, but it wouldn't look like glass. Also, you don't have to be chewing really hard or doing anything out of the ordinary to loose a filling. I've lost fillings twice while eating rice. RICE!
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Thanks. This definitely was not 'white', it was more 'clear' although clear sort of like thick, cheap glass rather than thin shiny glass. I think it was probably glass since I don't feel anything wrong and couldn't see anything missing.
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I currently have insurance through Geico. I am looking into getting a used car, and I have bad credit. All of the bad credit dealerships require full coverage auto insurance, and I have liability. I have an SR-22 that I need to have for 1 more year. I got quoted 190/mo. for full coverage from Geico. Progressive is quoting me $126/mo. My question is..what do I need to do if I have an SR-22 and want to switch insurance companies? Will I need to refile it with the new insurance company, and if so do I need to show this to the BMV or anything?
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Aug 29, 2011 19:45
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is there a close button on the new facebook image viewer? I hate having to hit escape every drat time.
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Aug 29, 2011 22:35
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You can click anywhere outside of the modal window that contains the image/comments/stuff to close it.
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Aug 29, 2011 22:48
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Is there a reliable method or program that I can use to track retweets? For a business's twitter account, one of their metrics / measurables is how many times the account is retweeted.
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I just signed up for Google voice today. I was wondering if the phone it is forwarding to got disconnected, would people still get my Google voice voicemail box? Would I still get the call on my pc if I were logged into gmail?
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2508084 posted:I just signed up for Google voice today. I was wondering if the phone it is forwarding to got disconnected, would people still get my Google voice voicemail box? Would I still get the call on my pc if I were logged into gmail? Yes on all counts. You can also continue to place calls through Gmail, and send and receive text messages (this is even easier if you have a Google Voice browser plugin). (In fact, I use Google Voice as my professional phone number for precisely this reason: the cell signal strength - on all networks, as far as I can tell - where I live is VERY weak, and so I can just keep Gmail logged in and my headphones on while I'm at home, and I'll get calls perfectly normally. Then, when I'm out, calls get routed to my phone. I know that's tangential to the original question - "no signal" isn't the same as "no service to the phone" - but I can verify both from personal experience. Google Voice continues to function even if your phone plan lapses.)
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What is the name of the one Hey Arnold episode where it goes through all four season in like a week? The different seasons were different parts of the episode. The best one was the winter one where Arnold learns about "work ethic". Also what is the name of the episode where they catch the giant fish everyone thought wasn't real? They ended up releasing it for some reason. Or hell, is there any way to buy Hey Arnold on DVD? I know a lot of the older, more popular shows are being released slowly.
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silversiren posted:Or hell, is there any way to buy Hey Arnold on DVD? I know a lot of the older, more popular shows are being released slowly. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Hey+arnold&x=0&y=0
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You might want to set your DVR too, it's going to be re-run late at night starting September 5 on Teen Nick, along with Rocko's Modern Life.
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I have a farm question. Today at work I ended up wandering around a recently (last 5 years) abandoned farm. I believe they used to have cows and maybe chickens. In a barn out back I found a HUGE pile of plastic bread bags. They were all tightly packed into big, square bags about twice the size of a person. There must have been hundreds of thousands of individual bread bags in there. Also, a MASSIVE pile of bread clips. Everything I saw suggested these bags and clips were second hand in some way. They were not new and waiting for fresh loaves of bread. Why were they there? Is there some sort of farming use for giant piles of plastic and bread clips?
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My grandpa used to get all kinds of bread (maybe free) from the thrift stores when it was a day past being good enough for a thrift store that he gave to cattle. Like a pickup bed-full at a time. I know he gave them regular feed and hay too, I don't know how much of it they ate normally. This was in the later part of his life when he wasn't really birthing calves or making steers or anything like that on his land, I think he was almost like a cattle day trader, buying close mature stock and keeping until ready for slaughter. edit: huh, never knew: http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/July98/WonderCattle.bpf.html quote:For beef producers looking for new ways to economically and efficiently feed their cattle, Cornell University animal researchers have shown the effectiveness of an unusual diet: Let them eat bread -- and other commercial bakery leftovers and scraps. Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Aug 30, 2011 |
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