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TheLostSkeleton posted:I'm trying to figure out which IP address in the giant wall of code in an e-mail is in fact the place it originated from I can't seem to figure it out. I'm staring at it in Gmail if that helps. The last "Received: from" is the original mail server/client(?) that forwarded the mail. Mr. Crow posted:Not sure where else to ask this, so until then - anyone have any recommendations on good Vacuum Cleaners? I've heard nothing but good things about the Dyson models too (although not much on longevity because most of them are relatively new). If the spend on those isn't in your budget I have been very impressed with: http://www.amazon.com/Bissell-Cleanview-Upright-Cleaner-82H1/dp/B00284BM3A (mine is an earlier model though) It's bag-less, has washable primary and secondary filters and the tertiary (HEPA or whatever) filter doesn't seem to need replacing very often. Also, most of the dirt containment stuff can be easily disassembled and washed. The hand thing sucks (I don't think any suction driven would be "good) but it is easily disassembled and cleaned too. I've been through a few cheap ones that lasted a very short time for one reason or another, but that one has outlasted them all combined.
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OilSlick posted:How much power would it cost (in terms of power bill price) to keep a desk fan running all night? I ask because I'm looking into getting my own place, most likely with roommates, and I'm concerned about causing the power bill to rise. I don't need an exact number but would it be a concern? I need a little white noise to sleep I know this is from the last page, but one of the best things you can do is invest in a little wattmeter that sits between the wall socket and the power cord for (whatever device). I got one for $20 from an electronics store. turns out my laptop uses 75 watts max, while the tumble drier uses 2000 watts. That means I can keep my lappy on for more than a day for the same usage as an hour of drying. Which only costs 40c anyway. My desktop, on the other hand, uses an average of 200 watts, so I can only keep it on for 10 hours for every hour of tumble drying. (It uses way more if I'm gaming, but I don't game very much). My girlfriend and I are both geeks, so we figured that the computers can stay on and we'll just dry our clothes on racks and turn all the lights off instead - the purpose of the wattmeter was to figure out where the gently caress the power draw was coming from, and it was mostly heating, lighting, and kitchen appliances, not computers, (small) TVs, or desk fans. LCD screens use absolutely gently caress all power compared to CRTs, by the way.
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I work for a small company, and our payroll and benefits are all handled by another company that specializes in providing these services to small companies like ours. We were told recently that we're going to be switching to ADP for this same service, largely because they have a lower risk insurance pool that will result in lower premiums for us. They're being pretty tight-lipped about the details until we have a meeting about it next week, but I would really like to know who my insurance provider is going to be. Does anyone's employer do their benefits through ADP, and if so what options do they offer for health insurance?
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Claverjoe posted:I remember there was a discussion on Ron Paul a few months back, and one poster replied with a bunch of links that essentially encapsulated all of Ron Paul's incredibly terrible ideas and opinions. Does anyone have that handy? From the Republican Primary thread in D&D: http://pastebin.com/92H9qZP2 Four different handy formattings for all your paulbombing needs.
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RebBrownies posted:Anyone have advice or tips on getting caught up on current events? I found myself in the same situation as you just recently (last month). Here's what I would recommend, but I'm new to this: 1. Twitter. You won't be able to follow everyone you want on your first try. Keep in mind that it's pretty useless to follow users that just tweet way too much every day (up to maybe 10 tweets a day with links to articles I want to read would be my upper limit, and that's just for one user). You won't have time to read everything so you have to be selective. I honestly don't know why people follow hundreds or even thousands of people. If you find someone spams too much or one user overlaps a lot with someone else, just unfollow them. If you want super local news, check out who news organizations are following. They often follow journalists and other people on the ground covering the stories. You may just want to follow a national news organization to get the big stories. I follow CBC because I'm in Canada. New York Times is a nice one, but they just spam to be honest so I don't follow them. AlJazeera (not AlJazeeraEnglish) is a good one. For some reason, AJEnglish spams a lot, but just AlJazeera doesn't tweet too many times every day. Watch for retweets. They're a good way to randomly network with someone you've never heard of before. If you follow a user that's more specialized, they'll likely retweet a user like NYT for stories that relate to them. 2. Specialized magazines and journals. I stumbled upon an article from World Policy and I learned a dozen things just from that one article. I was hooked at that point and subscribed to them (it was an article about Christianity in a South American country). Each issue they have has a theme. I think Foreign Affairs is similar and also very good. These two I named are good because they don't come out every month. Time is pretty good, but I really don't think I have time to go through the magazine every week even though I have a subscription, and it's mostly American focused. Mother Jones might be another choice for you. Go to your nearest book store that has huge shelves of magazines and look at the news section. They might even have one just for international news. If you live in New York, D.C. or LA, you'll definitely have a selection of anything that matters. 3. Debate & Discussion on these forums are pretty good too. You might stumble on a topic that interests you. 4. And the obvious one is check out the websites of every organization that I've mentioned. I don't do this personally because Twitter is already time consuming, but people do run RSS feeds, but I've never tried that so I'm not really sure about that. Also, just found out about the Council for Foreign Relations. They have a podcast. Oh, I guess they're behind or related to Foreign Affairs magazine. Dudebro fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Jan 13, 2012 |
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Dudebro posted:Now for my question: My guess would be that is rhymes with freeze.
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Thanks for the reply about the e-mail thing. I think it's a dead end though since the IP is 199.48.147.39 and it should've originated from Georgia. They must've masked their IP.
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TheLostSkeleton posted:Thanks for the reply about the e-mail thing. I think it's a dead end though since the IP is 199.48.147.39 and it should've originated from Georgia. They must've masked their IP.
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All right, this is too short for E/N, so into this thread this goes. I found out a while ago that my younger sibling is a brony. At first, I thought that he was just a fan of the show. But now he goes on pony sites, has almost nothing but brony friends, reads pony fanfics non-stop, and can't shut the gently caress up about loving ponies. He's just reaching adolescence, so I'm worried that at this rate, he'll be jerking off to pony porn while wearing a Rainbow Dash (his favorite pony, I think) ponysuit. Ponies. What should I do? Is there anything I can do to stop this?
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Zotwoz posted:All right, this is too short for E/N, so into this thread this goes. Try encouraging him. Or stop caring, it'll probably pass. Write him out of your will if you want.
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Trying to force an adolescent to be someone different than they are is only going to encourage them to rebel and dive deeper into that behavior. Eventually he'll realize that he's being ridiculous on his own. Edit: if he doesn't, at least he'll make a great programmer some day.
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Jeffrey Colon posted:Trying to force an adolescent to be someone different than they are is only going to encourage them to rebel and dive deeper into that behavior. Also, I shudder to think of what the world would be like if we were only allowed to participate in Older Sibling Approved activities. Let the kid be a brony, for God's sake.
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Psychorider posted:From the Republican Primary thread in D&D: http://pastebin.com/92H9qZP2 drat, thanks!
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BonHair, Jesffrey Colon, and Besesoth posted:good responses I know, it's just that he's got emotional issues (he's being homeschooled because he couldn't handle the social pressures of middle school), and I've seen how terrible adult bronies can be, so I'm worried that he might not grow out of it 
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Zotwoz posted:I know, it's just that he's got emotional issues (he's being homeschooled because he couldn't handle the social pressures of middle school), and I've seen how terrible adult bronies can be, so I'm worried that he might not grow out of it Broniesm (and any other bizarro alternative lifestyle) is sustained by the counterpressure from standing up to disapproval. If no one around him cares or notices, he'll get tired of it and move on to something healthier.
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Woz My Neg rear end posted:Broniesm (and any other bizarro alternative lifestyle) is sustained by the counterpressure from standing up to disapproval. If no one around him cares or notices, he'll get tired of it and move on to something healthier. Like peddling his rear end at truck stops for meth money.
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The apparent obsession part doesn't sound very healthy. Provide alternative things to do, especially things like sports. Don't refer to the show in either in a positive or negative way. Homeschool thing doesn't sound very good. He could use RL friends. The "brony community" can be really intoxicating for people who are shy with few/no friends but not actually asocial. He's not going to move away from it until he has RL friends to fill the gap.
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zachol posted:The apparent obsession part doesn't sound very healthy. Provide alternative things to do, especially things like sports. Don't refer to the show in either in a positive or negative way. Homeschool thing doesn't sound very good. He could use RL friends. The thing is that my parents used to make him do extracurriculars to try to get him some social contact, including martial arts and some other sports. But now he's cut everyone off, and he sits in front of the computer all day talking to bronies. He does like to compose dubstep, but he's doing it because of bronies. I've asked my parents to try to get him therapy, but they don't believe in psychology so I don't know what to do. Should I just let him go do his own thing and hope for the best? Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Oh no, are they Scientologists? Brony brother might not be your top priority. They're traditional Asians, mainly. Zotwoz fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Jan 13, 2012 |
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Zotwoz posted:I've asked my parents to try to get him therapy, but they don't believe in psychology so I don't know what to do.
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I have questions about bees. Does every country have bees? Has it always been that way? Are there any places that don't have bees (apart from Antarctica and the far north)? What happened before there were bees? I know honey has been a big part of human diet for thousands of years, but what about prehistoric times? How did plants get pollinated before bees? Or have there always been bees to do all that? Yes the bees! 
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Plants get pollinated by lots of things besides bees. Other insects, birds, bats, other flightless rodents, basically anything whose habits bring it into contact with more than one flower can be a pollinator. Plants that are only pollinated by bees evolved and spread alongside the bees themselves, so there wasn't really a "time before bees" when only half of the system existed and waited around for the other half.
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How long will normal computer speakers last in my bathroom? I want to listen to the news while I take my morning shower, and use speakers the with my phone (that has a normal headphone connection). The problem is that most ultracheap speakers I've seen are all USB powered because it's the new big in electronics thing or whatever. But I want to use my phone, instead of exposing my laptop to all this moisture. This forces me to spend more than fifteen euros on this plan, and if I do that, I want the speakers to last. So let's say I get some cheap Logitech 2.0 speakers (like these) and put them in the bathroom, will they still work in three months? Edit: and let's say ventilation is just a little below what I'd want it to be. Just a little though. EricBauman fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Jan 13, 2012 |
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EricBauman posted:How long will normal computer speakers last in my bathroom? Brony guy: conspire with his parents (and grandparents if possible) to pretend like you all love ponies too, and watch the show, and play with stuffed ponies, etc. Nothing makes a kid hate a thing as quickly his elders liking it.
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Zotwoz posted:The thing is that my parents used to make him do extracurriculars to try to get him some social contact, including martial arts and some other sports. But now he's cut everyone off, and he sits in front of the computer all day talking to bronies. He does like to compose dubstep, but he's doing it because of bronies. I would poke at him some more. He needs real life friends. I really can't give you advice on how to do this, because I don't know. I do know that it's fairly important that he gets out more. If he doesn't, it'll probably end poorly; I don't think he's going to just "grow out" of it. He's developing really negative habits in terms of the way he interacts with people and socializes that will probably persist beyond his current "brony phase." On the other hand, if this actually develops into meeting real bronies and having face time with humans then that would probably be a good thing, since it could ease him into socialization with extremely kind and nonjudgmental people. The worst case is if it just stagnates at being purely online.
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randyest posted:Wouldn't a cheap waterproof shower radio work? Or if you're listening to an Internet radio news thing maybe some cheap waterproof outdoor speakers? Seems like it'd be cheaper in the long run. Or maybe wrap your cheap speakers in plastic? With regards to the shower radio, I maybe should've said that I really hate screwing around with batteries. And I just want to be able to play whatever from my phone or an mp3 player. In my search I've only found waterproof speakers that you have to build into something (a boat or something like that), so I guess standalone waterproof speakers aren't available in my market (the Netherlands). But thanks for your suggestion of wrapping the speakers. I guess even just a layer of adhesive film would keep out a lot of steam.
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EricBauman posted:With regards to the shower radio, I maybe should've said that I really hate screwing around with batteries. And I just want to be able to play whatever from my phone or an mp3 player. In my search I've only found waterproof speakers that you have to build into something (a boat or something like that), so I guess standalone waterproof speakers aren't available in my market (the Netherlands). Try looking for patio or pool speakers. A quick look at Google gets plenty of hits for sets that should be more than waterproof enough for your bathroom. You're probably looking at prices in the $50+ range though.
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eating only apples posted:I have questions about bees. I'm the bee man! This man is correct: Woz My Neg rear end posted:Plants get pollinated by lots of things besides bees. Other insects, birds, bats, other flightless rodents, basically anything whose habits bring it into contact with more than one flower can be a pollinator. Plant pollinator systems are a pretty drat great example of coevolution at work. Many plants are also abiotically pollinated as well, such as having their pollen carried around by wind or flowing water. Even without animals some plants can reproduce. Bees are everywhere. As Golbez said, introducing honey bees to the new world is a recent event, but there are thousands of other bee species that can be found all over the world. Bumble bees (I study bumblers) can actually range from the northern shores of Greenland to the islands that speckle around Antarctica.
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Rent-A-Cop posted:Try looking for patio or pool speakers. A quick look at Google gets plenty of hits for sets that should be more than waterproof enough for your bathroom. You're probably looking at prices in the $50+ range though. The only things like that that I can find for sale in the Netherlands are more expensive systems (wireless, bluetooth). For the price difference, I think it's worth a shot to try how long normal speakers with some plastic film on the front last. It's always the same: the stuff I want is widely available in the US but not in Europe.
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Thankyou to all who answered my bee questions! Especially the bee man Mak0rz I'm not sure why those questions occurred to me all of a sudden, but now I know. That's why I love this forum. Thanks guys.
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EricBauman posted:The only things like that that I can find for sale in the Netherlands are more expensive systems (wireless, bluetooth). For the price difference, I think it's worth a shot to try how long normal speakers with some plastic film on the front last. The X-mini is great value imo, dunno about water resistance but it should easily fit in a plastic bag.
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Would I see any kind of side effects from taking aniracetam (or any nootropic really) during the day and melatonin before bed? Lately I've been really sluggish and tired a lot, and I've never been a deep sleeper to begin with so I've been looking at my options.
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I got a NBA Season pass, but it rarely shows games by major teams like the Bulls or the Heat. It tells me to watch ESPN or TNT. I would, but I live in a college dorm without a TV. Is there a way for me to watch these channels legally without looking for lovely stuttering streams?
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zachol posted:I would poke at him some more. He needs real life friends. I really can't give you advice on how to do this, because I don't know. I do know that it's fairly important that he gets out more. If he doesn't, it'll probably end poorly; I don't think he's going to just "grow out" of it. He's developing really negative habits in terms of the way he interacts with people and socializes that will probably persist beyond his current "brony phase." Don't let it happen to your little brother, talk to him and see if you can get him out of his shell again. He still has time, and sometimes things like going away to college can be the absolute making of people, but do the best you can to if not put him on a positive path, then atleast try and stop him going further down the negative one.
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Zotwoz posted:All right, this is too short for E/N, so into this thread this goes. The answer is shame. Ridicule him constantly.
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