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Ebay question: Do people only ever bid by sniping now? I put a computer game up and it sat with zero bids for the whole week, then had 6 different bidders in the last minute. I've got a camera lens on the last day of a week-long auction and though it has 29 watchers, it only has a single bid.
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Zidane would be read Gee Dah Nay by a Japanese person since neither the sound represented by 'sea' or 'zee' exist in native Japanese. ジダネ (Gee-Dah-Nay) would be how it would be read by someone speaking Japanese, were it not already written as ジタン/Jitan (Gee-Tahn) in kana. Then again we call it Carry-Oakey, so mispronouncing Japanese is not such a big deal, nor is writing words in English letters a strong point of Japanese trying to get us to say those words right. If it had been transliterated as Jitan from ジタン it would have probably had a consistent pronunciation.
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Jul 22, 2012 12:51
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EVERYTHING I SAY ABOUT JAPAN OR LIVING IN JAPAN IS COMPLETELY WRONG, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'LL 
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Indeed. I still thought of it as "Zee-dah-nay" afterward, professor.
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Jul 22, 2012 13:01
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kapalama posted:Zidane would be read Gee Dah Nay by a Japanese person since neither the sound represented by 'sea' or 'zee' exist in native Japanese. ジダネ (Gee-Dah-Nay) would be how it would be read by someone speaking Japanese, were it not already written as ジタン/Jitan (Gee-Tahn) in kana. Holy poo poo he was talking about how he pronounced it in his head after studying Japanese, not how it is pronounced in Japan.
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spog posted:Ebay question: I have largely given up on longer auctions for just that reason. Since almost everyone interested seems to only bid with a few minutes left, the longer auctions only function is to increase exposure. And if it is a common item, exposure does not really help get better prices, and may serve to drive the snipers to another item ending sooner. With rare items, longer auctions may still be worthwhile since you have to find the buyers. If only Craigslist had not become so overrun by Nigerian Princes, I'd give up on selling on eBay.
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As an Amurrrrcan who has never played Fairy Fantastic or whatever, I'd say it "Zee-dayne"  Anyway shh shh there's no need to be mad about it friends.
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Back on topic: Stupid question time! Why is your name Eggplant Wizard when your avatar is peanut butter -- or vice versa? Or is it really eggplant butter? Or... are you a wizard who can make peanut butter taste like eggplant?
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Jul 22, 2012 15:09
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tarepanda posted:Back on topic: Stupid question time! more importantly, why are your powers no longer effective against butts?
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So I'm trying to think of this Saturday morning cartoon I watched as a kid. I keep thinking it is Batman Beyond but after going over the episode list, that doesn't seem to be the case. I distinctly remember an episode with 2 nerdy disposal guys that were dreaming about being super heroes and as they are delivering a shipment of toxic waste decide to coat themselves in it then find the most amazing thing they can get in contact with to mutate. They start feeling sick while driving around, wreck the truck and one of them flies into an aquarium shop and the other into a construction site I think. The aquarium guy becomes a useless fish, retaining some distinctive facial qualities. The other guy becomes some crazy cement/sand/mud type guy and they end up tagging along together and wrecking poo poo. Was I crazy and dreamed this up or is this something real? In which case, what the hell is it?
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Jul 22, 2012 16:41
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Um I am Eggplant Wizard because of a GWS namechange oh so many years ago. My avatar is peanut butter because it's nice! My powers against butts are still totally effective. They're just better hidden now. It's like how Jean Grey is called Jean Grey and not "Telepathic Lady Who'll gently caress Up Your poo poo." My butt powers are a surprise.
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Jul 22, 2012 16:42
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Is there anything or way to utilize the excess heat of a PC? The space heater effect would be nicer in winter I suppose.
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Can domesticated dog breeds reproduce with wolves?
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Jul 22, 2012 17:25
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Torka posted:Can domesticated dog breeds reproduce with wolves? Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfdog
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Windows (7)/networking question. If it's too convoluted I'll take it to SH/SC, but for now-- here. I live in a shared apartment and I want to share my media drive (M:) publicly on the network. I also have two computers of my own, and I want to share work/other files between my computers only, without them being seen on the network (or, if they're seen, I want them to be password-locked). I put the media stuff in Homegroup, and shared the work folders separately, but as soon as I enable sharing in Homegroup it makes all of my other shared stuff public (meaning, no password to log in). How can I set up these different tiers of security?
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kapalama posted:I have largely given up on longer auctions for just that reason. Since almost everyone interested seems to only bid with a few minutes left, the longer auctions only function is to increase exposure. And if it is a common item, exposure does not really help get better prices, and may serve to drive the snipers to another item ending sooner. With rare items, longer auctions may still be worthwhile since you have to find the buyers. Ta, glad to hear it is not just me.
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couldcareless posted:So I'm trying to think of this Saturday morning cartoon I watched as a kid. I keep thinking it is Batman Beyond but after going over the episode list, that doesn't seem to be the case. An episode of The Mask: The Animated Series, The Terrible Twos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONN91WvzRCU
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A Facebook question: is it possible to tag someone as "with" you for an entire album at once? I uploaded my honeymoon pictures via Picasa, so my wife is tagged in some, but it'd be nice for her friends and family who aren't all friends with me to be able to see the whole album. Barring this, is there a way for her to just share the whole album on her page?
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MrGreenShirt posted:An episode of The Mask: The Animated Series, The Terrible Twos. How did this ever get movies made?
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The cartoon is based on the movie, not the other way around. The movie was also based on a previous comic book if I'm not mistaken.
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Zewle posted:Is there anything or way to utilize the excess heat of a PC? The space heater effect would be nicer in winter I suppose. I guess you could fry up some chips?  Or maybe make a food dehydrator out of your bitcoin rig? 
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hooah posted:A Facebook question: is it possible to tag someone as "with" you for an entire album at once? I uploaded my honeymoon pictures via Picasa, so my wife is tagged in some, but it'd be nice for her friends and family who aren't all friends with me to be able to see the whole album. Barring this, is there a way for her to just share the whole album on her page? I do not know about the tagging bit, but if you go to the album page, where you can see the thumbnails of all of the pictures in it, you should have the usual like and share links, so you can share it on her wall. I can see them below the pictures and below the description in my albums.
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How can I be more attentive, more "sharp" as to ask the right questions when I'm assigned a task? I ask this because I was at work experience, and we had so much information that me and my other buddy (there were only two of us). I know I learn from making mistakes, but I'd also like to develop skills which requires foresight. How should I go about this?
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kapalama posted:Zidane would be read Gee Dah Nay by a Japanese person since neither the sound represented by 'sea' or 'zee' exist in native Japanese. ジダネ (Gee-Dah-Nay) would be how it would be read by someone speaking Japanese, were it not already written as ジタン/Jitan (Gee-Tahn) in kana. WillieWestwood fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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A question about an iPhone: when my brother was shopping around for a new smartphone, a clerk discouraged him from buying an iPhone, because apparently "there are no free apps" and "the first thing upon registering the phone and using the store is registering a credit card". That and it was a 3GS, but newer versions would presumably have only paid apps either. So, is it true?
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No that's not true. As a 3 second google would've shown. You do need a credit card to activate your account in the store though, but you can remove it later: Here's a thread. Or use a one-time debit card or something, that will work as well IIRC.
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Szurumbur posted:I wonder why did the clerk choose to spread misinformation, oh well. Industry politics and a desire to slow down the Apple juggernaut by any means necessary (not necessarily on the part of the clerk, but whoever ordered him to try to dissuade buyers from iPhones).
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ASIC v Danny Bro posted:How can I be more attentive, more "sharp" as to ask the right questions when I'm assigned a task? I ask this because I was at work experience, and we had so much information that me and my other buddy (there were only two of us). I know I learn from making mistakes, but I'd also like to develop skills which requires foresight. I don't have advice because I have this problem too. Some of us just can't think through a problem far enough quickly to be able to see things in the future on the spot. I've learned to give myself time to get back to the person with further questions after I've had time to percolate on the problem for a little while.
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MrGreenShirt posted:An episode of The Mask: The Animated Series, The Terrible Twos. I never would have guessed this. Thank you so much.
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I purchased a shirt from H&M that has an unhemmed scalloped edge at the bottom of the shirt. How the hell do I hem it while keeping the scalloped look, or at least keep it from unraveling in the washing machine?
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Wedemeyer posted:I purchased a shirt from H&M that has an unhemmed scalloped edge at the bottom of the shirt. How the hell do I hem it while keeping the scalloped look, or at least keep it from unraveling in the washing machine? Here's how I would hem the shirt itself for structure's sake, while still keeping the scallop exposed:  The scallop itself might still be at risk of unravelling, no idea how to fix that \/  \/Question: imgur gives me problems 80% of the time, where it either gets stuck on 0% or on 100% of the progress bar. Sometimes doing it in internet explorer works though, even while trying it in firefox before and after doesn't  does anyone else have similar problems?
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I don't own a printer but I want to print a handful of webpages (mostly recipes) and maybe bind them, what's the best place/way to get this done, I'm in the UK.
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How do I mount a simple canvass painting like this one onto typical drywall? It came with those flat wooden pieces too. Also, there's a small vertical tear in the middle behind the wood piece in the middle. Should I just scotch tape the back?
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I have a question regarding passports. I had mine processed on July 2nd through the local university, and the lady there sent in a COPY of my birth certificate instead of my ACTUAL birth certificate. She called to tell us about it later the next day, and we didn't hear anything from the passport office (calling them didn't help, as the help desk people had no way of knowing where the application would be processed through) until we heard from the office themselves. On July 12th, I got a letter in the mail from the Passport Agency that said that they needed me to send in my actual birth certificate to finish processing it. The university graciously overnighted it for us and now we've still been.. waiting. The problem is this: I paid for expedited service to get it before August, or within the first week of August, as I am traveling out of the country around the 10th or so and kind of need this passport. That being said, does anyone know how long to expect on this passport?
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Ziji posted:Passports Have you checked the status of your passport application? FYI: expedited typically only takes 2-3 weeks assuming you paid for overnight delivery to and from.
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Crankit posted:I don't own a printer but I want to print a handful of webpages (mostly recipes) and maybe bind them, what's the best place/way to get this done, I'm in the UK. US here, but if your public libraries there offer computers w/printer you could do that (here they charge a small amount per page) or some office supply place might exist there that could do it, like how if I wanted to I could at Staples near me.
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wall heater gas danger question: I have a wall-mounted gas heater that is controlled by a thermostat. It is currently hot as all hell here in the summer so it's just got the pilot light on. the pilot light is bigger than it has any right to be though so it actually generates a fair amount of heat. I blew it out because it was contributing some heat still that we don't need. The house is VERY, VERY well ventilated with about four fans running, two large fans moving air through the passageway in which this heater is. I wonder if the gas from the pilot light would be enough to cause health/fire/any problems, and I should just light it again?
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redreader posted:wall heater gas danger question: No way to know without your model but most water heaters have a "thermocouple" so when the pilot is out it stops the flow of gas to the pilot. Of course the proper/safest way to do things would be to simply turn off the gas completely. E: No matter how ventilated you are if you have any reason to believe there is still gas coming out you are in a VERY unsafe situation!
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spregalia posted:Have you checked the status of your passport application? FYI: expedited typically only takes 2-3 weeks assuming you paid for overnight delivery to and from. Yeah, and all it would show is that the passport application had been received, nothing about the ETA of it being done or anything. What's weirder though is I did it again just now to see what it would say, and it says that the application can't be found. I don't know if that's good.. or bad.
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