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marb posted:Tell me... about cell signal boosters. My parents live in a rural area. There is weak cell service in the area, but absolutely none in the house, which is set back in the woods from the road. You can get 2 bars on the road about 50 meters away, and even more down the road. Can they get signal on the roof or something? If so, you can get this which you'd mount on the roof, pointed in the direction cell signal is strongest: http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/store/display/148/53/wide-band-directional-antenna which you'd then connect to this: http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/store/display/178/46/ag-soho-65 and you'd connect that to this antenna which you'd mount centrally inside the house, for the phones to communicate with: http://www.wilsonelectronics.com/store/display/150/52/dual-band-panel-antenna Basically the system will function to send/receive to the tower with a high power antenna system, while picking up the cell phones inside the house so they can feed into that high power antenna system.
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RVProfootballer posted:There's a song that came out in the past 2-3 years (I think) that this "It's Time" part totally ripped off. What the hell song is it and why can't I find it? Some indie-ish song that had a short life on the radio? (I didn't see an identify that song for me thread, let me know if this isn't the place for this stupid/small question!) For whatever it's worth, I also recognize that exact riff and also cannot for the life of me think of what song it's originally from.
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stubblyhead posted:What's the breed of dog that looks kind of like a miniature airedale terrier? They have the same wiry sort of coat and long snout, but they were only about 20 lbs or so. Scottish Terrier? Miniature Schnauzer? E: Oh, Welsh Terrier.
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Oct 8, 2012 04:13
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RVProfootballer posted:There's a song that came out in the past 2-3 years (I think) that this "It's Time" part totally ripped off. What the hell song is it and why can't I find it? Some indie-ish song that had a short life on the radio? (I didn't see an identify that song for me thread, let me know if this isn't the place for this stupid/small question!) I doubt very much that it's what you're thinking of as the similarities are really subtle and probably some silly mental connection that only I have, but that song you linked made me think of Lykke Li's 'Tonight'. If that is the song you're looking for, I do admit that I'll be extremely surprised. But at least I tried.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlpgNsJsNKI
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Oct 8, 2012 04:27
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Powered Descent posted:For whatever it's worth, I also recognize that exact riff and also cannot for the life of me think of what song it's originally from. when worlds collide posted:I doubt very much that it's what you're thinking of as the similarities are really subtle and probably some silly mental connection that only I have, but that song you linked made me think of Lykke Li's 'Tonight'. If that is the song you're looking for, I do admit that I'll be extremely surprised. But at least I tried. I should have said thank you to User-Friendly, Matt & Kim "Daylight" is what I was thinking of. There's a slightly different version that was on FIFA 11 or 12, which I think is why I hazily remembered it being on the radio. I couldn't remember enough of it to get to the chorus or else I might have thought of it. User-Friendly posted:Matt & Kim's "Daylight"?
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Oct 8, 2012 04:54
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I'm trying to find out the name of a notable criminal. My friend and I were entertaining eachother with horrible stories we've read online, serial killers and other creeps, but she hadn't heard of a certain guy whose name I couldn't recall. I believe it happened around the 1950's, this guy had exhumed his wife's corpse from the cemetery, took it home, and had sex with it for several years. Yeah I know, really creepy stuff to be wondering about, even creepier to be searching 'man had sex with wife's corpse' in google. (All that turned up were reports on the recent Egyptian law that allows for men to do this very thing) I recall seeing photos of the wife's body being encased in a full plaster body cast, and I believe he created a mask for her as well, and a makeshift vagina out of a cardboard tube or something. It was one of those stories that really stuck in my head as being one of the creepiest things I've read on the internet. I think I initially read about it here in the dollfucker thread, where there was a similar creepy Canadian kid who made his own sex doll out of garbage. Anyway, does anyone know who I'm talking about?
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Oct 8, 2012 04:55
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Liebfraumilch posted:E: Oh, Welsh Terrier. This is what I was thinking of, but the dogs I saw I think might have actually been wire-haired fox terriers. Their coats were mostly black and white, not the black and tan of an airedale.
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Oct 8, 2012 05:13
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Fart Jockey posted:I'm trying to find out the name of a notable criminal. My friend and I were entertaining eachother with horrible stories we've read online, serial killers and other creeps, but she hadn't heard of a certain guy whose name I couldn't recall. You're almost certainly thinking of Carl Tanzler. I've taken too many abnormal psych classes.
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Oct 8, 2012 05:18
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Oct 8, 2012 05:22
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What's the etymology of the word "proc", in the gaming sense? Oddly, Wikipedia does not have an entry on this.
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Oct 8, 2012 05:41
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Apparently it's from "Special Procedure."
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gooby on rails posted:What's the etymology of the word "proc", in the gaming sense? Oddly, Wikipedia does not have an entry on this. Looks like it is a short form of "spec_proc" or special procedure. http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/
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Oct 8, 2012 05:46
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Mister Kingdom posted:When a movie is shot in 3D, do they just use the footage from one of the "lenses" for the 2D release or do they use a completely different camera. From a while back but no one answered you...yes, the footage is captured digitally as two complete frames that are merged later on. So the 2D release is just one of those frames.
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Oct 8, 2012 06:12
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TheGame posted:You're almost certainly thinking of Carl Tanzler. I've taken too many abnormal psych classes. That's definitely the creep I was looking for! Thanks! edit: Oh god its even worse than I remember
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Oct 8, 2012 06:23
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RaoulDuke12 posted:From a while back but no one answered you...yes, the footage is captured digitally as two complete frames that are merged later on. So the 2D release is just one of those frames. Does that mean one of the extra "special 4 disc release" discs is the exact same film but shot from 2 feet to the left? 
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Oct 8, 2012 13:17
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This is really random, but what the hell is the song from that ytmnd saxophone horse thing? I'd link, but I'm phone posting. This is really bothering me out of loving nowhere.
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Oct 8, 2012 14:42
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I typed song from saxophone horse into Google and the second result told me it's "Who Can It Be Now" by Men at Work.
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buttopticor posted:I typed song from saxophone horse into Google and the second result told me it's "Who Can It Be Now" by Men at Work. How could you post that answer and miss the opportunity to share this fine work of video art with your internet pals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPlNzWbX9c8 Truly, this video features the best lazy eye ever to grace music videodome. After Marty Feldman's mysterious death in the early 80s, Colin Hay absorbed his sight essence and quickly rose to power. He served as the caretaker of the world's most esteemed lazy eye and the 67th Eyemaster General. His legacy paved the way for the eyes of stars like Shannon Doherty and His Grace Forest Whitaker, who, as we all know, is the 70th and present EG.
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Oct 8, 2012 15:40
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How stupid is it to go for a 40 minute layover in DFW?
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Oct 8, 2012 15:49
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Golbez posted:How stupid is it to go for a 40 minute layover in DFW? Stupid as in you might miss your flight or stupid as in you'll have trouble filling 40 minutes? The answer is "it's not stupid" for either question.
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Oct 8, 2012 15:51
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El_Elegante posted:Stupid as in you might miss your flight or stupid as in you'll have trouble filling 40 minutes? Might miss flight. Last time we had a short layover in DFW our flight was late so we had to sprint to the train and hope it got there on time.
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Oct 8, 2012 15:58
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There are sites-flightstats.com-that let you input a route and carrier to see how late on average they tend to be which can help. But 40 minutes seems like enough time unless you're dealing with a perfect storm of delays.
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Oct 8, 2012 16:06
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Golbez posted:How stupid is it to go for a 40 minute layover in DFW? I did 50 minutes once and got to the second flight as the boarding was well in progress. Had to take the train, too. Doable but not guaranteed.
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Oct 8, 2012 16:20
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When I worked at an airline we had software to calculate the minimum amount of time needed between flights (from the point of view of the passengers). My guess is they would not allow you to book it if you couldn't make it.
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Oct 8, 2012 16:26
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TheGame posted:You're almost certainly thinking of Carl Tanzler. I've taken too many abnormal psych classes. Oh, thank you, Carl Tanzler, for not being from Wisconsin. For the layover question--I won't risk a "short" layover in winter months after what happened around Christmas 2006. Winter storms screwed up everyone's travel everywhere, but as I was taking off from Orlando for a connection in Atlanta (both safely out of the snow), the plane's radio had a problem so I missed my connection anyway. Then I had to learn to live and scavenge and form uneasy alliances at ATL as had Mowgli in the jungle before catching a (much, much) later flight to my final destination. Everyone was off schedule from the storms, everyone was entitled to be on the next flight, everyone was tired and grumpy or in complete despair, and each boarding was like pouring a gallon into a shot glass. If you're looking at travel during the holidays, I really recommend paying extra for a direct flight.
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Oct 8, 2012 18:45
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Mister Kingdom posted:When a movie is shot in 3D, do they just use the footage from one of the "lenses" for the 2D release or do they use a completely different camera. They don't have a second 2D camera, but it's not as simple as using the "left" lens either. They use a computer "flattening" technique to maintain the correct framing, do special effects correctly, etc.
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Oct 8, 2012 19:25
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Why does the Ivory Coast remain Cote D'Ivoire in English translation where as most countries get an English translation?
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Oct 8, 2012 19:35
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GreenCard78 posted:Why does the Ivory Coast remain Cote D'Ivoire in English translation where as most countries get an English translation? They requested that all languages use their local name rather than translating it. You also see that to a lesser extent from Timor-Leste (aka East Timor). Wikipedia posted:In April 1986, the government declared Côte d'Ivoire (or, more fully, République de Côte d'Ivoire) to be its formal name for the purposes of diplomatic protocol, and officially refuses to recognize or accept any translation from French to another language in its international dealings.
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Oct 8, 2012 19:43
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Very cool.
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Oct 8, 2012 19:46
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Golbez posted:They requested that all languages use their local name rather than translating it. You also see that to a lesser extent from Timor-Leste (aka East Timor).
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Hoops posted:If I was the World King I would make it so everyone had to call a country by whatever the natives called it. If you meet a German guy called Franz, you don't start calling him Frank in English-speaking countries. The name of the country is Deutschland, everyone in every language should call it that. That's what the country is called. Translating proper nouns (in theory) doesn't make any sense. If Germania was good enough for the Romans, then Germany is good enough for me. 
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Hoops posted:If I was the World King I would make it so everyone had to call a country by whatever the natives called it. If you meet a German guy called Franz, you don't start calling him Frank in English-speaking countries. The name of the country is Deutschland, everyone in every language should call it that. That's what the country is called. Translating proper nouns (in theory) doesn't make any sense. But what about things like Cote d'Ivoire and Crna Gora, which are just words rather than names, and are easily translated, for example into Ivory Coast or, using Italian-Venetian, Montenegro? (Crna Gora is "Black Mountain" in Montenegrin) Then we have fun things like Nagorno-Karabakh; the French name for it is "Haut-Karabakh", since Nagorno means upper or mountainous.
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Oct 8, 2012 20:03
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Is there a good place to buy posters, pictures or wall art in general online? Preferably shipping (free or cheap) to Canada. Amazon.ca doesn't have a good selection.
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Oct 8, 2012 20:07
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Hoops posted:If I was the World King I would make it so everyone had to call a country by whatever the natives called it. If you meet a German guy called Franz, you don't start calling him Frank in English-speaking countries. The name of the country is Deutschland, everyone in every language should call it that. That's what the country is called. Translating proper nouns (in theory) doesn't make any sense. What about mulch-lingual countries like Switzerland or India? You'll start several civil wars before your first day of rule is over. Some World King you are.
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Jyrraeth posted:Is there a good place to buy posters, pictures or wall art in general online? Preferably shipping (free or cheap) to Canada. Amazon.ca doesn't have a good selection. I don't know about the cheap, but there's quite a few print making/art selling guys in SA-Mart. I know Ekunn is there with his whacky political stuff and the other guy who does boobies in outer space art.
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Oct 8, 2012 20:11
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Few people have reason to refer to Cote d'Ivoire every day or even very often. So it's really easy for the country to ask the people who do talk about them to refer to Cote d'Ivoire instead of Ivory Coast.
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A better example would be referring to India as Bharat then. That's a pretty important country and they have got quite a number of people.
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Hoops posted:If I was the World King I would make it so everyone had to call a country by whatever the natives called it. If you meet a German guy called Franz, you don't start calling him Frank in English-speaking countries. The name of the country is Deutschland, everyone in every language should call it that. That's what the country is called. Translating proper nouns (in theory) doesn't make any sense. I agree, I'd rather call a country what the people who live in it, call it. What do people from other countries call the States, or Canada, I wonder?
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when worlds collide posted:I agree, I'd rather call a country what the people who live in it, call it. But the people who live in those countries choose to accept different names for their country in foreign languages. To go back to the German example, "in German the country is known as Deutschland, in Scandinavian languages as Tyskland, in French as Allemagne, in Polish as Niemcy, in Finnish as Saksa, and in Lithuanian as Voketija." I believe it's the one country that has the most unique names among foreign languages actually. GreenCard78 posted:A better example would be referring to India as Bharat then. That's a pretty important country and they have got quite a number of people. According to India itself, both India and Bharat are the official names of the country in English and most other languages. If they really preferred everyone else use Bharat, they'd probably say so.
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They're both official but I wonder what is used more often colloquially. Any time I've heard Bharat, it's been people of Indian descent or Indians abroad saying "we say Bharat at home but it's India, too." Maybe a goon from there will see this and chime in. Don't forget Alemania. Although, that's pretty close to the French version and I'm sure the Italian version isn't far off nor is the Portuguese one.
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