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masterofnada posted:How much should I spend? I think it would be weird if I spent a lot, I'm trying to think of appropriate amount which is nice but not "wow, he must really like me" (I think she has a crush on me and don't want to give wrong impression because it's not reciprocal). Depends on what the gift card is for. If you get one for a restaurant, 15 or 20 bucks might be nice.
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masterofnada posted:How much should I spend? I think it would be weird if I spent a lot, I'm trying to think of appropriate amount which is nice but not "wow, he must really like me" (I think she has a crush on me and don't want to give wrong impression because it's not reciprocal). A $20 gift card for a book shop is the perfect way to say "I don't really know you, but I would feel awkward if I didn't give you something."
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Does anyone know of any good websites with basic financial/accounting concepts like annuity/bond valuation, types of financial statements, etc? I have an interview tomorrow and I think I'm expected to know basic concepts but I'm not sure what those include.
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edit: found answer by googling
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masterofnada posted:How much should I spend? I think it would be weird if I spent a lot, I'm trying to think of appropriate amount which is nice but not "wow, he must really like me" (I think she has a crush on me and don't want to give wrong impression because it's not reciprocal). Get a $20 gift card to either Starbucks or Barnes & Noble, whichever you personally are more likely to spend. If no one else gets her a gift, keep it for yourself.
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Ron Don Volante posted:Does anyone know of any good websites with basic financial/accounting concepts like annuity/bond valuation, types of financial statements, etc? I have an interview tomorrow and I think I'm expected to know basic concepts but I'm not sure what those include. I think if you are interviewing for a job tomorrow, for which you don't understand the basic concepts, you are not qualified for the job. No amount of googlefu the night before will save you.
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Feb 6, 2013 15:52
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I'm interviewing to be an airplane mechanic tomorrow, can anyone point me to a website with the names of the airplane parts like the spinny thing and the thing that goes "whooooooosh"
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Feb 6, 2013 16:05
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'm interviewing to be an airplane mechanic tomorrow, can anyone point me to a website with the names of the airplane parts like the spinny thing and the thing that goes "whooooooosh" 
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Feb 6, 2013 17:31
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I'm in a German language class at the moment and we are watching a movie pertaining to the fall of the Berlin wall. Most of my knowledge of the wall and situation in East Germany was from the movie The Secret Lives of Others. (It's probably not good that a movie is my first source  ) I'm not doing a project or anything, I just wanted to get a better understanding of the situation so I could better understand what the characters in the film are going through.Why did the Berlin wall come down ( I know a little about the protests, but when did the public's opinion shift to wanting it taken down?) ? When did it go up? Why did it go up? In the films I have seen many filmmakers depict East Germany as having many rules, and having investigators come to citizens houses to question the loyalty of their friends and families.
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Feb 6, 2013 18:50
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I have a resume written up and formatted nicely in a word document. I have a new computer and don't have Word. Is there anyway I can cleanly transfer it over to a different program (Google Docs, Open Office, etc.) and edit it? I tried in Google Docs and it's messy and doesn't look great.
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Feb 6, 2013 18:56
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RebBrownies posted:I'm in a German language class at the moment and we are watching a movie pertaining to the fall of the Berlin wall. Most of my knowledge of the wall and situation in East Germany was from the movie The Secret Lives of Others. (It's probably not good that a movie is my first source Wow, it's a long answer. I'm not trolling but have you read the wikipedia page? Start with that. Then watch another movie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJb4efZcFUM
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greazeball posted:Wow, it's a long answer. I'm not trolling but have you read the wikipedia page? Start with that. I feel like an idiot for not reading the wiki page. That is the movie we are watching in class! 
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Feb 6, 2013 19:00
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Doghouse posted:I have a resume written up and formatted nicely in a word document. I have a new computer and don't have Word. Is there anyway I can cleanly transfer it over to a different program (Google Docs, Open Office, etc.) and edit it? I tried in Google Docs and it's messy and doesn't look great. There's a trial version of the new MS Office you can try for free: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/office-365-home-premium The formatting on a resume will not survive exactly between MS Office and LibreOffice/OpenOffice in my experience.
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XmasGiftFromWife posted:I think if you are interviewing for a job tomorrow, for which you don't understand the basic concepts, you are not qualified for the job. No amount of googlefu the night before will save you. In fairness, it might be a situation where it'd be nice to have some clue about what the company does, even if the job itself doesn't directly deal with it. For example, IT support at a finance company. RebBrownies posted:I'm in a German language class at the moment and we are watching a movie pertaining to the fall of the Berlin wall. Most of my knowledge of the wall and situation in East Germany was from the movie The Secret Lives of Others. (It's probably not good that a movie is my first source You're making me feel old here. The wiki article gives a decent overview. If that's tl;dr, here goes. After Germany lost World War II the country was carved up into zones that were each administered by four of the Allies (UK, US, France, USSR). Berlin, being the capital, was also split up into zones even though the whole thing fell within the Russian chunk of Germany. Long story short, the US/UK/French parts were reconstructed and given back to the Germans. But the Russians decided, basically, that they were going to keep their bits as a puppet government. That's how there came to be a free West Germany, a fascist East Germany under Soviet control, and a free West Berlin as a West German exclave inside East Germany. For some wacky reason, people weren't happy being crushed under the fascist Soviet boot, and a steady stream of them defected by going to West Berlin. To put a stop to that, the fascist government put up a bigass wall around West Berlin in 1961 and it soon became a symbol of the entire Cold War. Flash forward 30 years. Glasnost and perestroika and the USSR crumbling. Wall comes down. Germany reunifies. Happy happy joy joy.
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Doghouse posted:I have a resume written up and formatted nicely in a word document. I have a new computer and don't have Word. Is there anyway I can cleanly transfer it over to a different program (Google Docs, Open Office, etc.) and edit it? I tried in Google Docs and it's messy and doesn't look great. Wordpad is probably already installed on your pc.
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Feb 6, 2013 19:07
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What's the origin of the "It's Tape!" meme?
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Feb 6, 2013 19:10
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FCKGW posted:What's the origin of the "It's Tape!" meme? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb3UobSZl34 Go to 1:45 specifically, but it is very fun to watch the whole thing from the beginning
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What type of lampshade is supposed to fit on this lamp?   I've tried googling for "types of lampshades", but it only comes up with lampshades that snap onto the bulb or lampshades that screw into under the bulb. Nothing that looks like it ought to work with this giant built in rim around the bulb area.
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Feb 6, 2013 19:48
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Giant Boy Detective posted:What type of lampshade is supposed to fit on this lamp? Cylinder lamp shade fits that lamp. Though sometimes that ring served as a barrier to protect the (missing) globe.
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Feb 6, 2013 19:59
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Yeah that is the kind of lamp where you can actually use many different styles of lampshade, so long as they fit onto that ring. Cylinder styles would work, but so would a properly fitted tapering one or something like that.
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So here's a bizarre thing. I was out to lunch today with some friends and they took an embarrassing picture of me during the meal. They joked about putting it up on facebook or some such and I joked that "OK, great, make me internet famous again." Now, they caught on to the "again" part and demanded to know what I meant by that. I told them to google my name and see what comes up, knowing that nothing interesting is there. Or so I thought. When I was back in the office I decided to check it out for myself (cause I haven't in probably 5 years). What I found was some resume cleaner guy has used one of my resumes as an example, without my permission. He removed all my personal info, and changed the names of the companies, but obviously, he still kept some identifier that google caught. And after review, it's clearly one of my old resumes. He didn't change the font or anything. So, I don't know in what capacity he is using this (as a good example or a bad one), and I just found it on a whim, but can I ask him to remove it? Should I even bother? My resume is on career builder and other job search sites, but I don't believe that this is an authorized use of something I created. I'm not looking to sue or pursue any legal action, but for some reason this makes me uncomfortable. tl;dr: Some "fix your resume" site is using my resume without my permission. What course of action is best, if any?
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Does anyone have a nice, medium/high-resolution image of the SomethingAwful grenade? Someone on my dorm floor made nametags with the little reddit dude on them and put them on all our doors. I'd like to cover the stupid reddit logo on mine with a grenade. Google is super unhelpful here. tia
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CzarChasm posted:... You know what I'd do? Ask the guy who's using it to give you like $10 or something.
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Hummingbirds posted:Does anyone have a nice, medium/high-resolution image of the SomethingAwful grenade? Someone on my dorm floor made nametags with the little reddit dude on them and put them on all our doors. I'd like to cover the stupid reddit logo on mine with a grenade. Google is super unhelpful here. tia This? http://blog.bruteprop.co.uk/?p=146
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I was thinking a high resolution version of this  but if I can't find anything I might use that, thank you.
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Hummingbirds posted:Does anyone have a nice, medium/high-resolution image of the SomethingAwful grenade? Someone on my dorm floor made nametags with the little reddit dude on them and put them on all our doors. I'd like to cover the stupid reddit logo on mine with a grenade. Google is super unhelpful here. tia 
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Doghouse posted:I have a resume written up and formatted nicely in a word document. I have a new computer and don't have Word. Is there anyway I can cleanly transfer it over to a different program (Google Docs, Open Office, etc.) and edit it? I tried in Google Docs and it's messy and doesn't look great. Skydrive from Microsoft. You can use the web-based MS Office for free.
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I like to think of myself as well-versed in computer and Internet matters, but can someone please explain to me how PAR files can recreate a random part of a large file without somehow involving dark magic? If I have a 100-piece post on Usenet and four are missing, and I have four random PAR files (of the fifty PAR files supplied or so, it doesn't matter WHICH four I get, as long as I get any four), and it can recreate the original chunks. How? How does this possibly happen? It's like I get a book with some pages ripped out, but along with the book were 100 random sheets of paper, and if I just use a few of those sheets I can recreate perfectly the original book.
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Runcible Cat posted:Big enough? Hell yeah, thanks!
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Golbez posted:I like to think of myself as well-versed in computer and Internet matters, but can someone please explain to me how PAR files can recreate a random part of a large file without somehow involving dark magic? If I have a 100-piece post on Usenet and four are missing, and I have four random PAR files (of the fifty PAR files supplied or so, it doesn't matter WHICH four I get, as long as I get any four), and it can recreate the original chunks. How? How does this possibly happen? It's like I get a book with some pages ripped out, but along with the book were 100 random sheets of paper, and if I just use a few of those sheets I can recreate perfectly the original book. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive they work by storing parity information, similar to the way RAID striping or ECC memory works.
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randyest posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parchive they work by storing parity information, similar to the way RAID striping or ECC memory works. But how can it work with *any* of the PAR files? I could use any of the PAR files given for a particular download, and each and every one of them will recreate any single missing block from the download with perfect accuracy.
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Golbez posted:I like to think of myself as well-versed in computer and Internet matters, but can someone please explain to me how PAR files can recreate a random part of a large file without somehow involving dark magic? If I have a 100-piece post on Usenet and four are missing, and I have four random PAR files (of the fifty PAR files supplied or so, it doesn't matter WHICH four I get, as long as I get any four), and it can recreate the original chunks. How? How does this possibly happen? It's like I get a book with some pages ripped out, but along with the book were 100 random sheets of paper, and if I just use a few of those sheets I can recreate perfectly the original book. PAR files rely on the majority of the original content being intact. They contain checksums for what the original data should be, as well as a substantial part of the original data to be recovered. The core principle is the Reed-Solomon method of error correction that's found in data CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, various networks and self-correcting RAID array systems. Essentially, you store a significant amount of extra data for each piece of source data you send out, and this data allows you to compute the proper data as long as you have greater than a certain percentage of the original data verified to be good. Depending on the implementation this could be as much as 90% of the original data needed, or as little as 70%. PAR files contain not only the extra data needed to repair the original download, they also contain the extra data needed to build the others if you have enough of the original data. So in your example, you have 96% of the original file data, and 8% of the PAR files. The PAR files build up the missing data by first building up the missing PAR files based on the pieces of the original data you already have - which is again a hgue majority of the data, and then calculating off that what the missing data should be. If you instead had only 80% of the original file present and the same small amount of PAR files, you could end up with it only being able to restore some of the missing data. The basic algorithm is described here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction Golbez posted:But how can it work with *any* of the PAR files? I could use any of the PAR files given for a particular download, and each and every one of them will recreate any single missing block from the download with perfect accuracy. A single missing block when you already have 90% or more of the original data isn't that hard to restore. It also happens sometimes that even with all the PAR files for a given upload, you still don't have enough to actually repair the file, but that's very rare. You can think of it like how if you have a data CD with a major scratch on it, you can usually still copy the data off although it'll take longer than a perfect CD. If too many of those scratches happen too close together, data gets permanently lost; but just one or two and there's enough neighboring data to reconstruct.
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Golbez posted:But how can it work with *any* of the PAR files? I could use any of the PAR files given for a particular download, and each and every one of them will recreate any single missing block from the download with perfect accuracy. Try this site instead of wikipedia. It gives a nice little example. http://www.slyck.com/Newsgroups_Guide_PAR_PAR2_Files
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Giant Boy Detective posted:What type of lampshade is supposed to fit on this lamp? I would say this kind: http://www.bplampsupply.com/category/347_student-style-glass-lamp-shades This sort of lamp is mimicking a gas lamp, so the shade would be glass instead of fabric, and it would be open at the top to let the rising hot air escape.
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XmasGiftFromWife posted:I think if you are interviewing for a job tomorrow, for which you don't understand the basic concepts, you are not qualified for the job. No amount of googlefu the night before will save you. I was looking for more of a refresher as I already had some background knowledge, but it didn't come up anyway so no harm done.
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Ron Don Volante posted:I was looking for more of a refresher as I already had some background knowledge, but it didn't come up anyway so no harm done. I hope your interview went very well.
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I'm kind of curious about whether the contraction "Nazi" originated among Allied powers as a derisive term (similar to Commie), or if it developed in some other way (or if I'm just seeing patterns where they don't exist). I can't find anything suggesting that the Nazis used that shorthand themselves, or even that it's used by German speakers (is it?), and the division between whether the word for "Nazism" resembles that word or "National Socialism" seems to heavily lean toward Allied powers using the shorter form while non-Allied powers and countries that were under heavy Nazi occupation lean toward the latter. Is there any history behind that division?
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OneEightHundred posted:I'm kind of curious about whether the contraction "Nazi" originated among Allied powers as a derisive term (similar to Commie), or if it developed in some other way (or if I'm just seeing patterns where they don't exist). "The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the word Nazi was favored in southern Germany (supposedly from c.1924) among opponents of National Socialism because the nickname Nazi, Naczi (from the masc. proper name Ignatz, German form of Ignatius) was used colloquially to mean 'a foolish person, clumsy or awkward person.'"
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Is there a find-a-film/tv megathread? I'm trying to find the name of a documentary I saw on PBS within the last year about GLBT baby boomers and older.
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