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Thanatosian posted:I would also keep it to under twelve minutes; I would say about eight minutes is the sweet spot for a Best Man speech. Christ, no. 5 minutes or less, and the shorter the better.
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Ron Don Volante posted:I'm selling a vcr/dvd combo player on eBay (found it at Goodwill a year ago for $5 and apparently it's worth a lot more) and a lot of the listings mention having a tuner. What exactly is a tuner and how do I check for it? Analog tuners no longer function at all, since the changeover to all-digital channels.
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ulmont posted:Christ, no. 5 minutes or less, and the shorter the better. This, and rehearse often.
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May 9, 2013 21:28
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mid posted:Can an electrical wall outlet kill an electronic device? I know they can stop working but I never thought they could actually harm a device. I've had three phone chargers die on me in my new apartment in the past few days and I'm convinced it's because of faulty wiring. Yes, sufficiently bad power supply can fry the electronics in the charger, which allows itself to be destroyed to prevent the device itself from being damaged. You will want to contact your landlord to get that poo poo fixed because it's probably dangerous.
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5 minutes is basically a maximum for a best man speech. Nobody is there to see you, and 5 minutes is a lot longer than you'd think.
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May 9, 2013 21:43
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:5 minutes is basically a maximum for a best man speech. Nobody is there to see you, and 5 minutes is a lot longer than you'd think. 2 minutes would be a good target, actually.
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May 9, 2013 21:44
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Thanatosian posted:
I think almost all catv companies still send an analog signal that you can see on a "cable-ready" tv without an extra $$/month digital box. But at least on cox you miss out on a bunch of channels that are digital-only.
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May 9, 2013 21:52
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Thanatosian posted:I would also keep it to under twelve minutes; I would say about eight minutes is the sweet spot for a Best Man speech. This is waaaaaay too long. If anyone else ever finds themselves at a wedding where it looks like the best man is gonna give a whopper like this get everybody at your table to put $5 in a cup. Then you take bets on how long the best man's speech will be. And there's another "bet" going on at the same time: during the toasts, the cup moves from person to person every time anybody making a toast says thanks. Once the last person is done with their toast (usually the best man but maybe bride and groom too), then the person with the cup in front of them splits the money with the correct best man speech time (and buys a round).
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May 9, 2013 21:59
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I'm shipping a bunch of clothes and shoes home from college and need to know the cheapest way to do it. I know very little about shipping. Am I better off separating the clothes and shoes for weight purposes or will it not make a difference? Do I use a few big boxes or a lot of small ones?
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May 9, 2013 22:16
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Tshirt Ninja posted:I'm shipping a bunch of clothes and shoes home from college and need to know the cheapest way to do it. I know very little about shipping. Am I better off separating the clothes and shoes for weight purposes or will it not make a difference? Do I use a few big boxes or a lot of small ones? I'd do standard mail. https://www.usps.com/ship/standard-post.htm There is a downloadable price sheet there as well.
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May 9, 2013 22:29
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Wagonburner posted:I think almost all catv companies still send an analog signal that you can see on a "cable-ready" tv without an extra $$/month digital box. But at least on cox you miss out on a bunch of channels that are digital-only. At this point, you can't really get squat on an analog tuner.
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Thanatosian posted:Wikipedia says the only stations left in analog are LPTV stations (and most of them have switched to digital), and broadcasts telling you how to get a digital box. All? cable systems are still broadcasting cable because there is a huge amount of infrastructure built around it in commercial buildings, and apartments which, like industrial accounts for other utilities, is their bread and butter (other than PPV porn).
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ulmont posted:2 minutes would be a good target, actually. Definitely. A 2 minute speech is approximately 1 page of double spaced 12 point Times New Roman text.
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pupdive posted:All? cable systems are still broadcasting cable because there is a huge amount of infrastructure built around it in commercial buildings, and apartments which, like industrial accounts for other utilities, is their bread and butter (other than PPV porn). I, in fact, had to hook up a converter box a few months ago during playoffs, because that's when the changeover happened, and I stopped getting signal entirely.
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So, if we assume (and it's a big assumption) that superluminal speed were possible, what would a hypothetical "luminal boom" appear as? Would it basically be a huge flash of light, the same was a sonic boom is a massive, well, boom?Thanatosian posted:Cable systems are broadcasting 100% digital.
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TetsuoTW posted:So, if we assume (and it's a big assumption) that superluminal speed were possible, what would a hypothetical "luminal boom" appear as? Would it basically be a huge flash of light, the same was a sonic boom is a massive, well, boom? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygE01sOhzz0&t=60
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Mescal posted:Digital cameras are one of the few consumer electronic items that are generally long-lived and reliable. So buy any DSLR from two generations ago and a close-focusing (macro) lens; that should be pretty cheap. Research the basics of exposure and learn what white balance is and they won't look like crap. greazeball posted:Lighting makes a much bigger difference than what camera you use. Fork of Unknown Origins posted:This. For still life pictures like you're taking any digital camera in the $150 category will be enough (shoot an iPhone 5 camera would probably be enough) but you need a good lighting box. I don't know as much about those as a lot of people though so I'd take advice from them. I believe they're pretty cheap to make on your own. Maybe a tripod would be good too. Cakefool posted:This a thousand times. You can buy a pop-up half-metre cube lighting box from eBay or Amazon etc for a few bucks, then shine a couple of $5 spotlights onto the outside of the cube for even lighting. This was all extremely helpful. Looking into the lighting box and white balance right now. Thanks, goons! 
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TetsuoTW posted:So, if we assume (and it's a big assumption) that superluminal speed were possible, what would a hypothetical "luminal boom" appear as? Would it basically be a huge flash of light, the same was a sonic boom is a massive, well, boom? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
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Have there ever been any commercially successful video games released for a "dead" console?
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It depends on your definition of "dead." There's a lot of successful games coming out for old platforms around the time the new ones come out and haven't reached a broad market yet. I want to say there were some popular NES games well into the SNES era, though. I know a lot of Mega Man games came out after the SNES hit (and got popular.) Final Fantasy XI just got an expansion for the PS2, and IIRC the last couple did OK in Japan. Well enough to keep making them until this year, at least, even after they stopped making PS2s (and I want to say you can't play it on a slim so technically the ship sailed on FFXI-compatible playstations looong ago)
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Thanatosian posted:Cable systems are broadcasting 100% digital. They don't use analog at all anymore. You can get a digital-to-analog converter box that will allow you to watch digital broadcasts on an analog tuner from your cable company, but if you plug an analog tuner into a cable signal without a converter box, you won't see poo poo. Well, there are still a number of cable systems out there that haven't been fully switched to digital. But it is true that most American cable systems now are digital only, with free convertor boxes provided.
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Mescal posted:Have there ever been any commercially successful video games released for a "dead" console?
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I recently got a new passport, as my previous one is from when I was a kid and expired a long time ago. I used it for proof of identification and citizenship on my new application, but when I got my new book they sent the old one back as well. They used a hole punch on the cover, but otherwise it's in the same shape it was when I sent it in. Should I just run it through my paper shredder, or do I need to hang on to it for some reason?
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Nude modelling. I Want to try it out. Why? Because I want to see how people draw me as one of their french girls. (Mostly because it looks like fun, it'd challenge me and maybe I do want to see how people perceive and draw me) Anyone got any pointers?
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stubblyhead posted:I recently got a new passport, as my previous one is from when I was a kid and expired a long time ago. I used it for proof of identification and citizenship on my new application, but when I got my new book they sent the old one back as well. They used a hole punch on the cover, but otherwise it's in the same shape it was when I sent it in. Should I just run it through my paper shredder, or do I need to hang on to it for some reason? They do that in case you want to keep it as a souvenir. For all intents and purposes it should be considered irrelevant. Unless of course maybe you want a backup for having to proof identity for a future application etc.
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Affi posted:Nude modelling. I Want to try it out. Why? Because I want to see how people draw me as one of their french girls. (Mostly because it looks like fun, it'd challenge me and maybe I do want to see how people perceive and draw me) Create a craigslist add, prepare to be deluged with requests from strangers. Better, contact local colleges with art departments and find out how they hire models for classes.
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Affi posted:Nude modelling. I Want to try it out. Why? Because I want to see how people draw me as one of their french girls. (Mostly because it looks like fun, it'd challenge me and maybe I do want to see how people perceive and draw me) Contact the biggest art school in your area and ask if they're looking for new models. Depending on how long the poses are (they can be anywhere from <30 seconds to all day/numerous sittings), you can be more or less dynamic. If it's longer than a minute, don't try and do anything where your arms aren't resting or leaning on something. It's actually quite challenging and a great deal of being consistent is being able to control the posture of your hips, back and shoulders.
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When I use Gchat in Gmail in my browser, one of my friends shows up with her email address instead of her name. When I bring her up in contacts, she shows up just like everyone else, with her name at the top. On my phone, she shows up as her nickname which doesn't show up on the contact page at all. How do I make my browser show her name or nickname? I've already made sure I don't have duplicate contacts, and when I hover over her email address in the chat list it pops up a card with her name right there at the top of it.
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Affi posted:Nude modelling. I Want to try it out. Why? Because I want to see how people draw me as one of their french girls. (Mostly because it looks like fun, it'd challenge me and maybe I do want to see how people perceive and draw me) Yup. DO NOT sign up to do a "long pose" for your first time(s). Unless you are some sort of yogi or are already used to holding still for a really long time. It's very hard. Most drawing classes or groups have long pose sessions and short pose sessions. Just thought of a couple more: get a nice bath robe if you don't have one and some nice slip-on shoes, or even a fast-change outfit like a track suit, for potty and smoke breaks or whatever. And bring a towel; you never know who else has been rubbing their junk on the same surfaces they put you on. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at 20:42 on May 10, 2013 |
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I have a mini-fridge but I don't need the freezer part because I have a big chest freezer. So the freezer part is just taking up valuable fridge space. Can I somehow remove the little freezer section without screwing the whole thing up? The "freezer" isn't a separate sealed part, it's just a metal shelf kind of hanging from the top, and it's completely open on the back and has a little door on the front that just closes via a spring. This makes me think I can just remove the "freezer" and the fridge will still just work fine. Am I right in assuming that the only reason the mini-fridge even HAS a freezer is because that's the coldest part of the fridge? There is a tube that comes up from the bottom of the fridge and terminates inside of the "freezer". It's pretty much identical to this one, the freezer being the little compartment on the top right. On my fridge the temparature dial is on the other side, not next to the freezer. 
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Someone please explain this, it's killing me. Ignoring the fact that "not from concentrate" is probably only true in the loosest sense of the definition...who buys the one on the right? They're the same price, exact same size, and they're right next to each other on the shelf. I don't understand.
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razz posted:I have a mini-fridge but I don't need the freezer part because I have a big chest freezer. So the freezer part is just taking up valuable fridge space. I'm not 100% on your particular model but most of those fridges the freezer is the actual cooling element. It's just a freezer because things are closer to or contained within it. So yes, you'll probably mess up your fridge and maybe yourself because IIRC the stuff used for cooling is pretty toxic. Cursory search says it isn't all that toxic but probably not stuff you want to be dealing with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane
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jackpot posted:Someone please explain this, it's killing me. Ignoring the fact that "not from concentrate" is probably only true in the loosest sense of the definition...who buys the one on the right? They're the same price, exact same size, and they're right next to each other on the shelf. I don't understand. Some people prefer the all from concentrate version.
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jackpot posted:Someone please explain this, it's killing me. Ignoring the fact that "not from concentrate" is probably only true in the loosest sense of the definition...who buys the one on the right? They're the same price, exact same size, and they're right next to each other on the shelf. I don't understand. Taste test time!
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jackpot posted:Someone please explain this, it's killing me. Ignoring the fact that "not from concentrate" is probably only true in the loosest sense of the definition...who buys the one on the right? They're the same price, exact same size, and they're right next to each other on the shelf. I don't understand. The entire juice market is built around arbitrary differences and people totally honestly tasting the difference, honest. From concentrate, pure, with bits, smooth, etc. it's all basically just crap to shill more product, because st the end of the day, juice is juice.
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MyronMulch posted:Create a craigslist add, prepare to be deluged with requests from strangers. Yeah don't do the craigslist thing. you could make a modelmayhem profile. It still has its share of creepers, but the ratio is a lot less awful. There's a lot of artists on there looking for people to draw. You might want to try some photography modeling first to get the hang of poses. (you don't have to do nude photography obviously if you aren't comfortable with it, the posing is still the same in lingerie, etc.)
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Somewhat related to the apple juice thing, why is it often times cheaper at supermarkets to buy three 4 packs of redbull versus one 12 pack?
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:Somewhat related to the apple juice thing, why is it often times cheaper at supermarkets to buy three 4 packs of redbull versus one 12 pack? Sometimes the local distributor for the product simply offers the store a better deal on certain packaging. It'll often be the case that one particular packaging will sell a lot faster, thus making it harder to keep in stock, and often causing the distributor to put up higher prices, while correspondingly another one sells poorly so they lower the price to offload stuff that doesn't move well. If the local company distributing Red Bull in your area often ends up with a lot of leftover 4 packs but 12 packs sell well, then it won't be uncommon to see the 4 packs discounted by them to the store, who then chooses to discount them to the customer as well.
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I could see that moving the price to where they were the same, but for it literally to be cheaper to get the 4 packs there must be a lot of folks not paying attention.
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How should I handle the total spergfit I want to have whenever I see someone use "yea" instead of "yeah"
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