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Hmm..Is there any graceful way to handle this? Should I reconsider? Also to clarify this isn't for like 3 months. ThatsSoNotPLUR fucked around with this message at 00:28 on May 24, 2013 |
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ThatsSoNotPLUR posted:Hmm..Is there any graceful way to handle this? Tell them as soon as possible -- i.e., right now. Apologize profusely and explain that you'll help find a replacement.
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May 24, 2013 00:39
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Hmm. If this is that inconsiderate of an action even when finding a replacement, maybe I won't.
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May 24, 2013 00:41
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ThatsSoNotPLUR posted:Hmm. If this is that inconsiderate of an action even when finding a replacement, maybe I won't. You're essentially asking to break a contract. It's understandable, but that doesn't make it any less of an inconvenience. I don't know the people you're living with, but three months' notice and an offer of help should be fine.
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May 24, 2013 00:43
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I was imagining I would stay on the lease and have a sublettor, but does it make more sense to actually take off my name? Should I offer my part of the security deposit?
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May 24, 2013 00:46
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ThatsSoNotPLUR posted:I was imagining I would stay on the lease and have a sublettor, but does it make more sense to actually take off my name? Should I offer my part of the security deposit? Who knows. Talk to your roommates.
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May 24, 2013 01:25
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Dude, one of my roommates just gave us 2 weeks notice while we were in the middle of dealing with bedbugs. 3 months notice should be fine.
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May 24, 2013 01:40
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I cracked the LCD screen of my PSP 3000. Are those repair kits they sell on Amazon any good, or would I be better off sending it to some repair company?
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May 24, 2013 01:45
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Has anyone else noticed lately that certain youtube videos will stop buffering/playing at a given point and then just stop ... forever? Most videos are fine, my internet connection is fine (50M/25M), MSE says my Win7 x64 PC is virus free, but it's driving me nuts. For example, these three videos will stop loading at 0:00 -- I've left them open for more than an hour to see if they move, but no luck. Meanwhile I watched a dozen other youtube videos at high and low quality with no problem. I tried chrome, IE, and firefox, with and without Adblock enabled; same result.  These stop at 0:00, changing resolution quality has no effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHjVZkx8DM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_rg3dttoY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EllYgcWmcAY This one was stopped at around 1:00, but switching to 720p made it buffer and play at normal speed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHBgf2gH0U Is youtube just being weird or is there possibly something wrong with my PC (don't have another one here to check with.) What kind of problem could cause some youtubes to just hang forever?
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May 24, 2013 02:58
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Those all work for me fine. I have no explanation or solution for you, however.
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randyest posted:Has anyone else noticed lately that certain youtube videos will stop buffering/playing at a given point and then just stop ... forever? Most videos are fine, my internet connection is fine (50M/25M), MSE says my Win7 x64 PC is virus free, but it's driving me nuts. For example, these three videos will stop loading at 0:00 -- I've left them open for more than an hour to see if they move, but no luck. Meanwhile I watched a dozen other youtube videos at high and low quality with no problem. I tried chrome, IE, and firefox, with and without Adblock enabled; same result. I also have no solution but have a similar issue. It seems internet related. I don't have the problem when I'm at home (cox) but I do at my boyfriend's house (verizon). And exact same issue including that switching resolution will sometimes make it buffer again but sometimes not.
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May 24, 2013 03:42
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I saw this picture posted on Facebook, which made me wonder: When they colorize old black/white pictures, are they just picking colors at random? Or is there some sort of algorithm/math/magic involved?
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May 24, 2013 03:46
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supkirbs posted:I also have no solution but have a similar issue. It seems internet related. I don't have the problem when I'm at home (cox) but I do at my boyfriend's house (verizon).
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May 24, 2013 03:47
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JPrime posted:I saw this picture posted on Facebook, which made me wonder: Basically yes. You can kinda get a sense for what colors things were back in the day and match them up as best you can. The artist for that particular picture posted it on Reddit and talked about it a bit. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ex763/auto_wreck_in_washington_dc_1921_colorized_by_me/ FCKGW fucked around with this message at 03:53 on May 24, 2013 |
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May 24, 2013 03:51
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Thanks for the replies. I'm on Verizon FiOS and it's just started happening a few days ago. I'll try at work tomorrow and bring home my laptop totry to figre out if it's PC or network. Googling and supkirbs' reply seem to indicate network, unless they've got the same PC issue I do 
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May 24, 2013 03:53
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randyest posted:Thanks for the replies. I'm on Verizon FiOS and it's just started happening a few days ago. I'll try at work tomorrow and bring home my laptop totry to figre out if it's PC or network. Googling and supkirbs' reply seem to indicate network, unless they've got the same PC issue I do I wish I had a solution for you, it drives me insane.
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May 24, 2013 04:05
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supkirbs posted:I wish I had a solution for you, it drives me insane.  I ran the free version of ccleaner and let it kill everything except my cookies and logins, rebooted, and now I can't find a video that hangs! All the problematic ones I posted now play instantly at any resolution. Hope it works for you too! 
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May 24, 2013 04:49
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randyest posted:Has anyone else noticed lately that certain youtube videos will stop buffering/playing at a given point and then just stop ... forever? I find this just happens sometimes, and usually closing the browser and reopening it gets things back to normal. Also sometimes videos will start playing fine, then part way through just start loading really slowly so you have to pause and wait for it to load. I've never been able to see any reason for that either.
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May 24, 2013 05:02
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I just started using Chrome recently, so forgive me if this is easy. In Firefox, I could hit ctrl+home to go to my home page. In Chrome, that just goes to the starting page with my frequently-visited and bookmarked pages. Is it possible to have Firefox-like behavior?
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May 24, 2013 06:03
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hooah posted:I just started using Chrome recently, so forgive me if this is easy. In Firefox, I could hit ctrl+home to go to my home page. In Chrome, that just goes to the starting page with my frequently-visited and bookmarked pages. Is it possible to have Firefox-like behavior? chrome://settings/homePageOverlay Show Home Button - New Tab Page - Change - set what you want
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May 24, 2013 06:11
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I am an Amazon Prime member and I order stuff rather frequently. Yesterday I got in 3 boxes, only two of which I had ordered. The third contained a rather expensive set of headphones. The shipping label looks just like the others, made out to me and everything, and the tracking number is the same as one of the others except for the last 4 digits. I checked my order history and these don't appear on there. What the hell happened? edit: I tried searching through my order history using the order number on the invoice in the box and no results.
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May 24, 2013 14:17
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I am an Amazon Prime member and I order stuff rather frequently. Yesterday I got in 3 boxes, only two of which I had ordered. The third contained a rather expensive set of headphones. The shipping label looks just like the others, made out to me and everything, and the tracking number is the same as one of the others except for the last 4 digits. I checked my order history and these don't appear on there. What the hell happened? You just got yourself a free pair of headphones. Someone there screwed up somewhere. You can contact Amazon if your conscience gets to you about it but unless they are $250 or more they will probably just tell you to keep them.
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May 24, 2013 14:30
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Thanks. They were only $112 which I guess isn't that much for headphones. Audio Technica brand, which I'm not familiar with. I'm really curious as to how a shipping label gets generated accidentally. I mean, I assume it went out at the same time as the other items I ordered, and the two boxes with similar tracking numbers both list the weight as 3 pounds. Probably some human error involved in there somewhere. I'll send the folks at Amazon a note and see what they want me to do.
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May 24, 2013 14:35
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ThatsSoNotPLUR posted:Hmm. If this is that inconsiderate of an action even when finding a replacement, maybe I won't. I'm just saying you should understand that you are inconveniencing them, and do whatever is reasonable to make it less inconvenient. But if this is something you've wanted to do and the opportunity is presenting itself, loving do it, just make it as easy on them as you can.
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May 24, 2013 15:41
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Yeet posted:Not sure if this was worth its own thread so I figure I'll play it safe and post here. My dad's birthday is coming up and I figured it would be cool to give him some history. Some family history! I don't know if this helps, but a quick Google has led me to this: http://genealogy-database.findthebest.com/q/1/3263/What-countries-does-the-Ancestry-com-genealogy-database-have-records-for Basically, you can look at this list and see what genealogy searches offer different countries. That led me to the main site: http://genealogy-database.findthebest.com/ Companies that I had never heard of show up on that list and it seemed to indicate that most of them had records for other countries, including Germany. CzarChasm fucked around with this message at 17:46 on May 24, 2013 |
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May 24, 2013 17:44
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randyest posted:Is youtube just being weird or is there possibly something wrong with my PC (don't have another one here to check with.) What kind of problem could cause some youtubes to just hang forever? It happened to me too on a certain video on Verizon DSL. Ironically if I went on my phone and watched the video through my data plan (Verizon Wireless) it would run fine. Could be deliberate packet shaping, could be clogged tubes, could be YouTube being retarded. Who knows. Lyz fucked around with this message at 20:08 on May 24, 2013 |
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May 24, 2013 19:49
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I'll send the folks at Amazon a note and see what they want me to do. Don't bother unless you're feeling especially noble (or are a glutton for punishment). If someone sends you something you didn't order you're entitled to keep and use it at no cost. Back when the Consumerist was still worth reading there were pretty frequent stories of people in similar situations as you trying to make good who got nothing in return but more problems.
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May 24, 2013 19:51
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Tiggum posted:I find this just happens sometimes, and usually closing the browser and reopening it gets things back to normal. Also sometimes videos will start playing fine, then part way through just start loading really slowly so you have to pause and wait for it to load. I've never been able to see any reason for that either. Lyz posted:It happened to me too on a certain video on Verizon DSL. Ironically if I went on my phone and watched the video through my data plan (Verizon Wireless) it would run fine. cache or something got screwed up somehow. My laptop, 3 ipads, 2 iphones, and my work laptop never had a problem on any videos using the same network/ISP. And when I ran ccleaner on my problem PC it went away instantly.
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May 24, 2013 19:58
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randyest posted:It was definitely my PC, apparently the Adobe Flash Hmmm, I will have to try that, but even on my phone connected to our wireless the video I was trying to watch ran slow. After some swearing at my phone because it kept reconnecting to wireless after I turned it off, the video ran fine through just the data plan.
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May 24, 2013 20:11
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Lyz posted:Hmmm, I will have to try that, but even on my phone connected to our wireless the video I was trying to watch ran slow. After some swearing at my phone because it kept reconnecting to wireless after I turned it off, the video ran fine through just the data plan. Maybe a different issue you're having.
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May 24, 2013 22:54
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Is it just me picking up on this now or have goons/everyone always added in commas for stuff like this:Mad Moxxi posted:I'm on a roll, tonight. Jigsaw posted:Edit: Well, I missed a page. Carry on, then. The top one especially just looks and reads so awkward. What the hell is going on?
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May 25, 2013 00:06
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randyest posted:I've never had a problem with any video being slow. It was either lightning fast light it always has been, or literally stopped and would not progress even after letting it sit for ours, reloading the page, closing/reopening the browser, switching browsers, rebooting, etc. Try this: http://mitchribar.com/2013/02/how-to-stop-youtube-sucking-windows-guide/ e: for anyone else I guess Schweinhund fucked around with this message at 00:39 on May 25, 2013 |
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May 25, 2013 00:35
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EATIN SHRIMP posted:Is it just me picking up on this now or have goons/everyone always added in commas for stuff like this: The first looks iffy, but I don't see a problem with the second. It is appropriate to use commas to distinguish "parenthetical" or "introductory" elements - things that don't change the meaning of the sentence, but are included as additional information. For example, your sentence could be written as "The top one, especially, just looks so awkward." (It looks awkward and reads awkwardly, so I don't know how to salvage your sentence. See me after class.  )On the other hand, yes, people tend to overuse commas, especially in places where they'd naturally pause while speaking. People on Something Awful aren't exempt from this tendency, although, honestly, the grammer here is orders of magnitude better than I've seen elsewhere. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
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May 25, 2013 01:26
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Is there a thread for helping people remember a book they've read before from vague details given by people?
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May 25, 2013 01:53
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Yes.
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May 25, 2013 01:58
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We had a Pakistani guy at work that would occasionally bring in this pink drink with crushed pistachios in it. I'm pretty sure it was milk with some syrup or something added along with the pistachios, and I think it was a Pakistani thing. Does anyone know the name for it so I can find the stuff to make it? He got fired and I need my fix Edit: I don't know how I didn't find it on google the first time but its Sharbat.
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May 25, 2013 02:01
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Argghh, I can't believe I missed it. (So very tired.) Thanks!
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May 25, 2013 02:22
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What is the "It's free real estate."  meme about?
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May 25, 2013 03:21
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Mister Macys posted:What is the "It's free real estate." Looks like something from the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. Which virtually guarantees that the gif is devoid of meaning.
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Mister Macys posted:What is the "It's free real estate." It's this sketch: http://youtu.be/cd4-UnU8lWY Edit: It's just what it says. It's free real estate (for Jim Boonie only)
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