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Asked this a few years back, but asking again for updated conditions: if I'm driving from Delaware to Boston, what's the best route to bypass NYC? Up to Tappan Zee bridge then back east to 95?
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Why does PVWmdrm proxy keep crashing on my Android and should I be worried about it?
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Apr 21, 2015 18:36
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Could I write a sequel to whichever book I want, or are the characters etc copyrighted? What would be the difference to say Bleak House 2 or Harry Potter 10 (or whatever)?
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Apr 21, 2015 18:44
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Jonathan Yeah! posted:Could I write a sequel to whichever book I want, or are the characters etc copyrighted? What would be the difference to say Bleak House 2 or Harry Potter 10 (or whatever)? You can use characters, storylines, hell copy the entire plot if you want word-for-word (as Borges (iirc) did to Don Quixote) ... so long as the material is out of copyright. Hence "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" but no "The Joker and his Infinite Jest".
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Apr 21, 2015 19:12
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I've got poison ivy in about three separate spots in my backyard, it grows amongst all the ivy that carpets the ground. Every year I pull it up (as best I can - it loves breaking at the stem, leaving the roots underground) and spray it with round up, and every year it comes back. I've got a two year old, and I don't love the idea of him finding it and using it to wipe his nose or something. How can I eradicate this stuff?
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Apr 21, 2015 19:28
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The Macaroni posted:Asked this a few years back, but asking again for updated conditions: if I'm driving from Delaware to Boston, what's the best route to bypass NYC? Up to Tappan Zee bridge then back east to 95? Yeah you always want to take the NJ Turnpike over to the Garden State Parkway at exit 11, and then you stay on the Parkway until it merges with 87/287 and goes over the Tappan Zee. But you usually don't want to go all the way back to 95, usually you want to take 287 over to the Hutchinson River Parkway going north, which becomes the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut. Then you stay on that til I-91, take that to I-84 and take that to the Mass Pike into Boston. Going out to I-95 and taking I-95 up the coast adds another like 15 miles but more importantly another half hour of travel time. But obviously if there's heavy traffic on the Merritt you keep going over to 95 and take that to 91 for the rest.
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Apr 21, 2015 19:30
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jackpot posted:Every year I pull it up (as best I can - it loves breaking at the stem, leaving the roots underground) and spray it with round up, and every year it comes back. I used to be afraid of rain after using RoundUp (or one of the generics that works as good/better), but after witnessing it for years I am now the opposite - Spray the hell out of it with Round Up, wait 6 hrs or overnight or whatever, then give it a nice drink of water to get it growing while the weed killer is fresh in the system. It'll be dead in a few days.
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Apr 21, 2015 19:41
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regulargonzalez posted:You can use characters, storylines, hell copy the entire plot if you want word-for-word (as Borges (iirc) did to Don Quixote) ... so long as the material is out of copyright. Hence "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" but no "The Joker and his Infinite Jest". You recall wrong. Borges wrote a story about a man who rewrote Don Quixote with the joke being that he had to strain to write Don Quixote as himself rather than just copying Cervantes.
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Apr 21, 2015 19:56
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Nintendo Kid posted:Yeah you always want to take the NJ Turnpike over to the Garden State Parkway at exit 11, and then you stay on the Parkway until it merges with 87/287 and goes over the Tappan Zee. But you usually don't want to go all the way back to 95, usually you want to take 287 over to the Hutchinson River Parkway going north, which becomes the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut. Then you stay on that til I-91, take that to I-84 and take that to the Mass Pike into Boston.
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Apr 21, 2015 20:27
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photomikey posted:Reverse the order of operations. Spray it first. Let it die. Pull it up. Definitely this, roundup is simply glyphosate, it'll be cheap at Home Depot. Dose it with a sprayer when it's thriving. If it's impinging on your lawn and you can't spray, you can actually paint it on the leaves with a foam paintbrush if you need to, as it's taken up by the leaves, not through the soil.
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Apr 21, 2015 20:58
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jackpot posted:I've got poison ivy in about three separate spots in my backyard, it grows amongst all the ivy that carpets the ground. Every year I pull it up (as best I can - it loves breaking at the stem, leaving the roots underground) and spray it with round up, and every year it comes back. I've got a two year old, and I don't love the idea of him finding it and using it to wipe his nose or something. How can I eradicate this stuff?
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Apr 21, 2015 21:01
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uwaeve posted:Definitely this, roundup is simply glyphosate, it'll be cheap at Home Depot. Dose it with a sprayer when it's thriving. If it's impinging on your lawn and you can't spray, you can actually paint it on the leaves with a foam paintbrush if you need to, as it's taken up by the leaves, not through the soil. Ivys are pretty difficult to get rid of. I use a mixture of about 50% glyphosate and 50% 2,4-D with a liberal amount of dish soap. The dish soap helps to keep it on the waxy leaves long enough to do something. A great time to spray is early in the day after any dew is gone and leave it on for a nice, sunny afternoon.
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Apr 21, 2015 21:35
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I work the front desk for a real estate office and last week an Agent got a certified mail that I signed for and put in his mail box. Today I got a call from a woman about it, stating that "I know money talks in real estate" multiple times and told me that the agent apparently owes over $100,000.00 (I forget exactly, but she gave me the full amount down to the cent). She was all upset yelling about an attorney but I didnt really care since I did my job and its not my fault if the agent isnt talking to them. But what I was curious about is how legal is it that shes telling me how much this agent owes? She claimed that an attorney was looking for him, is this private information? Should she have been giving it to some dude who works the front desk?
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Apr 21, 2015 23:15
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In your introduction, is it "this essay will argue" or "this essay argues"? I feel like both are acceptable, but there's probably a nuance I'm missing.
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Apr 21, 2015 23:54
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Vegetable posted:In your introduction, is it "this essay will argue" or "this essay argues"? I feel like both are acceptable, but there's probably a nuance I'm missing. I probably wouldn't use either, and just state your thesis without qualification.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:15
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Thanatosian posted:I probably wouldn't use either, and just state your thesis without qualification. Probably use an 11pt font too. This is clearly someone overthinking padding.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:24
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syscall girl posted:Probably use an 11pt font too. Sadly, it's now common practice, even academically advised in many areas, for students to begin essays with generic statements of intent. "This essay will argue" is probably more common/correct. I would always recommend at least trying to paraphrase that to be less poo poo, or if possible avoiding doing anything other than laying out the problem/situation in your opening paragraph. I think it just happened because teachers/professors are lazy as gently caress and want to be able to get quickly pointed in the right direction rather than deciphering the wordvomit that a lot of students will chuck up.
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Apr 22, 2015 00:38
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I'm looking into acquiring renters insurance. Does anybody have a preferred renters insurance company? What are some things I should be aware of? Any helpful anecdotes that teach life long lessons?
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Apr 22, 2015 01:29
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Jeza posted:Sadly, it's now common practice, even academically advised in many areas, for students to begin essays with generic statements of intent. Citation needed. I roast my students for poo poo like this. I think the only thing worse is using "you" or "we". Source: decade of teaching psych 101
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Apr 22, 2015 02:13
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In this post I will present an opinion of the sentiment expressed by preceding posts. I'm so glad I'm not the only person who is against this practice.
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Apr 22, 2015 02:16
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jackpot posted:I've got poison ivy in about three separate spots in my backyard, it grows amongst all the ivy that carpets the ground. Every year I pull it up (as best I can - it loves breaking at the stem, leaving the roots underground) and spray it with round up, and every year it comes back. I've got a two year old, and I don't love the idea of him finding it and using it to wipe his nose or something. How can I eradicate this stuff? Everyone else has covered the chemical option, but there's also physical barriers you can use to try and contain. These are nuclear options, though, and should be a last resort because they'll also wreck your lawn. You can go with something simple, like mulch or gravel, or just say "gently caress it" and salt the goddamned earth/lay down a tarp/concrete over that poo poo. I wouldn't recommend any of those, but if you're seriously worried about your kid getting hosed up in poison ivy, they're possibilities. We had a neighbor years ago that poured concrete over his entire front yard to protect his kids. It looks terrible, but it drat sure works.
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Apr 22, 2015 02:23
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are canned vegetables as powerful nutritionally as real vegetables
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Apr 22, 2015 03:20
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Frykte posted:are canned vegetables as powerful nutritionally as real vegetables From what I've heard the way the vitamins get separated from the vegetables is boiling/blanching and then draining the water off. So if they use the water for packing you should be able to get the nutrition if you use the water. If you make mac and peas and the water boils off you get the vitamins? If you drain the can, maybe a little less?
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Apr 22, 2015 03:25
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Frykte posted:are canned vegetables as powerful nutritionally as real vegetables Canned vegetables are real vegetables.
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Apr 22, 2015 03:26
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syscall girl posted:From what I've heard the way the vitamins get separated from the vegetables is boiling/blanching and then draining the water off. I just eat them right out of the can, but I get rid of the water in the can. Should I be drinking the water in the can?
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Apr 22, 2015 03:29
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Frykte posted:are canned vegetables as powerful nutritionally as real vegetables There's not a significant difference. Sometimes canned vegetables can have more sugar or sodium, but just buy the ones that don't add that.
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Apr 22, 2015 03:29
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Frykte posted:are canned vegetables as powerful nutritionally as real vegetables The canning process actually multiplies the NUTRITION POWER and destroys toxins.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:21
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tuyop posted:The canning process actually multiplies the NUTRITION POWER and destroys toxins. What about the water the canned vegetables are in
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Apr 22, 2015 04:25
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Frykte posted:What about the water the canned vegetables are in That's so nutritionally powerful that you should really save it for cleansing your rectum.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:26
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KoB posted:I work the front desk for a real estate office and last week an Agent got a certified mail that I signed for and put in his mail box. There's probably nothing illegal about her telling you how much someone owes. If there's a court case about it, it's probably public record.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:28
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:I'm looking into acquiring renters insurance. Does anybody have a preferred renters insurance company? What are some things I should be aware of? Any helpful anecdotes that teach life long lessons? Not sure this'll really help your question, but just FYI: I got renter's insurance through GEICO, since that's who I had car insurance with, at the time. $120/year? Sure, I'm down. But they... not sure if "outsource" is the correct term? Anyways, it's actually Travelers that covers that part, not GEICO. I've never had to make a claim [knock wood], but when I needed to change my payment date I spent a ridiculous amount of time on hold with Travelers, only to find that GEICO was the one doing the billing. So that was a complete waste of time, I should've called GEICO in the first place.  So be aware of that.I now have my car insurance with Progressive, and looked into switching my renter's insurance to save (Flo tells me I should bundle!). They were obscenely expensive, even though I've been a good customer with them for a few years. Stuck with my GEICO/Travelers insurance. Bottom line: I guess my advice is look into getting a deal with whoever does your auto insurance because they can save you a bit, but shop around, "bundling" may not be your best option.
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Apr 22, 2015 04:53
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Dzhay posted:For the past couple of days Firefox hasn't been displaying images properly. They load (I think) and there's an empty space on the page where they should be, but about half the images on a page will be missing. Any idea what this could be? It only seems to happen intermittently. I think the latest versions of firefox has had display issues. Like if I switch between tabs/close a tab the result will be a screen with the previous tab overlayed onto the current tab and random bits of the current tab will show up. Maybe you're getting something similar to that?
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Apr 22, 2015 07:33
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A dumb question and the answer is most likely ,,no", but I though I'd ask it anyway: is there any way to watch blu-ray disc from a region different than your own other than using a ,,region-free" blu-ray player? Those are expensive and I don't really feel like buying one, so if that's the only way I'd most likely just not buy the discs at all. I mean legally, I'm sure there are  floating around.
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Apr 22, 2015 12:51
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Szurumbur posted:A dumb question and the answer is most likely ,,no", but I though I'd ask it anyway: is there any way to watch blu-ray disc from a region different than your own other than using a ,,region-free" blu-ray player? Those are expensive and I don't really feel like buying one, so if that's the only way I'd most likely just not buy the discs at all. Depending on your local laws, circumventing region restrictions by any means may be illegal. Your use of weirdo quotation marks lets me know you are maybe in Germany or Austria so the DMCA does not apply but there may be local equivalents. If you want to be bound by the law then your first step is finding out what laws exist for the situation. That said, are you sure that whatever blu-ray discs you want to watch even enforce any region codes?
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Apr 22, 2015 13:08
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XmasGiftFromWife posted:Citation needed. http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=178430&chapterid=269 http://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.22.htm It may be more of a UK thing, but I spent several years running a proofing service for academic essays, and I felt like it became more and more standard. I've seen my fair share of "Essay Writing Guidelines" establish a preferred Thesis Statement structure along these lines. Good for you to encourage otherwise.
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Apr 22, 2015 13:29
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It's also horribly common in scientific presentations suddenly. In this talk, I will first give an introduction, then I will discuss the experiment, then I will discuss the results. In conclusion, in this talk I showed you an introduction, an experiment, and results. Time filling techniques, I suppose.
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Apr 22, 2015 13:33
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:I'm looking into acquiring renters insurance. Does anybody have a preferred renters insurance company? What are some things I should be aware of? Any helpful anecdotes that teach life long lessons? If your parents own a house have them check with their homeowners insurance. Even in my 30s I could get coverage for about $5/month.
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Apr 22, 2015 13:52
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http://texaswomenshealth.org/ seems like a wholly legitimate government health website, but http://texaswomenshealth.org/uploads/ (exact same domain but maybe don't click that) seems like a great place to load up on malware  what is going on here? (or can nobody else see this and it's just weirdly specific malware already on my machine?)
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Apr 22, 2015 13:54
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DNova posted:Depending on your local laws, circumventing region restrictions by any means may be illegal. Your use of weirdo quotation marks lets me know you are maybe in Germany or Austria so the DMCA does not apply but there may be local equivalents. If you want to be bound by the law then your first step is finding out what laws exist for the situation. I was mostly referring to actually buying the discs, as far as I know the country only cares about import fees. Still, I started searching more actively and using different terms and it turns out there had actually been a release in B region, so I guess I was being dumb, which is hardly new. Still, I probably wouldn't have if I hadn't read your post, so thanks! Szurumbur fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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sick trigger posted:http://texaswomenshealth.org/ seems like a wholly legitimate government health website, but http://texaswomenshealth.org/uploads/ (exact same domain but maybe don't click that) seems like a great place to load up on malware Not going to click, but I guess someone has compromised their IT security and is using their website to host malware.
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