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Tiggum posted:I got a storm glass for my birthday, and the instructions said that to make it do its thing you first heat it up with a hair dryer so the crystals dissolve, then leave it to sit for about a week and in that time it should start to change to reflect the weather. I realise it doesn't actually work to predict the weather as originally claimed, but it should change appearance from day to day. What actually happens is it just gets a bunch of crystals sitting in the bottom and they stay there forever. Anyone know what's wrong with it? Is it just defective or something? Is it generally the same temperature where you keep it? The thing only measures temperature (not the weather) if it's working correctly.
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tuyop posted:Is it generally the same temperature where you keep it? The thing only measures temperature (not the weather) if it's working correctly. Would it not also react to air pressure? Otherwise it's just a thermometer.
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May 19, 2015 15:55
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bvoid posted:Would it not also react to air pressure? Otherwise it's just a thermometer. It's just a thermometer. quote:An article in the Journal of Crystal Growth concluded that temperature change is the sole cause of crystal growth in storm glasses.[3]
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May 19, 2015 16:11
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tuyop posted:It's just a thermometer. Oh. At least it looks cool.
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May 19, 2015 16:13
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Incidentally, if you're after neat thermometers in general try one like this: The style is generally called a "Gallileo Thermometer", and the device works by having slightly different mixtures in each of the balls with a tag holding a temperature on it. As the overall temperature of the devices rises or falls, the balls ascend or descend in a consistent order, with the ones on top being calibrated for ahigher temperature than current, the ones on bottom not cold enough yet, and the one or two in the middle showing the temperature or that it's between two.
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May 19, 2015 17:28
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tuyop posted:Is it generally the same temperature where you keep it? The thing only measures temperature (not the weather) if it's working correctly. It's in my livingroom, so the temperature has mostly been between 10°C and 20°C. The instructions I got with it say it should work from about 5°C to 30°C, so I don't think that's the problem.
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May 20, 2015 00:49
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I just got a Facebook message from a person I lived with in college six or seven years ago. I only lived with her along with two other room mates and it was fine and normal. The message was that they are applying for a government job and the job needs to do background checks on everyone they've ever lived with. They asked for my DOB, city I was born in, where I live and work now and addresses of both, and phone number. She used my nickname, signed her name and gave her cell which is a local number so I think it's really her asking, but it still seems really weird. I haven't spoken to her in years and have no clue what she's up to. Firstly, is this legit, and secondly, if it is, can I opt out? It's the government, can't they just look this stuff up instead of me giving all my personal info to her?
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May 20, 2015 08:01
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It's probably legit, though they're not really doing a background check on you, but on her, so they might briefly interview you.
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May 20, 2015 09:48
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Basically they'll ask you if she is sane and/or a terrorist but in a bit more polite language.
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May 20, 2015 10:05
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Koivunen posted:I just got a Facebook message from a person I lived with in college six or seven years ago. I only lived with her along with two other room mates and it was fine and normal. The message was that they are applying for a government job and the job needs to do background checks on everyone they've ever lived with. They asked for my DOB, city I was born in, where I live and work now and addresses of both, and phone number. She used my nickname, signed her name and gave her cell which is a local number so I think it's really her asking, but it still seems really weird. I haven't spoken to her in years and have no clue what she's up to. Firstly, is this legit, and secondly, if it is, can I opt out? It's the government, can't they just look this stuff up instead of me giving all my personal info to her? Well, if you're worried it's not her you could just call. Otherwise, yeah, governments do this thing.
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May 20, 2015 13:07
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I read that non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca. What would happen to a non-Muslim who gets caught in Mecca?
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May 20, 2015 14:22
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Baron Bifford posted:I read that non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca. What would happen to a non-Muslim who gets caught in Mecca? From this http://life-in-saudiarabia.blogspot.co.at/2014/10/punishment-for-non-muslims-for-entering.html quote:Punishment for Non-Muslims for Entering to Makkah and Madina It's a shame because I would really like to see it in person but I cannot.
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May 20, 2015 14:28
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How do actors deal with movie roles with characters that smoke? Do you just not take the role if the character smokes but you don't? Are there prop cigarettes?
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May 20, 2015 14:54
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gradenko_2000 posted:How do actors deal with movie roles with characters that smoke? Do you just not take the role if the character smokes but you don't? Are there prop cigarettes? There are prop cigarettes even for actors who smoke. Sometimes you have to do a scene like twelve times, so you'd smoke so many cigarettes that you actually puke (see the Wikipedia page for Mad Men, for instance).
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May 20, 2015 14:59
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Koivunen posted:I just got a Facebook message from a person I lived with in college six or seven years ago. I only lived with her along with two other room mates and it was fine and normal. The message was that they are applying for a government job and the job needs to do background checks on everyone they've ever lived with. They asked for my DOB, city I was born in, where I live and work now and addresses of both, and phone number. She used my nickname, signed her name and gave her cell which is a local number so I think it's really her asking, but it still seems really weird. I haven't spoken to her in years and have no clue what she's up to. Firstly, is this legit, and secondly, if it is, can I opt out? It's the government, can't they just look this stuff up instead of me giving all my personal info to her? I think you can opt out, but it's like 15 minutes to talk to the g-man. When I did this last year my friend didn't ask me for any of that DOB stuff. If its legit the person doing the background check on your friend will have government id with them when you meet them.
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May 20, 2015 15:02
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tuyop posted:There are prop cigarettes even for actors who smoke. Sometimes you have to do a scene like twelve times, so you'd smoke so many cigarettes that you actually puke (see the Wikipedia page for Mad Men, for instance). Well, they're herbal cigarettes, but the actors are still smoking something in that particular case.
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May 20, 2015 15:06
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DNova posted:From this http://life-in-saudiarabia.blogspot.co.at/2014/10/punishment-for-non-muslims-for-entering.html You could convert.
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May 20, 2015 16:47
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What's the best way of cleaning dirt from a sole like this?
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May 20, 2015 17:17
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What's the difference between a cd and cd-rom? edit: what does the scroll lock key do? Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 10:55 on May 21, 2015 |
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May 21, 2015 10:32
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Kurtofan posted:What's the difference between a cd and cd-rom? CD's are the "compact disk" media. CD-ROMs are CD's that have data encoded on them according to the ECMA-130 standard. Back when computers were mostly text command-lines, the scroll lock key would "pause" text being printed to the screen, giving the user a chance to stop and read it if it were being printed too quickly.
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May 21, 2015 11:00
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the scroll look would also change the function of the arrow keys in certain programs, from moving the cursor between lines to scrolling trough the text.
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May 21, 2015 12:52
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Disharmony posted:What's the best way of cleaning dirt from a sole like this? I've heard that a Mr Clean Magic Eraser works well on some shoe soles. Never tried it though.
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May 21, 2015 15:37
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There was a thread that was PYF Ringtone or something to that effect and I can't find it. Looked in PYF and IYG to no avail. I don't really need the thread, I was just looking for a link to a website that let you search and download ringtones by just typing in terms. For instance once upon a time I was able to set my text tone to the Cardassian doorbell sound from DS9 by searching "DS9." Anyone have the thread or ringtone site handy?
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May 21, 2015 18:50
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Droid Washington posted:There was a thread that was PYF Ringtone or something to that effect and I can't find it. Looked in PYF and IYG to no avail. I don't really need the thread, I was just looking for a link to a website that let you search and download ringtones by just typing in terms. For instance once upon a time I was able to set my text tone to the Cardassian doorbell sound from DS9 by searching "DS9." Anyone have the thread or ringtone site handy? Nobody does personalized text/ring tones anymore grandpa. Get with the times!!
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Werner-Boogle posted:Nobody does personalized text/ring tones anymore grandpa. Get with the times!! Everyone uses default ringtones? That sounds loving boring. I'd still like a link.
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May 21, 2015 20:15
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Droid Washington posted:Everyone uses default ringtones? That sounds loving boring. I'd still like a link. Have you tried just searching for the wav file of the tone you want and just setting that? My phone SMS tone is the Murloc aggro noise and that wasn't exactly hard to put in place. A quick search shows me this website has a bunch of ST noises.
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May 21, 2015 23:01
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I have an aux cable hooked up to my headphones but I want to use them as a headset on my computer, is there something that does the opposite of this: http://www.amazon.com/Conwork-Headp...crophone+joiner
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May 22, 2015 01:21
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Turtlicious posted:I have an aux cable hooked up to my headphones but I want to use them as a headset on my computer, is there something that does the opposite of this: Intermixed with the joiners, you'll find several splitters. It's difficult though, because iirc not all headsets use the same pinout.
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May 22, 2015 01:33
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I just unearthed a bunch of digsby Facebook logs from a few years back, but digsby didn't have the grace to store contacts' names - they're just ########_fbchat. Is there any way to figure out which of my friends the various numbers correspond to?
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May 22, 2015 01:36
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hooah posted:I just unearthed a bunch of digsby Facebook logs from a few years back, but digsby didn't have the grace to store contacts' names - they're just ########_fbchat. Is there any way to figure out which of my friends the various numbers correspond to? Assuming it's their facebook id (which it probably is), just go facebook.com/<number>
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May 22, 2015 01:43
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Ok, great; I didn't know if they disassociated the numbers with accounts now that most people have some form of their name in their url.
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May 22, 2015 02:17
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Droid Washington posted:Everyone uses default ringtones? That sounds loving boring. I'd still like a link. Download audacity, and you can turn anything you can find on youtube into a ringtone pretty drat quick.
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May 22, 2015 02:20
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edit: nvm, figured it out!
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May 22, 2015 02:29
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hooah posted:Ok, great; I didn't know if they disassociated the numbers with accounts now that most people have some form of their name in their url. They have mostly user-side but everything still has numbers that you can get to.
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Question: I seem to remember there being a "request a small program" thread at some point where people would write little utilities but I can't seem to find it anywhere? I have an incredibly mundane and time consuming task for a volunteer job that could be automated incredibly easy but my programming skills are way too rusty to tackle it myself.
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May 22, 2015 05:07
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How long should it be between someone "fixing it" and the new SSL certificate for a website being used instead of the old?
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May 22, 2015 05:49
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mirthdefect posted:How long should it be between someone "fixing it" and the new SSL certificate for a website being used instead of the old? Immediately. SSL connections have to be negotiated at the beginning of every session; there's no propagation delay like there is with DNS. If your SSL certificate was "fixed" by them booting up a new server, with a new IP and the new cert, and then pointing the existing DNS record at the new server, it could take up to a few hours for the DNS changes to propagate.
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May 22, 2015 07:04
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Gravity Pike posted:Immediately. SSL connections have to be negotiated at the beginning of every session; there's no propagation delay like there is with DNS. Nope, replacing an expired one on a live client-facing site. My boss is just a fuckwit and I suspect he has been emailed the new one to apply it, but thinks the whole thing is done through GoDaddy's control panel despite him having to do this a mere 3 weeks ago when another client-facing site started throwing our customers massive security warnings because he hadn't renewed stuff.
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Srebrenica Surprise posted:Question: I seem to remember there being a "request a small program" thread at some point where people would write little utilities but I can't seem to find it anywhere? I have an incredibly mundane and time consuming task for a volunteer job that could be automated incredibly easy but my programming skills are way too rusty to tackle it myself. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2415898
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Does anyone know a good website for restaurant reviews, that also includes average meal price? I'll make a trip to Vegas soon and I want to eat well (but not spend hundreds of bucks at the same time)
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