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Does anyone have any experience with 3d printers? The results shown in this video just seem too good to be true. It's obvious they are missing out much of the process, but I can't believe the final result is as good as they say. Is this a hoax?
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I recently picked up a TV that I'm trying to hook up to my cable, but it seems the only nearby cable plug already goes to my internet connection. Now I'm shopping around for a cable splitter, and I'm trying to figure out what I should be looking for, if one kind is better than another, that sort of thing. What's the best choice for this job?
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Jul 8, 2011 11:32
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Angry Tiny Man posted:I recently picked up a TV that I'm trying to hook up to my cable, but it seems the only nearby cable plug already goes to my internet connection. Now I'm shopping around for a cable splitter, and I'm trying to figure out what I should be looking for, if one kind is better than another, that sort of thing. What's the best choice for this job? A coax splitter should be like five bucks at Target or Radio Shack. They're really simple.
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I have a nice stainless steel pen that I broke recently. I tightened it together too much and when I tried to unscrew it the threaded part in the back half of the pen came apart and got stuck in the threaded part on the other side. I stuck it back in, but it keeps popping out. Does anyone have a good metal to metal glue? Soldering or welding would be stupid as it's a nice pen. E: preferably something available in stores as opposed to ordering online fuckin breeders man fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Jul 8, 2011 13:12
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AlphaDog posted:I don't see how it would make a noticable difference to life in Australia either. I mean, I'd rather not live in a colony with a foreign monarch any more, but being a republic isn't going to make things magically better. It would probably actually make things worse as people used the change to shoehorn stupid laws in. Foreign monarch? She's the queen of Australia! She might not live there but Australia's had its own monarchy for about, what, 70 years? 
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BonHair posted:Why does she lose her own name and get awarded several boys names? It's just how it's done in a formal, patriarchal way. The same way a few decades ago, Michelle might have been referred to as "Mrs. Barack Obama". She is also formally styled without her last name. It is incorrect, I believe, to refer to her as Kate Middleton, the same way Diana was no longer Diana Spencer. She is Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, just as her husband is not William Mountbatten-Windsor, but is rather Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Again, according to Wikipedia: "As a titled royal, Catherine holds no surname, but when one is used, it is Mountbatten-Windsor." However, it also has a citation needed tag, so take from it what you will. I'm American, so my knowledge of the royals is somewhat lacking. We dealt with that problem some time ago. 
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Where do I go to post very basic questions about operating an android tablet?
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dokmo posted:Where do I go to post very basic questions about operating an android tablet? Here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3411557
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Eyeball posted:
To clarify further: What you need is a small metal box with one male coax plug on one side and two male coax plugs on the other. (It may also have attachment points for screws so you can fasten it to the wall. I have two splitters; one does and one doesn't, but it doesn't affect the function of the device either way.) Anyone trying to sell you anything fancier than that is ripping you off.
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hooah posted:I'm going to download my first digital copy of a movie, and the WB site gives me the option of "iTunes format" or "Windows Media format." Will either of these play nicely on an Android device? Most likely they both have copyright protection and won't play on an android device no mater what format you choose.
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Can anyone tell me how my friend managed to sneak a can of red bull out of woolworthes through an electronic security gate? - He basically put the can into his pocket, bought a kit kat and got the receipt for it then walked out through the gates, but they didn't go off at all. He was wearing track pants which were extra thick material so I'm guessing that the gate didn't scan the drink due to the pants thickness. I am probably wrong about that... but can anyone tell me about the gates and why he was able to get away with stealing the red bull? - Also I'm probably not going to hang out with him for a long time now.
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Raphisonfire posted:Can anyone tell me how my friend managed to sneak a can of red bull out of woolworthes through an electronic security gate? Because it is made out of Aluminum and that generally won't set off a walk through detector. Bojanglesworth fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Jul 8, 2011 17:06
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I just remembered why I came here in the first place. I have an email address which is just my first and last names @gmail.com, which I've had since the early days of Gmail when you needed an invite. Apparently, there is another dude with my name (which is strange, because both of my names are fairly uncommon and my last name has a weird spelling) and this dumb motherfucker thinks that he has my email address. He goes to Brigham Young and I get receipts for all of his assignments and poo poo emailed to me, as well as stuff from his teachers and classmates and official BYU emails that say things like "Your financial information has been updated". I've replied to a few asking if they could tell the dude to fix his email address, but I haven't gotten any responses back, possibly because Mormons are all retarded assholes. I could just blacklist everything as they come in, but there's a lot of different addresses and they come from different domains. What the hell should I do?
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Raphisonfire posted:Can anyone tell me how my friend managed to sneak a can of red bull out of woolworthes through an electronic security gate?
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Jeffrey Colon posted:I saw this video the other day (I think on YouTube) of a Japanese cartoon of fast techoish music video that was a bunch scenes of different colored realities with random crazy stuff going on in them. The only one I remember is a sushi chef just standing there bored. Yes, it's the TV show (The title is actually in English; 自主制作アニメーション just means "independent animated work" or something) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9YtJC-Kd8 link for embedded video impaired dirby fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Jul 8, 2011 17:25
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:I just remembered why I came here in the first place. I have an email address which is just my first and last names @gmail.com, which I've had since the early days of Gmail when you needed an invite. He's probably just been making up a believable email address for paperwork based on his name so he doesn't get spam, and is completely unaware/doesn't care that it is someone's legitimate email. ie. nothing you can do other than to unsubscribe as they come in or look him up on facebook and message him to use bgates@microsoft.com like the rest of us.
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I need help identifying a film and a short story. I posted in the appropriate threads for that with no luck, so I figured I'll give it a shot here.TremendousMajestic posted:Alright, so me and the newly minted wife were on our honeymoon. In Rome, we caught the last twenty or so minutes of what appeared to be a French film. I say "appeared" because there was little to no dialogue in the parts we saw, but it was on a French satellite channel. What I can tell you is that it featured a very tall man (he almost looked like he had mild gigantism), his wife, and their small boy. They had a tumultuous relationship, and something tragic happens to the boy (perhaps a drowning?), and the giant man is very sad. The end. TremendousMajestic posted:I was talking to a friend about "Let's Go to Golgotha," and it jogged my memory about an older short story I read. I'm 99% sure it was in a SF anthology.
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Besesoth posted:A coax splitter should be like five bucks at Target or Radio Shack. They're really simple. Eh, not really. If you go too cheap they'll use really poor quality materials and you usually end up having intermittent issues on the cable modem due to weak signal. You don't need to spend $100 or anything but if the guy gets a cheap one and notices weird issues with the cable modem afterwards, they'll need a better quality splitter.
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Pweller posted:He's probably just been making up a believable email address for paperwork based on his name so he doesn't get spam, and is completely unaware/doesn't care that it is someone's legitimate email. I think there's something else going on, because a year or so ago, I got a couple of emails from his mother. I replied and told her what the deal was, and hadn't gotten anything since up until a week or so ago when this started. So I guess he's either stupid or an rear end in a top hat.
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Angry Tiny Man posted:I recently picked up a TV that I'm trying to hook up to my cable, but it seems the only nearby cable plug already goes to my internet connection. Now I'm shopping around for a cable splitter, and I'm trying to figure out what I should be looking for, if one kind is better than another, that sort of thing. What's the best choice for this job? Get a decent 1ghz 2 way splitter, it doesn't have to be (actually don't buy) "monster" but cheap splitters are the cable techs worst nightmare. Also the cables are important, not so much now that everything is digital but cheap cables have lovely center conductors and shielding which can cause annoying problems: Bad: http://www.amazon.com/23301-Coaxial-Cable-Plugs-Each/dp/B0002UTYP0/ref=pd_cp_e_1 Good: http://www.amazon.com/Channel-Master-CM-3713-Coaxial-Cable/dp/B002ZSNEM6/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1310145924&sr=8-19 E: Couldn't find a normal length good quality cable but that's what they look like Basically good RG6 should be about as thick as a pen (or more) and the center conductor should be fairly thick and rigid. The cheap stuff usually has a thin center conductor that doesn't make good contact and/or "suck out", along with other issues. ChubbyEmoBabe fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:I think there's something else going on, because a year or so ago, I got a couple of emails from his mother. I replied and told her what the deal was, and hadn't gotten anything since up until a week or so ago when this started. So I guess he's either stupid or an rear end in a top hat. In that case he's probably just got a really lovely email address people mess up since you already took the good one  billsmith was taken so he's got bill_smith, billlsmith, biIIsmith, billsmith1, etc. I sympathize dude.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:I think there's something else going on, because a year or so ago, I got a couple of emails from his mother. I replied and told her what the deal was, and hadn't gotten anything since up until a week or so ago when this started. So I guess he's either stupid or an rear end in a top hat. Since you mentioned previously that he is Mormon I would put my money on him being both an rear end in a top hat and stupid.
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helopticor posted:Yes, it's the TV show (The title is actually in English; 自主制作アニメーション just means "independent animated work" or something) Yesss. Thank you.
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Pweller posted:In that case he's probably just got a really lovely email address people mess up since you already took the good one I'm in the same situation and think it's funny. I'll get chain emails from relatives of whoever the original recipient is and I'll reply back with "lol!!" and stuff. Having fun with it is a little better than raging out I think. At first I tried to clarify I wasn't whoever but I still get poo poo all the time. Once I got Amazon credit from something the recipient had returned. I waited a few months to see what would happen and it was never taken away, so I gifted a fleshlight to their address. It was never returned so I guess I made someone happy. My question: Is it better to pay $200 more a month to live by yourself or live with a stranger and save money? My current friend-roommate got laid off and is moving out, and I've been debating this in my head ever since. I have the means to pay more, but $200 extra a month can buy lots of things or be a nice chunk of savings.
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Pweller posted:In that case he's probably just got a really lovely email address people mess up since you already took the good one I remember gmail having a problem not being able to distinguish between bill.smith and billsmith, with messages being sent to one address ending up in both inboxes. I'm sure it's been fixed, but maybe it's something like that?
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Knightmare posted:
If you like the idea of living alone I'd say pay the $200. I don't like living without roommates but for most people it's a luxury and in the city I live in average rent + 200 is unheard of for the chance to have that. Go for it.
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Can someone tell me how odds are set for things like sports betting or horse races? I tried googling it and didn't find anything. Is it an automated formula, or is there some sort of expert evaluation that comes into play? Do different places calculate them differently?
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WHEEZY HIDE A EGG posted:I remember gmail having a problem not being able to distinguish between bill.smith and billsmith, with messages being sent to one address ending up in both inboxes. I think gmail ignores periods in the username, so a.b.c.d.e@gmail.com ends up being the same as abcde@gmail.com e: this is definitely the case, usernames are also case-insensitive, https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=gmail&hl=en&answer=10313 Pweller fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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hayden. posted:Can someone tell me how odds are set for things like sports betting or horse races? I tried googling it and didn't find anything. Is it an automated formula, or is there some sort of expert evaluation that comes into play? Do different places calculate them differently? Does this help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_bookmaking edit: there's also this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odds#Gambling_odds_versus_probabilities
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Pweller posted:In that case he's probably just got a really lovely email address people mess up since you already took the good one I hope this is the case. I really just want to get it fixed not only because it fills up my inbox, but he's also not getting them, and some seem fairly important. Would I be able to call someone at BYU and get it fixed?
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:I hope this is the case. I really just want to get it fixed not only because it fills up my inbox, but he's also not getting them, and some seem fairly important. Would I be able to call someone at BYU and get it fixed? Does any of the correspondence you're getting for him have a physical address or alternate email address for him? You could try contacting the school, but I really don't think that's going to get you anywhere.
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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:Get a decent 1ghz 2 way splitter, it doesn't have to be (actually don't buy) "monster" but cheap splitters are the cable techs worst nightmare. Also the cables are important, not so much now that everything is digital but cheap cables have lovely center conductors and shielding which can cause annoying problems:
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Another neat related gmail thing, it also ignores a + at the end of the username and anything after the +. So if you're pronabater007@gmail.com you receive mail sent to pronabater007+lolbuttz@gmail.com I don't really know how this is useful, might come in handy if you made up a +something for a craigslist ad to help sort replies or if you sign up for website like netflix you can do pronabater007+netflix@gmail.com as your email address, then you know if you see anything come through with that as the to: you know it was netflix who gave them your address.
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hayden. posted:Can someone tell me how odds are set for things like sports betting or horse races? I tried googling it and didn't find anything. Is it an automated formula, or is there some sort of expert evaluation that comes into play? Do different places calculate them differently? Yes everywhere is different, basically they set the line and then adjust it as interest moves so say there was a game A v B, I start a money line at +200 for A and -220 for B. That means if I bet $100 on A (the underdog) I get $200 if they win, but if I want to bet for the favorite B I have to bet $220 to win $100. You may ask why isn't it -200 for B? That 20 "point" difference is where they make their money so they always try to keep an even amount of people on either side of the proposition so they make money no matter who wins. If everyone starts pouring in bets for B they make the bet less attractive by lowering the line to -300 (bet 300 to make 100) and making the A bet more attractive. When there is a "clear winner" (like tyson v douglas  ) they often won't take bets because no matter how low they set the line people won't take the opposing bet.randyest posted:What's wrong with the cable you linked as "bad" and what's better about the "good" one and how can you tell from a picture? A whole lot of experience? I said what makes it "bad" in the post. I can tell from a picture because I've pulled a few miles of it from behind peoples tv's (attics/garages/etc) that were loving up because of it. ChubbyEmoBabe fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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Wagonburner posted:Another neat related gmail thing, it also ignores a + at the end of the username and anything after the +. So if you're pronabater007@gmail.com you receive mail sent to pronabater007+lolbuttz@gmail.com Or set it up so any online contests go to abcd+contests@gmail.com, then create a filter to go into a 'Contests' folder, or do the same for Facebook, Twitter, &c. Subscribe to any mailing lists? How about news/usergroups? Same idea.
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Wagonburner posted:Another neat related gmail thing, it also ignores a + at the end of the username and anything after the +. So if you're pronabater007@gmail.com you receive mail sent to pronabater007+lolbuttz@gmail.com I don't know how well it will work for tracking spam, as this is now a well-known trick and it's easily detectable (and cleaned). ([^+]+)\+?.*(@gmail.com) e: WHEEZY HIDE A EGG posted:Does any of the correspondence you're getting for him have a physical address or alternate email address for him? I just called them and spoke to IT. I had them open a ticket. The ticket number was only 4 digits! butt dickus fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Jul 8, 2011 |
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actionjackson posted:I'm moving out of my apartment this month, and the building manager said I was required to have the carpet professionally cleaned (presumably to claim a full refund of my deposit) and to present a receipt for such. I didn't see anything about this mentioned in my lease - is this legal? Doing so would cost at least $70, and I was under the impression the management usually did such a cleaning on their own. It's important to not that regardless of what your lease says, any state with reasonable consumer protection laws (New York, California), you cannot be charged to clean carpets, or paint walls. They are considered normal wear and tear, and specifically a business expense for the owners, not something a tenant has to (or should have to) pay for. Landlords put technically 'illegal' clauses in their contracts all the time assuming that people will not challenge them. They are usually right. Having a sister who is a lawyer has many perks. One of them is that she is my go-to person for 'reminding' landlords that cleaning in general, and cleaning carpets and painting walls specifically, are business expenses that cannot legally be withheld from deposits, even if they are specifically labeled as cleaning deposits. YMMV since you may live in a state which has bad or non-existent consumer protection/tenant protection laws, and you may not have free access to a real lawyer who knows the laws. counterfeitsaint posted:I had a similar thing happen to me when my lease expired. A lawyer friend of the family said its extremely common thing for leasing companies to do because they can usually get away with it. In my case it was close to $200 in various cleaning fees not mentioned on the lease. He offered to send them a letter about it on official lawyer office letterhead. The money was immediately refunded to me. FWIW, this was in Las Vegas many years ago. What he said.
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