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AlphaDog posted:Oh cool, I found some of that in his shed. DjCoax posted:This has been asked in january , but has never been answered.
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I want to ask about going back to college in my late 20s. I know I've seen people ask about this before and they were redirected to a particular thread, but I can't find the thread (probably because I dropped out). Can someone link me?
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aquatic sideshow posted:I want to ask about going back to college in my late 20s. I know I've seen people ask about this before and they were redirected to a particular thread, but I can't find the thread (probably because I dropped out). Can someone link me? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3414017 Also, does anyone know a good way to find high quality and legal prints of paintings? Googling around seems to pull up a lot of sites that seem sketchy.
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El_Elegante posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3414017 Perfect, thanks!
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El_Elegante posted:
It depends on the painting. Do you mean really famous paintings or just any painting? For the former lots of places have obtained rights to print and resell paintings, but I am sure some of them are illegally creating reproductions. If it's the latter, you need to find who either owns copyright, or who has rights to print it. Part of my position is to manage our rights and reproductions department which handles this for paintings and other items we own. For example, if you wanted a print or digital copy of this: http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/4517 You would need to go through the instructions listed on this page because you need to purchase it through us: http://www.hsp.org/node/2032 Some other places have a better e-commerce set up, something we should be releasing soon. If you wanted to buy "Braddock's Defeat" from the Wisconsin Historical Society it is a smoother experience: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi...submit%3DSUBMIT
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El_Elegante posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3414017 I've purchased some nice prints from https://allposters.com
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randyest posted:1. Around Boston you're lucky to give away a CRT. It costs money to throw them away. Cali is worse. YMMV. Maybe in some flyover state someone high enough on WoW would give you $20 for it. I live not far from Boston. Guess I'll just have to donate this old clunker, eh? And every new TV I've looked at so far has had a VGA input in addition to HDMI. I need VGA because, yes, my PC is aging. I won't be getting a new one any time soon.
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randyest posted:I wouldn't spray it on the dog or into its mouth, or let him eat the feshly-sprayed weeds, but RoundUp quickly breaks down into harmless compounds; it doesn't persist in the soil or anything. And you only have to use a tiny amount. Awesome, thanks again. Also, your avatar is hypnotic. What do you call that shape?
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AlphaDog posted:What do you call that shape? I don't know what randyest calls it, but in math(s) it's a great dodecahedron (among other names). A very similar gif is on this artist's page* but there's a small error in the gif on that artist's page that can't be seen at the resolution of randyest's avatar. *Thanks, Google reverse image search.
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I uh, spurted thermal compound onto my motherboard today, I got most of it off but there's still some smeared on the board and underneath a few capacitors. Am I hosed? The paste is silver but I don't know if it's metallic or ceramic based(ZP Heatsink Compounds). Also, is there any way to test it without connecting my processor/ram? If there is a short, I'd rather it destroy 1 piece of hardware instead of 3. Der Luftwaffle fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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You can use 70-90% isopropal alcohol and cotton balls to clean it up, if you haven't already tried this. You can get the alcohol in the "first aid" section of a grocery store or pharmacy. The alcohol dissolves thermal compounds, and evaporates very quickly so it won't damage your motherboard like water might. I think you can get to a BIOS screen even if you don't have a CPU connected, and I know you can get there with no RAM. As usual, asking in Serious Hardware/Software Crap will probably get you better answers than here.
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helopticor posted:I don't know what randyest calls it, but in math(s) it's a great dodecahedron (among other names). A very similar gif is on this artist's page* but there's a small error in the gif on that artist's page that can't be seen at the resolution of randyest's avatar.  There's a neato interactive Java thing here to look at one, but you cant rotate the facets. As a kid I had an insanely difficult puzzle thing in the same shape that was like a crazy rubik's cube and is apparently called an Alexander's Star. It could be rotated in more ways than my avatar shows and you had to match colors like a rubik's cube, but I never solved it even once. I had to cut my avatar down to meet the file size; the original .gif goes through all the rotations that are shown in the one helopticor posted.
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I've got T-Mobile for my cell plan and I want to get a new phone (not a smartphone - just a plain vanilla phone). If I buy a new T-Mobile phone, can I just drop my SIM card into the new phone and have it work or is there some activation crap that you have to do? I started out with a lovely Nokia that I bought at Wal-Mart and took to T-Mobile to get a number set up for it, but I'm not sure if the phone itself has to be activated or if you just need the SIM card to make it work. My sister-in-law gave me her old Samsung T-Mobile phone when she got a smartphone, so I just dropped my SIM card in and was back up in two seconds, but in that case, the phone had been used already so I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not.
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It would be the D&D feminism thread. I sort of expected that something like this would happen, stuff like that never goes well. Edit: It got gassed and apparently there was a mock thread in FYAD about it. Wrestlepig fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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Nov 4, 2011 05:03
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Benagain posted:Chicago does a weird thing where each of our expressways is named, which serves no purpose other than to make traffic reports incomprehensible to people from outside the area.
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I've got a really bad ear infection that just kicked in within the last 6 hours, I feel really dizzy and very nauseous. The problem is I have an exam tomorrow morning, I don't know if I can make it to the class. Is an ear infection legitimate enough that a professor would allow an absence? All other ear infections I've had have been very mild, I didn't think they could be this bad.
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Drevoak posted:I've got a really bad ear infection that just kicked in within the last 6 hours, I feel really dizzy and very nauseous. The problem is I have an exam tomorrow morning, I don't know if I can make it to the class. Is an ear infection legitimate enough that a professor would allow an absence? All other ear infections I've had have been very mild, I didn't think they could be this bad.
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randyest posted:If I were you I'd make up a more serious and believable excuse. I'm not a doctor but a sudden ear infection sounds pretty weak as far as excuses to get out of exams go. If it's really for real maybe go see the campus free clinic and get a note? My ear has been bothering me for a few days, once a day for like 5 days it would feel as if it would about to pop and Id feel dizzy for a few seconds. In the last few hours it started to happen very frequently and now its nonstop. I am going to the doctors in the morning, I can get a note for this. It isn't fake.
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randyest posted:If I were you I'd make up a more serious and believable excuse. I'm not a doctor but a sudden ear infection sounds pretty weak as far as excuses to get out of exams go. If it's really for real maybe go see the campus free clinic and get a note? The professor really won't give a poo poo why you went to the doctor if you have a note. In fact, many people prefer not to know personal (possibly disgusting) medical information. However, if you try and make up a "more serious and believable" bullshit excuse ("I slipped a disc!" "I had appendicitis!") without a doctor's note, the prof doesn't have to excuse you (because if it was a real medical emergency, you would have gone to the doctor).
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My last pack of checks I bought was 10+ years ago and it lasted me through 4 moves having the wrong address, I'm out now. I'm looking at the BOA website and I've found where to order but I can't find anything that shows how much it costs. I can probably find out this going into a branch but I'm wondering if there's maybe a cheaper website or something to have checks printed, anyone?
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Wagonburner posted:My last pack of checks I bought was 10+ years ago and it lasted me through 4 moves having the wrong address, I'm out now. When I ran out (similar situation), I just went to the branch and asked for more checks. They mailed them to me and it didn't cost me anything. I don't use BOA, though.
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Wagonburner posted:My last pack of checks I bought was 10+ years ago and it lasted me through 4 moves having the wrong address, I'm out now. Your checking account almost certainly comes with a limited free supply of checks - just call or go to your local branch and ask. DO NOT get checks from a website not associated with your bank! If you get checks from an entity that's not BOA, you're paying for the privilege of a) giving that entity your account number, routing number, and name, and b) getting instruments that BOA is under absolutely no obligation to honor.
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Besesoth posted:Your checking account almost certainly comes with a limited free supply of checks - just call or go to your local branch and ask. I never thought they'd be free, BOA would probably like to charge me just for walking in to a place. Will have to check. And good points there too, I never really thought of that. I remember way back when I first got a checking account at 18 I ordered checks from a magazine (they had different Chevys on them) I thought maybe stuff like that was still around but maybe not such a great thing to do over the internet with no one keeping their data secure anymore.
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Can someone explain this popsicle stick joke to me? q: What did the monkey name his kid? a: Buck I've never heard the word "buck" used to describe anything having to do with monkeys. I have a feeling I'm gonna  when someone explains but I can't get it.
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Wagonburner posted:I never thought they'd be free, BOA would probably like to charge me just for walking in to a place. Will have to check. I'd like to ask you to stop using a bank that constantly defrauds the American public and its customers, lays off a large percentage of its work force, raises its customers' fees, all while reporting huge profits. It's a terrible company and I don't think anyone should patronize it. Use a credit union. As a new customer, you'll get some free checks.
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I'm trying to find a good ePUB reader for Android. All the readers I've tried can't tell the difference between italic text and regular text, even though Adobe Digital Editions for Windows can. I've so far tried Aldiko, FBReader and Moon+ Reader.
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Rubies posted:Can someone explain this popsicle stick joke to me? Are you sure it was "monkey" and not "money"?
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FCKGW posted:Are you sure it was "monkey" and not "money"? And I reread it like five times before I posted and still didn't notice haha. Thanks amigo.
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Very Strange Things posted:I'd like to ask you to stop using a bank that constantly defrauds the American public and its customers, lays off a large percentage of its work force, raises its customers' fees, all while reporting huge profits. It's a terrible company and I don't think anyone should patronize it. ehh, I've thought about it a few times but the main reason I didn't switch back then (took out a car loan at a CU and had to open a $25 savings account there to qualify) was the boa website. I'd gotten so used to using some awesome things on there that this CU's website didn't look like it ever even had dreams of providing. If any of the CUs around here have some better featured websites nowadays and a better atm situation than boa (If you can't find a boa one, it's a $2+ charge from the owner + $2 charge from boa) I'll definitely consider. would be awesome if I could find one that had good savings too, I have a capital one mma cause it pays 1.25% (boa was .1%) and they don't even have an office here. It might as well be in a CD if it takes me 3-5 days to get to it.
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Rubies posted:
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Jeffrey Colon posted:Either way that's gotta be the worst joke I've ever heard. You're right, here's a better one: 
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Wagonburner posted:I never thought they'd be free, BOA would probably like to charge me just for walking in to a place. Will have to check. Deluxe.com checksinthemail.com checksunlimited.com
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Besesoth posted:b) getting instruments that BOA is under absolutely no obligation to honor. Are you sure about this? I work with a guy that used to work at a bank and the only thing that makes a check is the stuff printed on it. You should be able to use a rock (he said this has happened) as long as you get everything on there. Someone at the bank then puts this information onto a replacement slip so that they can process it normally.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Are you sure about this? I work with a guy that used to work at a bank and the only thing that makes a check is the stuff printed on it. You should be able to use a rock (he said this has happened) as long as you get everything on there. Someone at the bank then puts this information onto a replacement slip so that they can process it normally. Many banks do accept "foreign" "checks" as a matter of course - I believe the canonical example is a cow - but no bank is required to, and that's my point. If you're comfortable using an instrument that your bank is under no obligation to honor, even knowing that they'll probably honor it, hey, your call. You're still giving away all the information needed to perform a wire transfer and suck all the money out of your account, though.
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Has anyone used Kava tea as a sleep aid? Does it work?
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Besesoth posted:Many banks do accept "foreign" "checks" as a matter of course - I believe the canonical example is a cow - but no bank is required to, and that's my point. If you're comfortable using an instrument that your bank is under no obligation to honor, even knowing that they'll probably honor it, hey, your call. I'm not saying it's ok to use one of these companies, but I don't think you'll ever encounter a problem where your bank won't honor the check (unless you don't have the money).
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Has anyone used Kava tea as a sleep aid? Does it work? My (military) band goes to American Samoa every year, and some of the members do drink kava. I think it's more of a muscle relaxant, though. Also, I have no idea what the strength of tea vs. the muddy water poo poo they drink is.
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TheAngryDrunk posted:Has anyone used Kava tea as a sleep aid? Does it work? A friend and I bought the pure root straight from a grower in Hawaii and ground it up and steeped it to make tea. It definitely has mild calming properties to it and would help as a sleep aid, but its not going to magically cure insomnia if that's what you're hoping for. If all you're expecting is a nice relaxing night in front of the TV, it'll definitely accommodate that. View it as something that will get you to a slight state of relaxation to act as a starting point to help you sleep. I've also tried the supplements and in my opinion they're not even worth the money you pay for them. If you're going to invest in it, buy the root and grind it yourself. Plus as a weird bonus, it will completely numb your tongue and mouth when you drink it. Edit: Now that I think about it I'm pretty sure you can get pre-ground root too. Jeffrey Colon fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Nov 5, 2011 |
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