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The term you're thinking of is "redheaded stepchild".
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FCKGW posted:Also I feel that was a question that could have taken 6 seconds of your time on Google to find out.
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I'm a Windows user and have come into acquisition of a 1TB drive preformatted as mac journaled. Is it possible / trivial to install a bootable copy of OSX onto it?
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Dec 29, 2012 21:00
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Travakian posted:I'm a Windows user and have come into acquisition of a 1TB drive preformatted as mac journaled. Is it possible / trivial to install a bootable copy of OSX onto it? If you mean one that will let you boot into OS X on a PC that's very slim indeed. It's possible but holy hell it would take days of effort to get it to work if you can even get it to work with your hardware at all. Especially if it's an external drive.
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Travakian posted:I'm a Windows user and have come into acquisition of a 1TB drive preformatted as mac journaled. Is it possible / trivial to install a bootable copy of OSX onto it? If you just need data off the drive you may be able to use a linux LiveCD to boot then mount both your windows drive and the mac drive. If you want a hackintosh....
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Dec 29, 2012 21:36
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Cage posted:So youre saying it was a small, stupid question? More of a tiny, terrible question.
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Well, to Call Now's defense, I was delivered a package on a Sunday that the USPS had failed to get to me on two different delivery dates before Christmas, so apparently things that are not special Express Delivery mail pieces can be delivered on Sundays in extenuating circumstances and have historically (I Googled this in complete awe that day). So if this has to do with a personal argument, yes, always on Saturdays and sometimes on Sundays before a holiday as stressful on them as Christmas. EDIT: Also--for the stepchild thing, I think I'd refer to that child as [other child]'s half-sibling if I could. the, you keeping an eye on me or what?
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Dec 30, 2012 00:17
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Is there a way to make itunes change your setlists from "1.1 hours" to "63:47" or whatever? Used to be you just clicked the number and it changed but not anymore.
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Dec 30, 2012 07:11
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Does this sound right:quote:"The greatest problems of our time will never be neatly demarcated along national borders, nor will their solutions." I'm concerned that the part after the comma isn't grammatically sound.
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Dec 30, 2012 09:24
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It's not, but... more than that, it's actually confusing due to the placement of that fragment. The fragment is referring to "the greatest problems of our times" with "their," but due to the placement the "their" seems to refer to "national borders" at first glance.
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Dec 30, 2012 09:43
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DrBouvenstein posted:Well, you DO have a Homestuck avatar, so... She said it was 10x more disgusting. No idea what she meant, but I eat a lot of fruit, so I'm assuming warm chalky sour. Like a bogie.
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Vegetable posted:Does this sound right Sounds OK to me.
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Dec 30, 2012 11:33
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Vegetable posted:Does this sound right: change it to "nor will the solutions"
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greazeball posted:change it to "nor will the solutions" This, or it's fine already.
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Vegetable posted:Does this sound right: Um... I don't see any issues at all. It's pretty basic ellipsis. The comma should be there because it's joining two complete (see: ellipsis) sentences with a coordinating conjunction (nor). I also do not find "their solutions" confusing, and it's much clearer and flows better than "the solutions."
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Dec 30, 2012 16:30
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Maybe change "nor" to "neither"? But that's just a personal preference of mine to always use nor in a "neither, nor" structure because that's how it was taught to me for years. edit: i mean the way you've used it is fine but I'll be damned if my early teachers didn't hammer into me how nor ALWAYS FOLLOWS A NEITHER PHRASE (even tho that's not true) 
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Dec 30, 2012 16:43
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Huntersoninski posted:Maybe change "nor" to "neither"? But that's just a personal preference of mine to always use nor in a "neither, nor" structure because that's how it was taught to me for years. edit: i mean the way you've used it is fine but I'll be damned if my early teachers didn't hammer into me how nor ALWAYS FOLLOWS A NEITHER PHRASE (even tho that's not true) No, neither is not a conjunction. You could do "..., and neither" but that's exactly the same as "nor."
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Hey guys, I received a fairly awesome longboard from my fairly awesome parents for Hanukkah this year, since I got a new job all the way across Boston and I need some kind of transportation. I'm currently in the process of learning how to ride the thing, and I know nothing about boards. My question is: on Thursday I'm flying from my home back to Boston and I don't know how to store the board. It won't fit in any of my checked baggage, so should I take it as carry-on? Or store it as a separate check in? If I do do carry on, what's the best way to handle it? Thanks, everyone!
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If you do carry-on, just ask the counter if there's a coat check area to stow it at the front of the plane. Travellers with skis are common, so if they tell you to check it, there's tons of precedent for it. Basically take it through security with you, and ask at the gate counter, and they'll work with you from there.
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I don't know if this is a question better suited to another thread, but I figured I'd start here. I am a 10-month employee at a Pennsylvania school, and have elected to have my salary paid out over 12 months. I have been offered another (higher-paying) position within the school. Currently, I'm trying to figure out what (assuming I take this other job) will happen to the portion of my salary that is being (effectively) taken from my check each month to continue paying me over the summer. I don't think it's listed specifically as a deduction on my pay stub or anything, my salary is just divided over 12 months instead of 10. Can somebody shed some light on how kind of thing is typically handled? I know the most correct answer is "ask HR" but nobody's in the office until the 3rd.
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ann disaster posted:I don't know if this is a question better suited to another thread, but I figured I'd start here. If no one's in the office until the 3rd, then presumably you can't accept the position until then or later anyway. Wait, and ask HR.
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Dec 31, 2012 01:53
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Why isn't the movie Horrible Bosses available in the US iTunes Store when it's available in every other store?
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Is it possible, given the standard assortment of tiles in a Scrabble board, for them to be arranged in a 10x10 square of all valid words?
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User-Friendly posted:Is it possible, given the standard assortment of tiles in a Scrabble board, for them to be arranged in a 10x10 square of all valid words? Wikipedia says no.
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Eggplant Wizard posted:Um... I don't see any issues at all. It's pretty basic ellipsis. The comma should be there because it's joining two complete (see: ellipsis) sentences with a coordinating conjunction (nor). I also do not find "their solutions" confusing, and it's much clearer and flows better than "the solutions." "The elided VP must be a non-finite VP; it cannot be a finite VP." "The ellipsis must be introduced by an auxiliary verb." In the VP "The problems will never be demarcated," you could regard both "be demarcated" and "demarcated" as the non-finite verb phrase to be elided, right? If that's the case, then couldn't the ellipsis clause be either: "nor will the solutions." or "nor will the solutions be." ? The second one is what I thought of first.
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Culture Cipher posted:Why isn't the movie Horrible Bosses available in the US iTunes Store when it's available in every other store? I imagine it's some stupid legal battle that leaves us in the dark.
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Where do people buy those single razor blades that have one safe edge? The sort people in films use for making lines of coke, but the sort that normal people use for scraping stuff off things. I've only ever found double edged ones. I'm in the UK if that matters. I didn't post in the shaving thread because I figure these are not desirable for shaving.
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Dec 31, 2012 10:45
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Anjow posted:Where do people buy those single razor blades that have one safe edge? The sort people in films use for making lines of coke, but the sort that normal people use for scraping stuff off things. I've only ever found double edged ones. I'm in the UK if that matters. Maybe in a tool store? I used to buy ones to use with a windowcleaning tool that scraped of tried paint etc, and it used razor blades with one safe edge. I'm not from the UK but i think it's used everywere.  razorblade on top of tool
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Dec 31, 2012 10:57
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Anjow posted:Where do people buy those single razor blades that have one safe edge? The sort people in films use for making lines of coke, but the sort that normal people use for scraping stuff off things. I've only ever found double edged ones. I'm in the UK if that matters. They can be got in Hardware stores such as screwfix etc, possible in decorating accessories. I bought a pack of 250 years ago & can't remember who from though. Edit: searching eBay for "single edge razor blade" gets you 100 for £7~ cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 11:12 on Dec 31, 2012 |
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Dec 31, 2012 11:05
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Anjow posted:Where do people buy those single razor blades that have one safe edge? The sort people in films use for making lines of coke, but the sort that normal people use for scraping stuff off things. I've only ever found double edged ones. I'm in the UK if that matters. It's called a single edged safety razor, enjoy your coke. https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Safety-Razor-Blade-Dispenser/dp/B000KKOPKQ/ref=pd_sim_diy_4
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What does 'Satis bona' mean?
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kimbo305 posted:"The elided VP must be a non-finite VP; it cannot be a finite VP." "Be demarcated" and "demarcated" do not mean the same thing. the former is a passive and the latter an active. Neither is a finite phrase in this case. "Will be demarcated" is really the full finite verb phrase, so the "will" is retained in the second half, and the elided portion is just the incomplete "be demarcated." Satis bona ought to mean "good enough."
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Is there anything that will allow me to scan in or download CD liner notes and keep them organized? I'm kind of a nerd for them and just rescued all of mine from my parent's attic, and would like to have them all in digital format.
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It's been on the news here in Tulsa, OK since 5pm yesterday about the bomb-squad coming out to check 2 "devices" found at 2 intersections a mile from each other, was reported to them on 911 by someone who saw it. Later they said the person who called it in called it a grenade. Then later several of the news sites say it is "commercial fireworks" meant to look like a grenade. They actually blew one of these up in their bomb-can thing. Does "commercial" imply professional fireworks? Why would they be disguised as a grenade? How could it be so good as to fool a bomb squad? http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/suspicious-device-found-near-south-tulsa-intersection edit: I searched on GIS for "grenade firework" to see what I could see and I'm getting hundreds of results of someones anime drawings. Only actual fireworks are the tiny plastic grenades that look like what I know: http://sparklers.incyberspace.com/smoke-fireworks/2308.htm Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Dec 31, 2012 |
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Wagonburner posted:Later they said the person who called it in called it a grenade. Then later several of the news sites say it is "commercial fireworks" meant to look like a grenade. It doesn't need to 'fool' them. If someone leaves a commercial firework around somewhere, it could very well be rigged to explode and they will treat it as if it is. Bomb squads always err on the side of caution.
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Gobbeldygook posted:It doesn't need to 'fool' them. If someone leaves a commercial firework around somewhere, it could very well be rigged to explode and they will treat it as if it is. Bomb squads always err on the side of caution. Ahh ok I didn't really consider that angle. Probably good I don't work in public safety. "Oh it's just a fake, wings and brews time brahs!" Still though why would a commercial firework look like a grenade enough to fool the person who called it in? Consumer fireworks that look like grenades like I linked to would scare/fool no one. Vin BioEthanol fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Dec 31, 2012 |
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Dec 31, 2012 19:27
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Gobbeldygook posted:It doesn't need to 'fool' them. If someone leaves a commercial firework around somewhere, it could very well be rigged to explode and they will treat it as if it is. Bomb squads always err on the side of caution. Without even mousing over the link, I knew what it aas going to be about. Oh, this post-9/11 world in which we live in.  (Or are we already at the point where it's post-post-9/11?)
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Wagonburner posted:Does "commercial" imply professional fireworks? Why would they be disguised as a grenade? How could it be so good as to fool a bomb squad? "Commercial" simply means "not homemade" in this case. Professional-grade fireworks rarely look like much of anything beyond "a tube," so I'm betting it was something like what you linked. It didn't fool anyone necessarily, but the bomb squad always errs on the side of caution. Once they're out there on the scene, and able to give their professional opinion about the thing, the taxpayer money is already wasted, so they might as well spend the extra few minutes to make absolutely, god-damned certain that no one is going to get hurt here.
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Is it possible to buy those gel covers that come with the branded Wii controllers separately? I got a couple 3rd-party controllers and would like to not have sharp edges digging into my hands while I'm using the controller sideways.
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hooah posted:Is it possible to buy those gel covers that come with the branded Wii controllers separately? I got a couple 3rd-party controllers and would like to not have sharp edges digging into my hands while I'm using the controller sideways. These? http://www.amazon.com/WWE-Wii-Remote-Gel-Skins-Nintendo/dp/B000SQ5LLY Or these? http://www.ecrater.com/p/13941852/nintendo-wii-remote-wiimote-clear?gps=1
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