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Thanks. What do I actually check for? Are they big enough to be seen by the naked eye? Tell-tale signs?
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unpronounceable posted:I believe VirtuaWin does everything you're asking for in Windows 7. It can also let you keep windows on specific virtual desktops, or make them show up on all of them.  so it ought to do what I need.
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Avocados posted:I just took a urine drug test for a job I'm getting this summer. About how long is the wait for results? I took one on Friday and got the results in Tuesday.
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A flight from Cedar Rapids to Dallas costs $450. A flight from Cedar Rapids to Los Angeles via Dallas costs $320. Please explain this to me. 
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Golbez posted:A flight from Cedar Rapids to Dallas costs $450. They give a discount for the second trip because the Dallas stopover features a visit by The Langoliers. Don't worry, though. Most passengers will arrive in LA and have no memory of the event.
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Noni posted:They give a discount for the second trip because the Dallas stopover features a visit by The Langoliers. Don't worry, though. Most passengers will arrive in LA and have no memory of the event. Can I get this when flying through O'Hare? I don't mind DFW but if I could have something to wipe my memory of O'Hare that'd be awesome.
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Golbez posted:A flight from Cedar Rapids to Dallas costs $450. Maybe get the 2nd flight, fly to Dallas and never get on the plane to LA. Then try to get a refund for the unused portion of your flight. If they give you anything back its a bonus, if not then you at least saved the $130 for the cheaper flight. Also usually Direct flights cost more as they tend to be quicker. Your CR to LA flight is an indirect flight so its cost is less. See if there is a CR to LA direct flight and I bet it is double the price.
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Trastion posted:Maybe get the 2nd flight, fly to Dallas and never get on the plane to LA. Then try to get a refund for the unused portion of your flight. If they give you anything back its a bonus, if not then you at least saved the $130 for the cheaper flight. Pretty sure they cancel the rest of your reservation if you miss a leg.
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Trastion posted:Maybe get the 2nd flight, fly to Dallas and never get on the plane to LA. Then try to get a refund for the unused portion of your flight. If they give you anything back its a bonus, if not then you at least saved the $130 for the cheaper flight. But it makes no sense. I'm using twice as many resources getting from CID to LAX, yet it costs less. Keep in mind also that these prices were round trip. I just want to understand the method behind the madness.
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On top of all the practical reasons for the price to be lower is the byzantine layers of statistics the airlines use to predict how badly people want to fly where and when and the bits they add and subtract from prices to try to force consumption in one direction or another.
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Golbez posted:Can I get this when flying through O'Hare? I don't mind DFW but if I could have something to wipe my memory of O'Hare that'd be awesome. Oh man stay away from O'Hare. There's a dark air traffic control tower at O'Hare that is said to be the flight nexus of all universes, which is why time slows at the airport and travelers all seem to live in an apocalyptic haze, forever trying to leave but only remembering slight details about the former world where they came from and where they are supposed to be going. Many of them live in Baggage Claim, also known as Lud, which has been slowly decaying for decades. To leave Lud, you have to solve a riddle or die. The riddle involves a uniformed man fondling your balls while asking mysterious questions about three ounces of liquids. Throughout the airport, a painful noise is perpetually emitted from loudspeakers. This is O'Hare's psychological warfare program known as "The God Drums." Everyone at O'Hare hates each other and will turn on a man in a second if they think the drums command it. Be careful here, traveler. When you finally reach your seat on the plane, you'll find the Crimson King sitting in your spot, refusing to leave and eating the entirety of your small bag of complimentary pretzels. To conquer him, you must sketch him in a picture and quickly erase it!
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Golbez posted:But it makes no sense. I'm using twice as many resources getting from CID to LAX, yet it costs less. Keep in mind also that these prices were round trip. Dallas is a hub. They can get people there from all over and pack them into one plane to maximize the passengers on a flight. That saves them money because that plane is making the trip with 10 people or 75 people. If it was round trip then you might not want to skip the 2nd half part as stubblyhead said they will probably cancel the rest of your tickets.
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Golbez posted:But it makes no sense. I'm using twice as many resources getting from CID to LAX, yet it costs less. Keep in mind also that these prices were round trip. Part of the reason is that CID is a small-time airport. It only serves 12 destinations directly, and it seems like all its flights have to be done with small-capacity aircraft. This usually leads to flights to a destination from it costing more. I bet the reason the one to LAX using a layover in Dallas costs less, is that the Dallas to LA leg is much more heavily traveled, with a larger plane and amount of passengers, and also has passengers connecting to it from many other flights. There could also be other things involved. For example, apparently the casinos in Las Vegas pay the airlines to keep fares to Las Vegas lower than they otherwise would be, in order to attract gamblers and tourists.
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Install Gentoo posted:Part of the reason is that CID is a small-time airport. It only serves 12 destinations directly, and it seems like all its flights have to be done with small-capacity aircraft. This usually leads to flights to a destination from it costing more. We have a direct flight to Vegas here on Allegiant, using by far the largest plane that flies from CID, and yes, they spend the whole time trying to sell you Blue Man tickets. But I don't really see LA pressuring airlines to give cheaper rates to people flying from Cedar Rapids. It still makes no sense. An argument of "There's more seats available from DFW to LAX!" ignores the part about there being a limited number of seats from CID to DFW. I mean, I'm not expecting it to cost twice as much to fly two legs, but to cost significantly less is confusing.
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This is a pretty general question but here goes: are there any other forums worth going to? It seems like these days I only ever go to Something Awful, which is awesome, but I'm curious to see what other forums are worth going to, from a goon perspective. I don't care if it's general or specific-interest; just curious to see what's out there.
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NaturalLow posted:Personally I'd be wary of Paypal just because they're kind of a lovely company in general. But usually if there's some kind of dispute, Paypal will come down in favor of the person sending money unless the other party can offer some kind of ironclad proof in their own favor. So I guess you have that going for you. That's right, I'll be using a credit card. from the comments so far I'm feeling pretty good about doing it this way. If I get there and everything was just a complete fabrication then at least I have 2 methods for seeking a refund Golbez posted:We have a direct flight to Vegas here on Allegiant, using by far the largest plane that flies from CID, and yes, they spend the whole time trying to sell you Blue Man tickets. Airlines sell by assigning prices based on the number of remaining seats in a route + time until departure, basically. In one route, there are more seats left than in the other route, so it's cheaper right now. They're bundling the CID to DFW with the DFW to LAX and making it all cheaper than the CID to DFW leg alone because there are a lot more seats remaining on that flight to LAX. Basically, don't think of it as getting a discount on CID to DFW; your roundtrip tickets will get canceled if you don't go all the way to LAX anyway. Those are just CID to LAX tickets with a layover somewhere.
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Golbez posted:We have a direct flight to Vegas here on Allegiant, using by far the largest plane that flies from CID, and yes, they spend the whole time trying to sell you Blue Man tickets. Try the Saving money on a plane ticket thread, Mackieman is extremely well informed on the intricacies of airline ticketing.
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Ugh, I can't find the answer to this anywhere I look online. Anyone know how much it costs to send a postcard from Italy to Canada? I'm in Italy right now, and some places are telling me 1.60 and some are saying 1.50. If I send a postcard without enough postage, do they just charge my recipient the extra or...?
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uptown posted:Ugh, I can't find the answer to this anywhere I look online. Anyone know how much it costs to send a postcard from Italy to Canada? I'm in Italy right now, and some places are telling me 1.60 and some are saying 1.50. If I send a postcard without enough postage, do they just charge my recipient the extra or...? The Italian post office website seems to say it's €1.60 to Canada.
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uptown posted:Ugh, I can't find the answer to this anywhere I look online. Anyone know how much it costs to send a postcard from Italy to Canada? I'm in Italy right now, and some places are telling me 1.60 and some are saying 1.50. If I send a postcard without enough postage, do they just charge my recipient the extra or...? Rates gradually go up, anything saying 1.50 is probably out of date.
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Install Gentoo posted:The Italian post office website seems to say it's €1.60 to Canada. Thank you!
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trigonsareNOThomo posted:This is a pretty general question but here goes: are there any other forums worth going to? It seems like these days I only ever go to Something Awful, which is awesome, but I'm curious to see what other forums are worth going to, from a goon perspective. I don't care if it's general or specific-interest; just curious to see what's out there. I'm interested in this as well. SA is 1/5th of the internet I use daily, the others being imgur (I know it spawned from Reddit), Pinterest (stop giggling), Wikipedia, and last.fm. I haven't found any other forums that were intelligent and not full of stupid internet memes and catchphrases and all that. Reddit is not my style, I hate the format and there's enough threads about them to turn me off them even more. uptown posted:Ugh, I can't find the answer to this anywhere I look online. Anyone know how much it costs to send a postcard from Italy to Canada? I'm in Italy right now, and some places are telling me 1.60 and some are saying 1.50. If I send a postcard without enough postage, do they just charge my recipient the extra or...? To be on the safe side, is it not worth .10? Just put the higher one. It's not worth being stressed over .10 crazy european dollars.  *ninja edit- you've got confirmation.
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when worlds collide posted:I'm interested in this as well. SA is 1/5th of the internet I use daily, the others being imgur (I know it spawned from Reddit), Pinterest (stop giggling), Wikipedia, and last.fm. I haven't found any other forums that were intelligent and not full of stupid internet memes and catchphrases and all that. Reddit is not my style, I hate the format and there's enough threads about them to turn me off them even more. I agree only it's gotten down to just Wikipedia and SA for me :/ Someone's gotta have a valid suggestion; the internet is huge! SA can't be the ONLY good forum on the internet.
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About ten years ago I bought a pair of shoes and stashed them in a closet, never wearing them. Recently however I had a need for shoes nicer than sneakers and dug them out. When I pulled back the tissue paper I found a white powdery substance covering much of the leather and some green gunk on the metal bits. I assume the green stuff is just corrosion which shouldn't be a problem; I'm more concerned about the white stuff. Can this be cleaned, leaving the shoe undamaged, or is it some kind of toxic mold that I should dispose of without even looking at it funny? The odd thing is that when I open the box, the only smell I get is of leather. That and another pair of shoes I luckily had in the same closet (for about the same length of time) were fine, and there's even silica gel packets in the shoebox that I would think should have prevented mold. Or I guess tell me to ask W&W if they'd know better.
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trigonsareNOThomo posted:I agree only it's gotten down to just Wikipedia and SA for me :/
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randyest posted:Isn't there enough here? What do you feel you're missing? Just curious. I mean, for general purpose (and even some fairly specific purposes in the subforums) SA is way more than I can digest. Maybe you guys have a lot more spare time or something, but other than news sites, some very specific forums I occasionally hit up when needed (such as for my car, certain kinds of home repairs, and hobbies, etc.) it's pretty much SA, maybe some video/image curating sites like wimp.com and the like, a few tumblrs, and facebook to see what my distant family is up to. Not sure what else I'd need or have time to read. I have stopped using Facebook, I don't use twitter, I don't know of any blogs I'd be interested in, I don't really play video games much anymore, I avoid the news because it is too depressing, and anything noteworthy gets posted here anyway, I don't know of any tumblrs that would interest me, and Pinterest is fairly slow, often there won't be any new images, but just reshared ones that I've seen 500 times before. I don't have many friends on last.fm so I don't communicate with anyone there, mostly just read up on bands and enjoy my scrobbling stats. I also read very fast, and sometimes the forums (these ones) are slow. Lately there's been quite a few interesting active threads, but there's often times where I've read all the ones I'm following, and there's nothing new I can find. Hell, I don't even chat on IM programs much anymore. So I like reading, I guess.  Variety is the spice of life! *edit- spelling mistake when worlds collide fucked around with this message at 02:34 on May 24, 2012 |
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randyest posted:Isn't there enough here? What do you feel you're missing? Just curious. I mean, for general purpose (and even some fairly specific purposes in the subforums) SA is way more than I can digest. Maybe you guys have a lot more spare time or something, but other than news sites, some very specific forums I occasionally hit up when needed (such as for my car, certain kinds of home repairs, and hobbies, etc.) it's pretty much SA, maybe some video/image curating sites like wimp.com and the like, a few tumblrs, and facebook to see what my distant family is up to. Not sure what else I'd need or have time to read. SA has a fairly pronounced bias. The correct bias, sure, but sometimes you want an outside opinion.
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Gravity Pike posted:SA has a fairly pronounced bias. The correct bias, sure, but sometimes you want an outside opinion. I would have to concur with that.
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b0nes posted:I called CS and they told me that it doesn't matter it's private property and that I had to arrange for access Pretty much all cable equipment is on "private property" IIRC it's called easement. No cable provider is going to put their equipment someplace where they need permission to gain access. Think about it. What happens should that point be the point of failure do they wait 2 months because said person is on a cruise? I would love to know the particulars because it just doesn't make sense, even for a low level CS rep, unless it's for the contractor maybe. Have a manager or higher explain why and if they give reason ask what happens if your cable fails at that point: Are you on the hook to get permission? E: Although I wouldn't put it past companies to pull this poo poo to run a drop that is really expensive for one home. I don't know the laws but I recall that being a no-no due to certain FCC regs. ChubbyEmoBabe fucked around with this message at 03:49 on May 24, 2012 |
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when worlds collide posted:I would have to concur with that. Except when SA goes way to far (see D&D) to the point of "If you are not actively supporting accelerationism towards a glorious communist utopia you are horrible" as it seems to often do.
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spoon0042 posted:About ten years ago I bought a pair of shoes and stashed them in a closet, never wearing them. Recently however I had a need for shoes nicer than sneakers and dug them out. When I pulled back the tissue paper I found a white powdery substance covering much of the leather and some green gunk on the metal bits. I assume the green stuff is just corrosion which shouldn't be a problem; I'm more concerned about the white stuff. Can this be cleaned, leaving the shoe undamaged, or is it some kind of toxic mold that I should dispose of without even looking at it funny? The odd thing is that when I open the box, the only smell I get is of leather. That and another pair of shoes I luckily had in the same closet (for about the same length of time) were fine, and there's even silica gel packets in the shoebox that I would think should have prevented mold. Museum jerk here. The white mold isn't toxic, I encountered it when I was digging out some old ice skates for an exhibit awhile ago. Just take them out side on a good sunny day and gently brush that poo poo off. It will be fine and you'll be fine.
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Cymbal Monkey posted:Except when SA goes way to far (see D&D) to the point of "If you are not actively supporting accelerationism towards a glorious communist utopia you are horrible" as it seems to often do. I don't often go to D&D, but I am going to disappoint you I think, because I sympathise with a lot of those people. I'm very 'leftist', and a socialist, and a humanitarian. Obviously there's only so far you can go, but I really don't like the way the world works right now, and can think of much better ways we could be conducting ourselves. 
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Gravity Pike posted:SA has a fairly pronounced bias. The correct bias, sure, but sometimes you want an outside opinion. when worlds collide posted:I would have to concur with that. when worlds collide posted:I don't often go to D&D, but I am going to disappoint you I think, because I sympathise with a lot of those people. I'm very 'leftist', and a socialist, and a humanitarian. Obviously there's only so far you can go, but I really don't like the way the world works right now, and can think of much better ways we could be conducting ourselves.
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when worlds collide posted:I don't often go to D&D, but I am going to disappoint you I think, because I sympathise with a lot of those people. I'm very 'leftist', and a socialist, and a humanitarian. Obviously there's only so far you can go, but I really don't like the way the world works right now, and can think of much better ways we could be conducting ourselves. I'm also pretty far left. I fully believe that all the basic necessities of life (food, water, housing, public transport, healthcare) should be fully socialized. However, the "ends justify any means" mentality that D&D embraces so often doesn't sit well with me. Cymbal Monkey fucked around with this message at 06:51 on May 24, 2012 |
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randyest posted:Am I understanding correctly that you're both saying SA has a left-leaning bias? Not arguing, just looking to clarify. Obviously I can't speak for Gravity Pike, but I do concur with the sentiment. Their actual idea of a bias may be much different than mine. I probably wouldn't have used the word 'bias' as I feel it's a bit strong (nor do I like the connotations to be honest), but I do agree that there's a substantial and vocal bunch here that are 'leftist'. More than I've noticed anywhere else online. Even in person.  I can honestly say that I have never seen as many people who share similar views as I do, than here. Maybe I just didn't figure out where to look, but regardless. People like Story with his American Dream thread, and the prison effort threads by erm, damnit I forget the author's name, I'm sorry... the feminism thread of HOW HIGH THE MOON's and many more. But, I feel that even the framework of these forums is kind of an oasis online. I look at the Leper's Colony today and there have been some bans for creepiness, a perma even, well if I switch over to imgur to browse some photos, I can see a bunch of 'women in the kitchen' comments, upskirty kind of photos with clever sexy comments  and even women posting things like 'as a gurl, bitches be crazy' and ignorant poo poo like that.For the most part, saying things like that here is a quick trip to liberating $10 from your chequing account. I think that these forums are definitely progressive-leaning, although I'm not willing to say definitively that there is a liberal bias per se. There is definitely a lot lower tolerance for bullshit. Maybe more respect is expected for people, maybe we're expected to act like non-ignorant adults. In the grey forums, anyway.  (I'm too old to 'get' FYAD. No offense, just kidding.)It may not be liberally biased, but Something Awful forums are definitely not regressive or biased to the 'right'. But it is a mix of many types of people, and I'm thankful there's a lot of like minds here as to my philosophical leanings. And I'm also glad that ignorant opinions no matter what their political stripe are dealt with, either by mods or other posters. I hope that makes sense/sheds some light. when worlds collide fucked around with this message at 10:05 on May 24, 2012 |
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