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Pollyanna posted:I signed up for Verizon FIOS two weeks ago, and they gave me an installation date of the 25th. What's with the insanely long wait? The apartment complex I'm living in already has it available, so why am I waiting so long? One part because you're not a business customer with an assload of money to throw at them to get it done tomorrow. The other part is they do actually need to arrange to get poo poo hooked up to your unit, and that does take a few days if you hurry even.
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Pollyanna posted:I signed up for Verizon FIOS two weeks ago, and they gave me an installation date of the 25th. What's with the insanely long wait? The apartment complex I'm living in already has it available, so why am I waiting so long? They're probably backed up. I bet if you called again and said you're switching to a competitor they would move you up a bit.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Unless I'm mistaken, Tetanus is given as DPT, so it will come with diphtheria and pertussis vaccines as well. The initial vaccine is, but boosters are tetanus and diphtheria only.
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Is there any software out there for learning how to sing? Like it would tell you what note you're hitting, and what note to aim for, based on the song, or something like that. My voice is terrible, so anything I can do to improve that is a big help.
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If there's one thing you shouldn't use software for, it's learning how to sing. That just seems like something you should really, really find a voice coach for. I don't see how computer software will be able to guide you with all of the nuances and cues and uniquely human elements involved in singing.
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Crankit posted:Do coffee machines at home make sense? I use something like this (I actually have two, one for weekdays when I only have time for one cup before I go to work and a bigger one for weekends or when I have guests). They make excellent coffee and it's dead easy.
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Crankit posted:Do coffee machines at home make sense?
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stubblyhead posted:The initial vaccine is, but boosters are tetanus and diphtheria only. I'm not going to say you're wrong, but I got a DPT last year when my GF got Pertussis....what's the difference between a booster and the initial? Do they just give you a booster after your intial one you get when you're a kid?
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Megaspel posted:Is there any software out there for learning how to sing? Like it would tell you what note you're hitting, and what note to aim for, based on the song, or something like that. This type of question has been asked here a few times before, and no, there is no such program that can teach you to sing. If you're having issues with pitch matching, no computer is going to fix that. Even if something could tell you you're off pitch, it's not going to fix your ear. Furthermore: ineptmule posted:This isn't really answering your question I guess but I know a lot of singers (musical family) and they would all say that one of the key things a (real) singing teacher does is expose you to new repertoire based on your voice and your ability. I'd try to find a teacher (or site) which specialises in the style you want, so that they would hopefully have a wide range of songs within that style. Melicious posted:Yeah, anything that purports to teach you to sing without hearing you is bullshit. When learning to sing, it's not just about learning good technique, it's about correcting your form in ways that you'll never be able to perceive on your own. Also: Dudebro posted:If there's one thing you shouldn't use software for, it's learning how to sing. That just seems like something you should really, really find a voice coach for. I don't see how computer software will be able to guide you with all of the nuances and cues and uniquely human elements involved in singing. This is 100% true, EXCEPT that you want a voice teacher, not a voice coach. Coaches are a different animal altogether.
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RaoulDuke12 posted:I'm not going to say you're wrong, but I got a DPT last year when my GF got Pertussis....what's the difference between a booster and the initial? Do they just give you a booster after your intial one you get when you're a kid? I based it on this. From the pertussis vaccine article though, it sounds like DTP or Tdap are the only way of getting a pertussis vaccine as an adult. I'm guessing that it's possible to get a tetanus booster without pertussis, but not the other way around.
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randyest posted:Get a 1-2 cup French Press from Bodum for ~$20, a $10-15 burr grinder, and some whole beans. It takes a few minutes more but is way tastier and cheaper in the long run. No filters or k-cups to buy and less packaging to throw away. Plus grinding is quick and whole beans taste better and last longer than pre-ground or k-cups. And you can use any bean or mix and blend yourself. I just wanted to add that the Black and Decker burr grinder is a good buy. It can be found in a lot of clearance bins, is dirt cheap, and has horrible reviews out of box. However, it can be easily modified into a very respectable burr grinder. Google for "black and decker burr grinder shim mod." Oh god. I just wrote a post about modding a coffee grinder. What the gently caress, me? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME INTERNEEEEEETTTTTT???
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Noni posted:I just wanted to add that the Black and Decker burr grinder is a good buy. It can be found in a lot of clearance bins, is dirt cheap, and has horrible reviews out of box. However, it can be easily modified into a very respectable burr grinder. Google for "black and decker burr grinder shim mod." Get in here, right now. Yeah, that grinder/french press combo is pretty solid - it costs about $40 total, and if you search out a good local source (the above thread would love to help!), you can make coffee that is leagues better than what they serve at, say, Starbucks. If you're not intimidated by weird coffee gear, you could also check out the Clever Coffee Dripper or the Aeropress. They'll make coffee that is less full-bodied ("cleaner") than a french press will - more like what you're used to in drip coffee.
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stubblyhead posted:Please come back with a link if you make a thread, I'd be interested in reading/providing input as an adopted individual. I know this is from a month or so ago, but when I asked about making a thread about being found by a child I put for adoption, you wrote this. I finally made the thread and would love any perspective on it.  http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3490485
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Armed Neutrality posted:I know this is from a month or so ago, but when I asked about making a thread about being found by a child I put for adoption, you wrote this. I finally made the thread and would love any perspective on it. Did you name him Sue? Is he coming to kill you? I can't really contribute to your thread but I've bookmarked it. Just introduce him as "this is my son" 
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Megaspel posted:Is there any software out there for learning how to sing? Like it would tell you what note you're hitting, and what note to aim for, based on the song, or something like that. My best friend-growing-up helped make this, and she is awesome. I haven't used it or even seen it as I don't have a cell phone, so be aware of that, but it might be something useful for you. She's taught singing for a long time, and did the jazz version of 'O World', and tons of other things. But only you will know if this sort of thing is something that will help you, so take a look at the link if you're interested at all. http://www.erolstudios.com/ Other posters are right in that it's very hard to teach someone to sing if they don't have the slightest clue of pitch and other things, but sometimes even without a natural gift, people can learn things. *edit- better link  Also unrelated to the above, what is a good easily readable modern looking font? I've used Ariel for ages but I've seen a lot of websites that use some mysterious font and I like it and want to change. It's very modern, clean, sleek and stylish I could say, but not 'over the top' modern if that makes any sense. I would like to use this font on documents in Open Office to be a replacement default font for Times New Roman (ugh I hate that font) and Ariel.
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greazeball posted:I use something like this (I actually have two, one for weekdays when I only have time for one cup before I go to work and a bigger one for weekends or when I have guests). They make excellent coffee and it's dead easy. I'm just going to point out you can only make espresso with this. If you prefer American-style coffee (or your guests do), this will not satisfy your needs. But espresso is awesome, so consider switching to espresso.
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when worlds collide posted:
It really depends: print or screen, audience, platform, etc. Here's a nice article which explains the difference between serif/sans-serif fonts. Some recommendations: Serif: Georgia (really nice, especially smoothly rendered on Mac) Computer Modern - default LaTeX font. You see this in loads of scholary articles. As pointed out here, using a font associated with high quality publications nets you higher grades overall. Sans-Serif: I like Calibri, the word 2007/2010 standard font, or Verdana, another microsoft font. Verdana is a pretty big fonttype, which helps with readability. Arial is bad compared to Verdana, because the I, l and 1 are pretty indistinguishable. Calibri has similar problems, but I really like the look anyway. Tahoma is a safe bet, it's clearly legible and looks somewhat more classic. If I write an academic piece, I mostly go for Georgia for very serious, publication-level stuff, and calibri for the rest. I love the compactness of the calibri font, while still being really legible. Georgia/Comp.Modern looks more professional in print IMO, but that's just because of the standards of the academic world.
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It's a long shot, but does anyone use Opera on Mac OS X? I just upgraded to 12 yesterday after being prompted and all kinds of poo poo is semi-broken... most especially some styling (especially here and in gmail) and JQuery Mobile (AJAX-based links no longer work).
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I just got a giant refrigerator cheap from a friend. It has water/ice in the door. It has a selection on that little panel for "chilled water". Would this mean there's some sort of reservoir inside? He's used it as a garage fridge for several years not hooked up to water, anything more I should do other than just running a shitload of water out the water dispenser before it's good for drinking? Anything special to taking the doors off? Or putting them back on? It's a side by side and the doors are going to have to come off to make it through my doorway. It looks like just 3 bolts up top 2 down low for each door and 1 water line 1 wiring harness for the freezer door. Should all this just pull apart and go back together real simple? or is there anything I need to watch out for?
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Wagonburner posted:I just got a giant refrigerator cheap from a friend. It has water/ice in the door. If there's a water filter, I'd go ahead and replace that. But beyond that I know jack and poo poo about fridges. Can you find out the model (should be written on there somewhere)? If so, there's undoubtedly a owner's manual somewhere on the web.
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I am looking for an actor. I thought his name was Deforest Kelly, but that is the guy from Star Trek. I think this guy was named Deforrest also. He is a fat, short, bald headed man with glasses. I can't remember the name of any films he was in. Edit: Found it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest He died  Edit: He is related to Deforrest Kelly! b0nes fucked around with this message at Jun 16, 2012 around 00:22 |
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b0nes posted:I am looking for an actor. I thought his name was Deforest Kelly, but that is the guy from Star Trek. I think this guy was named Deforrest also. He is a fat, short, bald headed man with glasses. I can't remember the name of any films he was in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_DeForest
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Another Mac-related question -- how the hell do I fix the glitch where the cursor disappears when traveling between two screens hooked to the same computer? It drives me insane.
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Wagonburner posted:... In my fridge the interior water line is looped a dozen times or so and hid by a shroud. I believe that is how it chills the water. Yes I wold replace the filter and run water through it for a bit. Unless you have reason to think something else may be in the lines aside from some. Smell and taste is a good gauge, if it's different from your tap water then I would be concerned. Then again, I am from the "drink out of the hose" generation. 
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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:
Me too. I just saw inside the refrigerator compartment there's a snaking tube type thing that goes back and forth across the back 3 or 4 times and is 2.5" in diameter probably holds a decent gallon of cold water. Score. edit: it does have a filter and that fucker is nasty looking.
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tarepanda posted:It's a long shot, but does anyone use Opera on Mac OS X? I just upgraded to 12 yesterday after being prompted and all kinds of poo poo is semi-broken... most especially some styling (especially here and in gmail) and JQuery Mobile (AJAX-based links no longer work). http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3007354 Opera thread, but even there no one but you and me use Opera on Mac anymore. It's has in general been an unresponsive pig since 10.x, but all my passwords are stored in it and I am lazy.
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tarepanda posted:Another Mac-related question -- how the hell do I fix the glitch where the cursor disappears when traveling between two screens hooked to the same computer? It drives me insane. http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3426005 Mac thread may help, but wihout specifics abuot your system no one can help. In general, multiple monitor problems are common on Lion and in the developer preview of Mountain Lion.
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Wagonburner posted:Me too. I just saw inside the refrigerator compartment there's a snaking tube type thing that goes back and forth across the back 3 or 4 times and is 2.5" in diameter probably holds a decent gallon of cold water. Score. There's secondary benefit to replacing the filter -- there will come a point where due to age and amount of garbage in the filter that the filter will start leaking. And then burst. It happened to my neighbor, and then to me about 2 weeks later. My neighbor was not home when his burst and needed new floors in the kitchen, dining room and living room. I was home when mine burst and just needed a mop and a new filter
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What actor plays the fat disabled guy in the episode of Workaholics from two weeks ago? I'm having a debate with some friends about whether it's Martin Short (clearly wrong), Chris Farley's brother, or someone else.
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According to imdb it was someone called Jeff Howard. This:  became this: 
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Samopsa posted:Font stuff Thanks. I agree about Ariel, I like that it's clean but it's really easy to mistake certain characters for others, or misread words like, 'in' as an 'm' and stuff like that. I just want something to write simple documents and to view webpages in. I have used Georgia before, and Calibri, and Verdana, but I wanted something a little different and modern. I wish I could better describe the look of the font I've seen around the internet. I can't think of any place offhand that I could screen cap an example, I probably will see it like 20 minutes after I hit 'submit reply' cause that's how I roll, apparently.  I didn't want something too 'round' and if I remember correctly, I though Georgia was a bit too roundy. I'll read through the article and check Georgia out again, and maybe the others. I know there's a lot of web developer types around these forums so I thought someone might know offhand what all the cool kids are using these days. Might not be that simple, though. I was using one called Miriam (I think?) but it wasn't quite it.
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Why is it impossible to un-send text messages? My guess is that giving one phone the ability to access and delete data on another phone would be an easily exploitable/hackable feature to do more than un-send texts, but I don't really know.
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when worlds collide posted:Thanks. I agree about Ariel, I like that it's clean but it's really easy to mistake certain characters for others, or misread words like, 'in' as an 'm' and stuff like that. What goes wrong is bits of letters have to be lined up with individual pixels, and when you don't plan ahead for it, that can end up distorting letters and making them less readable. It's one of the big reasons why the newer fonts are better and more popular online, its not an accident.
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mancalamania posted:Why is it impossible to un-send text messages? Because that's simply not implemented. Noone working on the standard for sending text messages bothered to make a way to revoke them, the same way noone bothered to make it so text messages were 500 characters long instead of 160. But also even if a way to remote delete texts did exist, simply not having signal would be enough to keep the messages on the recipient phone as long as they wished. Or forwarding the text message to another person, etc.
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Text messages only exist because someone found an empty space in the cellular communication protocol where a 160-character message could be placed with minimal changes to the rest of the system. Every service that came later and acts like text messages do (MMS, Apple's iMessage, etc) has been built independently and doesn't share the same limitations as basic SMS. The only services that even attempt to implement remote delete are ones that keep the message on their servers at all times, like Facebook, and even in that case like the previous poster said a 100% reliable delete feature is impossible because it can fail for various reasons and the recipient has many ways to keep a copy if they get to it first.
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How universal are the sizes of blade guards on a set of hair clippers. I'm abroad right now and my hair's getting fairly shaggy. Does Europe follow the same sizing format as the U.S. (e.g. #2 equals 1/4 inch or 6 mm, 3 equals 3/8 inch or 1 cm, etc.)?
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What's the best content management/site managing program for a website meant to display graphic short stories? The simpler the better! Like, I want to have more than one small webcomic all on one site. Is it possible to set up a wordpress site with each page hosting a different webcomic? There's a million webcomic plugins but they all seem to be geared toward the front page being the webcomic and that's all. I want more than one, each on their own page. Any help appreciated.
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people posted:verizon stuff Thanks, guys. I managed to get a hold of the rep for the complex and he bumped me up. Knowing the right people helps~ Hooray for networking!
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MrGreenShirt posted:According to imdb it was someone called Jeff Howard. Thanks - apparently my IMDB skills are terrible.
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mancalamania posted:Why is it impossible to un-send text messages? My guess is that giving one phone the ability to access and delete data on another phone would be an easily exploitable/hackable feature to do more than un-send texts, but I don't really know. It's way too messy from a "data ownership" point of view, for one thing. You can't un-send an email, you can't un-send a physical letter, and you can't un-make a phone call. Once it's gone, it's gone, and it belongs to someone else. I mean, Gentoo's right, it theoretically could be done, and just hasn't. (Although it would complicate things.) But part of defining a standard (like SMS), is picking actions that you think are reasonable, and consistent with other decisions that have already been made. 160 characters was chosen out of convenience, and, given the chance, they'd choose differently. (As was done with MMS.) However, the inability to recall sent messages is deliberate.
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