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tarepanda posted:I'd have to find paint that matches the wallpaper, which is more of a pain in the rear end in Japan than it sounds like. Try something that is mildly abrasive, like baking soda -or even teethpaste, and lightly scrub. Find an area that nobody can see, like down in a corner by the floor next to a cabinet or something and try it first because you might make it worse. See Mr. Bean v. Whistler's Mother. But if you could make a moist paste of baking soda and apply it to the stain, then spray a little vinegar at it, the foaming action might be enough to lift it off. edit: I must have been on the last page. Both of these things were already posted; except the baking soda part.
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The company I work for is opening a new store in a small city nearby. We sell printed sportswear. Our current outlet store is really low-tech, in fact the whole company is relatively solid-state, but we'd like to at least start the place out with a standard POS barcode scanner, swiper, cash drawer whatsit. I'm helping research the various options; I wondered if some goony shop-owner could make a general recommendation. I see Staples has what looks like a plug-and-play POS for $3k. I see a lot of options starting at around $600 without a computer and probably some lovely hardware and sw. Is there a go-to POS for a small store?
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MJP posted:Is this a weed? It's growing under a possibly dead raspberry bush. I don't know if it's just the lucky seeds of the dead bush since it looks like the stems are thorny, same as the bush, but the usual "if you think it's a weed, it's probably a weed" propels me to confirm. It looks very much like the raspberry leaves I am familiar with, just with more pointy bits, so I would feel pretty safe saying it was a kind of raspberry. Maybe a razzleberry.
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In Words With Friends I very often exchange letters when I have the first move. In my mind, it is about the only time I would swap tiles because I don't really feel like I am losing a turn -just passing the first move and (hopefully) improving my hand. It really seems like the first few moves are throw-away moves and I am just trying to get out to the triples and score big. The first move, at best, would hit one double-word and can't possibly hit any double letters -whereas it very often is easy for the 2nd move to hit multiple multipliers. Game theorists: Is there actually any advantage to going first, even if you are only going to get a dozen points or so? (Scrabble too, I suppose, though I started doing it in WWF recently and never used to do it when playing Scrabble.) -------- Unrelated question: If I wanted a camera to record to a partition on a hard drive in increments, and when that partition is empty to start recording over the early segments, what is that even called and where do I start finding out how to make that happen? Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at May 11, 2012 around 18:51 |
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Schizophrenic Orb posted:I have a laptop that was apparently made in 1993. If it's been off for a while, when I go to turn it on, I have to try like 50 million times. I'll turn it on, it'll boot for a few seconds, and then shut itself off. As I keep trying, it'll get farther and farther into the boot process until it finally turns on completely. What would cause it to do this? The gears probably need some 2-in-one oil; don't use wd40 it will inhibit the flow of steam. Maybe the actual power button might have some gunk or moisture under it, so that when you are pressing it it thinks it is still being pressed down and giving itself a hard power-off? If you could open up the keyboard you could probably clean under there. Shot in the dark; but just unplugging and plugging things back in will often get an older computer up and running again.
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Drimble Wedge posted:Also see Nitwitz although I think Runts are more popular. I have that, with Runts in it. Sometimes there is a banana jam.
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jackpot posted:No dryer sheets. I should've also mentioned this has happened across several brands of detergent, so it's not that, either. It's just something I do that's loving it all up. It's the washer and it's not that uncommon. There are a couple things in there that will leave an oil spot when they are old and falling apart. One of them is if it has one of those fabric softener dispensers. The other would be a seal on the main driving gear. I'm not sure what to do about it though; when it happened at work we just replaced it. edit: try googling "oil spot" instead. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at May 18, 2012 around 15:50 |
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Trastion posted:See that is a question that should not be edited out as it is possible that someone else has wondered that too. In the U.S., offering a drink is the standard, yes, but I maybe he edited it out because questions about tipping devolve into a huge motherfucking derail 100% of the time. Q: Any such thing as a flying arachnid? Other than spiders that float on spun parachutey things?
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VagueRant posted:Wasn't sure whether to ask this in Serious Hardware/Software Crap, but I figure here would be okay: What's the best/cheapest way to get a decent version of Microsoft Word? Not really an answer to your actual question, but it might help. OpenOffice probably can open all those documents. I believe it has plug-ins or filters or whatever for pretty much any file type Office can open. If it's a new Office document, a lot of times you just need to change the file name to remove the 'x' from its filename extension (change document.docx to document.doc). vvvvvv OneEightHundred posted:The XML formats and the legacy formats are totally different, so the only thing changing the extension will do is either save you a trip down the file type filter menu, assuming it still opens. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at Jun 5, 2012 around 18:34 |
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Hadron Ellison posted:Hey, what's the best way to go about renting out vacation property? My partner's family owns an awesome hunting cabin on a lake in Maine, and they're interested in putting it on the market. I assume you aren't in Maine yourself. If so, it would be really silly to not turn it over to a property management service. Otherwise it's going to be a tremendous hassle and (more of) a liability. They will market it for you too so that makes the cost a little better. If it's anywhere near me, I recommend contacting Jaret & Cohn. No idea about cost, but I can vouch for their integrity. Or do it through craigslist, deal with scammers and bullshit for free. A lot of people do it though, so it's probably not that bad. http://maine.craigslist.org/apa/ unclehenrys.com would be another place to list it if you want to go that route. It's what we all used as craigslist up here before there was a craigslist.
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I bet the joke features some variation on putting meat and special sauce in between buns.
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Install Gentoo posted:UPS stores, Fedex Kinkos, other places that handle sending documents or copying documents will also usually have a notary on staff; this is because they frequently handle stuff that needs to be officially witnessed. If you, or someone you know, have AAA premium (or maybe just "Plus") you get a free notary service -one a day. They would probably have a directory.
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FCKGW posted:Can anyone identify these trees? Top is a maple, bottom is (I think) a beech. There are lots of maples, but it looks a lot like a sugar maple to me.
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Ben Davis posted:We have a half-inground, half-aboveground pool, and the rail things around the side have popped up. My husband tried nailing it down (nail wouldn't go through, but maybe he needs a special type?) and screwing it in, but our electric screwdriver wasn't powerful enough. We have a party on Saturday; how can I fix it cheaply? It's really hard to tell without a picture. Are the rails attached to the pool, the decking, or both? Is the whole thing round? If it's round, then maybe wrapping it tightly in some strong rope and cinching that tight with a tie-down or a turnbuckle would look good and hold the rails in place? If you can't take a picture, perhaps post an image of a similar model. Is it like this, with vinyl rails? http://www.pcpools.com/abovegroundpoolsingroundpools/ Maybe if you can find a place to clamp it to, you could get some of these "c clamps" and they wouldn't be too noticeable:
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Ben Davis posted:The rails are attached to the pool (I think? At least they hook onto it) and screwed into the wooden deck, but the screws won't stay in anymore. It looks kind of like this Oh, the handrails for getting in and out? Maybe try some marine grade epoxy? Where they're screwed into the decking the screws scraped in the holes and the wood probably splintered. The real fix would be to replace the wood around them, but you could probably get some epoxy in there to hold them in place temporarily.
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Ben Davis posted:No, it's the white railing all around the edge, but maybe that'll still work! Oh. That's usually called the "coping" (which is also why the material on the lip of a skateboard half-pipe is called that). Googling coping repair might net you some better advice.
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Orzo posted:Gonna repost one more time from the last page, can anyone identify what this song is? I think it's from a video game, 8-bit era, but it could be anything. I've had it in my head for like 6 months. I thought of this, first thing, but I don't think it is it but maybe? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qA1hn91bkA
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alnilam posted:
I'll go one further than the two of you and say enough with all the loving waving through. There are pretty well-established rules in every situation about who yields and who should just go. Making an assessment of every situation, or thinking you're being nice by letting someone else go, just slows everything down for everyone. There are state statutes that are a little different, and some states have more comprehensive rules about things like "blocking the box" or whatnot, but I'm pretty sure that in every state that I've driven in, the "solution" to the given example is that the car turning left yields to the car going straight. My personal most hated wave-through is when I am stopped to turn left onto a road and someone else is driving along the road and turning left onto the road I am on. It is not acceptable to stop to the right of me and wave me in before turning and it usually takes longer to do the whole wave-recognize-go than it would have been to just drive past them and turn left. (The exception to this, that I do, and appreciate others doing, is when you let someone in in front of you in a heavy traffic situation where they aren't getting in until someone lets them in. )
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I have never had someone mistake my "go ahead" wave for a "hi! 
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Niwrad posted:I'm having a tough time with picking the right bulbs for my home office. It's downstairs and doesn't get a ton of natural light (just one window). Now I plan to go with CFL bulbs but I'm not sure which "temperature" I should be going with. I currently use the standard 2700K which is fine I guess, but I'm wondering if I should be going with something that is higher such as a "Cool White" that wouldn't be as yellow. Unless you are doing something that requires color matching (creating or looking at artwork, for instance), then I don't think there is any need to get anything other than the cheapest bulb. And if you did get a different bulb for that, it wouldn't be cool white. There is also some evidence it is unhealthy to your eyes or your mental state. I am not saying it is, but there is evidence. Fork of Unknown Origins posted:I've never, ever heard of anyone other than the car that gets to the intersection first having the right of way. I'm in California now and have also lived in Virginia. edit: Nope. I'm wrong, you're right. I also am not familiar with any place where the first car yields ever. I missed the question and it doesn't matter where anyone is turning in that example. I just assumed it was about when both cars get there at the same time, since that is what usually confuses people. vv Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at Jul 6, 2012 around 17:31 |
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OneEightHundred posted:What's this huge bug that apparently picked today to overrun downtown Durham, NC? Looks like a Japanese Beetle. Everybody everywhere is bitching about them right now.
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OneEightHundred posted:It's not a Japanese Beetle. Those have a brown shell, these were green. They were also MUCH larger than Japanese Beetles, I thought they were cicadas at first. This is going to sound like a smartass remark, but it might be a Green Beetle then. edit: ^beaten. What they said, I think that's a more specific name. In the south I heard them called "peach eaters" but that might have been a very regional name. edit edit: fig eater is another name, apparently, from whatthebug.com http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/08...-june-beetle-6/ (That one doesn't look precisely the same as your picture though.) Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at Jul 12, 2012 around 19:39 |
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Fractial posted:What was the name of that Kung Fu/Martial Arts film that had a large wooden geodesic dome that the main actor fought on. The dome fell apart during the fight and there were dozens of cult like enemies the actor had to engage. This scene occurred near the end of the film. I was reminded of Tai Chi Master (Also called Twin Warriors or something I think), but it's not a dome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9MBldPhHGE edit: Fong Sai Yuk, 1 and 2, both had similar endings. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at Jul 17, 2012 around 05:20 |
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Xenoborg posted:Whats the best way to get the smell of mildew (?) out of my tennis shoes? Put them in a plastic bag to keep moisture out and freeze them. That kills the active cultures that are making the smell. Other than that, maybe try an enzymatic cleaner. I can't think of the name, but I think it has "fizz" in it, and it's a tablet that you dissolve in water. It's supposed to be for pet ofor.
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Xenoborg posted:A few people, including my mom when I asked her about it, suggested I just throw them away, but I really don't want to spend $100 on a new pair if I don't have to. Overnight is fine, plus a few hours or so I imagine; it just needs to freeze completely all the way through. I don't think a desiccant is necessary, but it won't hurt.
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Dudebro posted:Is anyone able to help me out with my previous question? Thanks. The flat wooden pieces are shims to tighten the frame and stretch the canvas more. You can pretty much just take a piece of wire and staple its ends to each side of the frame. Then you hang the wire from a little picture-hanging majiggy that is on your wall. http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_e...0hanging%20hook edit: This is specifically the kind of hanger I was thinking of. You can just use push pins but they will leave a larger hole in the wall and won't be as solid. The actual hooks go in at an angle for more strength. Scotch tape will barely stick to canvas. Use masking tape. Eggplant Wizard posted:You need some one of these types of things: I think I also get some satisfaction from straightening pictures on the wall when I see they are crooked. They never get crooked when you hang them properly. Very Strange Things fucked around with this message at Jul 24, 2012 around 15:51 |
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MJP posted:Anyone have a recommendation for decent office snacks that aren't nuts and I can order from Amazon and aren't ridiculously unhealthy? Salty or sweet, doesn't matter to me as long as they're more substantial than a granola bar. Clif Bars are like a granola bar but with more nutritional value -and they taste great. They are usually over a dollar each at a convenience store.
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Last year I submitted a black + white ad to a print publication to which we regularly submit an ad. Unbeknownst to me, there is now an option to have color ads in the thing. Some pages are color; some pages are black + white. I recently looked in the thing, as I was preparing to submit this year's ad, and was surprised to see that the designer had put our black + white ad right in the middle of a page of color ads and articles with color photographs. I told my coworker, who buys the space and deals with the pre-press guy there, to ask him to please not do that this year. He just came back and told me that the guy was a little upset. He thought he was doing us a favor by putting our ad on that color page. I guess his reasoning is that that page has more views, and hence so does our ad? In my mind, our black & white ad is invisible on a page of color stuff, or worse, IS noticed and appears cheap and less professional. Who is right? Another bewildering thing was that my co-worker didn't know why either of us gave a poo poo one way or the other.
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when worlds collide posted:Unfortuately I cant afford to fix the keyboard issue for another week, not to mention I wasnt askinq for help with that issue as I know what to do about it already. Sorry I am not financially solvent? I found it interesting. I was going to suggest a "system restore point" if it was a PC; that might have fixed the time as well. The easiest way is to do a reboot, click f8 to bring up the boot menu to choose safe mode, then click "no" when it asks you if you want to actually run in safe mode.
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alnilam posted:I might be buying a used motorcycle from a private (craigslist) seller today. Eggplant Wizard posted:I think it's probably an ATM thing, not a bank thing. Credit unions don't always have their own ATM's anyway, so he may be using generic ones or ones belonging to other banks. I've actually taken the maximum ($300 on the particular machine) out of the same machine twice in a row. You could maybe do that more times but that would be a bit dickish to other customers if you deplete its cash reserves by $2500. Possibly you can go to multiple machines, but I suspect that your card will shut down as a fraud/theft prevention measure at some point.
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Cakefool posted:big brother in the UK (I loving hate that show) was showing 24/7 for the last few series, so yes, it often is done. I've seen something on Showtime or Starz channel at night called "Big Brother After Dark" and it's pretty much just camera feeds of the house for a couple hours. I have no idea if it's live, or recent, how often it's on, or anything like that. I was kind of surprised to see the show was still on.
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Fister Roboto posted:I accidentally dropped a plastic baggie onto a hot electric stovetop, and now the plastic is fused to the metal and it's very hard to get off. Any suggestions? I'd honestly turn on a fan and open all the windows, turn the element all the way up, and step outside and watch it until it burns off a bunch more. Then you could probably just use a razor blade to carefully scrape the residue off and then hit it with a vacuum cleaner so burned plastic particles aren't lingering. Those elements usually unplug pretty easily too, which would make it easier to clean away from the stove, you know, if you don't want the lingering smell of burned plastic. edit: I must have had the thread open for a while; beaten, etc.
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RebBrownies posted:Where would one go to learn how to use a cyr wheel. Is that one of those things where you have to be in a circus troupe already? I'm looking for east coast teachers but I'm not really having any luck. There's a big fire-spinning retreat in Massachusetts this weekend and again in September. I don't think they teach that, but it might be a place to network with those types. http://wildfireretreat.com/
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feedmyleg posted:How the hell does one get rid of mosquitos in an interior space? Everything I can find online is just about exteriors. My apartment building's hallway is filled with mosquitos and they're getting in my apartment and driving me crazy. Can I use any sprays or something to kill them en masse? Fly paper? Anything? You could get one of these magnet screen door dealies for the door to the hallway. I haven't gotten one for myself because I have two indoor cats I don't want escaping but I know two separate people who have said they are marvelous. As far as I can tell, you just walk right through it and it closes itself behind you. It would be even better if you had some sort of entryway space before the hallway door, to create more of an airlock.
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The Aphasian posted:Ebarrasingly, I have no idea how to properly use the intersection to get onto the street where I live. Let's assume the upper right is North. In most situations, the blue car should throw it in reverse, back up slowly, engage first gear and rev up the engine before popping the clutch and burning rubber while turning left into that lumber yard. Blue car can then wind it right up over those embankments and do some sweet jumps and doughnuts. From there, it's a simple matter of finding a gap in the traffic and shooting through it, over the median, and proceeding with the flow of west-bound trafic. The purple car, rather than attempting a dangerous left turn, has the option of instead turning right. Being careful to avoid cars (such as the blue car) that may be jumping over them, they to should make use of the grassy median to then perform a U-turn. Upon reaching the intersection, the purple car should then assist the red car in making its turn by applying firm, steady, rapid pressure to its rear left quadrant until it has spun around as many times as is necessary for it to be properly oriented to head North. Any westbound car, such as the yellow car, would be well advised to simply wait until another car, such as the red car, has been assisted into the intersection. The yellow car can now simply drive directly into the red car at an angle that will stop its rotation and simultaneously deflect one's self to the southbound road. 
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thecosomata posted:How does one become a dogwalker/in-house dogsitter? Get some good references, like your veterinarian or something, and then say references are available. Put some posters up at the vet, local dog park, animal shelters, etc. Advertise on Craigslist and make a page on Facebook. Go to your State's government web site and find out what, if any, business license you need. You can get insurance that is pretty specific to petwatching too, my friend just said.
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Titan Coeus posted:My friend wants to give me his car so I can insure it as he is in a situation where he can't get car insurance (didn't pay a speed ticket -> license suspended -> insurance companies won't sell him insurance without a license (I think) -> DMV won't let him get his license without insurance (I think)). Apart from your insurance being liable for any accidents, thus raising your premiums? * Someone will have to pay the taxes on the car when it is registered after its ownership is transferred -that's based on a "blue book" value, not the selling price of zero dollars. * This is based on my State's laws; yours may be different.
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QuarkJets posted:Tell me your best space themed lawyer joke so that I can receive a free drink from a coworker What do you call 50,000 lawyers sent into space? A good start.
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Namarrgon posted:Boiling water to clear ice never worked for me by the way. presumably when the water cools it reabsorbs oxygen. I've been told demineralised water might work. I've never tried it, but I've been told that using a vibrator to agitate the water makes the clearest ice.
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Dudebro posted:Is there a twitter web app or site or something that saves my unread tweets instead of me having to use the plain twitter site? When I put my computer to sleep and then turn it on again, there's a gap in unread tweets that I end up having to load manually. I only get about 100-200 new tweets every day. http://www.twittertape.co.uk/ Here's a real-life version made from some sort of receipt printer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3Y2mZ8xxI
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CzarChasm posted:Does this local radio station have a website? If so, they may have an FAQ or possibly a contact us link. Follow that link, and ask them. It would be very helpful if you had a current radio commercial that they could reference. A little social engineering might get you his name "That guy has such a distinctive voice, I'd love to put a name to it." Adding to this, most stations are part of a conglomerate -or have an umbrella company that owns it and other tv, radio stations, and print publications in the region. That company is probably the one that sells ads to people and that voice talent is someone that works for them. The station's web site should have a link on it somewhere to its actual owner.
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