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Both of your questions are pretty comprehensively answered by Google.
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Does earwax float?
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Feb 18, 2013 07:29
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Small bits yes, but it could just be something about surface tension. I'm not sure if they'd actually float once submerged.
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Feb 18, 2013 07:31
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I'm looking for historical data on tipping rates. I'd like to see how rates differ over parameters like time, location, industry, and expense level. Primarily interested in the US, but other countries would be interesting as well. Note: I'm looking for large scale data, not anecdotes, not your beliefs, and not a debate on the concept of tipping. I know the subject can be a can of worms and I would like to avoid that if possible.
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Feb 18, 2013 08:07
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zachol posted:Small bits yes, but it could just be something about surface tension. I'm not sure if they'd actually float once submerged. Aren't they just oil and crap? Oil floats.
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Feb 18, 2013 08:08
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Bitumen is "just oil & crap" but doesn't float so no, not necessarily.
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Feb 18, 2013 12:24
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Feb 18, 2013 14:02
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Xenoborg posted:I'm looking for historical data on tipping rates. I'd like to see how rates differ over parameters like time, location, industry, and expense level. Primarily interested in the US, but other countries would be interesting as well. You best bet might be BLS. That is fairly hard, if not impossible, data to collect. You would rely on reported tips (which are usually under-reported) to the IRS. You might be able to find some location data. FCKGW posted:Does earwax float? No not really. Are you trying to build a boat or clean your ears? Debrox works well. Don't use q-tips/earbuds. They impact cerumen into the canal exacerbating the problem. e:spelling EvilMayo fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 18, 2013 18:47
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double post
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Feb 18, 2013 18:48
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XmasGiftFromWife posted:You best bet might be BLS. That is fairly hard, if not impossible, data to collect. You would rely on reported tips (which are usually under-reported) to the IRS. You might be able to find some location data. Does the WaxVac, with the new hilarious infomercials showing a guy failing to use q-tip without injuring his brain, actually work? I have bad earwax and while I like to think I have the qtip-fu to pull it out rather than push it in, I'm open to options.
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Feb 18, 2013 18:59
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Golbez posted:Does the WaxVac, with the new hilarious infomercials showing a guy failing to use q-tip without injuring his brain, actually work? I have bad earwax and while I like to think I have the qtip-fu to pull it out rather than push it in, I'm open to options. HAHAHAHAHA I had to google the commercial. The ear canal is designed to move wax out of the ear. Skin grows from the TM and moves its way outward carrying the dead skin cells and wax with it. You should swing by an ENT or Audiologist just to make sure you do not have an impaction or other condition. Try debrox or sweetoil as long as you don't have a TM perf you should be fine. Also there are a variety of lavage devices, but those are better for maintenance and not dealing with an impaction. You need to choose one that has a tip that sprays outward and now inward toawrd the ear. And resist the q-tip, let the ear do the work. Another effective method is to take up swimming in a chlorinated pool. Good for your ears and your health! tl,dr; go buy some debrox and throw out your qtips.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:12
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You can have my q-tips when you pry them from my wax-impacted ear canals.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:15
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Forget Debrox. Just save money, buy peroxide, dilute it and use that. It's nearly the same thing, only Debrox uses a urea peroxide that works better in gel applications. I hate it when companies take cheap home remedies and resell them at markups.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:34
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stubblyhead posted:You can have my q-tips when you pry them from my wax-impacted ear canals. Pretty much this. I don't [think I] have an impaction, I just like getting my dark, thick earwax out of there from time to time. So you do say the WaxVac WOULD work for that. Hm. Or, are you saying that just by virtue of using Q-tips, I already have an impaction?
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Feb 18, 2013 19:36
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Golbez posted:Pretty much this. Not necessarily. I went to get my hearing checked recently, and the doctor said my ear canals were quite clean. This is despite near daily use of q-tips for years.
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Feb 18, 2013 19:45
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Get a 50ml syringe, fill it with body temp water and blast away. That's what a nurse or doctor will do. Safe if your eardrums aren't damaged or inflamed.
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Feb 18, 2013 20:35
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Also never take medical advice from Goons.
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Feb 18, 2013 20:35
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Is there a way to manually number tables and figures in Microsoft Word? For example, I want the first figure in my document to be captioned and referenced as "Figure 22", it currently wants to always label it as "Figure 1"
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Feb 18, 2013 21:38
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Actually I'm using debrox which prompted my curiosity. I've done it for a few days now and have seen nothing come out, I'm not sure what its even supposed to do at this point. Also that waxvac is horrible, you can read reviews in amazon and it doesn't have enough power to suck out anything but leftover water in your ears.
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Feb 18, 2013 21:43
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CatchrNdRy posted:Is there a way to manually number tables and figures in Microsoft Word? For example, I want the first figure in my document to be captioned and referenced as "Figure 22", it currently wants to always label it as "Figure 1"
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Feb 18, 2013 23:15
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randyest posted:Highlight the "1" and type "22"? Works for me. That seems to override the field. It becomes a text "22", not a part of the dynamic numbering, for example it wouldn't update, if I created a Table of Contents.
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Feb 18, 2013 23:27
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CatchrNdRy posted:That seems to override the field. It becomes a text "22", not a part of the dynamic numbering, for example it wouldn't update, if I created a Table of Contents. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/145508
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Feb 18, 2013 23:32
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CatchrNdRy posted:That seems to override the field. It becomes a text "22", not a part of the dynamic numbering, for example it wouldn't update, if I created a Table of Contents. This seems to be what you are walking about : http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19545734-Word-Dynamic-Figure-numbering
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Feb 18, 2013 23:36
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thanks you two that helped.randyest posted:Not sure why you'd want to change the normal sequential numbering but there's a way: In a large technical specification touched by a lot of different stakeholders, deleting and replacing figures can get messy, especially if frequently referenced in other parts of the documents. Even though less aesthetically pleasing, its often better to create new figure numbers rather than trying to replace every previous instance. CatchrNdRy fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 00:09
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CatchrNdRy posted:thanks you two that helped. I know that you are specifically asking about using Word, but have you or your group ever thought about using LaTeX? It is incredibly useful especially for technical documents, and even more so if you have more than a handful of images. Plus it makes writing equations a snap.
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I found a size medium Craft and Barrow wool sweater. How do I find out if it's a mens or womens sweater? edit: pretty sure this is the same one the fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 00:32
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CatchrNdRy posted:thanks you two that helped. In case you didn't know: if you always Insert -> Cross Reference to refer to tables or figures, then if you insert a new table/figure and the table/figure numbers change, so will the references to them in the text. i.e., instead of typing "as shown in Table 1", type "as shown in " then insert -> cross-reference -> only label and number -> select Table 1. Then if you add a new table at the beginning of the doc, that table will be renumbered Table 2. Then just highlight the reference you inserted (or the whole doc) and hit F9. The text will automatically change to "as shown in Table 2". Sorry if you knew that and there's something else about your needs that I don't understand.
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Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Buckyballs? My coworker had a set that were stolen off his desk and I'd like to replace them, but it looks like you can't buy the Buckyball brand anymore. There seem to be lots of alternatives but a lot of them look sketchy to me.
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Can someone tell me if it's possible to search using the "or" command in a search field, like say on ebay? "rockford fosgate amp a2 OR aii" How do I get that to search for either a2 or aii without doing 2 separate searches?
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johnny sack posted:Can someone tell me if it's possible to search using the "or" command in a search field, like say on ebay? I believe that 'or' is implicit in most search engines, i.e the engine will look for any examples of the words you entered, regardless of order. Perhaps you should search: "rockford fosgate amp" a2 ali. The quotes should restrain your search to results with those words in the specified order and the other words should expand upon that. edit: Google does not work in the way that I posted. See here for Google's search modifiers quote:If you want to search for pages that may have just one of several words, include OR (capitalized) between the words. Without the OR, your results would typically show only pages that match both terms. For ebay, though, I have no idea. TATPants fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 03:22
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Is there a retrieval service for SA avatars somewhere? I tried obtaining mine with saars and it didn't come up with any of my previous ones 
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Feb 19, 2013 03:24
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TATPants posted:I believe that 'or' is implicit in most search engines, i.e the engine will look for any examples of the words you entered, regardless of order. Perhaps you should search: "rockford fosgate amp" a2 ali. The quotes should restrain your search to results with those words in the specified order and the other words should expand upon that I got 0 search results when I did it that way =\ I thought what was inside the quotation marks is searched for identically in that order, whereas anything else outside of the quotes is just in addition to. Not an "or" situation.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Is there a retrieval service for SA avatars somewhere? I tried obtaining mine with saars and it didn't come up with any of my previous ones http://muddledmuse.com/saars/?goon=GreenBuckanneer It gave me a monkey for you.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Is there a retrieval service for SA avatars somewhere? I tried obtaining mine with saars and it didn't come up with any of my previous ones http://esarahpalinonline.com/soap/ Try this.
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johnny sack posted:http://muddledmuse.com/saars/?goon=GreenBuckanneer Yeah that's a way way way old one. This worked, thank you.
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I made a purchase at Fedex on Friday, I sent a package overseas for $84. I remember seeing it in the list of transactions, but then today the transaction totally disappeared. What could have happened?
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Craiggers posted:Can anyone suggest a good alternative to Buckyballs? My coworker had a set that were stolen off his desk and I'd like to replace them, but it looks like you can't buy the Buckyball brand anymore. There seem to be lots of alternatives but a lot of them look sketchy to me. I remember there was a big stink between Buckyballs and Zen Magnets about rip-offs and quality. I think they were one of the first alternative products and they certainly seem to be the most established competitor. There are some videos that drone on about imperfections and millimeter tolerances and quality over time, but I don't know what the gently caress kind of precise science projects people are using them for. Most casual consumers seemed to be happy and indicated that they were basically identical to Buckyballs. If they're just a novelty then I'm sure they're fine. Actually I just looked it up and apparently some people were claiming they were a superior product all along. Ror fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Maybe an odd request, but does anyone have any insight into capital punishment? In particular, I'm interested in the perspective of the people that have to carry out the death penalty; I've seen a few documentaries and such about the life of prisoners on death row, but realized I've never seen anything about the people that have to enforce the sentence. I imagine nobody here has any direct experience with this (though of course if you do I'd be quite interested in hearing it), but I'm curious if there are any good reads on the subject available. Interviews, memoirs, etc. Hopefully this doesn't sound too morbid
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Ror posted:I remember there was a big stink between Buckyballs and Zen Magnets about rip-offs and quality. I think they were one of the first alternative products and they certainly seem to be the most established competitor. There are some videos that drone on about imperfections and millimeter tolerances and quality over time, but I don't know what the gently caress kind of precise science projects people are using them for. Most casual consumers seemed to be happy and indicated that they were basically identical to Buckyballs. If they're just a novelty then I'm sure they're fine. Actually I just looked it up and apparently some people were claiming they were a superior product all along. I think there was more of a stink about kids potentially swallowing them and having the balls get in different parts of their intestines and then pinching and creating a lack of blood flow, cutting a hole and leading to septic shock. At least in the US. I know "think of the children"  and all but that's a nasty way to go out.
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johnny sack posted:Can someone tell me if it's possible to search using the "or" command in a search field, like say on ebay? EBay is a little different. Use parentheses to group items and use commas for "or", like this: "rockford fosgate" amp (a2,aii,a-2,a-ii,a two,a 2,a ii) http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=%22rockford%20fosgate%22%20amp%20%28a2,aii,a-2,a-ii,a%20two,a%202,a%20ii%29&clk_rvr_id=452075091135 That'll search for the phrase "rockford fosgate" and the word "amp" plus any one of those other terms.
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