624 Ask MetaFilter answers by Rothko (displaying 1 through 50)
How long can I keep an opened bottle of sake?
comment posted at 9:17 AM on Feb-7-06
Looking for ideas for teaching probability to kids.
comment posted at 9:33 PM on Feb-6-06
ChemistryFilter: Help me understand significant figures.
comment posted at 1:36 PM on Feb-6-06
Homofilter: What does a man get his boyfriend for Valentine's Day?
comment posted at 8:21 AM on Feb-6-06
What program (PC) should I use to convert digital photographs into line-drawings? Assuming there is such a program.
comment posted at 8:18 PM on Feb-3-06
In iMovie 4, how can I import a 25 minute (>2GB) DV clip without purchasing QuickTime Pro to cut the clip into smaller pieces?
comment posted at 3:37 PM on Feb-2-06
How can I determine what is causing my computer to take so long booting up?
comment posted at 2:34 PM on Feb-2-06
You have a hammock of length l and width w, and a person of height h. At what height should the hammock be hung? What is the optimum distance between the hanging points?
comment posted at 2:22 PM on Feb-2-06
comment posted at 3:29 PM on Feb-2-06
comment posted at 5:02 PM on Feb-2-06
My soon-to-be fiance and I are both quite in love. However, we met and had a child when we were both younger then we wanted to be to settle down with one person. She suggested (and I'm considering) dating other people while still being together.
comment posted at 4:32 PM on Jan-31-06
Are fake MySpace profiles illegal?
comment posted at 8:57 AM on Jan-30-06
comment posted at 1:36 PM on Jan-30-06
Email attachments - I want to strip attachments based on the email subject line and then save the attachment to disk under Linux or using Outlook. How can I do this?
comment posted at 6:57 AM on Jan-30-06
Mac OS X 10.4.4: Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro or neither? mac
comment posted at 1:46 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:00 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:08 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:20 PM on Jan-28-06
Planned Parenthood wanted to put birth control in the water supply.
comment posted at 1:33 PM on Jan-28-06
iTunes (Mac) crashes when seeking from one CD track to the next.
comment posted at 1:41 PM on Jan-25-06
comment posted at 8:09 AM on Jan-26-06
Please help me diagnose a dead computer. The missus' computer was just dead one morning. Pressing the power butten results in absolutely nothing.
comment posted at 1:31 PM on Jan-25-06
Why did consciousness evolve?
comment posted at 7:54 AM on Jan-25-06
Black pepper: delicious, delightful innocuous condiment or hideous lurking spicy gastronomic menace?
comment posted at 9:48 AM on Jan-24-06
Know of a good, free Java package for basic statistical analysis?
comment posted at 7:46 PM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 7:10 AM on Jan-24-06
What is this pimp ride?
comment posted at 4:04 PM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 4:04 PM on Jan-23-06
RevengeFilter: Help me get back at my town's corrupt mayor.
comment posted at 11:05 PM on Jan-22-06
comment posted at 8:21 AM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 2:40 PM on Jan-23-06
I'm toying with the idea of getting a display to use with my 14" iBook (1.33 GHz, 768 MB RAM), mostly to watch movies on (VLC, fullscreen). Ideally, I'd like to do this while using the iBook's screen for other things (internet browsing, word processing, etc) (and on second thought, I may want to run VLC on the 14" screen and do other things on the larger display -- but that's probably irrelevant).
comment posted at 11:08 PM on Jan-22-06
I'm a 22 year old college student in a fraternity and have just been elected social chair, which pretty much means setting up parties with other organizations. To spice things up, we usually set some kind of theme for each bender. So far, we've been given ideas like: * tour de franzia (drink just franzia wine) * ultimate flip cup championship * country club aka golf pros, tennis hoes * walk of shame * trends gone bad * anything but clothes party * gi joes and barbie hoes * white trash trailer bash GIMME SOME MORE IDEAS!!!!!!
comment posted at 10:00 PM on Jan-22-06
PowerMac motherboard (logic board) shorted, help me fix it.
comment posted at 8:59 PM on Jan-22-06
Hefty computer problems. My computer (Asus A8NX-E Deluxe) suddenly shut off one day. When I would power it up the fans would run for ~10 seconds -- no BIOS, nothing, then the fans would turn off. Replaced power supply, no difference. Replaced motherboard and the weird fan problem fixed. Placed everything in, no video now. And...
comment posted at 7:06 PM on Jan-20-06
BSDMFilter : Is it true that there are far more male bottoms then there are female tops?
comment posted at 12:55 PM on Jan-20-06
Have you lived in Atlanta and moved to Philadelphia? What were your experiences?
comment posted at 10:56 AM on Jan-20-06
The delightful "Land of Chocolate" and similar pieces...
comment posted at 3:44 PM on Jan-19-06
Interested in approaches to getting my novel published. From those who are more in the know than myself.
comment posted at 2:32 PM on Jan-19-06
Thinking about creating a website very similar to Metafilter. Have no php/mysql skills. What's the platform/CMS that comes closest to replicating the MeFi experience without requiring a lot of tech skills?
comment posted at 3:43 PM on Jan-18-06
What's a good, free font for use on a 5-foot-across poster that will be filled with lots of text? (Body text will be 20-25 points.)
comment posted at 1:54 PM on Jan-18-06
How does my client accept credit cards online?
comment posted at 1:08 PM on Jan-18-06
comment posted at 1:22 PM on Jan-18-06
What sort of useful stuff do you have on your refrigerator? I'm looking for cool things like notepads, calendars, utility magnets, etc. We're trying to spruce ours up and are looking for ideas.
comment posted at 8:01 AM on Jan-18-06
I'd love to add more fish to my diet. But I can't afford salmon or tuna steaks or swordfish or any of that yuppie crap. I happen to live near a decent fish market. They sell all kinds of cheaper fish: spots and chubbs and mackerels and whatnot. Tell me about those. How do I pick 'em? How do I cook 'em? Which ones are the tastiest? Which are the best bargain?
comment posted at 2:26 PM on Jan-16-06
Help me name a new surgical table.
comment posted at 1:05 PM on Jan-16-06
comment posted at 1:18 PM on Jan-16-06
Can I get an adapter for the connections in an internal hard drive for my G5?
comment posted at 12:56 PM on Jan-16-06
Will a withdrawal from a course, and therefore a grade of "W" ultimately hurt my chances of getting into a good grad school?
comment posted at 11:59 AM on Jan-16-06
Why would an iTunes-ordered TV show have choppy playback?
comment posted at 8:55 PM on Jan-15-06
comment posted at 9:17 AM on Feb-7-06
Looking for ideas for teaching probability to kids.
comment posted at 9:33 PM on Feb-6-06
ChemistryFilter: Help me understand significant figures.
comment posted at 1:36 PM on Feb-6-06
Homofilter: What does a man get his boyfriend for Valentine's Day?
comment posted at 8:21 AM on Feb-6-06
What program (PC) should I use to convert digital photographs into line-drawings? Assuming there is such a program.
comment posted at 8:18 PM on Feb-3-06
In iMovie 4, how can I import a 25 minute (>2GB) DV clip without purchasing QuickTime Pro to cut the clip into smaller pieces?
comment posted at 3:37 PM on Feb-2-06
How can I determine what is causing my computer to take so long booting up?
comment posted at 2:34 PM on Feb-2-06
You have a hammock of length l and width w, and a person of height h. At what height should the hammock be hung? What is the optimum distance between the hanging points?
comment posted at 2:22 PM on Feb-2-06
comment posted at 3:29 PM on Feb-2-06
comment posted at 5:02 PM on Feb-2-06
My soon-to-be fiance and I are both quite in love. However, we met and had a child when we were both younger then we wanted to be to settle down with one person. She suggested (and I'm considering) dating other people while still being together.
comment posted at 4:32 PM on Jan-31-06
Are fake MySpace profiles illegal?
comment posted at 8:57 AM on Jan-30-06
comment posted at 1:36 PM on Jan-30-06
Email attachments - I want to strip attachments based on the email subject line and then save the attachment to disk under Linux or using Outlook. How can I do this?
comment posted at 6:57 AM on Jan-30-06
Mac OS X 10.4.4: Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro or neither? mac
comment posted at 1:46 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:00 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:08 PM on Jan-28-06
comment posted at 2:20 PM on Jan-28-06
Planned Parenthood wanted to put birth control in the water supply.
comment posted at 1:33 PM on Jan-28-06
iTunes (Mac) crashes when seeking from one CD track to the next.
comment posted at 1:41 PM on Jan-25-06
comment posted at 8:09 AM on Jan-26-06
Please help me diagnose a dead computer. The missus' computer was just dead one morning. Pressing the power butten results in absolutely nothing.
comment posted at 1:31 PM on Jan-25-06
Why did consciousness evolve?
comment posted at 7:54 AM on Jan-25-06
Black pepper: delicious, delightful innocuous condiment or hideous lurking spicy gastronomic menace?
comment posted at 9:48 AM on Jan-24-06
Know of a good, free Java package for basic statistical analysis?
comment posted at 7:46 PM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 7:10 AM on Jan-24-06
What is this pimp ride?
comment posted at 4:04 PM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 4:04 PM on Jan-23-06
RevengeFilter: Help me get back at my town's corrupt mayor.
comment posted at 11:05 PM on Jan-22-06
comment posted at 8:21 AM on Jan-23-06
comment posted at 2:40 PM on Jan-23-06
I'm toying with the idea of getting a display to use with my 14" iBook (1.33 GHz, 768 MB RAM), mostly to watch movies on (VLC, fullscreen). Ideally, I'd like to do this while using the iBook's screen for other things (internet browsing, word processing, etc) (and on second thought, I may want to run VLC on the 14" screen and do other things on the larger display -- but that's probably irrelevant).
comment posted at 11:08 PM on Jan-22-06
I'm a 22 year old college student in a fraternity and have just been elected social chair, which pretty much means setting up parties with other organizations. To spice things up, we usually set some kind of theme for each bender. So far, we've been given ideas like: * tour de franzia (drink just franzia wine) * ultimate flip cup championship * country club aka golf pros, tennis hoes * walk of shame * trends gone bad * anything but clothes party * gi joes and barbie hoes * white trash trailer bash GIMME SOME MORE IDEAS!!!!!!
comment posted at 10:00 PM on Jan-22-06
PowerMac motherboard (logic board) shorted, help me fix it.
comment posted at 8:59 PM on Jan-22-06
Hefty computer problems. My computer (Asus A8NX-E Deluxe) suddenly shut off one day. When I would power it up the fans would run for ~10 seconds -- no BIOS, nothing, then the fans would turn off. Replaced power supply, no difference. Replaced motherboard and the weird fan problem fixed. Placed everything in, no video now. And...
comment posted at 7:06 PM on Jan-20-06
BSDMFilter : Is it true that there are far more male bottoms then there are female tops?
comment posted at 12:55 PM on Jan-20-06
Have you lived in Atlanta and moved to Philadelphia? What were your experiences?
comment posted at 10:56 AM on Jan-20-06
The delightful "Land of Chocolate" and similar pieces...
comment posted at 3:44 PM on Jan-19-06
Interested in approaches to getting my novel published. From those who are more in the know than myself.
comment posted at 2:32 PM on Jan-19-06
Thinking about creating a website very similar to Metafilter. Have no php/mysql skills. What's the platform/CMS that comes closest to replicating the MeFi experience without requiring a lot of tech skills?
comment posted at 3:43 PM on Jan-18-06
What's a good, free font for use on a 5-foot-across poster that will be filled with lots of text? (Body text will be 20-25 points.)
comment posted at 1:54 PM on Jan-18-06
How does my client accept credit cards online?
comment posted at 1:08 PM on Jan-18-06
comment posted at 1:22 PM on Jan-18-06
What sort of useful stuff do you have on your refrigerator? I'm looking for cool things like notepads, calendars, utility magnets, etc. We're trying to spruce ours up and are looking for ideas.
comment posted at 8:01 AM on Jan-18-06
I'd love to add more fish to my diet. But I can't afford salmon or tuna steaks or swordfish or any of that yuppie crap. I happen to live near a decent fish market. They sell all kinds of cheaper fish: spots and chubbs and mackerels and whatnot. Tell me about those. How do I pick 'em? How do I cook 'em? Which ones are the tastiest? Which are the best bargain?
comment posted at 2:26 PM on Jan-16-06
Help me name a new surgical table.
comment posted at 1:05 PM on Jan-16-06
comment posted at 1:18 PM on Jan-16-06
Can I get an adapter for the connections in an internal hard drive for my G5?
comment posted at 12:56 PM on Jan-16-06
Will a withdrawal from a course, and therefore a grade of "W" ultimately hurt my chances of getting into a good grad school?
comment posted at 11:59 AM on Jan-16-06
Why would an iTunes-ordered TV show have choppy playback?
comment posted at 8:55 PM on Jan-15-06