Were the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics broadcast on tape delay in the United States? How can I figure out the TV schedule? Anecdotes of events you remember watching would help. [more inside]
posted by alicat on Oct 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Print is dead? I was watching Ghostbusters (1984) this weekend, and at one point the character Egon Spengler is asked a question, to which he responds: 'Print is dead." What is the earliest recorded use of this phrase?
posted by thegreatfleecircus on Sep 14, 2009 - 9 answers

What's your guess on how much this bike is worth. [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Jul 28, 2009 - 13 answers

I was sure I remembered that Geraldine Ferraro cried during the 1984 presidential election, and that the media made the event into a symbol of why women are too weak to hold national office, but now I can't find a headline or news article from that time that mentions her crying. Am I getting this mixed up with Pat Schroeder's famous breakdown when she dropped out?
posted by serazin on Jan 27, 2008 - 9 answers

My company just instituted a “no headphones” policy…how can I deal? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 2, 2007 - 43 answers

I've spent the last couple of weeks reading Everyware: The Dawning age Of ubiquitous computing, 1984 and Brave New World and now I'm in full-on tin-hat mode. [more inside]
posted by TheDonF on Aug 30, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm looking for a good quality picture of this http://www.manics.nl/images/phr_bigbrother.jpg I can't seem to find one on GIS, maybe I have its name wrong! Thanks.
posted by PowerCat on Aug 18, 2006 - 5 answers

In relation to this post on the subject of personal privacy: is there really good reason to be concerned? Is there any point in keeping personal information private anymore? [more inside]
posted by Acey on Dec 22, 2005 - 13 answers

Someone tells me if this is real! [more inside]
posted by zouhair on Oct 30, 2005 - 10 answers

continuing on the 1984- teaching front, my students are working on a final project and need some help... [mi] [more inside]
posted by ronv on May 28, 2004 - 11 answers

I'm in the process of teaching 1984 by George Orwell and, as we near the end of Book Three and are shown the horrors of Room 101, the question always arises: why do we use the number 101 to designate an introduction to a subject? What is the origin?
posted by ronv on May 18, 2004 - 11 answers